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The AIA Executive Committee in Washington, DC has appointed Laurinda Hope Spear, FAIA (AIA Miami), and Thomas Vonier, FAIA (AIA Continental Europe) to serve on the 2006 Jury for Honorary Fellows. The jury will convene in January 2006. Honorary Fellows are architects qualified to practice in countries other than the United States, whose bodies of work are of the highest distinction.
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shrinkingcities : Exhibition 2
26 November 2005 to 29 January 2006
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Karl Tauchnitz Straße 11
04107 Leipzig
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People living in huge cities don’t always have a sensation that the city is theirs, it is always artificial for them. Functions are divided spontaneously and more often — unreasonably. History of cities shows that first of all newly appeared towns deal with protection of their life and activity, and only after that — with protection of their development and enlargement.—via AIA Hong Kong
Due to the combination of causes theoretically a city is always absurd — and in real life it is in many ways deprived of human conditions of intellectual development. There are no absolutely harmonically developing cities. There are no cities destroying some elements of evolution and history. A person looses his spiritual guiding line; a city looses its area health.
Similarities and distinctions, accommodation of new in old — these are the keys that lead to understanding of the subject of the competition, which is open for architects, designers, sculptors and students.
The topic of the competition is “Time in a City”. It can be (can be expressed by) a square, river, fountain, park, construction, landscape element, sculpture, etc. More details→
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The Architects Association for the Defence of and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA) of the Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC, the Institute of Catalan Architects) has a 4 days conference in Barcelona, Spain, from 15 to 18 december 2005.
This edition covers a unique form of architecture: theatres, restoration as well as recently-completed projects, like the recent re-openings of La Fenice in Venice and La Scala in Milan, the restoration of the Teatro Real in Madrid and of the Teatre de la Cité in Paris and the works being carried out on the Petruzzelli in Bari, together with the experience gained at the Teatro Circo in Albacete, the Teatro Pastor Díaz in Viveiro, the Calderón de la Barca in Valladolid, the Liceo Antzokia in Garnika-Lumo, the Principal in Mahon, the Principal in Sabadell, the Municipal in Girona, the Kursaal in Manresa, the Metropole in Tarragona and others to be specified. Everything explained by the architects themselves.
We will benefit from the architects’ experiences and the input of experts and specialists in acoustics, stage design and lighting, from professionals in the plastic arts and, above all, we will enjoy the insight of theatre directors, stage designers and actors.
After all, intervention in theatres involves, first and foremost, putting on a play. We want dialogue between theatre professionals and architects who have had the opportunity to restore a historic theatre to be open and plural, based on speeches and also on round table sessions bringing together all points of view and questions from the audience.
It is addressed to architects, restorers, archaeologists, art historians, other professionals involved, as well as architecture and theater students and stage professionals.
Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya is an AIA certified CES provider.
The program (PDF) earns 25 HSW LU’s.
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Thanks to the excellent pace of registrations for this one-day AIACE France Section Event — Versailles Behind the Scenes: Restoration and Adaptation of Historic Structures — the registration deadline has been extended. Registrations will be accepted as long as the limit for participants has not been reached. That new limit is 45 persons. Registration form (PDF).
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The fax number on the registration form has been corrected. The full number is +33 (0)1 72 70 33 15. (Number "15" had not made the final cut.) The "zero" is not dialed when calling from outside of France.—ed.
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Swiss notice for the Europeen-wide Nationale Informationsstelle für Kulturgüter Erhaltung NIKE : Journée du patrimoine
—via Bari Wetmore Salathe, AIA, Staufen, Switzerland
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The Boston Society of Architects (BSA), in collaboration with Red October USA, LLC, has scheduled an architectural tour of St. Petersburg, Russia for six-nights/seven-days, 16-22 October 2005. This tour is approved for 20 AIA/CES continuing education credits.
The Hermitage, the extraordinary Nevsky Prospect (the city's central avenue), the Catherine palace, the Tsar's official residence, The Great Palace, and the city's extraordinary cathedrals are among the sites to be explored along with a variety of gatherings with Russian architects and other professionals.
The tour is open to all those interested, members and nonmembers, and is limited to two dozen. For more details on the itinerary, the costs, and reservation guidelines, e-mail Michael Finn or visit the Red October website.
—via AIA Hong Kong
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The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) has a symposium in Lisbon, Portugal September 14-17, 2005.
The Symposium is primarily addressed to civil and structural engineers and other professionals engaged in research, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil engineering structures and buildings.
Participants will be designers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, operators, owners, researchers, educators and representatives of the community at large.
—via AIA Hong Kong
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