|  Codes
Groups Consolidate Into International Code Council
Three regional model codes groups finalized the process of
creating
an official unified alliance dedicated to shaping a single
family
of building and fire codes. On January 21, directors from
the Building
Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA),
International
Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and the Southern
Building
Code Congress International (SBCCI) signed an agreement to
unite
the operations of the three groups into a single
organization: the
International Code Council (ICC). 
From Banker to Pastor to Engineer, AIA
Acknowledges
Champions of the Profession
Eight named to Honorary Membership
The tenets of the AIA highlight the importance of
communication
and collaboration with our allies and clients throughout the
building
industry. One of the most important messages AIA members can
share
through our professional society is gratitude toward those
who support
and uplift architects and architecture; we can acknowledge
them
as part of the AIA family. In this spirit, the Institute is
pleased
to bestow on eight special people the title of Honorary AIA.
 Officials
Choose Two WTC Finalists
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Port
Authority
of New York and New Jersey announced February 4 that the
designs
created by the team known as THINK, led by architects Rafael
Viñoly
and Frederic Schwartz, and another by Studio Daniel
Libeskind will
go forward as finalists in the plans to redevelop Ground
Zero. Both
schemes call for towers that are taller than the original
World
Trade Center buildings and preserve the footprints of the
original
towers.
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 Balancing
Sustainability, Historic Fabric
Goody Clancy brings out the best of both
Applying sustainable design technology to historic buildings
necessitates
a delicate balancing act. “We must bridge
sustainability and
preservation,” said Jean Carroon, AIA, principal and
director
of preservation at Boston’s Goody Clancy. She shared
her knowledge
at a January 27 lecture at the National Building Museum.
AIA, EPA Working Together on Livable
Communities
Strengthening the ties between the U.S. Environmental
Protection
Agency and the Institute, AIA President Thompson E. Penney,
FAIA,
and Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA,
aligned
agendas with EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at the
AIA
headquarters in Washington, D.C. February 5.
Philip Dinsmore, Former AIA Secretary,
Dies
Philip W. Dinsmore, FAIA, died January 28 in Tucson after a
long
illness. He was 60. Dinsmore had served the AIA on a local,
state,
and national scale with distinction in many roles, including
a three-year
term as regional director on the AIA Board from the Western
Mountain
Region, a four-year term as secretary of the Institute, and
five
years of continued service as a member and chair of the
Board of
Trustees of the AIA Trust.
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