ECONOMICS (members only)
Housing Poised for Further Gains Over Coming Decade
Recent Joint Center for Housing Studies report points to affordability as housing’s chief victim
When the economy regains momentum and the lingering effects of the recent recession subside, housing is well-positioned for another solid decade, writes AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA, in a synopsis of the Joint Center for Housing Studies newly released The State of the Nation’s Housing report. And, while household growth and housing investment should be above 1990s levels, escalating costs will make it even more difficult for low- and moderate-income households, whose incomes grow more slowly, to find affordable homes.

Leslie Boney Jr., FAIA, North Carolina’s “Spirit of Architecture,” Dies at 83
“We've lost a national treasure,” read a bulletin from North Carolina State University issued June 20. “A guardian of his fellow man, a champion of architecture, and a dedicated community leader, Leslie N. Boney Jr., FAIA, passed away Thursday evening, June 19, in his Wilmington, N.C., home.”

AIA Wisconsin Architects’ Work Honored for Excellence
State chapter selects 10 special projects for awards
Ten buildings—from Pleasant Prairie, Wis., to Lima, Honduras—received 2003 Design Awards from AIA Wisconsin. The chapter reports that this year’s award-winning architecture “accentuates artful and innovative design solutions for a diverse range of projects,” all designed by chapter members.

MARKETPLACE RESEARCH (members only)
Strategic Thinking in Practice (members only)
Whether you work for an architecture firm or a client, strategic thinking is the process of challenging previous assumptions and understanding what your organization can do best. AIA Resident Fellow for Marketplace Research Richard W. Hobbs, FAIA, presents a model of strategic thinking and explains how it is a valuable forerunner of strategic planning.

PROJECT WATCH
Superlabs Encourage Research and Collaboration at New Ayers/Saint/Gross Facility
Prior to construction of Haverford College’s new four-story Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, laboratories on several floors in multiple buildings severely limited interaction among student researchers. Now the new center by Ayers/Saint/Gross, Baltimore, developed with input from the college’s science faculty, gathers seven departments and integrates two libraries into a single $39.8 million building.

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.)
Business Costs: New overnight-delivery firms can save you money. IT vendors have deals for small firms. Regs: Good news with federal regulations on COBRA notices, 401(k) expenses, telemarketer relief, and foreign scams. The Economy: Long-term rates going up. Mortgage rates still low enough for growth, though.

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BEST PRACTICES (members only)
Site Visits—Seeing Is Believing (and Learning)
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott makes site visits a learning opportunity at each of its offices, providing designers insight into how their drawings and specifications are used and can be improved.

Heads Up! Honor Awards for Architecture, Twenty-five Year Award Deadlines Draw Near
There still is time to submit entries for the Institute Honor Awards for Architecture program: Entry forms must be completed, submitted with the entry fee ($375 per entry for AIA members and $750 per entry for nonmembers), and postmarked no later than August 1. All submission binders must be sent to the AIA Honors and Awards Department, 1735 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006-5292, Attention: Institute Honor Awards for Architecture, and postmarked no later than August 29. Submission binders for the Twenty-five Year Award are due August 29. There is no entry fee for this award.
To request the call for entries or for more information, contact the AIA Honors and Awards Department, 202-626-7563 or rmartin@aia.org. Or you can access a PDF file covering the 2004 AIA Awards program online. (Photo: The 2003 Twenty-five Year Award winner, BTA’s Design Research Headquarters, Cambridge, Mass. Photo © ESTO Photographics.)

AIA eClassroom Offers Two More New Courses
AIA eClassroom has just added two more new distance-learning courses to its repertoire from the 2003 national AIA convention. Learn about adding value through mixed-use development or about how to work with building codes for creative design as you earn health-safety-welfare continuing-ed credit at your own computer.

AIA CAREER CENTER
Here Are This Week’s Featured Opportunities
• Architect, Bridgehampton, NY
• Architect, Cleveland
• Architect, Sausalito, CA
• Architectural Project Manager, Trenton, NJ
• Architect-Historic Preservation Officer, Auburn, WA
• Architect-Residential, Kensington, MD
• Help Wanted, Chicago, IL
• Interior Designer, Beijing and Shanghai
• Intern Architect, Chevy Chase, MD 		• Intern Architect, Titusville, FL
• Marketing Coordinator, Philadelphia
• Project Architect, Fresno
• Project Architect I, Carson City, NV
• Project Architects, Washington, DC
• Project Managers, Dallas
• Senior Architectural CAD Drafter, Rutland, VT
• Senior Design Manager, North Wilkesboro, NC
Visit the AIA Career Center for a full list of openings.

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Check Out the Two New Distance-Ed Programs, Fresh From the 2003 Convention:
• FR70 The Expanding Universe of Architectural Services: New AIA Scope of Service Documents.
• FR49 Recent Significant Trends and Legal Cases Affecting the Architect.

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Special Introductory Price on Interior Graphic Standards Until August 31: The just-released Interior Graphic Standards, edited by Maryrose McGowan, AIA, and Kelsey Kruse, offers 720 pages of accepted guidelines and more than 3,000 new illustrations for space planning and residential detailing from 200 experts in the field. The special introductory price is $157.50 AIA members /$175 nonmembers until August 31; thereafter it will be $180 AIA members/$200 retail.

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Consider Excess Major Medical Coverage: AIA Trust Excess Major Medical Plan helps pays for the extraordinary expenses that can easily soar over the limits of current medical protection. For specific information about this program, Click here. For more information about all the Trust’s programs, go to their site.

Call for Sustainable Design Leadership Awards
The Design Leadership Award is open to any individual or firm practicing commercial design for the interior built environment. The Operational Leadership Award is open to any business organization.

RUDC News From the Chair
The Summer 2003 edition of the “RUDC Newsletter From the Chair” is now online. Find out what’s new with the Regional and Urban Design Committee.

Herman Miller for Healthcare to Sponsor Intern Architects
Herman Miller for Healthcare will sponsor eight intern architects to attend the Academy of Architecture for Health fall conference November 19–22 in Denver.