AIArchitect This Week | September 5, 2008

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

September 5, 2008



KieranTimberlake Moves Pre-Fab Into Mass-Customization Plan Ahead for Leaner Times: Take Part in the AIA’s “Strategies and Tactics for Design Firms to Help Manage in an Economic Downturn” Webinar Nominations for AIA Professional Achievement Awards Due October 10


Cuningham Celebrates 40 Years of Sustainable Design HDR’s Nanotechnology Lab Exists in Isolation and Inclusion Il Duomo: Brunelleschi and the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore How Do You Honor Diversity in the Profession? Be Part of the AIA’s Diversity Recognition Program			Residential Architects Report that Popular Home Features Focus on Energy Conservation and Accessibility “Shape of America” Web Site Salutes the Cadet Chapel “Greenstep” Video #5 Details the “Whole Building Approach” to Sustainability Kiplinger Connection


Great American Building to Become Cincinnati Skyline Beacon Academy for Health Honors Four with AIA National Healthcare Design Awards AIA Northern Virginia Honors 23 Projects This Week in Pictures
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House for a Greener Future
The House of the Future” often tells you more about the people imagining how we will live in a distant time than what life will really be like down the road a piece.
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Workplace of the Future
The word at the metaphorical office water cooler is that, in the future, workplace design breaks out of private offices and cubicles to foster the group work we already do and bring in natural light and fresh air. Experts from the General Services Administration and Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics offer some perspectives as the AIA headquarters pursues its own “21st Century Workplace” goals.
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Phil Bernstein, FAIA is vice president, industry strategy and relations, Autodesk AEC Solutions. At Autodesk, Bernstein is responsible for developing and delivering technology solutions and design tools to the AEC industry.
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Can high gas prices kill the suburbs, or are they an impervious part of our post-WWII legacy? And even if the cost of transportation mixes up urban and suburban to an unrecognizable melange, is that a bad thing?

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