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Historic
American Buildings Survey Marks 70 Years of Service
The National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey
(or HABS, as it is generally known), America’s oldest federal
historic preservation program, started life rather inauspiciously
in 1933 as a Depression-era aid for underemployed architects, James
C. Massey, Assoc. AIA, tells us. Luckily, its significance quickly
became apparent, and the next year HABS received permanent status.
It was run under a tripartite agreement among three coordinating
organizations: the National Park Service, which carried out the
work; the Library of Congress, which maintained the records; and
the AIA, which provided professional guidance. The partnership has
lasted, and HABS now offers the world’s foremost documentation
of historic buildings through photos and drawings.
Security
and Design Experts Converge to Share Lessons Learned
“Transparent security”—design elements that protect
life and property, but do not detract from the visual appearance
of buildings—can help protect our nation’s infrastructure
and reduce threats to the built environment, said building experts
gathered September 14–15 in Washington, D.C. These practitioners
pointed to reinforced and hardened buildings, increased setback
distances, landscaping enhancements that give stand-off distances,
efficient egress systems, and advanced air-filtering systems as
some of the ingredients of a recipe for more secure buildings and
infrastructure in America.
Texas
Society of Architects Honors Seven Homegrown Projects
The Texas Society of Architects announces that the chapter has chosen
seven projects to receive 2003 Design Awards. The projects, all
located in Texas, were selected from among 271 entries in the annual
competition that honors outstanding architectural projects by architects
practicing within the 17 chapters that make up TSA. The winning
projects and their designers will be recognized at a special ceremony
during TSA’s 64th annual convention and design products expo,
October 31–November 1 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
PROJECT
WATCH
Tallahassee Classy
New community hospital illustrates collaborative
efforts of Michael Graves & Associates, Thomas Miller + Partners
Last month marked the opening of the new Capital Regional Medical
Center at Tallahassee Community Hospital, Tallahassee, Fla., a collaboration
of Princeton’s Michael Graves & Associates as design architect
with Nashville’s Thomas Miller + Partners providing health-care
facility finesse. The eight-story, 315,000-square-foot replacement
hospital offers state-of-the-art medical services to the surrounding
community.
Freshman
Representatives Show AIA Support
From right, U.S. representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Michael
Turner (R-Ohio), and Michael Burgess (R-Tex.) joined AIA Executive
Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA (at podium), September
23 at the AIA national component headquarters to share their insights
on economic growth, the transportation reauthorization bill, tort
reform, and community development. The event—sponsored
by ArchiPAC, the AIA political action committee—brought
together dozens of government-affairs officials from architecture,
engineering, and construction associations to meet and get to know
the three congressional representatives, each of whom has been in
office for 10 months. (photo by David Williams)
Your Kiplinger Connection (members
only)
The economy: Slight improvement in jobless rate expected
by spring. Business costs: Shipping
costs to go up while airfares come down. World
economy: Global good news as the world GDP should grow 3
percent in 2004, with Asia leading.
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Increase Your Security Knowledge
The literature on building security as it relates to design continues
to grow. Victor O. Schinnerer & Company offers an annotated
bibliography of readily available reference material to allow you
to familiarize yourself with this specialized topic.
It’s
Time to Adjust Your Outlook
Join McGraw-Hill Construction October
22–23 in the nation’s capital for the 2004 Outlook Executive
Conference
October means it’s time for the McGraw-Hill Construction’s
Outlook 2004 Executive Conference, which gathers executives from
major building-product manufacturing firms, design and contracting
firms, and industry associations. Outlook 2004 begins with a 6 p.m.
reception on October 22, followed by an information-packed program
on October 23.
Four
New Distance-Ed Courses
From Main Street to green building,
they teach why design (and getting paid) matter
AIA eClassroom has just added four new practice-oriented distance
learning programs to its repertoire of continuing education classes
for architects. These courses are derived from the highest-rated
continuing-ed programs held at the 2003 AIA national convention
in San Diego.
Hot Off the Presses: Redesigned
nac-q
in HTML Format
Associate members’ quarterly newsletter
themed “pursuit of excellence”
The third edition of the National Associate Committee’s quarterly
journal, nac-q, is now online
and available in a redesigned, easy-to-read and –access HTML
format. The journal, which is e-mailed to the Institute’s
associate members, now can be viewed by all AIA members online.
AIA CAREER CENTER
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Architect, Central Pennsylvania
• Architectural Project Manager,
Manlius,
NY
• Architecture Project Manager,
Charlotte
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Assistant Architect, Chicago
• Chairperson, University Department of Architecture,
Muncie,
IN
• Chief of Lighting Design/Senior Lighting
Designer, Philadelphia
• Design Architect, Springfield,
MO
• Graduate and Licensed Architects,
Camden, ME
• Licensed Architect, Jacksonville,
FL
• Managing Production Architect,
Burlington,
WA
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Materials Research and Development Specialist,
New York City
• Project Architect, Lafayette,
LA
• Project Architect, Madison,
WI
• Project Architect, Ponte
Vedra, FL
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IL
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Project Designer, Los Angeles
• Project Manager, Detroit
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WI
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Chattanooga
• Project Managers, Philadelphia/Washington,
DC
• Regional Manager, Danville,
CA
• Registered Architect, Princeton,
NJ
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PA
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