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Architecture
Needs More Critics
Architecture is the "smallest niche of the smallest beat of
the smallest department at most newspapers," according to a
study released last month by the National Arts Journalism Program
at Columbia University. Full
Story
Project
of the Week
 Cheer
and Clothing in Las Vegas
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em and show them how to do it in style!
The Fashion Show, already the largest retail center in Las Vegas,
is going to be bigger, brighter, and better than ever, thanks to
Los Angeles-based Altoon + Porter, working in conjunction with Baltimore's
MONK llc and LA's Orne + Associates Inc. Full
Story
Meeting
Seeks Healing Environments, Profitability for Health-Care Facilities
AIA Middle Tennessee is partnering with the International Interior
Design Association to present a symposium to help improve the quality
of care and increase profitability of facilities through health-care
design. The event will take place December 5-8 at the Opryland Hotel
in Nashville. Full
Story
States
Tackle Outsourcing, Support Using Private-Sector Firms
As the Congress wrangles about what to do on the outsourcing of
professional services, many states are already deciding the issue
for themselves. Despite a massive effort by government employee
unions, legislatures have found that reliance on the private sector
for professional services makes sense. Full
Story
National
Forum to Reform Building Regulatory Process
The National Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital
Age brought together 25 representatives of construction-industry
organizations and government agencies on July 12 to take part in
its work plan. The alliance goal, as its name implies is "to
use information technology [IT] to transform the nation's building
regulatory process to enable the construction industry to build
faster, better, safer, and at less cost. Full
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