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FOUR LOUISIANA MEMBERS INDUCTED INTO AIA COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
 The 2013 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects named four Louisiana architects, into the prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded by members who have made significant contributions to the profession. These honored members are, Jesse Cannon, FAIA, Circuit Architect for US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, New Orleans; H.M. Favrot, FAIA, Favrot and Shane Architects, New Orleans; Angela O'Byrne, FAIA, Perez APC, New Orleans; and Trula H. Remson, FAIA, Remson Haley Herpin Architects, Baton Rouge.
The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. |
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FIFTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF GAINS IN ARCHITECTURE BILLINGS INDEX
Washington, D.C. - January 23, 2013 - Business conditions at architecture firms continue to improve. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the December ABI score was 52.0, down from the mark of 53.2 in November. This score reflects an increase in demand for design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). The new projects inquiry index was 59.4, down slightly from the 59.6 mark of the previous month.
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AIA BOARD DECISION MAINSTREAMS SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EDUCATION 
At December's Annual Meeting of the AIA Board of Directors, the Sustainable Design (SD) continuing education credit requirement was terminated. Recognizing that sustainable design education requirement to sunset at the end of the calendar year 2012.
AIA members will no longer need to complete the sustainable design requirement to fulfill their AIA continuing education. For 2013, AIA members are required to satisfy a minimum of 18 LUs per year. Of this total, 12 must meet the Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) criteria. |
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STEADY INCREASE IN U.S. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY PROJECTED THROUGH 2014
Commercial buildings expected to set pace with double-digit gains in spending next year
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Even though growth in the U.S. economy continues to be disappointing, nonresidential construction activity is projected to see healthy if unspectacular gains this year, with construction spending for buildings rising by 5.0 percent in 2013 before accelerating to 7.2 percent in 2014. The construction of commercial facilities is expected to lead the upturn, with spending gains of almost 9 percent this year and nearly 11 percent next year, led by double-digit gains in hotel construction. Industrial construction spending is projected to nearly match the overall nonresidential building totals this year and next, while institutional construction activity should lag behind, with modest single-digit gains over each of the next two years. Healthcare is expected to be the strongest institutional sector.
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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple is now accepting applications for 2013 / 2014 Fellowship Program
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple is announcing its second annual Research Fellowship opportunity. The focus of this year's Research Fellowship is to perform quantitative and qualitative research, documentation, and analysis related to resilience in the New Orleans region and beyond. This work will inform preparations already underway for New Orleans to host Greenbuild 2014. This year's Fellowship is relatively flexible, open to the candidate's original research question and methodology. Research Fellows are paired with EDR staff to develop and refine research goals, free to pursue these goals unfettered by day-to-day project deliverables. They are also afforded opportunities to engage and inform the design of ongoing projects when appropriate.
The goal of the EDR Fellowship is to provide meaningful and unique professional experience within a studio-based research environment. Fellows work under the guidance of the studio's leaders to produce work and document and present the results at the end of the Fellowship tenure.
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AIA Louisiana Design Conference
August 1-2, 2013
Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf & Spa Resort
Keynote Speaker: Edward Mazria |
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
10:00am until 2:00pm
at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge, LA
"Building Blocks: If Kids Ruled the City" is an interactive experience where kids, their parents, and siblings, aided by architects and construction professionals, get to build a small scale version of their ideal city. More Information |
| BEAU SOLEIL REUNION |  Beau Soleil Louisiana Solar Home, UL Lafayette will host a fifth anniversary of the design on March 1, 2013 at Fletcher Hall Room 134 |
| ARCHITECTURE 200 YEARS LATER |  Louisiana's Architecture 200 Years Later: How the Past Shaped the Present LSU Rural Life Museum presents the 19th annual Ione E. Burden Symposium, Saturday, March 2, 2013. More Information |
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