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It’s the Economy, Architect! Chief Economist Kermit Baker Talks with Association CEOs
On October 30, AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA, led a discussion session with CEOs of allied associations and industries about trends in the economy and their possibly more permanent implications after the current economic downturn has abated. The session was part of the two-day Green Buildings Product Summit, a workshop hosted by the AIA and the AIA-founded 2030 Coalition and sponsored by Reed Construction Data at AIA national headquarters in Washington, D.C. The event convened industry experts to discuss product safety, product life cycle, and energy and water impacts in the development, manufacture, and use of green building materials. Based on research and surveys (including the AIA’s Architecture Billings Index) he has conducted over the last year, Baker presented in detail five major business trends that may help us forecast the future of the profession and the industry serving the profession. 
The Elections and Votes and What They Mean
to Architects: The AIA Angle’s Got It Covered
The AIA Government Advocacy Team worked hard to collate results of elections won and lost and the legislation passed and voted down during last week’s elections. If you haven’t seen last week’s Special Election issue of the AIA Angle, check it out. It’s all about how the results of Election Day will affect architects, the AIA, and the profession.
 Centerbrook Architects Design Unites Past and Future with Restoration and Expansion of Addison Gallery of American Art
Centerbrook Architects, Centerbrook, Conn., is expanding and restoring the historic Addison Gallery of American Art on the Phillips Academy campus in Andover, Mass. Designed in 1930 by Charles Platt, the gallery houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country, with work by George Bellows, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Jackson Pollock. Chad Floyd, FAIA, is Centerbrook’s partner-in-charge. The architect’s design work on the existing structure will restore the exterior skin and the interior spaces while seamlessly introducing modern systems of climate control, security, lighting, technology, and utilities. Staff offices now intermingled with first-floor galleries will move into a new, 11,800-square-foot, three-story expansion, thus returning the historic galleries to Platt’s original concept. The simply elegant glass-box addition, sheathed in stainless-steel mesh and sitting atop a brick-wall base, foils and enhances Platt’s Greek Revival temple. The expansion will house back-of-house spaces on the ground floor, a new Museum Center on the first floor, and the staff offices on the second floor. Currently under construction, the gallery is slated to reopen in spring 2010. (Rendering courtesy of Centerbrook Architects. View plans for the Addison Gallery project in This Week in Pictures.
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Sign up before December 10 to be entered
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AIA Knowledge Communities are a free and easy way to customize and maximize your Associate AIA membership. Knowledge Communities are networks of people, like you, who are ambitious, intelligent, and passionate about their work. They're tied together—not by age, background, or experience, but by shared common interests. AIA Associate members can join any one of 20 Knowledge Communities by December 10 and be entered into a drawing to win their choice of three fantastic prizes:
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