SCUP/AIA-CAE Awards Highlight Collaborative Campus Design
Four campuses rated top billing at the 2004 SCUP/AIA-CAE Awards, a joint effort of the Society for College and University Planning and the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. The juried competition recognizes collaborative state-of-the-art planning and emphasizes excellence in higher-education environments and settings. This year’s trends included shifting campus focus through improvements to pedestrian spaces, closing roads and parking, and establishing new campus centers or gathering places, usually outdoor spaces related to new or renovated buildings. Several of the submittals were new buildings that required exploration of the campus before proceeding, and some of the final projects shifted after the planning effort.

Impending Regulations May Affect Overtime Pay
New federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations set to take effect August 23 may require AIA member firms and architects to make changes to help ensure they are properly paying overtime to their employees. The new U.S. Department of Labor rules update which employees, including many “white collar” workers, are exempted from receiving overtime pay at time-and-a-half rates after working more than 40 hours in a week.

Colorado Mourns the Loss of Jason Pettigrew, Assoc. AIA
Members of AIA Colorado, the AIA national component, and the National Associates Committee are deeply saddened by the death of Jason Pettigrew, Assoc. AIA. Pettigrew was killed July 25 by a fall suffered while climbing in southern Colorado’s Sangre de Christo mountain range. His body was recovered by Custer County Search and Rescue on July 30.

Sedums Grow in Downtown Washington
Green roof gets neighbors’ attention
In architecturally sedate Washington, D.C., it appears that the green roof phenomenon has at last taken root. At 1425 K Street, NW, in the heart of the business district, a public/private collaboration among Blake Real Estate, Casey Trees Endowment, and DC Greenworks has yielded the city’s first commercial green roof. At 3,500 square feet, the roof will provide a weather monitoring station for a local news affiliate, a rainwater control area, and, perhaps most importantly, a sliver of nature in the midst of the nation’s capital.

Shouldn’t the Best Teacher You Know Receive the 2005 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion?
Nominations are due October 29
Any colleague, student, or former student may nominate candidates for the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, awarded jointly by the AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The award honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to architecture education for at least 10 years and whose teaching has influenced a broad range of students.

Save the Date: Upcoming AIA Fall Conferences
The AIA knowledge communities have assembled a slate of fall programs and conferences that is sure to appeal to any architectural inclination. From “Places of Transcendence” to “Technology in Architectural Practice,” and from Waterloo, Canada, to Indian Wells, Calif., there’s an AIA fall conference to suit your interests. Check out the list today!

You Can Still Submit Entry Fees for the 2005 Honor Awards for Architecture
The AIA Honors and Awards Department will accept fees for 2005 Honor Award for Architecture entries through August 27, one week before submission binders are due. For more information contact Kelly Pickard, 202-626-7563.

project watch
New Police Station Protects and Serves Community
AC Martin Partners interprets police chief’s vision in architecture
The diverse Boyle Heights community served by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division soon will be home to an AC Martin Partners-designed police station that exemplifies the LAPD’s efforts to create a more open, community-serving police force under the guidance of recently appointed Chief William Bratton. “AC Martin Partners’ design for the Hollenbeck Division Replacement Station reflects the new face of the LAPD,” notes Bratton. “The new station will bring the police and the community together and once again make the police station a place of pride for the neighborhood.”

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