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06.27.05
Editor's note: You'll notice something new in your mailbox every other Monday – eOculus! You'll notice the content changed as well. Beginning with the next issue, the focus will be on news, reports, and exhibitions – and only very special upcoming events. The majority of upcoming events will find their new home in the enhanced eCalendar every Friday. This will make eOculus less cumbersome and easier to navigate. The next, newly organized issue will be July 11. Change is good.
—Kristen Richards kristen@aiany.org, Bascom Guffin bguffin@aiany.org, Akiel Catwell
ABOVE
THE FOLD
The
AIA New York Chapter suggests that today's New York Times editorial,
"Freedom
and Ground Zero," (registration required) be required reading.
It includes the following words:
It is no contradiction to hope that ground zero will become a place that commemorates death and reaffirms life at the same time. But it will be the worst of bad beginnings to turn it into a place where only grief is acceptable, where the vital impulses represented by the arts are handcuffed in the name of freedom.
To see the entire editorial, click on the link above.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(For
those reading eOculus via email, please note that clicking on a link
in the Table of Contents will open this issue in your Web browser).
AIA New York Chapter Public Statements
Olympic Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens – Green Building Standards – New York New Visions on the Redevelopment of Lower Manhattan – International Building Code
- AIANY Chapter Annual Meeting
- NIST and the World Trade Center
- New Housing in Harlem: Not All's Wine and Roses
- New Practices Roundtable: Getting Down to Business
- Tale of Commitment: The UDC 1968–1975
- To Live On Paper: An Evening with Ralph Rapson, FAIA
- Build 'em Tall & Strong: Feats of Engineering Skyscraper Building Contest
- Signs: Gansevoort Market Historic District
- New Deadlines: AIA Gold Medal and Firm Award Nominations – AIA COD International Ideas Competition: Centre for Czech Architecture – New Partners for Smart Growth Conference Proposals – Architecture Magazine's Home of the Year and P/A Awards – National Design-Build Awards – Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Grants
- Names in the News
- HOK in Bangalore and Kenya
- Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects: School of the Holy Child Addition on a Winning Streak
- NY Firms Make Short List of Orange County Great Park Competition
- SMPS-NY Honors
- Gold Labels for NY/NJ Canstruction Winners
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and Summer Design Institute
- Society of Architectural Historians Study Tours for Architects
- NJIT Offers Sustainable Architecture Courses
At the Center for Architecture: Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation 1968–1975 – Value Meal: Design and (over)Eating – City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program – New York NOW
Elsewhere: Design for Darkness – Design for the Visually Impaired
- June 25, 27, and July 6: "City Art" Programs Continue: Fresh Kills Landfill: Art + Engineering = Public Art, and Public Art: An Architect's Perspective
- June 28: Book Party: "The Green House"
- July 6–8: Public Art Summer Institute for Teachers
- July 11: Design and Food: Shaping the Way We Eat
- UCLA Students in NY: Cities and Cultures
- July 13, 7pm: Friends of the High Line 5th Annual Summer Benefit
eCalendar
Click the
above link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.
AIA New York Chapter Membership Update – June 2005
AIA New York Chapter Public Statements
|
Olympic
Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens The Chapter urges NYC2012 supporters to attend a rally at City Hall Park on Tuesday, June 28 at 12:30pm, rain or shine. |
Green Building
Standards
The AIA New York Chapter prepared
testimony (PDF) for the hearing
on Monday, June 20 before the New York City Council which supports the
proposed
legislation
Intro.
0324A. This proposed bill promotes higher environmental standards
of design and construction for New York City's buildings. For more
information on this specific bill, please visit: http://webdocs.nyccouncil.info/textfiles/Int%200324-2004.htm
New York New Visions on the Redevelopment of Lower Manhattan
New York New Visions, the pro-bono Coalition to Rebuild Lower Manhattan,
testified (PDF) on
Tuesday, June 21 before Councilmember Alan Gerson's
Select Committee on the Redevelopment of Lower Manhattan. This public
hearing addressed the interim and office uses for the World Trade Center
site. The New York New Visions testimony focused on several key issues
including
Streetscape, Design Excellence, Building Safety, Green Architecture,
Mixed-use, and the Integration of the Memorial and Cultural Facilities.
Other panelists at this hearing included Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA from
the Related Companies, Petra Todorovich representing the Regional Plan
Association and the Civic Alliance, and Joshua Sirefman, chief of staff
to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff.
International Building
Code
The AIA New York Chapter testified (PDF) before City Council on Friday, June 24 in strong support of the proposed
International
Building
Code, Intro.
478A. The IBC is a model code which comprises an amalgamation of
the three National Model Codes and has already been adopted by jurisdictions
in 47 states, including New York State, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Chapter President Susan Chin, FAIA (right) presents Toshiko Mori, FAIA, with the Chapter's Medal of Honor and her Fellows medal (Mori was unable to attend the Fellows induction ceremony in Las Vegas in May).
Special Citation: Rick Bell, FAIA, congratulating Margaret Morton, Deputy Commissioner, and Sarah Rutkowski, Director of Public Affairs of Percent for Art
John Spavins, Director of Industry Affairs, NYC Dept. of Design & Construction, with Patricia Lancaster, FAIA, Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Buildings
Christo and Jeanne Claude approach the podium to receive a Special Citation |
AIA
NY Chapter Annual Meeting June 20 marked the 138th Annual Meeting of the AIA New York Chapter – and the second held at its home at the Center for Architecture. It was a momentous occasion. At least 200 Chapter members and guests filled the Lecture Hall. As Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, said in his opening remarks, "Last year we announced the receipt of the final Certificate of Occupancy, and tonight we are on the verge of pronouncing that the space is paid-for." Chapter President Susan Chin, FAIA, summarized the year's the achievements with highlights from the more than 35 exhibitions and 1,700 programs, making the Center "New York's hot spot for architecture, planning and design." Capital
Campaign Update Center
for Architecture Foundation Architecture:
Bringing Cultures Together Policy
Issues Membership Awards
and Honors |
NIST and the World Trade Center
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a public
briefing on Thursday, June 23, to present the draft recommendations
from its three-year-long building and fire safety investigation of
the collapses of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. The complete
set of WTC Draft Reports is now available
for a six-week public comment period. These include 43 individual
documents (some 10,000 pages), and one summary report (about 280
pages) that contains the principal findings and recommendations.
