Kahn’s Esherick House Auctioned as Art
Louis I. Kahn’s Margaret Esherick House, completed in 1961 in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, and county-appraised in 2006 at about $300,000, will go on the auction block May 18. Richard Wright, the president of the auction house, Wright, expects the house to fetch $2 to $3 million, he told the New York Times. His own appraisal of the property came in at $1 million, if it were just a house. Except he is not selling a house, he explains, but a work of art. Wright first recognized the value of high design in 2006 with the sale of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House #21, his auction announcement relates.

Candidates for 2008 AIA National Office Issue Statements
Meet the candidates for AIA national office, who have issued the following 400-word statements. Click on any name to read that candidate’s statement or watch a video of the candidate speaking at the Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference.

Taking Care of Business
Letters to the Editor
This week, we have a clarification about last week’s Shangri La project in East Texas, letters pro and con on the publishing of award-winning projects’ addresses, and a photographer’s credit to be acknowledged.

kiplinger connection
The Economy • Human Resources• The World
The Economy: Expansion to return slowly later this year.
Federal Spending: Funds will flow for energy-source R&D.
Tech: Don’t expect the H-1B visa cap to be raised till 2009.

Cubellis Is Visionary Sponsor of the AIA National Convention in Boston
Cubellis, a national architecture, interior design, and engineering services firm, is one of two “Visionary Leaders” level sponsors of the AIA National Convention, May 14-17 in Boston. Cubellis is sponsoring a series of events, including the Host City Celebration at the Boston Public Library; Design Forward Lounge, a special event with live entertainment for young architects in a nightclub setting within the Host City event; Dinner by Design in the firm's Summer Street offices; 20 scholarships for young architects to attend the convention; and tours of the new Rose Kennedy Greenway for convention attendees, conducted by Cubellis team members. The Blackstone Group, a Boston-based financial advisory firm, is the convention’s other Visionary Leader sponsor. For a complete list of sponsors or more information about the AIA Convention, visit the Web site. (Photo of the Old State House courtesy of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.)