AIA Indianapolis Donates 3D Computer Modeling Program to Its Home City
3D tool celebrates AIA’s Blueprint for America; realistically visualizes 2,500 buildings
To celebrate the AIA150 Blueprint for America initiative, AIA Indianapolis designed a 3D computer modeling tool that provides details of the city’s 2,500 downtown buildings. AIA Indianapolis donated the modeling tool to the Indianapolis City-County Council in July. The chapter began the project a year ago and contracted with Pictometry International Corp. to create the model. The project was funded through AIA Indianapolis and donations from local architecture, engineering, and construction firms.

Elementary School Design Meets Time, Sustainability Targets
EE&K anticipates new green guidelines to open school on time
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects met a number of architectural and design challenges when they adapted a nurses’ residence and a hospital annex at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital (MEETH) into a pre-K through Grade 5 public school. They turned the building around in just 19 months, from concept to completion, including designing an innovative, new rooftop gymnasium. The team also was able to anticipate emerging New York City School Construction Authority sustainability standards, which they had to incorporate into their design after they completed the initial plans.

Mobile Store-in-Store Environment Designed to Captivate Shoppers
Aluminum corridor by MC2 celebrates Lacoste’s 75th anniversary, is interactive, and can be transported
MC2, an exhibit, environment, and event producer, recently worked with sportswear retailer Lacoste on a mobile store-in-store environment to celebrate Lacoste’s 75th anniversary. The 30x12x8-foot space is an aluminum corridor of mirrored plexiglass in various white-gloss patterns with cut-outs resembling crocodile skin that reflect the store’s crocodile logo. Store founder and tennis legend René Lacoste was the first to put a logo—the crocodile—on a polo shirt. The aluminum corridor was showcased at Bloomingdale’s flagship store in New York City this past summer and is awaiting its next venue.