Click on link to access reports and instructions on how to submit
comments.
New Housing in Harlem: Not All's
Wine and Roses
by Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA
For our previous reporting on the "New Housing in Harlem" roundtable, click
here
Despite a highly upbeat tone, all was not wine and roses at the "New Housing in Harlem" roundtable held at the Center for Architecture June 2 (and reported in the 6.10.05 edition of eOCULUS). Carlton A. Brown deplored the fact that architects and developers of color were not getting what he saw as their fair share of the work. Brown, chief operating officer of Full Spectrum of NY, LLC, and a former executive at AT&T, where he managed some $2 billion of facility construction, has been buying up abandoned apartment buildings in Harlem since 1983. He has since built or rebuilt schools, healthcare facilities, and affordable housing. "Government alone cannot make a community healthy," he said; it takes the private sector to do its share.
Yet despite the dearth of minority architects and developers working in Harlem, there's no doubt the community has benefited, Brown pointed out. That's because, due to the high volume of derelict properties or vacant land, no one is being displaced, and this helps keep prices down.
A harsh view came from Lou Katsos, president of Jekmar Associates and construction manager for Strivers Gardens, a significant Harlem development (Strivers Gardens, LLC was the developer). Katsos lambasted the large amounts of "crummy" housing being built, and blamed "greedy" developers for pocketing the difference between providing high-quality and low-quality housing.
Get in some new blood, he suggested, and turn your back on "the same tired old folks involved in Harlem's development." He claimed many agency people "don't understand the numbers" that are an internal part of producing quality housing.
A voice from the audience didn't think that providing essential affordable retail outlets was getting enough attention. Gentrification is killing off local retail stores, to be replaced by expensive new outlets where "a $1 head of lettuce now costs $3."
Theodore Liebman, FAIA, recalled the income policy that former Urban Development Corporation CEO Edward Logue applied to developing Roosevelt Island in the 1960s. He set the market-rate-to-subsidized housing ratio at 50/50, and offered housing to both groups from the very start, despite some who wanted to sell to market rate families first and bring moderate income families along later. This would have led to tensions that his scheme was able to avoid.
Finally, State assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright, a 4th-generation Harlem resident and chairman of the Harlem Community Development Corporation, said that one of the main challenges he faces is to screen out developers who only come up there to make money when they should be working to maintain the fabric of Harlem.
New Practices Roundtable: Getting Down to Business
In response to the trials and tribulations associated with starting an
architectural practice, the AIA NY Chapter, in association with The Architect's
Newspaper, has launched "New Practices Roundtable," a new program
series at the Center for Architecture. If the first of the quarterly
roundtables on June 16 was any indication, the next three roundtables – on
September 29 and December 7, 2005, and March 16, 2006 – promise
to be open, informative, hands-on sessions of dialogue and debate.
The crowd of about 100 was a good mix of architects who had recently opened their own practices, pros who owned established firms – and a goodly number of employed architects who were contemplating stepping out on their own. This first session was an exploration of the key issues associated with starting a practice. As co-moderator Bill Menking, editor of The Architect's Newspaper, explained in his introduction: "We want you to tell us the issues you think are important. We will then focus subsequent New Practices sessions around these concerns."
Co-moderator Kristen Richards, editor of Oculus and ArchNewsNow.com, opened the discussion with the question: "What are your greatest fears?" The first (fearless) response: "Cash flow until the client pays." Other issues raised included: proper legal structures and partnership agreements; finding new clients; how to charge and negotiate fees and contracts; how to get public projects; how to deal with first hires; and what support/resources are available to new businesses, among others. One young practitioner brought up the challenge of proving the importance of design: "Architects are seen as an indulgence, while other professionals, like doctors and lawyers are considered a necessity."
These – and other meaty topics – will be examined in depth at future New Practices Roundtables. "Since relatively few architecture firms are sold or transferred, the future of the profession lies with emerging firms," said Chapter President-Elect Mark Strauss, FAIA. "We decide that we needed to do more for these firms, whether or not they are led by current members of the AIA."
