AIArchitect | September 23, 2002

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	AIArchitect This Week—September 23, 2002

	BEST PRACTICES The Future's So Bright You'll Hafta Wear Shades "Category Authority" Barry Lynch, AIA, outlines a new way of providing value-added services for sole practitioners in this article excerpted from his presentation at the AIA Sole Practitioner's Breakfast at the 2002 AIA convention. Full Story FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA NORTH CAROLINA AIA North Carolina Announced 2002 Design Awards AIA North Carolina announced the winners of its 2002 Design Awards competition at the chapter’s annual Design Awards Banquet in Asheville, N.C., August 24. Full Story FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA CALIFORNIA COUNCIL Why Volunteer? Members on Giving Back to the Profession "Involvement: Political and Personal" forms the theme of the August/September 2002 issue of Focus, the AIA California Council's newsletter. Associate Director of Membership and Marketing Sidney Sweeney reports that the response was “incredible” when she asked past component leaders why they volunteer. We agree and have reprinted some of the responses. Full Story Melding Practice and Pragmatics Early in his career, John R. Groves, PhD, AIA, recognized the tremendous impact of code compliance on design development. He had recently completed requirements for licensure in 1977 when the disastrous conflagration at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky., took 165 lives. Full Story State Network Focuses on Codes, Taxes, Design/Build, Tort Reform The State Government Network has identified building codes, taxation, design/build, and tort reform as priority and emerging issues for AIA members in a poll of its members conducted by AIA Government Affairs. Full Story Need to catch up on recent editions of AIArchitect This Week? August 26 \| September 2 \| September 9 \| September 16 To see the complete table of contents for AIArchitect click here.
	This Just In

	In a Nutshell: This Is One Smart Cookie! Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, former AIA president and chairman of The American Architectural Foundation, next year's chancellor of the AIA College of Fellows, and designer of the AAF Keystone Award, has added more kudos to his resume: cookie design. Damianos is part of the team that created An Edible Game—The Smart Cookie, a dessert with a cerebral twist. Full Story Heads Up: COF Latrobe Fellowship Applications Due February 21, 2003 The College of Fellows-sponsored fellowship—named for Benjamin Henry Latrobe, America's first professional architect—supports research that will lead to significant advances in the architecture profession. The 2003 Latrobe Fellow will receive a stipend of $100,000 for research, findings, and recommendations documented in publications, exhibitions, or educational programming that will inform, educate, and provide new insights for the architecture profession. Full Story National Associate Committee Honors "Service By Design" Several local chapters of the National Associates Committee discovered diverse ways to celebrate "National Community Service Month" in August by helping their communities and promoting awareness of architecture and architects. Featured in this article are four of their projects. Full Story This service is brought to you as an AIA-member benefit. The email list used to deliver AIArchitect This Week is maintained exclusively for that purpose by the AIA national component. To keep up with the universe of information the AIA gathers exclusively for members, visit the AIA's Web page. For member-only information, click onto "MyAIA: building on your skills" or use this shortcut. AIArchitect This Week is published by the AIA, Washington, D.C. Copyright 2002 The American Institute of Architects ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You receive this email at: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') because your address is on file in the AIA's membership database. To change your email address, send an email with your name, AIA member number, old email address and new email address to AIA Information Central. Or make the changes yourself. To remove your email address from this distribution list - but not from the AIA membership database - forward this message to: $subst('Email.UnSub')