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 BTA’s
Design Research Headquarters Building Offers Shining
Showcase of
Timeless Design
Cambridge, Mass., landmark
captures
2003 Twenty-five Year Award
Described by Boston Globe
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and architect Robert Campbell,
FAIA,
as “a glass vitrine at the scale of architecture . . .
a display
case for the contents inside,” the Design Research
Headquarters
Building has been offering passers-by a crystal-clear view
of Modern
architecture and its accoutrements since the building opened
in
1969. Designed by Boston’s BTA Architects Inc.
(formerly known
as Benjamin Thompson & Associates), the building has been
named
the 2003 recipient of the AIA Twenty-five Year Award,
honoring structures
completed 25 to 35 years ago that have maintained both
purpose and
poise. Full
Story
Young
Architects Demonstrate Exceptional Leadership
The AIA has chosen five outstanding young architects,
defined as
professionals who have been practicing 10 years or fewer,
regardless
of their age, to receive its 2003 Young Architects Award.
The award
honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and
made
significant contributions to the profession early in their
careers.
This year’s winners are: Lisa
M. Chronister, AIA; Paul D. Mankins, AIA; Paul Neuhaus, AIA;
Ronald
Todd Ray, AIA; and Paul
Woolford, AIA. Full
Story
 Nine
Receive 2003 Institute Honors for Distinguished
Contributions to
Architecture
The AIA on January 24 named the nine individuals and groups
selected
as recipients of the 2003 Institute Honors for Collaborative
Achievement.
The award, to be presented in May at the national convention
in
San Diego, honors exceptional contributions to the design
and architecture
community. Full
Story
Survey
Defines Advocates’ 2003 Agendas
State Government Network (SGN) representatives reported in
an annual
survey that they are increasingly stepping up advocacy
efforts,
and that improving relationships between government
officials and
component membership tops their list of goals for the 2003
legislative
session. The AIA’s Government Affairs team also found
that
tax-related issues are among the chief legislative concerns
of the
SGN representatives. Full
Story
 AIArchitect
to Connect Members to the Kiplinger
Letter
Business will begin a marked upturn toward the end of 2003,
just
as soon as President Bush wraps up his war in Iraq, predicts
the
latest Kiplinger Letter.
Tax cuts, improved corporate profit margins, strength on
Wall Street,
and low interest rates will belie the current low public
confidence
in the U.S. economy, according to the 82-year-old business
and political
prognosticator, the collective wisdom of which will be
coming to
you as an AIA-member benefit beginning February 2003. Full
Story
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BEST
PRACTICES
Upstream Service Meets Client
Demand
Strategic facility planning is a service that goes beyond
facility
programming, as it more thoroughly factors in clients’
objectives
against market factors over time. Especially at a time when
the
economy seems to be cooling, clients appreciate the value of
strategic
planning when it creates more useable space without
necessarily
requiring new construction. Full
Story
 Lead
a Diversity Workshop at Build Boston
Proposals due March 1 for
November event
Architects, interior designers, landscape architects,
facility managers,
students, educators, interns, consultants, business leaders,
psychologists,
artists—and everyone else—are invited to submit
workshop
proposals by March 1 for the Diversity Conference, November
19–20.
This “conference within a conference” will
explore diversity
in the design professions and is part of Build Boston 2003,
the
19th annual building industry convention in Boston. Full
Story
 Reminder:
2003 Benedictus Awards
Entries Due February 14
International awards honor
innovative use of laminated glass
The DuPont de Nemours Company invites all architects to
submit one
or more entries to the Benedictus Awards program,
recognizing outstanding
architectural design and innovative use of laminated glass
as a
major element of the construction. Designers may submit
projects
completed since January 1, 1998, to this program, which is
approved
by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and organized
by
the AIA. Spain’s Santiago Calatrava, Italy’s
Lewis Koerner,
and U.S. representative Julie Snow, FAIA, make up this
year’s
jury. Full
Story
College
of Fellows Nominations for Secretary
The 2003 College of Fellows Nominating Committee is
soliciting nominations
for Secretary for 2003–2005 to be presented for
consideration
at the annual COF business meeting at the AIA convention in
May
2003. Address letters to Nominating Committee Chair, AIA
College
of Fellows, 1735 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20006-5292 by
February 3. For more
information, contact Pauline Porter, 202-626-7521
or pporter@aia.org. Nominations
should include:
• A cover letter, no longer than two standard pages,
with
name, address, telephone number, and a description of
interest and
understanding of the position
• An executive summary or résumé, not to
exceed
five pages, that includes a list of significant AIA
activities and
accomplishments
• A maximum of three letters of recommendation
forwarded to
the chair of the Nominating Committee.
 COTE
Top Ten
The AIA Committee on the Environment will launch its Web
site, aiatopten.org, for online submissions to the 2003
AIA/COTE
Top Ten Green Projects program January 27. In addition to
online
entry, registration is required for each project, and will
be available
February 3 on the AIA
Web site. Go to “Announcements” on the AIA
homepage.
Click on “AIA Meetings,” then select “COTE
Top
10 Green Projects.” (Pictured is the Pier 1, San
Francisco,
by SMWM, a 2002 Top Ten award-winner. Photo courtesy of the
architect.)
New
Service Lets AIA Members Mentor and Mentee
Next month, the AIA launches a new online service called
“Mentoring:
A Journey in Collaborative Learning,” designed to
match mentors
with mentees based on personal profiles that capture
specific interests,
experience, and expertise. For an annual fee of $50, mentors
and
mentees will find the partners who will help them achieve
professional
and personal goals. Step One is a short confidential survey
of biographical
and work-related questions. Go to
www.mentoring.ws/mip2/association/aia
and enter “architect” at the password prompt to
take
the Mentoring Interest Profiler survey. Fill it out before
February
7 to be eligible for a match when the service debuts on
February
14.
This service is brought to you as an AIA-member benefit. The
email
list used to deliver AIArchitect This Week is maintained
exclusively
for that purpose by the AIA national component.
To keep up with the universe of information the AIA gathers
exclusively
for members, visit
the AIA's Web page. For member-only information, click onto
"MyAIA: building on your skills" or
use this shortcut.
AIArchitect This Week is published by the AIA, Washington,
D.C.
Copyright 2003 The American Institute of Architects
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