AIArchitect This Week | November 7, 2008

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

November 7, 2008



It’s the Economy, Architect! Learn About Getting a Job and Keeping It NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets a New Home in a Renovated Theater Video: President Purnell Reviews the Upcoming Sustainability Requirements Vietnam Veterans Memorial Joins “Shape of America” Web Site The Elections and Votes and What They Mean to Architects: The AIA Angle’s Got it Covered


Looking to Nature for the Answers Former Piano Showroom and Organ Store Combine to Form New Lofts in St. Louis Let Go to Grow! Take Part in This Webinar to Learn about the New Integrated Project Delivery AIA Documents			Now More than Ever, Your AIA Membership Counts December 12 is Deadline for Honorary Membership, AIA Housing Awards, AIA/HUD Secretary Awards AIA President-elect Marvin Malecha to Deliver Keynote Address at the December Ecobuild America Kiplinger Connection


Five Parks Grow out of One Huge Landfill on Staten Island $42 Million Expansion Transforms Specialty Hospital to Full-Service Facility Raleigh Opens Its New Convention Center This Week in Pictures
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