Cleared for Landing
New National Air and Space Museum exhibit brings in brawny renovations
To accommodate a 13.25 ton portion of a Boeing 747 fuselage, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., made rare structural reinforcements to the building, installing columns that reached through the basement that support the freestanding fuselage and the pedestrian bridge that brings visitors to it. The fuselage is part of the museum’s new permanent exhibit, America by Air, which showcases the history of the commercial airline industry.

NCARB Votes to Allow Individual Jurisdictions to Set Timing for ARE
Member boards of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at their annual meeting in Denver on June 25 voted to allow individual jurisdictions to determine when a candidate is eligible to begin taking the Architectural Registration Examination® (ARE). The AIA supports architectural registration boards’ allowing interns for licensure candidacy to take the ARE following their graduation from a NAAB-accredited degree program and concurrent with enrollment in the Intern Development Program (IDP).

USGBC Announces $1 Million Commitment to Support Green Building Research
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced on June 19 that it will commit $1 million to green building research. These funds will be targeted at increasing research in areas such as energy and water security, global climate change prevention, indoor environmental quality, and passive survivability in the face of natural and man-made disasters.

AIArchitect Takes a Breather
AIArchitect will not be published on Friday, July 6, to give the staff (and our avid readers) a little time to rest, recoup, and reconnect. Please join us again on July 13 when we return. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Fourth of July and a Happy Summer!