by: Jessica Sheridan Assoc. AIA LEED AP
Highlights from the AIA 2007 National Convention
FELLOWS’ INVESTITURE

Among a sea of architects, AIA Vice President George Miller, FAIA, and 2009 AIA Vice President Clark Manus, FAIA, at the Alamo. Both will serve on the national ExCom together next year.
Jeremy Edmunds

Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP, AIANY President with Ben Fisher, FAIA.
Rick Bell

Tracey Hummer, Calvin Tsao, FAIA, and Fred Schwartz, FAIA.
Rick Bell

Sally Chin Greene, Assoc. AIA, with Frank Greene, FAIA.
Rick Bell
AIANYS PARTY

Mark Ginsberg, FAIA; Mark Strauss, FAIA, Jane Smith, AIA, and Tony Schirripa, AIA.
Kristen Richards

George Miller, FAIA, and Abby Suckle, FAIA.
Kristen Richards
“NEW PRACTICES NEW YORK” EXHIBITION OPENING

Rick Bell, FAIA; Tom Zook and Matthew Bremer, AIA, of Architecture In Formation (one of the six firms featured in the exhibition); and William Tims, AIA.
Karen Plunkett, AIA
AIA SAN ANTONIO HOST CHAPTER PARTY

Susan Chin, FAIA, and Jim McCullar, FAIA.
Kristen Richards

Mark Strauss, FAIA, Hubert Murray, AIA, RIBA, Frank Mruk, AIA, and Lance Jay Brown, FAIA.
Kristen Richards

The 2007 Topaz Award was presented to Lance Jay Brown, FAIA (center) by AIA President RK Stewart, FAIA (left), and Ted Landsmark, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, President of both Boston Architectural College and ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools ofArchitecture), and 2006 AIA Whitney Young Award (right).
Kristen Richards

Kristen Richards, editor of OCULUS, warms up to the locals.
Courtesy Kristen Richards