Last year the Blue Valley School District of Overland Park, Kansas, had a problem: Its new Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) building wouldn’t be finished for a year and a half. While the district, high school students, and teachers didn’t want to delay the launch of the new program, they didn’t have the money required to lease, remodel, and equip a temporary space. “So, we came up with the idea of companies gifting us the funds we needed to rent,” says CAPS executive director Donna Deeds. Photos © Alistair Tutton DLR Group transformed one of its conference rooms into

A new center offers cancer patients a peaceful place for care other institutions cannot provide.

Project Specs Maggie's Centre London, England Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners << Return to article the People Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Thames Wharf, Rainville Road London W6 9HA t)+44 20 7385 1235 f)+44 20 7385 8409 Ivan Harbour Project Director (RIBA/ARB) William Wimshurst Project Architect Ed Burgess (Architect), James Curtis(Architect),, Mike Fairbrass, Tom Lacy(Architect),, Carmel Lewin, (Architect),  Annette Main, Tim Mason, Annie Miller, Liz Oliver, Richard Rogers(Architect),, Laura Salisbury, Paul Thompson(Architect),, Martin White, Neil Wormsley, John Dawson (Architect) Engineer(s):       Arup Consultant(s) Landscape:         Dan Pearson Studio Lighting:          Speirs and Major Associates General contractor: ROK Photographer See attached

McGraw-Hill Construction announced today that Architectural Record is now available as an iPhone and iPad app through a partnership with the online magazine distributor Zinio. "Architectural Record's audience is digitally savvy and architects are using iPhones and iPads," said Robert Ivy, FAIA, vice president and editorial director of McGraw-Hill Construction and editor-in-chief of Architectural Record. "We are proud to become the first business-to-business magazine to be available on the iPad," he said. "We are excited to be able to offer these new formats, an important step in our continued commitment to applying the latest digital innovations for our customers."

Today the American Institute of Architects announced that Hanley Wood LLC will be its new media partner beginning in January 2011. The agreement will last for five years and covers tradeshows and periodicals. McGraw-Hill has served as the AIA's media partner for the past 13 years. "Many AIA members are not aware that they have paid to receive Architectural Record as a benefit of their membership," says Robert Ivy, FAIA, vice president and editorial director of McGraw-Hill Construction and editor-in-chief of Architectural Record.." Of course, we will make it easy for members to continue to receive the publication in both

Photo courtesy AIA Christine McEntee The American Institute of Architects announced today that its executive vice president and CEO Christine McEntee is stepping down as of July 23, 2010. She is to become executive director of the American Geophysical Union, a non-profit organization of geophysicists. The group has 50,000 members from over 135 countries. An executive recruiting firm will work with a search committee to be formed by the AIA Board¹s Executive Committee to find a new chief executive. "Over the past four years, Chris McEntee significantly enhanced recognition by policy makers, the media, and others that design matters, especially

Job Creation Focus of Ambitious Agenda February 4th was Capitol Hill Day for AIA executives, board members, and component leaders. This year the objective of the annual lobbying effort was to demand that Congress take up an agenda that would, among other things, free up credit, expand tax incentives that encourage energy-efficient construction, and provide relief for small businesses. The excursion was part of Grassroots 2010, the AIA’s yearly leadership conference. Setting the stage for the visits were rousing speeches by Representatives Kathy Castor (D. Florida) and Ed Perlmutter (D. Colorado), along with Adolpho Carrion Jr., director of President Obama’s

Last fall Russia's fourth annual Building Award was given at the conclusion of that country's annual Building Festival. According to the Peter Kudryavtsev, the CEO of Building, and the editor-in-chief of the magazine Building ARX, “The purpose of the award is not just to find architectural beauty. It is also to to encourage buildings that work for customers, property owners, make residents and tenants happy, and that function well in the context of the city.” Photo © Forum Properties Click on the slide show icon to see photos of the winner and runners-up. The award goes to the best Russian

Robert C. Lautman died of pancreatic cancer in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2009.