Oculus 2007 Editorial Calendar
If you have ideas, projects, opinions — or perhaps a burning desire to write about a topic below — we’d like to hear from you! Deadlines for submitting suggestions are indicated; projects/topics may be anywhere, but architects must be New York-based. Send suggestions to Kristen Richards.
07.31.07 Winter 2007-08: Power & Patronage

07.13.07 Submission: Healthcare Design Magazine
In conjunction with The Center for Health Design, Healthcare Design is publishing the 2nd Annual International Edition in October featuring articles on healthcare design, planning, and construction issues and ideas. Providing a global view on the healthcare design industry, the facilities showcased in this issue will include discussions with the architects, designers, and facility planners. To be considered, send a brief description of your project and a few low-resolution sample photos for review to Richard L. Peck, Editor, Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management.

07.31.07 Submission: International Design Awards
The International Design Awards seeks visionaries (including students) in the categories of architecture, interior design, graphics, and fashion to be considered for the title International Designer of the Year. Each winning project will be published in the 2008 International Design Awards hardcover art book, to be distributed to museum bookstores nationwide; promotion in an e-mail blast to 100,000 design professionals and potential clients worldwide; and year-long coverage on the International Design Awards website.

07.31.07 Competition: KVB International Art Competition
The KVB Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (the Cologne public transportation company) has initiated an international competition for the artistic design of eight stations of the new North-South Light Railway Cologne (Nord-Süd Stadtbahn Köln). This multi-stage international art competition seeks designs that make the “city below” accessible for both Cologne’s inhabitants and its visitors and create a new place of discovery.

09.14.07 Competition: James Marston Fitch Foundation’s Mid-Career Grant Award
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award a research grant up to $25,000 to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years experience in historic preservation or related fields, including architecture, landscape architecture, architectural conservation, urban design, environmental planning, archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts. Additional smaller grants, up to $10,000, are also available. The grants are intended to support projects of innovative research and design that advance the practice of historic preservation in the U.S.

11.19.07 Competition: Shrinkage Worldwide Award
This International Design Award under the Shrinkage Worldwide Award umbrella brings together academics, practitioners, theoreticians, and students in a variety of disciplines, including the art and design community in “poster-form” dialogues/seismographs. Shrinkage Posters are envisioned as an international campaign calling for people to rethink and reassess their daily thoughts, attitudes, and decisions that go beyond social responsibility, sustainability, and the green movement.