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 Public
Radio Program Defines the Shape of Texas
Elizabeth Chu Richter, AIA, has long harbored a desire to
share her love of architecture, elevate public awareness of
the
built environment, and raise the profession’s profile
across
her home state. Her resulting labor of love is The
Shape of Texas, a public radio program that offers travelers
and other listeners a personal guide to contemporary and
historical
architecture and places exemplifying the culture and
heritage of
the Lone Star State. 
Keune Becomes Co-director of UIA Commission
Commission debates professional guidelines
at Japan meeting
Russell V. Keune, FAIA, resident fellow, AIA International
Relations,
began his tenure last month as co-director of the
International
Union of Architects Professional Practice Commission at its
meeting
in Tokyo. Keune shares the position with Prof. Xu Anzhi, of
the
Architectural Society of China. Keune replaces James A.
Scheeler,
FAIA, who served as a commission co-director in 1994, a
position
he founded and held until Keune’s appointment in
November
2002.
 Congress
for the New Urbanism Announces 15 Charter Award Winners
The Congress for the New Urbanism, a San Francisco-based
nonprofit
organization advocating mixed-use neighborhoods with
pedestrian-friendly
buildings, selected 15 projects as exemplars of New
Urbanism. The
annual awards program recognizes excellence at all scales of
design,
each with a different approach to improving a city, town, or
region.
Winning projects range from a new block in Berlin to a
regional
plan for the San Francisco Bay area and a freeway demolition
in
Milwaukee.
 Convention
Delegates Polled Via Electronic Voting
Architects share opinions on the AIA,
practice, and the profession
At the May 10 business meeting of the 135th AIA convention
in San
Diego, delegates voted unanimously to adopt a Bylaws
amendment that
permits electronic voting and eliminates use of standing
votes at
annual and special corporate meetings. Delegates later had
the opportunity
to test electronic polling keypads on a sample poll that
picked
up a number of the questions asked of AIA Grassroots
Leadership
Conference attendees earlier this year. View
a PowerPoint presentation (420 Kb) comparing the answers of
convention delegates and grassroots attendees, or
a PDF version (5 Mb) of the same data. (Left-click to launch
either file, right-click to download.)
American Academy in Rome Announces 2003–2004
Rome Prize Winners
Richard M. Olcott, FAIA, and Linda Pollak, AIA, both with
firms in New York City, received fellowships to live and
work at
the American Academy in Rome, atop Rome’s highest
hill, the
Janiculum. The architects are among the 31 winners of the
107th
annual Rome Prize competition.
 PROJECT
WATCH
Nevada Museum of Art Debuts New Bruder-Designed
Center
This week marks the opening of Reno’s new Donald W.
Reynolds
Center for the Visual Arts E. L. Wiegand Gallery at the
Nevada Museum
of Art, designed by internationally renowned Will Bruder
Architects
Ltd. The new 60,000–square–foot,
four–level building
owes its striking form and color to the nearby Black Rock
Desert.
Your Kiplinger Connection (members
only)
AIArchitect links members to
three stories a week from the pages of the renowned
Kiplinger
Letter. (Nonmembers
may subscribe to The Kiplinger Letter.)
Banking Changes: New laws to lead
to more loan choices for businesses, more ID protection for
individuals.
Home Upgrades: A good year with
spending up 4 percent in 2003. Economy:
The dollar is set to take a further tumble.
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• Courses from the 2003 AIA convention for AIA
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be available via eClassroom.
The
first of the 26 sessions and seminars available through
eClassroom,
the Daniel Libeskind presentation May 10, is available now,
free
of charge to AIA members ($49.95 for nonmembers). The rest
will
be posted as they are produced throughout the summer.
• For information on ordering audiotapes of the
convention
programs, visit the ACTS
Web site. Click
here for an order form (425 Kb PDF).
BEST PRACTICES
(members only)
Some Tips on How to Present Your Fee to
Clients
From Architect’s
Essentials of Winning Proposals
by Frank Stasiowski, FAIA
H.H. Richardson is said to have declared that the three most
important
rules of architecture are “Get the job. Get the next
job.
Then get the next job.” Frank Stasiowski, FAIA,
founder and
president of PSMJ Resources Inc., the Boston-based
management consulting
firm for architects, can help you do that with his
just-published
book, Architect’s Essentials of
Winning Proposals. The newest addition to John Wiley &
Sons’ “Architect’s Essentials”
series, Winning
Proposals offers many helpful checklists of tips such as
this one on “presenting your fee” to the client.
 Save
the Date: Take Part in the Architectural
Record Innovation Conference October
8–9 in New York City
McGraw-Hill Construction is launching a new industry event
this
fall, the Architectural Record
Innovation Conference designed to increase understanding of
the
latest technologies, processes, and materials that are
changing
other industries and can be applied to the
architecture/construction
field. This event will bring leaders of architecture and
construction
together with materials scientists, experts from aerospace
and automobile
manufacturing, inventors, venture capitalists, and
economists. For
details, click here.
 Interiors
Groups Collaborate on Sustainable Design Leadership Awards
Nominations due August 1
The AIA Interiors Committee, International Interior Design
Association,
and CoreNet Global are collaborating to support an
international
awards program that recognizes sustainable design leadership
for
the interior built environment. Two awards—one for a
design
professional or firm, the other for a business
organization—will
recognize “sustainable design leadership as
articulated by
advocacy, mentoring, and projects that reflect consistent
commitment
to the principles of sustainability in professional
practice.”
The Sustainable Design Leadership Award, underwritten by the
Tandus
Group, Dalton, Ga., will define design excellence in a new
and expanded
context, according to the group’s director of
architecture
and design marketing Ross Leonard. Nominations opened May 15
and
will close August 1. Self-nominations or nominations by
others are
welcome, and applications
are available at the Interiors Committee Web site. For more
information, contact: Program
Manager Martha Parker, 888-548-5800.
 Is
State Department Work in Your Future?
The U.S. Department of State, Overseas Buildings Operations
(OBO),
continues to seek to expand the base of firms with whom it
does
business. To that end, OBO will host its second Industry Day
on
June 5, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
Interested
parties should register before May 30. There is a nominal
registration
fee of $45. For
additional information, visit the OBO Web site or call the
Industry
Day registrar, 301-459-3777.
AIA CAREER CENTER
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Pittsburgh
• Architects,
Raleigh, NC
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Richmond, VA
• Architectural
Designer, Fresno, CA
• Architectural
Services—Production Manager, Elgin, IL
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Chief
Architect, Washington, DC
• Healthcare
Architect/Project Manager, Brentwood, TN
• Healthcare
Project Architects, Managers, Planners
• Managing
Engineer/Architect, Los Angeles/Irvine, CA
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National
Campus Planning Practice Leader, Fort Worth
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• Project Architect, Philadelphia
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Project Architect, Richmond, VA
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Project Architect, San Luis Obispo,
CA
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Project Architect, Washington,
DC
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Project Directors, Project Manager/ Architect,
West Palm Beach, FL
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Project Manager, Glen Mills, PA
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Project Manager, Jacksonville,
FL
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Project Manager, Schaumburg, IL
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Project Managers, Philadelphia
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Project Mgr./Project Architect/ Architectural
Designer II, Seattle
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Sr. Architectural Project Manager,
Anchorage, AK
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Structural Engineer, Anchorage,
AK
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