Childs Presents a Refined Freedom Tower Design
Design development work revealed at AIA New York Chapter’s design award program
SOM’s David M. Childs, FAIA, on June 28 presented final changes to the design of Freedom Tower, the soaring skyscraper designed for the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Childs made the presentation, which he said marks the end of the project’s design development phase, as a prelude to the AIA New York Chapter’s 2006 Design Awards.

Hugh Stubbins Dies at 94
Hugh Stubbins, FAIA, an icon of American Modernism, died July 5 in Cambridge, Mass. “Mr. Stubbins was one of the great masters of our profession in the latter half of the twentieth century,” said Stubbins Associates President and CEO Scott Simpson, FAIA. “He pioneered bold forms (the parabolic roof at the Berlin Congress Hall), innovative structural systems (Citicorp), unique use of materials (the aluminum skin panels at the Federal Reserve Bank), new technologies (the tuned mass damper), interesting juxtapositions of Modern and traditional symbolism in architecture (Mitsubishi Estates in Japan), and great versatility in style (from Modern houses in the ’50s to Fifth Avenue Place in Pittsburgh to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library).

1947–1956: Wright Recognition, White House Renovation, AIA Closes on 100
The decade following World War II did not begin easily for the AIA. Although it had let the contract for construction of a new Administration Building in 1940, and construction was completed, the war intervened, and the Institute did not gain occupancy for another eight years.

AIA Orlando Celebrates Eleven Outstanding Buildings
AIA Orlando held its 2006 Awards for Design Excellence Presentation & Gala on April 29 at the Country Club of Orlando. From a field of 48 entries, the chapter recognized 11 projects, awarding three honorable mentions, four awards of merit, and four awards of honor in architecture. The winning categories featured projects in building type categories that include three justice facilities, as well as commercial, entertainment, education, health-care, and interiors projects.

Hot Off the Press: 2006 Health-Care Guidelines
The Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities: 2006 Edition, by the Facility Guidelines Institute and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is now available from the AIA Store. Responding to public input, the Guidelines reorganizes and renumbers content according to facility type, standardizes language use and information categories, and introduces color to help users quickly find the information they need. Since 1947, the Guidelines has set minimum standards for American health-care facility design and now serves as a reference standard in 42 states. The book lists for $140; AIA members may purchase it for $98. Order online or phone 800-242-3837, option #4.

Heads Up: AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Twenty-five Year Award Nominations Due Sept. 1
Don’t let summer slip by without turning in your entry fees for the 2007 AIA Honor Award submissions, which are due August 4. Submissions for the Honor Awards for Architecture—as well as for the Twenty-five Year Award—are due September 1. AIA Honor Awards for Architecture are open to all architects licensed in the U.S. for new and restored projects of all building types located anywhere in the world. The Twenty-five Year Award honors projects designed by U.S.-licensed architects that have stood the test of time for 25–35 years. For details, visit the awards section of the AIA’s Web site. (Pictured is Trumpf Customer and Administration Building, Ditzingen, Germany, by Barkow Leibinger Architects, a 2006 AIA Honor Award for Architecture recipient. Photo © David Franck.)

Project Watch
A School Building Designed to Teach
Roanoke, Va., magnet school teaches math, science in its design
Math and science students at Roanoke Academy for Mathematics and Science (RAMS) literally are surrounded with their lessons. RAMS is an 84,000-square-foot, pre-K–5 elementary school located in a 27-acre park in residential Roanoke, Va. Local architect Spectrum Design centered the exterior and interior design of the school, which opened in 2005, on creating a “building that would *teach” through its architectural spaces and details. RAMS is a federally funded magnet school, meaning it is a public school that draws students interested in specific subjects—in this case, math and science. It also offers a program for disabled adult students.

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