Norwegian Architects Select 33 Best Works of American Architecture
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, presents the 33 projects selected by a jury of Norwegian architects as the best new American architecture. In its eighth year, the museum’s annual “American Architecture Awards” program showcases the “rich diversity of American design today.” The projects, most of which are designed by American architects, are located in Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Denmark, China, and Japan, as well as the U.S. Three projects are designed by foreign firms with a branch office in the U.S.: Coop Himmelblau, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Behnisch & Behnisch Partners.

Michigan Land-use Policies Set Example for Active Community Policies
Cool Cities initiative is hot program in Michigan
A governors’ group is lauding the State of Michigan for its efforts to integrate “active community policies”: development, land use, and transportation strategies that help ensure the built environment supports physical activity. The policies, the National Governors Association reports, often generate important health, economic, and environmental benefits to boot.

members’ voices
One Percent Solution Participants Share Their Approaches to Pro Bono Work
The One Percent Solution challenges architecture firms and individual practitioners to dedicate a minimum one percent of their working hours to pro bono service annually. AIArchitect asked members who participate in the One Percent Solutions’ program how they incorporate and encourage pro bono work in their firm. Here’s some of what the six participants said works for them.

Spotlight
John Peterson Selected as 2005–06 Loeb Fellow
Public Architecture’s founder will use year to evaluate future course of the nonprofit firm
The Harvard Graduate School of Design recently announced that architect John Peterson, principal of San Francisco-based Peterson Architects and chair of the nonprofit firm Public Architecture, has been selected as a Loeb Fellow for the 2005–06 academic year. Established in 1970 and named for Harvard alumnus John L. Loeb, the annual fellowship offers 10 post-professional candidates the opportunity for independent study at Harvard with the goal of “nurturing the leadership potential of the most promising men and women in design and other professions related to the built and natural environment.” Peterson’s fellowship will focus on the strategic organizational development of Public Architecture.

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Bow-Tie Plan Shapes Patient-centric Hospital
Texas Heart Hospital uses innovative shape to fit specialized needs
RTKL has begun construction on a new $106 million specialty cardiovascular facility in Plano, Tex. The Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest will be 180,000 square feet of ultra-modern medicine in a 68-bed, four-level facility that will provide both inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular care at the Baylor Regional Medical Center. A partnership between Baylor Health Care System and 86 cardiovascular physicians and surgeons practicing in North Texas, the “Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest will truly be a state-of-the-art, digital, ‘paper-light’ facility that is patient-centric throughout,” says John Castorina, AIA, principal in charge.

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Building trends: Nonres on the rise, led by public work.
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BEST PRACTICES
Pro Bono Services Add New Dimension to Professional Practice
It’s a truism worth remembering: Giving one’s time and talents to others begets unexpected rewards. Moreover, for architects as well as all professionals, pro bono work is an integral component of professional practice. As the AIA Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct states, “Members should render public interest professional services and encourage their employees to render such services.” Thus, it is no surprise that AIA members, through their components and architectural foundations, have organized to provide communities with abundant pro bono services.

Heads Up! Twenty-five Year Award, Honor Award for Architecture Submissions Due September 2
Just a friendly reminder that submissions for the AIA Twenty-five Year Award, honoring works of American architecture that have stood the test of time, as well as AIA Honor Awards for Architecture submissions must be postmarked by September 2. The AIA also will continue to accept entry fees for Honor Award submissions until this date. For more information, contact Kelly Pickard, kpickard@aia.org or 202-626-7563. (Pictured is 2005 AIA Honor Award for Architecture recipient Emerson Sauna, Duluth, Minn., by Salmela Architect, for Peter and Cindy Emerson. Photo © Peter Bastianelli Kerze.)

London to Host Annual Design Festival September 15–30
Creative plans of all shapes and sizes are afoot in London as the city prepares for its two-week-long celebration of design this fall. More than 150 events will highlight the architecture end of the spectrum, from “Anglo Files: UK Architecture’s Rising Generation,” a debate on the values of the profession’s newest designers, to presentation of this year’s Irish Architecture Awards. Established in 2003 as an annual international event to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s creativity, the London Design Festival sponsors say they are offering “a diverse range of individuals and organizations [who] are able to come together, celebrate the creative diversity of London, discover new ideas, make new connections, and most importantly, have fun.” The Royal British Institute of Architects is one of the partners of the festival. For more information, visit the festival’s Web site.

Call for Entries: 2006 ReBrand 100
AIA members are invited to submit entries by September 28 to the second annual ReBrand 100 competition, an international awards competition recognizing the world’s most effective rebrands: the repositioning, revitalizing, or redesign of existing brand assets to meet strategic goals. Entries may be rebrands for a product, service, environment, or similarly discrete project or for an entire company, institution, or organization-wide project. AIA members are eligible for the discounted entry fee. For details, case studies of past winners, and other information online, visit the Rebrand 100 site.

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Green Is in the Details: Green Building Products, edited by Alex Wilson and Mark Piepkorn (BuildingGreen Inc., 2005), offers descriptions and manufacturers’ contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally friendly products and materials, plus suggestions—grouped by building component type—of what to look for in a green product. Green Building Products is available now to AIA members for the special price of $27.95 ($34.95 retail). To learn more or purchase, visit the AIA Store or call 800-242-3837, opt. #4.

It’s All About Federal Procurement: Check out the new Guide to Federal Procurement Web site, a one-stop shop where AIA members can get updated information on how to apply for and win government contracts.

Celebrating Second Lives: Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, LLP, announces the publication of Boomer Buildings: Mid-Century Architecture Reborn, edited by Michael J. Crosbie, AIA, PhD.

See Calatrava from the Convention: You now can see the keynote address by 2005 AIA Gold Medal recipient Santiago Calatrava that won him three standing ovations, and can earn 1 CES credit to boot. AIA members may take the “Santiago Calatrava Works his Magic,” course for $29.95 ($59.95 nonmembers).

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