Roosevelt
Island, 2005 |
Tale
of Commitment: The UDC 1968 – 1975 In 1968, under the auspices of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and prompted by a severe housing shortage, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) was created with housing and redevelopment specialist Ed Logue as its chief executive officer. This bright spot on the sea of urban blight was recalled at the June 10 opening of "Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation 1968 - 1975" at the Center for Architecture (on view through September 10). A pre-opening symposium gathered UDC alumni to reminisce, including: John Stainton, former UDC Regional Director; Stephen Lefkowitz, former UDC chief counsel; Frank Braconi, Executive Director, Citizens Housing and Planning Council; and Allan Talbot, former UDC Director of Program Development. With a mission to "improve the physical environment for low- and moderate-income families and to improve their job opportunities," the UDC was given the authority and financial resources to build 33,000 units of housing and three new communities. Applying the ideals of the era during its eight years of existence, the UDC developed non-disruptive urban renewal; fair share suburban housing for the poor; model housing for the elderly; low-rise, high density urban housing prototypes; and magnetic New-Towns-in-Town integrating rich and poor, prototype schools, and innovative infrastructure. One
of the UDC's most notable projects, Roosevelt Island, transformed
a two-mile-long island in the East River inhabited by abandoned
and derelict buildings into community of high-density housing
clusters alternating with large open areas, the first phase of
which was built according to Philip Johnson's master plan. The-New-Town-In
Town planned for 5,000 market-rate and publicly-assisted units,
using
a variety of federal and state subsidy programs, to accommodate
a wide range of incomes, social, and physical needs. |
(l-r):
Housing Committee co-chair James McCullar, FAIA; Chapter President
Susan Chin, FAIA; moderator David Shearer; and Ralph Rapson,
FAIA |
To
Live On Paper: An Evening with Ralph Rapson, FAIA It was a full house by the time David Shearer, founder and president of Exhibitions International, introduced "New Housing Then: Ralph Rapson: Pioneering Architect/Educator" on June 17, part of the Center for Architecture's Friday Film Series. When the 91-year-old architect and professor Ralph Rapson, FAIA, speaks of the practice of architecture, one's mind becomes open and alert to the totality of the concept of openness. "I believe architecture is the complete relationship between the fingers, mind, and heart." It is this conviction, among others, which has informed Rapson's forms, imbuing their modernist idioms with significant visual expressions. The evening started with a short documentary film on Rapson's life and work, produced by Bruce Wright, a former student of Rapson's. Many former students filled the lecture hall, and before the film and panel discussion began, each was clamoring for a moment to catch up with one of their favorite professors. Also in the audience was Frances Knoll of the Knoll Furniture Company whom Rapson had designed for many years ago, and his son Toby Rapson. The film featured a collage of archived photographs of Rapson's lucid sketches, descriptions of his time as a student at Cranbrook ("a utopia setting!"), interviews with former colleagues, current footage of Rapson in his home he designed in Minnesota, and walking the grounds of the University of Minnesota where he taught for the past 30 years. Not only did Wright's film provide biographical information on Rapson's life and works (the Pillsbury House and the Guthrie Theatre, for example ), but it also set the stage for the subsequent panel discussion which encouraged Rapson to speak more candidly about the works presented in the film, and his design process. When asked about his favorite project, Rapson replied, "Whatever one is working on currently is one's favorite." To this end, he described the new Arboretum his firm is now designing for the University of Minnesota – "a great pile of diamonds" which builds on the concept of the cube, but broken down into a series of triangles and squares. To supplement his careers as a professor of architecture and a practitioner, Rapson, along with his wife Mary, owned a small shop in Boston that sold contemporary furniture and lighting designs while Rapson was teaching at MIT. He also once worked in a ceramic studio, and designed textile fabrics in addition to furniture for Knoll. "Any design project is totality," he exclaimed as the lights were coming up and the evening was winding down. This writer was convinced. The event was sponsored by the Architect's Newspaper and Herman Miller for the Home, and organized by the Center for Architecture; Exhibitions International; and the AIANY Chapter Housing Committee. Check out our next Friday Film series at the Center on July 8: "New Housing Then: Weekend Utopia." |
Bruce Gordon and his daughter proudly show off their skyscraper |
Build 'em
Tall & Strong (marshmallows included) On Saturday, June 11, the Center for Architecture Foundation teamed up with the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) and the Skyscraper Museum to offer the first annual Feats of Engineering Skyscraper Building Contest. Family and high school teams packed the Center for Architecture's lecture hall to compete in building first the tallest, and then the strongest, skyscrapers. After an introduction to skyscrapers by Michael Duddy, AIA, of MDA designgroup, contestants were given a foam base, toothpicks, marshmallows, and 30 minuets to build the tallest skyscraper. Then, with coaching from Jorge Arteaga and Erik Madsen, structural engineers from DeSimone Consulting Engineers and members of SEAoNY, the teams learned that they had to reinforce beams, that the bottom had to be stronger and wider than the top, and how to use triangulation. With this knowledge at hand, they had another 30 minutes to build the strongest skyscraper, this time using straws as the beams and columns and modeling clay as the joints. Special thanks to the Empire State Diner for a dinner-for-four gift certificate, Erica Bell at the Law Offices of Weiss, Buell and Bell for passes to the Empire State Building observation deck, and the Skyscraper Museum for providing hats, t-shirts, puzzles, and museum passes. |
At the Gansevoort sign celebration (l-r): Jo Hamilton, Florent Morellet (Co-Chairs, Save Gansevoort Market); Katherine Davis (Director, NY Landmarks Preservation Foundation); Sherida Paulsen (former Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair); Robert Tierney (current Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair); and Andrew Berman (GVSHP Executive Director). |
Signs:
Gansevoort Market Historic District The Gansevoort Market neighborhood was established in the 1840s as an industrial and residential area with distinctive brick façades, metal canopies, and cobblestone streets. For the next few decades the space was used for markets and commercial activities, and by WWII meatpacking was the primary activity. The Gansevoort district has morphed over the years to accommodate a variety of people and businesses. On September 9, 2003, after three years of campaigning and working with the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), Save Gansevoort Market Project achieved its goal of seeing the 11-block area designated as an historic district. The neighborhood, which includes 108 buildings at the northwest corner of Greenwich Village, became the 82nd historic district in New York City. On Monday, June 13, 2005, members of Save Gansevoort Market Project and the LPC celebrated the unveiling of new street markers and signs that proclaim the area as historic and indicate the preserved area with highlights of its past. Andrew Berman, Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, expressed the importance of safeguarding historical areas while continuing to build new structures when he described preservation as a way to channel development. |
AIA Deadlines Loom
July 15: AIA Gold Medal and Firm Award Nominations
Nominations for AIA Gold Medal and Firm Award are due July 15. Click on links for details.Registration Deadline July 20: AIA COD International Ideas Competition: Centre for Czech Architecture
Three architecture organizations, Czech Society of Architects (OA), Chamber of Czech Architects (CKA), and the architecture journal Architekt, lost their previous home to devastating floods in Prague. The AIA National Committee on Design (COD) is conducting an ideas competition to design a new Centre for Czech Architecture (Centrum architektury). The registration deadline is July 20, and entries are due at AIA HQ in D.C. on August 12. The competition is presented in conjunction with the AIA COD conference to be held September 17-23, 2005, in Prague, titled "20th-Century Architecture in Transition: From Monarchy to Democracy, from Communism to Civil Society." Winners will be presented and exhibited during the Prague conference and at the AIA National Convention in Los Angeles next June. Click on links for both competition and conference information.
