Samuel ‘Sambo’ Mockbee Awarded 2004 AIA Gold Medal Posthumously
The AIA Board of Directors on December 4 conferred the Institute’s highest individual honor, the 2004 AIA Gold Medal, on the late Samuel ‘Sambo’ Mockbee, FAIA, a teacher and practitioner who devoted his life to advancing socially responsible architecture.

AIA Components Report Business Conditions as Generally Favorable and Improved From Last Year
Need greatest for mid-level architects;
residential rated as strongest sector
We’re finally seeing signs that the four-year nonresidential construction recession may be coming to an end, according to AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. McGraw-Hill Construction estimates that the value of construction contract awards for nonresidential construction activity will decline almost 6 percent in 2003, once inflation adjustments have been made. While that represents a significant decline, it is well below the 13-percent falloff in 2002 and the 8-percent drop in 2001. They are forecasting a slight increase in 2004, which, if it materializes, would be the first real increase in nonresidential construction activity since 1999.

Lake/Flato Will Receive 2004 Firm Award
The AIA Board of Directors named Lake/Flato as recipient of the 2004 Architecture Firm Award on December 4 at the Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C.

FROM THE 2003 AIA PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Proclaiming Excellence:
A Value-based Proposition
AIA President Thompson E. Penney, FAIA, recently attended a luncheon honoring the recipients of the Business Week/Architectural Record (BW/AR) Awards Program. He tells us that he was struck yet again by this program’s powerful message: Design excellence comes from a mutually enriching partnership between an informed client and an empathetic architect.

MIT Educator Stanford Anderson Named Topaz Winner
The AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture have chosen MIT Professor of Architecture Stanford Anderson the 2004 recipient of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education.

PROJECT WATCH
City Heritage Center Goes Art Deco to Honor Area’s Roots
The new Art Deco “movie theater” in Lakewood, Colo., won’t be showing the Cat in the Hat—or any other feature film. OZ Architecture designed the new 9,090-square-foot Heritage Center visitor’s center as “a contemporary integration of Art Deco” in response to the city’s request to go back to its glamorous roots. “The streamline Art Deco style was once common along Colfax, the place where Lakewood grew up and its lifeline to the region,” says Paul Trementozzi, AIA, principal-in-charge of the $1.8-million project for OZ Architecture.

Your Kiplinger Connection (members only)
Workers & pay: New overtime regulations will save money through lower litigation and compliance costs. The IRS is targeting executive compensation. Health: Aging boomers looking for the best health-care amenities will spur hospital construction in the coming decade, especially in the West. The economy: Recovery will bring higher materials prices. Except for K–12 schools, state and local construction projects will stay slow through mid-2005.
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