Updated Florida Code Does Well Through Recent Storms
As weary Floridians this week grapple yet again with a devastating storm, officials are gathering reports on the efficacy of code changes made after Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992. In the wake of Hurricanes Charlie, Frances, and Ivan, the news so far is positive: Buildings constructed under the new code guidelines have fared better than their older counterparts. Although much evidence remains to be gathered as this disastrous hurricane season wears on, officials are optimistic that the processes put in place in the 1990s serve as a good starting point for the ongoing cycle of code considerations.

A LEED Retrofit Proves Green Is Beautiful
The first LEED™-certified project in Florida (with a Bronze plaque issued in 2003) is the Eugene M. and Christine Lynn Business Center, Stetson University, in DeLand, Fla., designed by SchenkelShultz, Orlando. Converting a former six-story concrete-and-glass cube that was the Empire State Bank into a state-of-the-art school of business administration—complete with classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and a below-grade cyber lounge—involved gutting the existing building (82 percent of waste was recycled) and redesigning it around a skylighted ceiling-to-lounge open atrium that fills the building with natural light. The design criteria included reduced car use, limited exterior up-lighting, reclaimed water, native and drought-resistant plantings, energy efficiency, low VOC emissions, careful ventilation control, and computerized performance monitoring.

Profession Loses Two Heroes of Modernism
Max Abramovitz, Edward Larrabee Barnes Die
With much sadness, AIArchitect reports that two of the champions of Modern architecture and giants of New York City skyscraper design recently passed away: Max Abramovitz, FAIA, architect of the Avery Fisher (Philharmonic) Hall died September 12; and Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA, architect of the IBM Building, died September 22.

Heads up
AIA Library Awards Submissions Due December 17
The Institute and the Library Administration and Management Association have created the biennial AIA/ALA Library Awards of Excellence to encourage excellence in the architectural design and planning of libraries. All library buildings designed by architects licensed in the U.S. are eligible. Submissions are due December 17. For more information, contact Cynthia McCollum in the AIA Honors and Awards department, 202-626-7586. For information on all of the AIA’s awards programs, see the 2005 AIA Program book online. (Pictured is the Seattle Public Temporary Central Library, Seattle, by LMN Architects, a 2003 AIA/ALA award winner. Photo © Fred Housel.)

Tour of Hope Begins October 1
Michael Siegel, AIA, a two-time cancer survivor, is one of 20 riders selected to cycle cross-country in support of clinical trials for cancer research beginning October 1. Siegel and his teammates will be joined by Lance Armstrong, six-time Tour de France winner and himself a cancer survivor, at various points along the route and at the finish line October 9 just blocks from AIA national component headquarters in Washington, D.C. AIArchitect will be following his progress as he embarks on this ambitious journey, and the Institute staff will cheer him on and welcome him to the AIA offices. Click here to read Siegel’s story and find links to cheer him on with a message or a donation.

project watch
FDR Library Adds New Visitor and Education Center
Kliment & Halsband Architects design new gateway to historic site
For the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, N.Y., R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects sought inspiration from the former president himself. “FDR’s design for the first presidential library was an inspiration and a starting point for our design. The visitor center is a contemporary interpretation of the Dutch architecture of the Hudson Valley, transformed for our century, our needs, and our sensibilities,” the architects report.

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Real estate: EPA requiring stricter site waste studies.
Energy: Oil will top off at $50 a barrel, going down in coming weeks.
Reusing waste: Materials shortages mean a recycling comeback.
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best practices (members only)
A Message to House Clients: Make Real-World Choices to Get What You Want
In his new book, The House You Build, Duo Dickinson, AIA, advises clients on how to work with their architect to get a home that fits the way they live and offers six tips on how clients can expect to achieve that realistically within budget. (Login required.)

National Building Museum Reprises “Washington Symbol and City”
The National Building Museum, located in the national landmark Pension Building Washington, D.C., is pleased to announce the October 9 reopening of the popular and now updated “Washington: Symbol and City” exhibit, developed by guest curator and architect Don Alexander Hawkins, AIA. The exhibit outlines development of our capital city, its monuments and its neighborhoods. It also examines the city’s many roles “as a national symbol, the working seat of the federal government, and an evolving metropolis.” The exhibit will run long-term. For more information, visit the National Building Museum online. (Pictured, from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, is a section through the U.S. Capitol dome, Architect of the Capitol Thomas U. Walter, 1855.)

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