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Architects around the world convene in New York for the AIA Conference on Architecture

Posted by | Jun 14, 2018 | 0 |

The AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 (A’18) is developed specifically for architects and will bring AIA’s Blueprint for Better campaign to life. Attendees will participate in cutting-edge education sessions that will provide insights into designing a smarter, safer and healthier built environment. Additionally, A’18 will offer more than 750 programs including, approximately 365 educational sessions, 185 events, 225 tours and almost 800 design exhibits.

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AAMA Summer Conference participants learn how to visually showcase their brands

Posted by | Jun 13, 2018 | 0 |

A workshop on Instagram taught companies how to re-think everyday interactions at their businesses as photogenic opportunities to expand their social media presence. American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Communications Coordinator Meryl Williams led two sessions of “A Marketing Guide to Instagram: Visually Showcasing Your Brand,” at the AAMA 2018 Summer Conference in Lake Tahoe, California.

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Vitro Glass to sponsor Greenbuild Mexico 2018

Posted by | Jun 12, 2018 | 0 |

Mexico has made significant advances in green building over the past few years. It has more than 300 LEED-certified and over 660 LEED-registered projects, and appeared on the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) annual “Top 10 Countries and Regions for LEED” list for the first time in 2017.

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CONSTRUCT Announces Exciting Format Changes

Posted by | Jun 4, 2018 | 0 |

CONSTRUCT, the only national show dedicated to commercial building teams that spec and source materials, has announced a slight change in the show’s format for 2018. CONSTRUCT is introducing Thought Leader and Power Panel Sessions this year, replacing the Keynote Speaker and Game Changer Speaker. These four new sessions will feature key industry leaders speaking on trending topics that are affecting the AEC industry today. The Thought Leader speakers include Rosa T. Sheng, Brok Howard, and Paul Doherty. The Power Panel session will involve successful millennial professionals.

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Baltimore-based Neighborhood Design Center Announces Reverberations Conference + Gala

Posted by | Jun 1, 2018 | 0 |

On June 8-9, the Neighborhood Design Center, a Baltimore and Prince George’s County based non- profit, will celebrate 50 years of serving local communities in Maryland with Reverberations: Roots and Relevance of Community Design, a public conference, and the 50th Anniversary Gala. The NDC in partnership with the Association for Community Design, will bring together design practitioners, community partners, government officials and others from around the country. The conference will provide a platform for critical reflection on the state of community design and where we’re going next.

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Disappear Here: On Perspective and other kinds of space – a commission by Sam Jacob Studio

Disappear Here: On Perspective and other kinds of space – a commission by Sam Jacob Studio

Posted by | May 9, 2018 | 0 |

Proportion, distortion, geometry, distance, power, the infinite, the divine – perspective traverses truth and illusion, linking the disciplines of art, architecture and mathematics. For this new exhibition, sponsored by Arper and Colt, RIBA has commissioned Sam Jacob Studio to explore how perspective drawing has been applied to the art of building for centuries and used as a tool to evoke illusory architectural spaces.

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American Academy in Rome Partners with Longwood Gardens on Designing Water

American Academy in Rome Partners with Longwood Gardens on Designing Water

Posted by | May 4, 2018 | 0 |

The American Academy in Rome (AAR) and Longwood Gardens are pleased to announce that registration is now open for Designing Water, a two-day symposium that explores the relationship of design and water across time, space, and scale. Created for professionals involved in the designing, planning, and managing of water systems, Designing Water brings together academic leaders and world-renowned design practitioners from Asia, Europe, and North America. Each presenter will bring their local perspectives to truly global interests and concerns—such as ecology, aesthetics, meaning, and public space—as they assemble at Longwood Gardens in the picturesque Brandywine Valley, immediately preceding the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in Philadelphia.

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Frick Environmental Center Achieves Prestigious Living Building Challenge Certification

Frick Environmental Center Achieves Prestigious Living Building Challenge Certification

Posted by | May 3, 2018 | 0 |

On Friday, May 4 at 3:30 p.m. the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh invites the public to attend the announcement of Living Building Challenge Certification for the Frick Environmental Center. After more than a year of extensive sustainability work the shared project between the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh, received the Living Building Challenge (LBC) Certification, the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard by the International Living Future Institute. The Frick Environmental Center is the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free and open to the public.

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Economic expert to lay out global trends, national policy positions at AAMA Summer Conference

Posted by | May 1, 2018 | 0 |

The keynote speaker for the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s (AAMA) 2018 National Summer Conference will give an economic analysis of trends and policy positions at the June 11-14 event in Olympic Valley (Lake Tahoe), California. Author and global economics speaker John Manzella will share his expertise in his address titled, “Economic Trends, Critical Issues and What’s Ahead.”

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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