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  AIArchitect This Week—September 30, 2002

Six Teams Tapped for World Trade Center Design Study
Plans to rebuild the World Trade Center moved another step forward September 26 as redevelopment officials tapped six architecture teams to take part in a design study of the World Trade Center complex. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced that it had selected some of the world's "most talented architects and planners," including two individual firms and four collaborative groups from a pool of 407 submissions representing 34 nations. Full Story

REVIEW: More Proof that Small Is, Indeed, Beautiful
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home by Sarah Susanka, AIA, (Taunton Press, 2002)
Two of our favorite resources—Fine Homebuilding magazine and architect/author Sarah Susanka, AIA—have teamed up to produce Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Taunton Press, 2002), a compendium of ideas to help clients define exactly what they want in a dwelling unit. Full Story

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA DALLAS
Fifteen Projects Win Awards from Big D
Nine winners in three built categories were announced September 7 by esteemed jurors. The award winners were selected from among 104 entries. Full Story

BEST PRACTICES
Move! Or Help Your Clients Move
Whether you are supervising your own office move, overseeing a move planning consultant, or thinking about offering move planning as an alternative service to clients, you probably will find this information useful. It is excerpted from "Move Management," by Patricia Henriques, president of Management Alternatives, a Washington, D.C.-based move management firm, and published in the latest edition of The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice. Full Story

The Utah Olympic Oval, West Kearns, Utah, by Gillies Stransky Brems Smith, PC, which housed speed skating during the 2002 winter Olympics, is one of the first LEED buildings certified by the U.S. Green Buildings Council.Green Building Conference Premieres in November
The U.S. Green Building Council and its partners are premiering the International Green Building Conference and Exposition November 13–15, 2002, in Austin. This gathering promises to feature the most comprehensive congregation of green building programs and technologies ever assembled—a showcase for this rapidly expanding and dynamic industry. Full Story

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AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, smiles over his right shoulder as U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham cuts the ribbon opening the Solar Decathlon Village September 26. Looking on, from right, are DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Garman; National Renewable Energy Laboratories Director Richard Truly; Harry Shimp, BP Solar (to Koonce's right); and Jonathan Roseman, Home Depot.Solar Decathlon Under Way in D.C.
What sounded so farfetched a year ago as organizers finalized their plans is now a reality. The Solar Decathlon—where 14 teams of college students have built 500-square-foot energy-efficient homes on the Mall in Washington, D.C.—was off and running when Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham cut the ribbon. You have to see what they're up to! Full Story

Heads Up: Awards Deadlines Fast Approaching
The following awards have due dates coming up soon:
• Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design
Submission binder postmark: October 4
• Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement
Submission binders postmark: October 11
• Institute Honors for Professional Achievement (Edward C. Kemper Award, Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture, Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, and Young Architects Award)
Submission binders postmark: October 11.
For a complete list of awards deadlines and applications procedures, click here.

SCORE!
Dalquist and Lutzow Design New Soccer Facility in Loves Park, Ill.
Sportscore II is the new pride and joy of Loves Park, Ill. (a suburb of Rockford), thanks to Dalquist and Lutzow Architects Ltd.'s handicraft. The new facility, designed by AIA Illinois' 2001 Distinguished Firm of the Year, offers 11 new fully irrigated fields, remodeled indoor sports center building, new 4,000-square-foot concession stand, new observation deck, and an additional 482 parking places. In its inaugural weekend, Sportscore II hosted 300 soccer teams for a major seeding tournament. In addition to soccer, the facility hosts volleyball, basketball, rugby, wheelchair athletics, and sports meetings and conventions.

Upgrading to EF3.0 Plus? Here are Some Tips to Make Installation Easier Full Story

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