Deadline
July 8: Call for Proposals: New Partners for Smart Growth
Conference
The fifth annual New
Partners for Smart Growth Conference (Denver, January 26-28,
2006) is seeking program ideas and topics for panels, workshops,
and salons,
including case studies, research, tools,
etc., that focus on smart growth issues. Submissions are due by July
8; click on link for proposal guidelines.
Deadlines July 15 & August
26: Home of the Year and P/A Awards
Architecture
Magazine is gearing up for its two annual programs, the 4th Home
of the Year Awards and the 53rd P/A (Progressive Architecture)
Awards. Home of the Year
entries are due July 15, and winners will be published in the
November 2005 issue of Architecture. The P/A submission deadline is
August
26, and winners will be featured in the January 2006 issue. Click
on link
for entry details for both programs.
Deadlines July 15 & September
16: National Design-Build Awards
The deadline for entries to the Design-Build Institute of America's
10th annual National
Design-Build Awards is July 15. All design-build projects
completed within the three years prior to March 31, 2005, are
eligible. September 16 is the deadline
for nominations for DBIA's Distinguished
Design-Build Leadership Awards and the Brunelleschi
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners will be honored during the 2005
Professional Design-Build Conference November 8-10 in Las
Vegas. Click links for all the details.
Deadline September 15: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Grants for Women In Architecture
The Beverly
Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF)
is now accepting applications from qualified individuals
and institutions for the next round of Fellowship Grants for
innovative
research about
the significant role of women in the architecture in the
U.S. during the period 1950-1980. Funding is divided into three
categories:
Fellowships
of up to $10,000; Grants of up to $3,000; and Travel Grants
of up to $1,500; deadline: September 15. Click on link for
application requirements
and procedures.
Names in the News
Edward T. Shiffer, AIA, former principal of SBLM Architects,
and his former IT Director, Edwin
Abreu, have joined forces
in a new
venture,
Information Systems for Design Professionals (ISDP); services
include assessment, implementation, training, and operations
of a firm's
information systems... Jordan Fox,
P.E., has been appointed Director
of Cosentini Interiors.
Brigade Gateway, Bangalore |
HOK
in Bangalore and Kenya In celebration of its 50th anniversary, HOK has donated $500,000 to Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics, Inc. to fund construction upgrades, outfitting, staffing, and launch of a solar-powered diagnostic and treatment center in Mbirikani, in southeastern rural Kenya. The HOK Diagnostic and Treatment Center, which opens to the public (primarily indigenous Maasai villagers) this summer, will screen patients for TB and other illnesses, and minimize the need to refer patients to the nearest available diagnostic facility – a two-day walk – to undergo X-ray procedures. The Center will be housed in a building renovated by Economic Housing Group (EHG), the Nairobi-based construction firm that built the Mbirikani Clinic complex using modular systems designed by architects at the University of Nairobi Housing and Research Unit. |
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Murphy
Burnham & Buttrick Architects: School of
the Holy Child Addition on a Winning Streak The School of the Holy Child in Rye, NY, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May for its new 18,000-square-foot addition designed by Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects. The addition serves as the new entry and heart of the school, integrating natural materials (stone, wood and copper) and crisp geometries to connect a new library, classrooms, and meeting spaces with the school's original Tudor-style mansion. The project has received two awards so far this year: an Award of Honor from the New York Society of American Registered Architects, and a Citation for Design in the BSA/AIANY K-12 Educational Facilities Design Awards Program. |
NY Firms Make Short List of Orange County Great Park
Competition
The shortlist of 24 teams vying for the title of Master
Designer of the Orange
County Great Park in California has been shortened to seven.
One of the teams that made
the cut is headed by New Yorkers Ken Smith, Landscape Architect,
in partnership
with Ten Arquitectos, and Mary Miss Studio, along with Mia
Lehrer Associates, Buro Happold, and ecologist Steven Handel.
The winning
firm will develop
the master plan for the seven-square-mile decommissioned El
Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the center of the county.
Click on
link for a
complete list of finalists and jurors.
SMPS-NY Honors
The Society for Marketing Professional Services NY
Area Chapter held its 9th Annual SMPS Honor Awards
on June 15. Meredith
Berman, Associate
Partner, Director of Business Development at Gruzen Samton,
and President of SMPS-NY, welcomed everyone and got the awards
ceremony
started.
The honorees were:
- Marketing Mentor: Neal J. Forshner, P.E., President, CTE Engineering
- Marketing Champion: Michael P. Lee, President and CEO, AKRF
- Marketing Achievement: Anthony C. Musumeci, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Emtec Consulting Engineers
- Scholarship ($1,000): Sarah Andersen, Pace University
Industry Awards:
- Public Sector: Mysore L. Nagaraja, P. E., President, MTA Capital Construction
- Media: Kenneth Mandel, Co-Founder, Great Projects Film Company ("Great Projects: The Building of America" and "America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero")
- Development: Stefan Pryor, (new) President of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
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Gold
Labels for NY/NJ Canstruction Winners
Click on link to review all of the 2005 winners. Canstruction®, trademarked by the Society of Design Administration (SDA) and held in conjunction with AIA chapters and allied professional organizations, is an annual charity competition where design firms test their mettle to see who can build the most astounding structure made entirely from canned food – which is then to local food banks. The kickoff meeting for this year's competition will be September 13 at the New York Design Center, and the entry deadline is October 14 (the official call for entries will be issued shortly). |
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and Summer
Design Institute
Among the 18 finalists for the Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum's
sixth annual National Design Awards are a number
of New Yorkers. Congratulations to: Diller Scofidio
+ Renfro (architecture); 2x4 (communications);
Paula
Scher/Pentagram (communications); Hugh Hardy,
FAIA/H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture (interior
design); Michael Gabellini, FAIA/Gabellini Associates
(interior design); Richard Gluckman, FAIA/Gluckman
Mayner Architects
(interior design); and Boym Partners (product
design). The winners will be announced at a gala
celebration on October 20.
