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  This Week

Weak Business Conditions Continue at Firms in November
Billings at U.S. architecture firms declined in November, marking the third straight month that a significantly higher share of firms reported declines from the previous month than reported increases. However, there is some evidence that business conditions will improve in the near future. Full Story

A Giving Time
Architecture has always been a giving profession, but the universal wake of pain caused by this year's terrorist attacks appears to have touched new depths of concern for giving this season, in the AIA community and beyond. Full Story

PROJECT OF THE WEEK
New Minnesota Elementary School Houses 1,200 Students
Like many other architecture firms involved in school design, DLR Group faced the challenge of meeting the needs of a large and still increasing elementary school population while maintaining a neighborhood feel within the walls of a new facility. Full Story

2002 Business Week/Architectural Record Awards Call For Entries
Architects and clients interested in submitting their buildings in the 2002 Business Week/Architectural Record (BW/AR) Awards program should look for the call for entry information insert in the January issue of Architectural Record. Full Story

January Security Conference in Albuquerque Covers Nuts and Bolts—and the Big Picture, Too
The AIA "Building Security Through Design: Protective Environments in an Open Society" conference, January 10–13, 2002, has assembled a stellar cast of security experts to present detailed security design topics in concurrent technical sessions. Full Story

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  This Just In

AIA/CES Sets Policy on Earning LUs from AR Articles
The AIA Continuing Education System (CES), working with state licensing board officials and Architectural Record management, has set a new policy on earning and recording learning units from technical articles run in the magazine of the AIA specifically for earning AIA/CES LUs. Full Story

2002 Leadership Institute: Where Do You Want to Go?
If you want to develop the skills to become an engaged leader in your community, apply to attend the 2002 AIA Leadership Institute at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., March 21–24, 2002. The deadline for application is January 18, 2002. Full Story

Happy Holidays!
In honor of the season, AIArchitect This Week will not be published the last week of December. Look for your next copy by email during the first week in January.

The AIArchitect staff wishes all a joyous holiday season and health, peace, and prosperity in 2002.

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