AIArchitect This Week | March 21, 2008

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aiarchitect | volume 15 the news of america’s community of architects

march 21, 2008



HOK-Designed “The Wild Center” Earns USGBC LEED Silver IBM Building 25 Burns Candidates for 2008 AIA National Office Issue Statements REGREEN Guidelines for Green Home Remodeling Projects Now Available Online Be Part of “We the People” in Boston


Carbon-zero ZeroHouse Code of Ethics Reflects Support for Pro Bono Work, Sustainability AIA Government Advocacy and Advocacy Week			Billings Take a Tumble in February The New IRS Form 990 Don’t Lose Your AIA Connection: Renew Your Membership by March 31 Letters to the Editor Kiplinger Connection •Housing Woes • Banking Industry • Retail


Shangri La Emerges Again . . . in East Texas When You Walk by, this Museum Springs (and Sings) to Life Order in the Court
		February 22 \| February 29 \| March 7 \| March 14

	AIA STORE Sustainable Healthcare Architecture CONTRACT DOCUMENTS Questions Regarding the AIA Contract Documents 2007 UpdaCORNERSTONE PARTNERS Featured Cornerstone partner: CertainTeed Corporation				CES What Is AIA Georgia up to? AIA ADVANTAGE Save 20 percent on most Dell Latitude™ Laptops! AIA TRUST Cover Personal and Business Expenses if Disability Strikes

Visit the AIA Career Center to view/post openings. You can sort the complete list by keyword, category, job level, job type, and location.	› Architect 91 › Architectural Intern 19 › Computer Aided Design 6 › Construction Management 9 › Engineering 6 › Facilities Management 2 › Graphic Design 3 › Healthcare Architect 7				› Industrial Design 2 › Interior Design 12 › Jobs at the AIA 1 › Landscape Architecture 1 › Marketing 1 › Planning 3 › Project Manager 30 › Specifications 4

	› Alabama 2 › Arizona 4 › California 20 › Colorado 2 › Connecticut 1 › D.C. 2 › Florida 2 › Georgia 2			› Illinois 1 › Maryland 3 › Massachusetts 1 › Missouri 1 › Nevada 3 › New Jersey 2 › New York 5 › North Carolina 16		› Oregon 1 › Pennsylvania 6 › South Carolina 1 › Texas 6 › Virginia 6 › Washington 10

	› Executive Editor Douglas E. Gordon, Hon. AIA › Managing Editor Stephanie Stubbs, Assoc. AIA › Associate Editor Tracy Ostroff › Associate Editor Russell Boniface › Associate Editor Zachariah Mortice › Graphic Design and Web Publishing Innov8iv Design Incorporated › Contributing Editors: James Atkins, FAIA; Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA; Michael J. Crosbie, AIA, PhD; John P. Eberhard, FAIA; Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA; Heather Livingston; Grant Simpson, FAIA; Michael Tardif, Assoc. AIA, Tony P. Wrenn, Hon. AIA.

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BIM: Reaching Forward, Reaching Back
In a discussion of the power of BIM tools, Contributing Editor Michael Tardif, Assoc. AIA, explains the difference between authoring tools and audit-and-analysis tools, with many specific examples, and the power of integrating them in pre- and post-design applications.
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Kate Stohr is the co-founder and managing director of Architecture for Humanity (AFH) and co-editor of Design Like You Give a Damn.
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Connect with colleagues and discuss the latest in the news, opinion, and design trends that affect AIA members. This week’s strings:
› Piano’s Anti-monument
› Arson Redevelopment
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› CAE to Hold Spring Meeting and School Building Expo April 1–3 in Chicago
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