Designers and design educators are invited to join the Cooper-Hewitt's 11th annual Summer Design Institute. The one-week program, July 11 - 15, is an opportunity to share and explore new teaching strategies for engaging K-12 students in the design process. Sessions include workshops, master classes, studio visits, and keynote presentations. Among the featured presenters will be Alexander Isley, Principal, Alexander Isley, Inc., and President of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), The Eames Office, and IDEO. Program partners include AIANY Chapter/Center for Architecture, AIGA/NY, ASLA, and ASID. Registration fees range from $100-$300/museum members and $150-$400/non-members. The program will be held at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, One Bowling Green. Click on link above for details and registration.
Society of Architectural Historians Study
Tours for Architects
Registration is now open for the Society
of Architectural Historians' 2005 architectural
study tours. Upcoming tours include Chicago,
Maine, and South
India. All
SAH study tours
are registered with the AIA/CES
and architects can earn credit for participating.
Tours and dates: Chicago: June 27–July 3 (AIA/CES:
44); Way Down
East:
The Architecture
of Coastal
Maine, September 12-17 (AIA/CES: 30); Temples
and Crafts of South India: December 28-January
18 (AIA/CES:
128).
Click link
for details.
NJIT Offers Sustainable Architecture Courses
This fall, the New Jersey Institute of Technology
School of Architecture is offering a graduate
certificate program in Sustainable
Architecture.
Classes begin September 1. Click on link
for course descriptions and registration
details.
AROUND
THE CENTER
All events in this section take place at the Center
for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
Capital
Campaign Update
We
have arrived!!...well, almost...
The Center for Architecture's capital campaign is in its final
days! The architecture and design community has really stepped
up in helping to burn
the mortgage. We are all looking forward to unveiling our "Campaign Kicker" this
week in celebration of the end of our Capital Campaign. Special thanks to all
our donors and the entire campaign committee for helping to realize our full
$6.0 million goal.
Over the past two weeks we've received over $250,000 in new pledges from the following:
Benefactors ($25,000 to $49,999)
DMJM HARRIS & DMJM Design
Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn, Architects
Mechoshade Systems
Perkins Eastman & PartnersPatrons ($10,000 to $24,999)
E-J Electric Installation Co.
Friedman & Gotbaum LLP
Haworth
Hillier
JDC Lighting LLP
Studio Daniel Libeskind
George H. Miller, FAIA
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Rockwell GroupSponsors ($5,000 to $9,999)
Allied Works Architecture
American Council of Engineering Companies of New York
Belmont Freeman Architects
Citibank
Theo. David Architects
Grimshaw Architects, PC
The Liebman Melting Partnership
MDA designgroup
Holzman Moss Architecture
Peter Schubert, AIA
Susan Grant Lewin Associates
Dennis Wedlick Architect
Weiss / Manfredi Architects
Stephen Yablon Architect
Linda Yowell Architects
June 25, 27, July 6: "City Art" Programs
Continue: Fresh Kills Landfill: Art + Engineering = Public Art, and
Public Art: An Architect's Perspective
Mark your calendars for several upcoming programs being held in conjunction
with the exhibition "City Art: New York's Percent for
Art Program," on view at the Center through September 3. On
Saturday, June 25, 11am-5pm, there will be a special screening of "Penetration
and Transparency, 2001-2002," a six-channel video installation
by Fresh Kills Landfill Percent for Art artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles
with video-makers Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra. On Monday, June
27, 6:30-8:30pm, Ukeles will be joined by Phillip Gleason, Assistant
Commissioner, NYC Department of Sanitation, and MoMA curator Peter
Reed in a discussion about cross-discipline collaborations in transforming
the Staten Island landfill into a new 2,200-acre public park.
Then, on July 6, 6:30-8:30pm, Richard Dattner, FAIA, Dattner Architects,
and Gerald Vasisko, AIA, Partner, Gruzen Samton Architects will discuss "The
Architect's Perspective" on working with NYC's
Percent for Art program. They will be joined by Susan Chin, FAIA,
Assistant Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs (and 2005
AIANY Chapter President), and Charlotte Cohen, Director, Percent
for Art Program. All events are free; CES Lus: 1.5 for 6/27 and 7/6.
RSVP: rsvp@aiany.org or 212.358.6111.
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June
28, 6:00 – 8:00pm: Book Party: "The Green House" "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture" by I.D. Magazine Executive Editor Alanna Stang and Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, presents a variety of homes in six different climactic zones that show the diversity and possibility of sustainable design. Princeton Architectural Press is sponsoring this celebration of The book's launch will be celebrated with a discussion with the authors followed by a reception, sponsored by Princeton Architectural Press. Admission: free. RSVP: rsvp@aiany.org or 212.358.6111. |
July 6–8, 9:00am – 3:00pm:
Public Art Summer Institute for Teachers
The Center for Architecture Foundation,
in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education, is offering
a 3-day Public Art Institute for K-12 visual arts and classroom
teachers. Linked to the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in
the Visual Arts,
presentations, art-making, and tours, participants will discover
the city's rich collection of public art in schools, parks, and
subways, and learn how to integrate them into the curriculum.
Attendees will
be provided ample resources and a sneak preview of the proposed
addition to the Project Arts web site, The Treasures in Our Schools:
Public
Art in Public Schools. Registration: $50. RSVP: ahitchcoff@nyfarchitecture.org or
212.358.6136.
