Entries Due March 10 For COD Ideas Competition
The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students, and allied design professionals to submit sketches to the international 2008 COD Ideas Competition: Branding the American House. Through a sketch design problem, submitters are asked to examine parallels between design professions and the automobile industry. Winners will be funded to attend the COD Spring Design Conference in Detroit and have their work exhibited at the 2008 AIA National Convention in Boston, May 15–17. Visit the competition Web site for more information or to submit a project.

AIA IFRAA to Hold Study Tour in Rome
Mark your calendar for “Masters of Light” tour, October 10–18
Join the AIA IFRAA Interfaith Forum of Religion, Art, and Architecture for a study tour of one of the world’s most significant religious capitals. Attendees will experience firsthand the masterworks of Bernini and Borromini, as well as those of such contemporary masters as Renzo Piano and Richard Meier. Guided by Dr. Donald J. Bruggink, Hon. FAIA, Hon. IFRAA, this conference presents a unique opportunity to explore Rome with other architects, clergy, artists, and designers.

Among the many sites, tours will include: St. Peter’s, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, the Pantheon,Church of Sant Ivo, Parco Della Musica, S. Maria della Victoriam, and Dio Padre Misericordioso. Mark your calendar and visit the IFRAA Web site for more information as it becomes available.