February 23, 2007
 
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Donates Burn and Amputee Center to the Army
SmithGroup’s Center for the Intrepid opens in San Antonio
The Center for the Intrepid National Armed Forces Physical Rehabilitation Center at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Tex., opened on January 29. The new four-story, 65,000-square-foot Center for the Intrepid provides military patients and veterans with severe extremity injuries, amputations, and burns a technologically advanced facility where they can work to regain their pre-injury abilities in a supportive, healing environment.

Dome Restoration Reveals Music Hall’s Original Paintings
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, N.H.—a 900-seat theater built in 1878 and designated by the U.S. Senate as an “American Treasure" in the national Save America's Treasures Program through the National Park Service—is embarking on a major restoration and improvement project. It is the oldest music hall in the state, the second oldest in New England, and the fourteenth oldest in the country. During restoration of its stained and water-damaged dome, large sections stripped away have revealed the original Neo-Classic decorations, scrolls, and patterned designs. Evergreene Painting Studio, with colleague Kumiko Hisano, is executing the discovery work on the dome. Over the next several months, the public will be able to view the work in progress. Then, the theater will close in August for final restoration work before the restored dome and historic finishes on the balcony rail and walls are unveiled in September 2007. (Photo © Mike Marchand.)

AIA Vermont Honors Good, Green Design
Late last year, architects celebrated design excellence in the Green Mountain State, where, in fact, many of the submissions heralded “green” and sustainable design practices. The jury gave the nod to eight projects, which the chapter honored at the AIA Vermont annual meeting December 6, 2006, at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. The jury hailed from AIA Connecticut.

 
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