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ASLA publishes guides to highlight successful cross-disciplinary collaborations for healthy, equitable communities

by PRISM | Mar 9, 2020

Today, the eight member organizations of the Joint Call to Action for Healthy Communities (JCTA) Coalition published ten discussion guides to highlight successful cross-disciplinary collaborations for healthy, equitable communities. The JCTA includes American Society of Landscape Architects, American Planning Association, American Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Architects, National Recreation and Park Association, U.S. Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute.

American Society of Interior Designers names 2020 College of Fellows

by PRISM | Mar 9, 2020

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has announced the 2020 inductees to its College of Fellows. This year’s Fellows are set to be honored Sunday, March 29 at a luncheon together with ASID’s Ones to Watch at The WELL Conference. The 2020 College of Fellows inductees are: Dr. Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, Ph.D., ASID, NCIDQ (program coordinator and faculty, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Benjamin Huntington, ASID, NCIDQ, NYS CID, (owner, Veritate Design LLC) and AJ Paron-Wildes, Allied ASID, WELL AP, LEED AP ID+C (national director, Design Public Group).

ASID releases 2020 Outlook and State of Interior Design report

by PRISM | Mar 6, 2020

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released its 2020 Outlook and State of Interior Design report. This annual compendium takes a deep dive into the interior design industry, business and profession to provide a comprehensive outlook for the year ahead and guide interior designers on how critical moving parts such as the U.S. economy, U.S. construction activity and various trends, apply to their business.

ASLA video statement celebrating Women’s History Month

by PRISM | Mar 5, 2020

The American Society of Landscape Architects released a video statement celebrating Women’s History Month delivered by ASLA President Wendy Miller, FASLA. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for ASLA and the entire landscape architecture profession to reflect on how far women have come on the road to equality. But it’s also time to reflect with candor and openness on how far we still have to go.”

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara receive the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize

by PRISM | Mar 3, 2020

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin, Ireland, have been selected as the 2020 Pritzker Prize Laureates, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The Hyatt Foundation. “The collaboration between Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara represents a veritable interconnectedness between equal counterparts,” states Pritzker. “They demonstrate incredible strength in their architecture, show deep relation to the local situation in all regards, establish different responses to each commission while maintaining the honesty of their work, and exceed the requirements of the field through responsibility and community.”

UL/CLEB shares Canadian codes and standards requirements for fenestration product installation at FGIA Annual Conference

by PRISM | Feb 28, 2020

A sponsored seminar at the 2020 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Annual Conference covered codes and standards requirements pertaining to installing fenestration products in Canada. Robert Jutras, principal engineer for UL/CLEB, led a presentation on these requirements with a focus on CSA A440.4, a National Standard of Canada covering window, door and skylight installation.

Rona Rothenberg, FAIA, receives AIA’s 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture

by PRISM | Feb 27, 2020

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is honoring Rona Rothenberg, FAIA, with its 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. The Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture recognizes architects, public officials, or other individuals who design distinguished public facilities and advocate for design excellence

AISI publishes two new cold-formed steel framing test standards

by PRISM | Feb 27, 2020

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) announced February 20 that it has published two new cold-formed steel test standards: 1) “AISI S921-19, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel Truss Assemblies and Components,” and 2) “AISI S922-19, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Bearing-Friction Interference Connector Assemblies in Profiled Steel Panels.”

Living Building Pilot Project breaks ground in Chicago

by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020

In 2018, Fifth Avenue Apartments was one of only a dozen projects nationwide, and the only one in Illinois, to be selected to participate in the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) third round of the Living Building Challenge Affordable Housing Pilot Project program. The development has been designed by national integrated architecture and engineering firm, HED, and is being constructed by Chicago-based McShane Construction Company.

American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute announce expanded partnership

by PRISM | Feb 24, 2020

This partnership formalizes efforts and expands the American Concrete Institute’s Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code, into a joint committee cosponsored by both ACI and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. ACI-PCI Committee 319 will develop and maintain structural concrete code requirements both unique to the design of precast concrete and complementary to ACI 318, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.”

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ASLA publishes guides to highlight successful cross-disciplinary collaborations for healthy, equitable communities

American Society of Interior Designers names 2020 College of Fellows

ASID releases 2020 Outlook and State of Interior Design report

ASLA video statement celebrating Women’s History Month

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara receive the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize

UL/CLEB shares Canadian codes and standards requirements for fenestration product installation at FGIA Annual Conference

Rona Rothenberg, FAIA, receives AIA’s 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture

AISI publishes two new cold-formed steel framing test standards

Living Building Pilot Project breaks ground in Chicago

American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute announce expanded partnership