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Happy
Fourth!
In keeping with the spirit of our nation’s Independence Day
celebration, please enjoy this early edition of AIArchitect.
We will resume our regular Friday publication schedule on July 11.
(Pictured is the quintessential July 4 gathering place in the nation’s
capital: the Jefferson Memorial, modeled after the Pantheon by John
Russell Pope.)
Design
Award Winners Celebrate Diversity of North Carolina
AIA North Carolina celebrated diversity of architecture and life
this year through the 2003 winners of its Design Awards competition.
Recipients, whose projects all are located in the Tarheel State,
received their accolades at the chapter’s June 7 banquet and
awards ceremony in Greensboro. The chapter reports that these award-winning
projects represent the broad range of both structure and life in
the great state of North Carolina. From the cultural statement of
an elegant, lakeside concert pavilion to the importance of manufacturing
represented in a product distribution plant, this year’s carefully
chosen winners symbolize the state’s many facets.
John
G. Waite Associates Re-Erects 18th-Century Chinese House at Peabody
Essex Museum
“Yin Yu Tang” debuted to the public at the Peabody Essex
Museum in Salem, Mass., June 21. This 18th-century Chinese house
was dismantled in 1997, and the 3,000 pieces were crated and transported
to the U.S., where John G. Waite Associates, Architects carefully
documented, conserved, and re-erected it for the museum. The first
historic house brought from China in its entirety and restored,
this landmark project offers an opportunity for the American public
to learn more about Chinese architecture, art, and history. The
4,500-square-foot house wraps around an open courtyard.
Graves
Uses Strong Will, Determination to Continue Rehabilitation
Gold Medalist, paralyzed from the waist
down, makes steady progress
Michael Graves, FAIA, is “chipper” and “working
away,” a spokeswoman says, as he continues intensive therapy
at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation after a spinal infection
left him paralyzed from the waist down. His doctor, Steven Kirschbaum,
associate medical director and director of spinal cord injury at
the West Orange, N.J., hospital, says the permanence of the paralysis
is unknown at this time.
project
watch
Leers Weinzapfel Makes Its Mark at the
University of Cincinnati
The newest addition to the University of Cincinnati’s architectural
landscape is the University Pavilion, a.k.a. “one-stop.”
The six-story volume by Leers Weinzapfel, Boston, serves as a gateway
to the campus and houses the school’s visitor center, executive
offices, and all student services facilities.
Your Kiplinger Connection (members
only)
AIArchitect offers AIA members
exclusive access to three stories a week to help them manage their
practices and plan for the coming year. (Nonmembers
may subscribe to The Kiplinger Letter.)
Business Costs: Manufacturing finally
showing some growth—4 percent expected for 2004. Business
Costs: Retailers are competing for prime space; shoppers
prefer strips to malls. Tech & Telecom:
States looking to boost tax bases are developing biotech hubs; utilities
are finding a new use for power lines: high-speed Internet access.
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BEST
PRACTICES (members only)
Bridging Documents: Project Delivery for
Today’s Competitive Marketplace
Quality, Time, Cost: Pick any two, goes the old adage. But what
if you could deliver all three? Let Lee Askew III, FAIA, introduce
you to Bridging Documents, a method by which an owner establishes
the level of quality desired, compresses the time required, and
achieves the absolute lowest cost of construction.
Applications for 2003
AIA Leadership Institute
Due September 10
Twenty-five AIA-member participants to
be selected for
October 8–11 program
The AIA, in partnership with Georgetown University, is now accepting
applications for the 2003 AIA Leadership Institute. Applications
are encouraged from accomplished members wishing to increase their
effectiveness and personal involvement as leaders in their communities.
Twenty-five candidates will be accepted to attend an intensive and
experiential three-day program October 8–11, held on the main
campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. Modeled after
the 1997 AIA Leadership Institute, this program will cover the role
of vision and mission in leadership, demographic and economic changes
that will affect the political environment, and the architect’s
role as community leader. Applications are due September
10.
“Mushrooming Molds”
or “Architecture as Performance,” Anyone? AIA eClassroom
Offers Two More New Courses
This week, AIA eClassroom added two more new distance-learning courses
to its repertoire from the 2003 national AIA convention. Learn about
how to deal with mold and liability issues, soup up your client
presentations, or absorb a host of other skills.
WEB
SITE WATCH
Green Schools in the Golden State
The California state architect’s office has created a Sustainable
Schools Web site, a place to find information on creating high-performance
educational facilities that aim to optimize the health and productivity
of students and faculty. The Web site provides a collection of sustainable
building resources, including guidelines, programs, case studies,
publications, and funding options/incentives, and many links to
related resources. The site is geared toward practitioners, their
clients, and other stakeholders. Visit California’s Sustainable
Schools Web site.
AIA CAREER CENTER
Here
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Architect, Bridgehampton, NY
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Architect, Sausalito, CA •
Architect, Seoul, South Korea
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Architect-Project Manager, Baltimore,
MD •
Architectural Project Manager,
Trenton, NJ •
Architect-Historic Preservation Officer,
Auburn, WA •
Architect-Residential, Kensington,
MD
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Director, Economics & Market Research,
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Help Wanted, Chicago, IL •
Intern Architect, Chevy Chase,
MD •
Managing Engineer/Architect, Los
Angeles/Irvine, CA
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Marketing Coordinator, Philadelphia
• Project Architect I, Carson
City, NV •
Project Architect/Schools, Philadelphia
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Project Managers, Dallas •
Senior Architectural CAD Drafter,
Rutland, VT, and Prescott, AZ •
Senior Design Manager, North Wilkesboro,
NC •
Senior Level Architect, Baton Rouge,
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Check
Out the Two New Distance-Ed Programs:
• FR12: Adding
Value Through Mixed-Use Redevelopment .
and course FR32: Building
Codes Need Not Stifle Creative Design.
View all the eClassroom distance learning
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Special
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August 31: The just-released Interior
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Learn
About Knowledge Communities
To link quickly to AIA Knowledge Communities resources, look for
the “Learn About Knowledge Communities” button on every
page of the AIA Web site.
A
Brand New Look for CAEnet
The Spring 2003 edition of CAE Net, news from the Committee on Architecture
for Education, is now online.
AIA
Now Offers Online Conference Registration
Register for professional interest area conferences.
What
Do You Know?
The AIA Knowledge Creator’s Toolkit is chockfull of key concepts,
resources, and implementation ideas including “AIA Knowledge
Principles of Action.”
(PDF/308k).
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