Hurricane Relief Update Bulletin
AIA New Orleans, AIA Louisiana, AIA national component join forces with local community-based organizations: As New Orleans begins to look toward the initial planning efforts for the massive task of its rebuilding, the AIA is fostering a community-based team that already has a strong working relationship in supporting smart-growth and community-development initiatives.
AIA delivers architects’ rebuilding message to the public: In newspapers across the country—including the September 30 Times-Picayune—AIA members are delivering the message of the need for long-term planning and inclusion of local architecture firms in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region. Additionally, AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, outlined the architect’s role in relief and recovery on Fox Evening News September 25.
Damage assessments ready to begin in Mississippi: In addition to training more than 100 architects last week in Jackson and Biloxi, Miss., the AIA continues with FEMA, the Red Cross, and Salvation Army to set up and staff “one-stop centers” for building assessments, which could begin as early as October 1, pending an executive order from the governor granting temporary “Good Samaritan” status for architects. (Pictured: AIA Mississippi members tour damage caused by an enormous barge that washed ashore. Photo © Daniel Lobo).
Help Find These 53 Architects!: The AIA national component and AIA Louisiana continue efforts to locate all Gulf-Coast architects with displaced practices and have found 307 out of 360. We have the names of the remaining 53 (and 34 firms) in the full-text story—click on the GO button. Can you help?
NCARB will assist record holders, ARE candidates in hurricane-stricken areas: And the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners will help with record for displaced architects as well.
Rita adds to woes: Hurricane Rita compounded the Gulf Region’s misery and redoubled emergency and relief efforts.

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA GEORGIA
Bernard B. (Rocky) Rothschild, FAIA, 1915–2005
It saddens us to notify you that the indefatigable Bernard B. Rothschild, FAIA, passed away on the morning of September 16. For almost 60 years, Rocky Rothschild performed continuous, dedicated service at the local, state, regional, and national levels of the AIA. Rocky touched the city of Atlanta, the profession, and all those he came in contact with. He will not be forgotten.

TISP Conference to Discuss Protecting Infrastructure
Join the Society of Military Engineers and The Infrastructure Security Partnership October 18–20 in St. Augustine, Fla., for the fourth annual SAME/TISP 2005 Joint South Central/South Atlantic Region Combined Conference and Congress. The theme for this year’s event is “Engineering a Brighter Future: Planning Together to Protect America’s Infrastructure.” The event will focus on the security of critical physical infrastructure and will involve high-level military and civilian government officials as well as representatives from prominent private-sector firms. Speakers will include officials and leaders from a broad spectrum of civilian, military, and private-sector organizations. For more information, visit the conference Web site.

AIA Santa Clara Valley Design Awards
Chapter honors eight projects in biennial program
The Santa Clara Valley chapter of the AIA presented one Honor Award and seven Merit Awards for its biennial design award program. Stanley Saitowitz, principal, Stanley Saitowitz Office/Natoma Architects, San Francisco; Laura Hartman, AIA, founder and principal, Fernau & Hartman Architects Inc., Berkeley; and John King, urban design and architecture critic, San Francisco Chronicle, served on the jury.

project watch
Nevada Cancer Institute Merges Health Care and Hospitality
Marnell Corrao: “You won’t find a medical facility that looks quite like this”
Planners of the new $52-million Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) flagship facility in Las Vegas turned to Marnell Corrao Associates, architects for the MGM/Mirage, Harrah’s, Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas properties, to design a state-of-the-art medical research and patient-care facility. The firm translated their experience in the hospitality market to create a technically excellent and leading-edge research and clinical institution that’s “incredibly appealing for patients,” says Heather Murren, NVCI president and CEO. NVCI, which officially opened last week, responds to statistics that rank Nevada well below the national survivorship rate for all types of cancers.

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Workers and jobs: Labor shortages loom on the horizon. The economy: Massive reconstruction may overheat economy. Tech: Consider on-line data backup.
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BEST PRACTICES
Integrated Practice: It’s Not Just About the Technology
“Perhaps the greatest misconception I hear about the emerging transformation to practice is that ‘it’s all about the technology,’” says Norman Strong, FAIA, the AIA’s 2006 vice president for integrated practice. “This is definitely not the case.” In this article, Phillip Bernstein, FAIA, Autodesk, clarifies the crucial understanding that technology is just a catalyst in this change, a single component of integrated practice, and not an end in and of itself.

COF, YAF, and NAC Announce Grant Recipient
Emerging professionals document AIA Hampton Roads architecture
The Hampton Roads chapter of the AIA has been awarded $2,500 as the first recipient of the Emerging Professional Component Grants. Founded in 2004 and launched at this year’s Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference, the program was established “to assist AIA components in the development of programs that foster the mission of young architects and associates.”

APEC Architect Register for International Practice Operational
On September 19, a system for multi-national recognition of profession credentials for registered/licensed architects with an established number of years’ experience (seven for U.S. architects) went into operation. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Architect Register is intended to facilitate architects in one of the currently 14 participating jurisdictions (called “economies”) to elevate standards for professional competency, share knowledge, engage in joint ventures, and facilitate multi-lateral recognition agreements.

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Justice in the City: The Academy of Architecture for Justice Conference and Exposition, November 2–5, San Diego will ask “What is the role of criminal justice facilities in the urban environment?” and “How are efficient criminal justice services provided in an urban setting?”

Free Postings Through Year-end: You can post your project, firm, award, and other news for free on the AIA’s online new service through the end of 2005.

Check out the new Learning Management System: The site offers 140 courses; 10 of them brand new, fresh from the AIA 2005 National Convention in Las Vegas.

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