Atlas of Novel Tectonics, a book by Jesse Reiser, AIA, and Nanako Umemoto of NYC-based Resier + Umemoto RUR Architecture, has won two international awards: The Jan Tschichold Prize for Best Designed Swiss Books 2006, and First Prize of The Gutenberg International Prize of Leipzig…

Connecticut-based Fletcher Thompson Architecture Engineering has opened a New York City office…David Koren, CPSM, Assoc. AIA, has joined Perkins Eastman as an Associate Principal and Director of Marketing after 15 years of professional experience, including Senior Associate and Marketing Director of Gensler’s Northeast Region…

Jeff Speck will retire from his position as Director of Design for the National Endowment for the Arts in May and return to private practice as a city planner…Cathy Lang Ho has decided to leave The Architect’s Newspaper and return to freelance writing and editing…