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AIA HONORS LEERS WEINZAPFEL AND VIETNAM MEMORIAL The American Institute of Architects has announced the recipients of two of its highest honors. The 2007 AIA Architecture Firm Award has gone to the Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects (LWA) in recognition of their history of design excellence. And the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., by designer Maya Lin, was selected to receive the 2007 AIA Twenty-five Year Award.
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BARNES GOLD MEDAL Only five times in the 100-year history of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal has the AIA's highest honor been awarded posthumously. Renowned 20th-century architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA has now joined the ranks of the others — Thomas Jefferson, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra, William Caudill, and Samuel Mockbee — who did not live long enough to enjoy this well deserved symbol of professional recognition.
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GREENBUILD CONFERENCE The GreenBuild Conference, held in Denver, Colorado in November 2006, provided an important rallying of forces against global warming. Architects, builders, nongovernmental organizations, building product manufacturers, and other private companies gathered to announce ambitious plans for confronting the problem.
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BUILDING BOSTON 2006 The annual Build Boston conference, now in its 22nd year, was held in November 2006. Over 15,000 attendees explored important recent developments in the design/ construction industry at this trade show brimming with 350 booth exhibits and over 230 seminars.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
New Twists for Lakefront Skyscraper — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0121
AIANH Excellence in Architecture Design Awards — AIA New Hampshire press release, 2007.0119
Ten Honored by the Institute for Contributions to Architecture — AIArchitect, 2007.0119
Two-Ton Girder Falls from Berlin's Central Train Station — Spiegel, 2007.0119
2006 AIAS/Kawneer Rec Center Design Competition Winners — American Institute of Architecture Students press release, 2007.0117
Dubai Building Becoming World's Tallest — New York Times, 2007.0116
Canada's National Ballet School Honoured — Canadian Architect, 2007.0115
No Sprinklers in Deadly W.Va. Fire — KFMB, 2007.0115
Brazilian Subway Crater Swallows Cars, Trucks — CTV, 2007.0113
Small Tsunami Waves Hit Japan after Pacific Quake — Reuters, 2007.0113
UA Building Wins U.S. Architecture's Top Honor — Arizona Star, 2007.0113
Projects Receive 2007 Honor Awards for Urban Design — AIArchitect, 2007.0112
Abu Dhabi Is to Gain a Louvre of Its Own — New York Times, 2007.0112
The UIA Supports Opposition to Tower in St Petersburg — International Union of Architects press release, 2007.0110
All UK New Homes Must Be Zero Carbon within a Decade — Azo Build, 2007.0110
UNESCO Says Tower of London Threatened by Skyscapers — USA Today, 2007.0108
AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson Celebrates Architecture — AIArchitect, 2007.0105
Tokyo's Chanel Tower Provides Canvas for Israeli Artist — AIArchitect, 2007.0105
Chicago Tribune Announces Architect of the Year — Interior Design, 2007.0105
Roof of Vancouver's B.C. Place Collapses — Lexington Herald-Leader, 2007.0105
Scottish Icon in the Making — Scotsman Online, 2007.0103
St. Petersburg Debates Whether Skyscraper Will Ruin City's Appeal — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0103
Big Quakes Off Taiwan Trigger Tsunami Alert — Reuters, 2006.1226
Japan Architect Gets Prison for Building Scandal — Reuters, 2006.1226
Violent Storms Damage Florida Homes — Orlando Sentinel, 2006.1225
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