Clockwise, from top: "USA Obesity Propaganda Map", Design Guys; "Crave Aid", IDEO; "Feed Me", Worldstudio/Mark Randall |
July
11, 6:30–8:00pm: Design and Food: Shaping the Way We Eat |
UCLA Students in NY: Cities and Cultures
Don't be surprised to see left-coasters milling around the
Center for the next month. UCLA Professor David Halle is directing
a sold-out program for UCLA students comparing the way the nation's
two largest cities and cultural power houses have approached urban
development, architecture, culture, and art. Experts from UCLA and
New York will lead seminars on site at the Center and field trips
around the city.
At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place:
Claremont Gardens 1974
Additional
Sponsorship provided by: |
Through September
10, 2005 Urban Development Corporation (UDC) was created under innovative NY State legislation in 1968 and given broad development authority and financial resources to "improve the physical environment for low- and moderate-income families". The exhibition explores selected projects that demonstrate housing of differing conditions: urban and suburban; mixed income; high-rise and low-rise; varying densities; with various building materials and technologies. Teams of graduate students from the Community Design Center of the Syracuse School of Architecture, the CUNY PH.D Program in Environmental Psychology and students from the CCNY School of Architecture have done on-site post evaluations. Current photography shows how the buildings and public spaces look today after three decades of occupancy. AIA New York Chapter has developed the exhibition and related programs in partnership with the following organizational contributors: The Architectural League; CCNY School of Architecture; The Graduate Center, CUNY; Pratt Graduate Center for Planning; Syracuse University School of Architecture; and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. |
"Crave Aid," IDEO, San Francisco, CA |
Through August
13, 2005 Featuring twenty specially-commissioned, experimental projects by American-based designers, the exhibition seeks to explore design's potential to address the obesity epidemic currently afflicting the United States and, increasingly, much of the world. Included are objects, graphic works, conceptual proposals and hypothetical scenarios that all rethink the ways in which consumers eat. The exhibition represented the US at the Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2004. Curators: Laetitia Wolff/futureflair and Aric Chen Exhibition
Underwriter: Additional
Sponsorship Provided by: |
katul katul, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Queens Family Courthouse. Architects: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners/Gruzen Samton |
Through
September 3, 2005 Check out Fresh Kills Landfill: Art and Engineering equals Public Art, Monday, 06/27/2005, 6:30–8:30pm at the Center for Architecture Since 1983, New York City's Percent for Art program has commissioned and installed close to two hundred public art works in New York's five boroughs – in plazas, parks, community centers, schools, transportation terminals, police stations, firehouses, and courthouses. The exhibition, curated by Marvin Heiferman, features original photography by David S. Allee, a multimedia installation of the program's completed projects as well as selected models and architectural plans documenting the Percent for Art program's extraordinary achievement. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the release of the book City Art: New York's Percent of Art Program, published by Merrell Publishers (London, New York). Underwritten
by: Sponsored
by: |
Through
July 9 The votes are in, and the People's Choice awards go to the five projects shown here. New York NOW celebrates the diversity of the AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture membership by displaying over 175 submissions representing the depth and breadth of member projects. The resulting dialogue between different practitioners encourages deeper understanding. This exhibition is presented in memory of Arthur Rosenblatt, FAIA, who not only conceived of it, but was the force behind making it happen. Exhibition organized and designed by Tsao & McKown Architects.
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Michel
Abood, Soma Designers: [B] Beach-House – Batrun,
Lebanon
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Through
September 9 Design for Darkness – Design for the Visually Impaired Contemporary household and personal products designed and developed by a design students from the Czech Republic and Slovakia Czech Center New York, 1109 Madison Ave. (@ E. 83 St.) |
July 13, 7pm: Friends of the High Line 5th Annual Summer Benefit
Come celebrate the latest steps towards the fulfillment of the High Line
project. This year's Highline
Summer Benefit will honor the continued work of Amanda M. Burden, Edward Norton, and
Joel Sternfeld who have diligently stayed focus on the goal of making
the High Line a reality. The event will take place at Cipriani Wall
Street. 55 Wall St. Click on link for details and to order tickets.
We have moved our email-based calendar updates to their own publication, eCalendar. Click the above link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.
Oculus 2005 Editorial Calendar and Ideas/Submissions Deadlines (projects can be anywhere, but architects must be New York-based). Contact: Kristen Richards kristen@ArchNewsNow.com.
September 15: Winter: Tapping into the Publication Wars
June 27 (registration deadline): Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju, Korea; submissions due November 4
June 30: Solutia International Design Awards
June 30: Benjamin Moore HUE Awards recognizing outstanding color in design
July 1: Chicago Athenaeum 2006 GOOD DESIGN Awards + Exhibition Competition
July 1: 2005 Internship Conference Essay Competition: Designing Tomorrow's Architect
July 15: Architecture Magazine 4th Annual Home of the Year Awards (PDF)
July 15: 2005 National Design-Build Awards Competition
July 15: 2005 Brick In Architecture Awards call for entries
July 15: Call for Submissions: CITY|SPACE "Get on the Bus" Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
July 19: AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson Design Awards. Call 914.232.8211 or email aiawmh@optonline.net
July 25: "Best practice" examples of accessibility in new and renovated courthouse design; Courthouse Access Advisory Committee of the U.S. Access Board; send graphic examples to David Calvert at lawdpc@swbell.net.
August 1: GreenHomesNYC Open House 2005 Brochure Design Contest
August 26: Architecture Magazine 53rd Annual P/A Awards (PDF)
August 30: ADPSR Prison Campaign Poster Competition
September 15: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Grants for Women In Architecture
September 19: Advanced Architecture Contest: Self-Sufficient Housing
September 30 (registration): Building Stone Institute 25th Tucker Architectural Awards; submissions due November 11
AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP UPDATE – JUNE 2005
Congratulations
to these newly licensed Architects:
Nicole M. Dosso, AIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
Kimberly S. Murphy, AIA, Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects
New
Center for Architecture Corporate Members with their firm representatives:
Aluminum Level
Nathan Wasserman and Stacie Prince, Columbia Enterprises, Inc.
