BIMStorm Hits LA
Contributing Editor Michael Tardif, Assoc. AIA, describes how on January 31, 133 design professionals—plus 700 observers from 11 countries—participated in BIMStorm LAX, a 24-hour, online design charrette making over large swaths of Los Angeles in a grassroots exercise organized by Kimon Onuma, FAIA, founder and principal of Onuma, Inc.
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Susan Maxman, FAIA,
founder and design principal of SMP Architects, a pioneer firm in green design, and served as AIA president in 1993, the first woman to hold the office.Full story
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