economics
Housing Has a New Face
New report by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies points to larger role for women and minorities in housing’s future
Despite job losses in the rest of the economy, housing had another record-breaking year in 2003. Home sales, single-family housing starts, residential fixed investment, homeownership rates, mortgage originations, refinances, and home prices all reached new peaks. The only weak spots were the uneven rental market and the depressed manufactured-housing sector.

AIA Pennsylvania Awards a Deserving Dozen
AIA Pennsylvania 2004 Design Awards paid homage to the work of Keystone State architects with the awarding of the chapter’s Silver Medal, four honor awards, and six citations of merit. New this year was AIA Pennsylvania’s first Architectural Photography competition for the chapter’s Associate and student members. This year’s event, sponsored by Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & Lombardo, took place May 25 in Harrisburg. The AIA PA Design Awards jury members were Jury Chair Richard L. Kobus, AIA; Design Awards Chair Elmer Burger II, AIA; Robert A. Brown, AIA; Leland D. Cott, FAIA; and Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA.

NJ Selects Frederic Schwartz for State 9/11 Memorial
Frederic Schwartz, AIA, on July 6 was named the architect for the New Jersey September 11 Memorial, to be located at the water’s edge in Liberty State Park opposite the World Trade Center site. A design jury of 11 family members and New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey announced the decision at Victory Theater of New Jersey Performing Arts Center in downtown Newark. McGreevey spoke of the “common purpose” arising from the legacies of the nearly 700 New Jersey residents lost and introduced Schwartz as “an architect of incredible vision, thought, and majesty.”

from the national convention
AIA eClassroom Releases First Two Convention Distance-Ed Programs
AIA eClassroom is pleased to offer the first distance-ed programs fresh from the AIA national convention last month in Chicago: “Steel Prices: Helping Your Clients Cope” and “How to Run and Manage a Residential Design Practice.” Both offer 1.5 learning units and are available to AIA members for a special introductory price of $49.95 ($99.95 for nonmembers) during July.

Hermine Mitchell Dies at 78
The AIA national component received the sad news that Hermine Mitchell, Hon. AIA, died June 15. The wife of 1979 AIA President Ehrman B. Mitchell Jr., FAIA, was herself active in the AIA.

project watch
New Buildings to Help Introduce the Real George Washington
Supporters of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and gardens used golden shovels June 18 to break ground for new, state-of-the-art visitor orientation, education, and museum buildings designed by GWWO Inc./Architects, Baltimore. The buildings are the major components of an $85 million “To Keep Him First” program to reintroduce Washington to the American public.

Your Kiplinger Connection (members only)
Tech: Coming shifts in science-worker demographics. Trade: Are we closer to a global trade accord? Trends: College grads heading to smaller cities.
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