Trish Russo and Nick E. Lehotzky, Electronics Design Group, Inc.
New
Architect Members:
Allen Eugene Sparling, AIA, Davis Brody Bond, LLP
Cary Paik, AIA, Toba + Paik, LLC
James Liebman, AIA, Platt Dana Architects, P.C.
Jennifer E. Crawley, AIA, Jennifer Crawley, Architect
Matthew R. Usbeck, AIA, Goshow Architects
Richard A. Lucas, AIA, HLW International, LLP
Roger Cardinal, AIA, Roger Cardinal Design, LLC
Salvatore J. Raffone, AIA, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
Urs Bamert, AIA, Urbahn Architects
Zhonggui Zhao, AIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, LLP
Michael L. Valletta, AIA, Port Authority of NY & NJ
New
Associate Members:
Andrew F. Fisher, Assoc. AIA, Cannon Design
Berkis A. Diaz, Assoc. AIA, MTA NYC Transit
Jean Marie Gath, Assoc. AIA, Pfeiffer Partners, Inc.
Julie Hiromoto, Assoc. AIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Oliver D. Smith, Assoc. AIA, Sage CAD Applications
Soiti Mazumder, Assoc. AIA, Earthtech International
Tobias Lundquist, Assoc. AIA, Miloby Ideasystem
New
International Associate Members:
Markus J. Hoecherl, Int'l Assoc. AIA, Noem A
Members
Upgraded to Emeritus: Thank you for your years of membership!
John Charles Fondrisi, AIA, John Fondrisi, AIA, Architect
New
Center for Architecture Professional Members:
Mike Gregory, Buechel Stone Corp.
Arthur Tanturri, Chelsea Kitchens
Edward T. Bosco, M-E Engineers
Peter Locke, ADT Security Services
Richard J. Moylan, The Green-Wood Cemetery
Donna M. Walcavage, Donna Walcavage Landscape Arch + Urban Design
New
Center for Architecture Public Members:
Arnaldo Cardona
New
Center for Architecture Student Member:
Seto David, CUNY
New
Center for Architecture Unassigned Members (those also affiliated
with another AIA Chapter):
Alan Dynerman, FAIA, Dynerman Whitesfell Architects, PC
Reinstated
Members:
William W. Suk, AIA, Suk Design Group, LLP
Mark Ekwall, AIA, Structure Tone
Raphael Samach, AIA, DMJM Design
Andrew David Whalley, AIA, Grimshaw Architects, P.C.
Members
transferred in: Welcome to New York!
Scott J. Tobias, Assoc. AIA, Assa Abloy
Jeffrey C. Shumaker, Assoc. AIA, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, LLP
Peter Smoluchowski, AIA, Parsons
Richard A. Senechal, AIA
Members
transferred out: Good luck in your new locales!
Robert C. McMillan, The McMillan Group, LTD
Joan Craig, Lichten Craig Architects
The
Chapter mourns the passing of:
Henry George Greene, AIA
Norman D. Kurtz, P. E., Flack + Kurtz Inc.
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Callison is currently seeking Senior Project Managers & Intermediate Architectural Staff for our New York office.
Responsibilities for Project Manager positions include: preparation of design concepts & translation into construction systems; maintaining quality technical & design control; maintaining records to document phases of client/architect/consultant/contractor relationships. Requires: 10-12 years of exp.with retail &/or commercial projects; proficient with CADD & web-based project management processes. Requires Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Architecture, Interior Design or a related field. Licensure preferred.
Intermediate Architectural Staff responsibilities include: assisting in architectural design, producing construction documents, preparing schematic drawings, design development drawings, & construction drawings for final execution of the projects. Must be able to communicate using a variety of graphic techniques. Require 6-8 years related experience & CADD proficiency.
For full job descriptions, visit www.callison.com. To apply, send cover letter, resume, & work samples to: Callison Architecture, Inc., c/o Human Resources, 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, Seattle, WA 98101. Or by email to: employment@callison.com
G TECTS LLC / Gordon Kipping Architects (www.gtects.com) seeks Project Manager (10 years), Project Architect (5 years) and entry level designers for large and small projects. Advanced computer skills required. Fax cover letter and resume to 212.414.2301.
LMDC Memorial, Cultural & Civic Development Department
Museum Complex Project Manager
- Works with members of the LMDC Memorial, Cultural, and Civic Development Department, as well as other LMDC departments, and appropriate State and City agencies, to manage the design of the World Trade Center Museum Complex.
- Serves as project manager of the WTC Museum Complex design process and manages all design contracts for the World Trade Center Museum Complex.
- Reviews design and engineering issues for the World Trade Center Museum Complex.
- Coordinates with contacts at various State and City agencies and other entities involved in rebuilding.
- Negotiates project terms, costs, and budgets.
- Drafts RFP/RFQ's as needed and required for department activities.
- Develops, manages and monitors all contracts, timelines and work schedules, ensures efforts are coordinated with other LMDC departments and staff.
- Manages all design submittals, invoices, work orders, and other project management tasks associated with the Museum Complex design.
Skills Required:
- Experience on large-scale development projects, including design and construction
- Experience with both public sector and private sector projects
- Specific experience working with cultural programs and institutions is preferred.
- Experience working with government agencies and regulatory agencies
- Experience in NYC construction industry
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Experience managing contracts and consultants
- Experience in Word, Excel, and Access preferred
Education
and Experience: Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related field
is required, with
minimum 4+ years experience in design and construction
industry
Approximate Hiring Salary: $50,000 – 70,000 commensurate with experience.
Memorial Center Project Manager
- Works with members of the LMDC Memorial, Cultural, and Civic Development Department, as well as other LMDC departments, and appropriate State and City agencies, to manage the design of the World Trade Center Memorial Center.
- Serves as project manager of the WTC Memorial Center design process and manages all design contracts for the World Trade Center Memorial Center.
