 It’s the Economy, Architect! Learn About Getting a Job and Keeping It
Navigating the Economy is the AIA’s Web site dedicated to providing you and your firm with the resources you need to survive even thrive in an economic slowdown. This week, Navigating the Economy has added the new podcast, “Job Security or Job Search,” in which James Zaniello, vice president of Association Strategies, talks with AIA Media Relations Director Scott Frank about how to get and keep a job in these tough economic times. Tune in today, and take a look at the other offerings on the Navigating the Economy Web site. 
 NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets a New Home in a Renovated Theater
New York City’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) will soon have a new cultural center with state-of-the-art movie theater capabilities, thanks to the design-build team of Laurence G. Jones Architects and Aragon Construction. The team has begun renovation on a 25,000-square-foot, three-story, two-screen facility formerly known as the Clearview Chelsea West Cinemas, at 33 West 23rd Street. The facility will host film screenings and other events produced by SVA as well as lectures and cultural programs that support the educational mission of the college. The building will boast a new lobby by the renowned designer and SVA acting chair Milton Glaser, who also designed the exterior façade of the building. It will display a set of graphic and sculpture art—changed four times per year—that relates to various aspects of the school’s curriculum: painting, photography, film, animation, computer art, and art history. Renovations also include upgrading all of the theater’s mechanical systems, fire alarms, and electrical services; new screens draperies; an up-to-date audio system and new lighting system; and expanded stages in a small theater that will seat 280 people and a larger theater for 480 people. Construction is slated for completion in January. (Rendering courtesy of Milton Glaser Studio.)
Video: President Purnell Reviews the Upcoming Sustainability Requirements
AIA President Marshall Purnell, FAIA, reviews the Board’s recent decision to revise our annual continuing education requirement to include credits on sustainability and explains the reasoning. Watch the video. Or read the transcript below.
 Vietnam Veteran Memorial Joins “Shape of America” Web Site
On October 20, the AIA’s Shape of America project—a series of Web-based short films showcasing a selection of the 150 structures chosen by the public as America’s Favorite Architecture—chose Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to join its repertoire of buildings that are expanding public dialogue about architecture and how it affects our lives.
The Elections and Votes and What They Mean to Architects: The AIA Angle’s Got it Covered |
