The 2006 AIA National Convention Explores Innovation, Exploration, Inspiration
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Purnell Elected 2008 President
Delegates to the AIA national convention elected Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA, to serve as the 2007 first vice president/president elect and 2008 Institute president. He will be the first African-American president in AIA history. George H. Miller, FAIA, and Miguel “Mike” Rodriguez, AIA, will serve as 2007–2008 vice presidents [see details], and David Proffitt, AIA, will serve as 2007–2008 secretary [see details].

Purnell, the mid-Atlantic regional director and design principal of Devrouax + Purnell Architects and Planners PC, Washington, D.C., says, “I have been in private practice for 28 years since my days on the national component staff, and I have never strayed far from the AIA family. I hope it is obvious: I care deeply about this profession. I believe architecture has the potential to empower people in ways that can significantly change their lives.”

Delegates Vote to Extend Associate Member, CACE Representative Voting Rights on the Board
Resolution passes for study of AIA electronic doc use by small firms
After an introduction on the morning of June 10 to the newly elected officers of the AIA—2008 President Marshall Purnell, FAIA; Vice Presidents George Miller, FAIA, and Mike Rodriguez, AIA; and Secretary David Proffitt, AIA—the delegates to the AIA National Convention in Los Angeles voted affirmatively on two Bylaws Amendments and a Resolution that proposes a study of the use of AIA electronic documents by small firms and sole practitioners.

The AIA in Its Ninth Decade: 1937-1946
Dealing with the Depression, war, rescuing cities, and contemporary architecture
No previous decade in AIA history evidences the changing years as does 1937–1946, architectural historian Tony P. Wrenn, Hon. AIA, tells us. Join him through 10 years in which the world turns upside down and slowly rights itself again, as the members of the AIA grapple with redefining their work, coping with war abroad and war’s effects at home, and exploring their place in the creation of American cities.

“Being Less Bad Is Not Being Good”
Green architect William McDonough calls for new tools and leadership in sustainable design
Internationally noted environmental architect William McDonough, FAIA, William McDonough and Partners, Charlottesville, Va., presented the closing address to a packed house at the AIA national convention in Los Angeles on June 10. McDonough’s call for cradle-to-cradle design that will eliminate waste and constantly create resources—plus an arresting array of remarkable projects that practice what they preach—kept the audience enthralled and earned their creator a rousing standing ovation.

College of Fellows Inducts 2006 Class
The AIA College of Fellows inducted 82 members of the Institute and 13 distinguished architects from other nations into their ranks at a ceremony June 9 at Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The celebratory event honors the inductees for their significant contributions to architecture and society nationally, and for consistently achieving excellence in the profession. The new fellows walked the processional, joined by the jury, officers of the College of Fellows, former presidents, and AIA President Kate Schwennsen, FAIA, (pictured, in front) in the auditorium, where the spectacular organ, abundant natural lighting, and a curved wood ceiling created a grand space for the special event.

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HGA’s Health-Care Campus Symbolizes Renewal of Life
The new Warren Medical Office Park in Tulsa, Okla., melds old and new styles of health-care architecture. The 21st-century campus design—by Minneapolis-based Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Inc—positions a curved state-of-the-art cantilever glass building as its centerpiece linked to an existing mid-20th-century-style hospital and three, 12-story steel, concrete, and glass medical office buildings built in the 1970s and ’80s. What was a sea of concrete and asphalt is now a lush garden of a medical campus, with a 42,000-square-foot ambulatory-care center, indoor park rotunda, sustainable interior design elements, and, for increased wayfinding, a user-friendly landscape with elevated skywalks. The building was completed in August 2004.

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