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CLINICS TO AFRICA Although solving the global AIDS crisis may be beyond the scope of architecture, a young nonprofit has demonstrated that architects can apply their skills to help with this intractable humanitarian problem. It is estimated that three-quarters of the world's HIV/AIDS population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, most without access to health care. One of the obstacles for medical professionals in Africa is lack of adequately equipped facilities within the vast continent.
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MILLER/HULL AIA FIRM OF THE YEAR The Seattle firm Miller/Hull Partnership has received the 2003 Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects. Announced in December, this award is given annually to a practice the AIA deems to have consistently produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.
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WTC DESIGN COMPETITION RESULTS On December 18, 2002, citizens and designers of the United States and the world got a glimpse of some new ideas on how the site of New York's World Trade Center could be transformed over the coming decade. On December 18, 2002, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation released a new set of design proposals submitted by some of the world's most talented architects. Perhaps skittish after the poor reception given the last round of proposals, the LMDC simultaneously also launched a campaign to solicit public comment.
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More Architecture News New Yorkers Debate WTC Plans — BBC News, 2003.0113New Yorkers Sound Off on WTC Rebuilding Plans — Reuters, 2003.0113 Building Height Debated for WTC Site — Las Vegas Sun, 2003.0112 Museum to Tell Story of Jews in Poland — International Herald Tribune, 2003.0110 Five Projects Cited for Urban Excellence — AIArchitect, 2003.0110 Eleven Projects Garner AIA Honor Awards for Interiors — AIArchitect, 2003.0110 Fifteen Projects Capture Honor Awards for Architecture — AIArchitect, 2003.0110 Appraisals of Ground Zero Designs — New York Times, 2003.0109 Mitchell to Step down as MIT Dean of Architecture — Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release, 2003.0108 Deep-Six ‘Pit' Plan — New York Post, 2003.0108 Build a Memorial First, WTC Family Group Says — New York Daily News, 2003.0108 Designs Soar, Critics Fall Flat — New York Daily News, 2003.0107 An Army of Critics Assaults the Redesign of Soldier Field — Los Angeles Times, 2003.0105 Australia Plans World's Tallest Tower — BBC News, 2003.0105 U.S. Disaster Plans Include Replacing National Monuments — The State, 2003.0105 The Wright Place to Stay in Oklahoma — Baltimore Sun, 2003.0105 AIA Potomac Valley Honors 10 Projects — AIArchitect, 2003.0103 World Trade Center Designs Questioned — BBC News, 2003.0103 American Official Assumes Presidency of ISO — Designare, 2003.0101 Architects Criticize Ground Zero Publicity — New York Times, 2003.0101
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