BOOK REVIEW
Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology
Baby boomers beware—you will be hooked on Jim Leggitt's Drawing Shortcuts book from his first two sentences: "I took my first drawing lessons when I was five years old, courtesy of TV. There was a television program in the 1950s called Learn to Draw, hosted by Jon Gnagy." Full Story

PROJECTS OF NOTE
Grand Old Façade on a Brand New Hotel
The design problem was straightforward enough. Take an abandoned masonry office building shell that has defined a major intersection of San Francisco's financial district since 1926 and convert it into an Omni four-diamond hotel with 1920s décor and 2002 amenities. Oh, a few other things: restore the façade, respect the city's strict sunshine-rights regulations, increase the square footage by 44 percent, create 13,000 square feet of state-of-the-art conference space and a grand foyer, and breathe some after-hours life back into this 9–5 section of San Francisco. Full Story

HONORS AND AWARDS
The Edward C. Kemper Award
One of the five objects of the AIA's mission statement is "to make the profession of ever-increasing service to society." It follows, then, that those who make the Institute of ever-increasing service to the profession deserve our gratitude and special recognition. The Edward C. Kemper Award, conferred annually by the national Board of Directors, honors an architect member who has contributed significantly to the profession through service to The American Institute of Architects. Full Story

Become an Extension of Your Client
The AIA Redefinition of the Profession calls for thinking like the client and becoming the client's trusted facilitator/integrator. A 60-person firm with offices in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan is doing just that and is reporting success. Three senior managers share their insight on gathering the marketplace wisdom their clients seek and creating a process of knowledge retention and transfer so that when their clients face new challenges, they immediately turn to their architect. Full Story

BEST PRACTICES
QuickTips from Drawing Shortcuts
At the end of each chapter throughout the beautifully illustrated text of Jim Leggitt's new Drawing Shortcuts book, published by John Wiley & Sons, are checklists of "QuickTips" pertaining to particular styles of drawing and drawing tools. Presented here is one tip from each section. Full Story

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