Harvard GSD Studio Melds BMW Technology with Affordable Housing
Project is one of the programs funded by RMJM’s $1.5 research donation
K-based RMJM and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design last year announced the launch of a $2-million initiative to establish the “RMJM Program for Research and Education in Integrated Design Practice.” The RMJM Program helps fund a variety of courses, from practical business-oriented graduate and doctorate classes that help familiarize students with good business management principles to the futuristic, in which a design studio considered how BMW prototype technology could be translated from concept car to affordable housing.

Candidates for National Office Address Emerging Professionals’ Questions
Young architects and associates ask five questions on the profession’s future
Elections for the Institute’s next first vice president/president-elect, vice presidents, and treasurer will be held April 30–May 2 at the AIA 2009 National Convention and Expo in San Francisco. Now posted is a PDF file of all eight candidates’ position statements, their speeches from the 2009 Grassroots Leadership and Advocacy Conference, and their answers to five questions posed by the AIA Emerging Professionals committees.

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The Economy • Business Costs • Energy
The Economy: There are some bright spots in the retail market in 2009.
Business Costs: By year’s end, expect most metals to jump 10–15 percent.
Energy: Nuclear will surge ahead; “power trees” a coming off-grid phenom.