BOOK
REVIEW
Drawing Shortcuts:
Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology
Baby boomers bewareyou 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 95 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.
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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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