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  AIArchitect This Week—October 21, 2002

From Our Friends at AIA Idaho
AIA Idaho recently presented its biannual Design Awards to seven Idaho architects for recent works that include a high school renovation, homeless shelter, architect's office, resort dock facility, university recreation center, dental office, and a resort area residence. The jury selected three projects for Citation Awards and four for Merit Awards. Full Story

AIA Members Seek State Office
With election campaigns heating up this fall, architects are among those who have entered the political fray. State representatives from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio are working to convince voters to return them to their elected posts, while an architect in Maryland is seeking to take the oath of office for the first time come inauguration day. Full Story

AIA Components Report Business Conditions Stronger in the Coastal Regions
This year's AIA 2002 Component Survey of Business Conditions shows the construction market struggling to show some improvement, with the need for architecture staff limited in most categories. Full Story

From Our Friends at AIA New Jersey
Architects, Legislators Exchange Views at Statehouse
Some 50 AIA New Jersey members convened at their Statehouse Annex October 7 to take part in the AIA NJ Legislative Day, reports Peter C. Lampen, AIA. Three panel discussions covered topics of immediate concern to all architects and allowed the architects to meet and hear the views of legislators, state agency representatives, and advisors to the governor. Full Story

BEST PRACTICES
Political Office Is a Challenging Commitment
Charles W. Clary III, FAIA, first ran for political office—a city council position—in 1990, during the last major recession. Now, as Florida Senate majority whip recently reelected, he describes the rewards and challenges of his commitment to public service. Full Story

Be a Part of the "National Conversation"
AIA members can now access a 15-page summary of "A National Conversation," a talk begun by AIA President Gordon H. Chong, FAIA; President-elect Thom Penney, FAIA; and AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, and carried on by components across the country to define the preferred future for the architecture profession. Members also have access to more than 90 pages of original comments and responses via the AIA portal. Simply log in to the AIA portal, request "National Conversation," and click on the folder that pops up.

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  This Just In

Healthcare Facilities Design and Neuroscience Workshop Report Now Available in PDF
You can now download the free report from August 13–15 Healthcare Facilities Design and Neuroscience Workshop held in Woods Hole, Mass., where 28 architects and neuroscientists explored potential connections between study of the mind and creation of the built environment. Read an article about the workshop, or download the PDF (141 kb). For more information, contact Margaret Tarampi, 202-626-7342.

Work-on-the-Boards Survey
Business Conditions Continue to Move Sideways at Firms in September
U.S. architecture firms report that business conditions remained sluggish in September. Billings declined modestly last month, bringing to three the number of continuous months with slight declines in billings at firms. Inquiries for new projects continued to pick up at a brisk pace, although several firms reported that clients are taking longer than usual to begin new projects. Full Story

PROJECT WATCH
Sun Shines on Residents of Colorado Court in Santa Monica
Pugh Scarpa Kodama's striking five-story design will turn heads on the Santa Monica Freeway because of its good looks—but will cause double takes when passers-by realize that the 199 attractive blue panels are in fact solar photovoltaic panels. In fact, the just-opened Colorado Court, which offers 44 single-room-occupancy apartments for low-income residents, is designed to be 100 percent energy independent, with the potential to sell power back to the grid. Offering energy cost savings to people who can really use it, the architects also incorporated shaping and massing of the structure to maximize natural ventilation, an abundance of daylighting through low-e glazing, a natural-gas-powered turbine/heat recovery cogeneration system, interiors created with recycled materials, rainwater collection system, and drought-resistant landscaping. The architect worked closely with the City of Santa Monica, the Community Corporation of Santa Monica, and a team of energy experts to make the project a reality.

Actions Taken at the September 20–21 AIA Board of Directors Meeting Full Story

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