- Reviews
design and engineering issues for the World Trade Center Memorial
Center.
Coordinates with contacts at various State and City agencies and other entities involved in rebuilding. - Negotiates project terms, costs, and budgets.
- Drafts RFP/RFQ's as needed and required for department activities.
- Develops, manages and monitors all contracts, timelines and work schedules, ensures efforts are coordinated with other LMDC departments and staff.
- Manages all design submittals, invoices, work orders, and other project management tasks associated with the Memorial Center design.
Skills Required:
- Experience on large-scale development projects, including design and construction
- Experience with both public sector and private sector projects
- Specific experience working with cultural programs and institutions is preferred.
- Experience working with government agencies and regulatory agencies
- Experience in NYC construction industry
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Experience managing contracts and consultants
- Experience in Word, Excel, and Access preferred
Education
and Experience: Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related field
is required, with a minimum of 4+ years experience in the design and
construction
industry
Approximate Hiring Salary: $50,000 – 70,000 commensurate with
experience.
For both
positions, apply
by cover letter (specifically stating the job title of the position
applying for), resume, and at least 3 references
(including
contact phone numbers) to:
Employment, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, 1 Liberty Plaza,
20th Floor, New York, New York 10006. Or by email to: employment@renewnyc.com or
fax to: 212.962.2431
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Recent architectural graduates and those with 3-5 years experience with solid writing/speaking skills needed by exterior envelope consulting architect. Email resumes@jrgaia.com or fax 212.736.4466.
RFQ: Architect
The Convention Center Development Corporation (CCDC) is issuing a Request
for Qualifications (RFQ) for Architects/Engineers to form a team to
design the expansion and renovations of the Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center in New York City.
Respondents will be asked to present a team which includes a world class, award winning Architectural Design firm with experience on large scale, prominent, complex urban projects.
Respondents will need to demonstrate recent experience with designing convention centers, arenas, performance spaces, hotels and large public facilities (1 to 2 million square feet).
Respondents will work with previously completed 'conceptual plans' and phasing strategies to further develop drawings through to Construction Documents.
Requests for RFQ's and/or questions may be addressed via email only to: d&cproject1@empire.state.ny.us
Note: Please
put "Javits
Architect RFQ" on the subject line
of the email header.
Responses are due June 27, 2005 at 12:00pm
ESDC's non-discrimination and affirmative action policy will apply.
Gluckman Mayner Architects seeks versatile Interior Designer/Architect for a variety of projects, including preparation of specifications for commercial furnishings. 3-5 years experience preferred, AutoCAD and 3D rendering skills important.
Please mail resumes to Gluckman Mayner Architects, 250 Hudson Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013
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Super Enterprises, a leader in the distribution of Marvin Window and Door products, is seeking experienced, self-motivated Architectural Consultants to promote our product to Architectural and Design firms in NYC. Responsibilities include delivering new business; increasing profitability and expanding into new market segments. |
The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes: excellent communication, presentation and organizational skills; strategic and tactical planning ability; experience in prospecting and developing leads; proficient in Microsoft Office in a networked environment.
Enjoy a competitive salary, comprehensive benefit package, mileage reimbursement and state-of-the-art company equipment.
Please email your resume to: newcareers@supermarvin.com
HNTB Architecture (www.hntbarchitecture.com), a national firm specializing in public projects, has opportunities in growing NYC office for:
Senior Project Architect (05-0368): Responsible for technical solutions, coordinating disciplines and management aspects. Ideal candidate: Architecture degree, 7+ years' experience, R.A., AutoCAD proficiency, abillity to supervise a team, project management and proposal experience.
Junior Architect (05-0368): Candidate should be highly motivated and detail oriented with ability to work well on teams. Candidate must have a degree in Architecture and office experience, with AutoCAD and 3D modeling skills.
Send resume and specify position to HNTB Architecture, Attn: Evan Supcoff, 352 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 or fax to 212.947.4030.
Small, high end, classical residential firm seeks talented licensed architect with 8–10 years experience. Must have extensive experience with classical traditional residential design, strong technical skills, construction documents, project management for built residential projects and great communication skills. Strong CAD and computer skills is a must. Fax 212.965.1356; e-mail PDF resume, cover letter & samples of work to info@gpschafer.com.
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Office
Space – Tribeca Approximately 1,500 rentable square feet. Architect designed and built. Fully furnished. New storefront, networked, phones, alarm, central air, built in bookcases and storage systems. 10 workstations, conference room, pantry, 24/7 access, $7,000/month; 212.966.8500 x24 or scassell@chodosh.net. |
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Corporate Training Services AutoCAD,
ADT, REVIT, VIZ, MAX, ArchiCAD, PhotoShop, WORD,
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Consulting
For Architects, Inc. / Staffing We seek talented architects and building design professionals at all levels to present to our New York City clients. This is an opportunity to work on a per-project basis, setting your own fees and schedule, while building your portfolio and experience. We also feature a number of permanent positions. BArch or Master in Architecture and AutoCAD (or other) skills required. Please email resume to recruiters@cons4arch.com or phone 212.532.4360. Q1 2005 CAD training schedule available. |
AIA Contract
Documents
The American Institute of Architects has Released Twelve New Contract
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Architects' Services Documents, and a Request for Information (RFI) Form
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Documents, which are the most widely used standard form contracts in
the building industry. These comprehensive contracts have been prepared
by the AIA with the input of contractors, attorneys, architects, and
engineers. Typically, industry professionals and home/property owners
use these documents to support agreements relating to design and construction
services. Anyone may purchase and use the AIA Contract Documents. AIA
Members receive a 10% discount. For a full list and order form, please
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Electronic
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The new AIA Contract Documents software. Completely redesigned and
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Enter project and document information once and reuse it automatically.
E-mail documents as Word or PDF attachments. Print "clean copy" final
documents with all changes captured in a special report. Go to http://www.aia.org/docssoftwaretraining for Contract Documents Software Training and
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