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FAITH IN ARCHITECTURE Each year, Faith & Form magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, & Architecture recognize outstanding design in completed projects through the Religious Art & Architecture Awards program. This year's winners, marking the start of the new millennium, reflect the wealth of activity in the design and construction of sacred spaces throughout the United States for faith traditions well established in this country, as well as those just getting a foothold.
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GE LIGHTING AWARDS 2001 The annual GE Edison Award Competition celebrates the importance of light in architecture by acclaiming outstanding achievements in lighting design. At a gala reception in Las Vegas in May, 2001, this year's awards recognized an international roster of excellence. The highest honor, the GE Edison Award, went to George Sexton Associates for a simple yet striking lighting design for the Herz Jesu Kirche (Heart of Jesus Church) in Munich, Germany.
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ARCHITECTS SEEK DIVERSITY A mere one percent of registered architects in the United States are African Americans; a number that has remained unchanged for over 30 years. The profession is losing tremendous potential and an untapped market. This was the conclusion of participants at a meeting of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). The AIA/NOMA summit was held August 1, 2001 at the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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More Architecture News New York Firm To Attend Meeting On Block 37 — Chicago Sun-Times, 2001.0905The ADA: Now Playing in an Office-Space Near You — The Time, 2001.0904 Activists Challenge Memorial Plans — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.0831 Luxury Flats Sell Out In Just Sixty Minutes — Scotsman Online, 2001.0831 CHA awards Boston designer — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0828 Durham Cathedral tops building poll — BBC News, 2001.0827 Work Begins at World War Two Memorial Site — Reuters at Excite, 2001.0827 Izenour, principal with Venturi and Scott Brown, dies — Architectural Record, 2001.0823 Designs On V & A Contract Come Good For Glasgow Architects — Scotsman, 2001.0820 Runway, Bridge Honored For Civil Engineering — Yahoo News, 2001.0817 Judge Clears WWII Memorial Plan — Washington Post, 2001.0817 Paris's Eiffel Tower May Expand Underground — Reuters at Yahoo News, 2001.0816 Urban Design Week Set For Lift-Off — Architect's Journal, 2001.0816 Bolivia Battles Poverty With A Competition Call-Up — Architects' Journal, 2001.0814 Change of Big-Name Architect at Fifth Avenue and 38th Street — New York Times, 2001.0812 (registration required) Bailout Plan For Park — Chicago Tribune, 2001.0807
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