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Building Connections: The 1st Congress on Digital Collaboration in the Building Industry: On April 30, 2004, over 30 organizations from all corners of the building industry gathered in the boardroom of the American Institute of Architects. The purpose of this coordination summit among the leading building industry associations, government agencies, software companies, and academic institutions was to make connections, harmonize overlapping or competing efforts, and find areas of common ground and opportunities for collaboration. Participants discussed strategies to create a broader constituency and awareness of the value of interoperability and open standards for data exchange. The Congress also showcased success stories in data exchange standards development and adoption, defined as standards that have achieved acceptance and are being used by target business communities. more...

California Building Energy Reference Tool: Buildings use as much energy as traffic and industry combined, contributing to pollution and greenhouse gases. The primary goal of this project from Lawrence Berkeley Labs was to develop a web-based tool for benchmarking whole building energy for California commercial buildings. more...

Tapiola 50: Architecture, Art, and Stories: an innovative multimedia presentation incorporating GIS, images, and voice narration, telling the story of this garden suburb of Helsinki. more...

Ars Electronica Center, the Museum of the Future: in Austria, six floors of digital interaction. more...

Arteries of New York City: a fascinating 1941 film about transportaion and infrastructure planning in the NYC region. more... [requires QuickTime]

Tired of Spam? This works: more...

Recommended reading:
Graduate Programs in Arts and Architecture 2004 (Peterson's Decision Guides: Graduate Programs)

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
by Francis D. K. Ching

Suburban Nation : The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck

Jonathan Cohen, "Beyond Flat Earth: New Horizons in Design Practice," in The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 2004 Update, Joseph Demkin, ed. (Wiley)

Communication and Design with the Internet by Jonathan Cohen

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Coming attractions:
Jonathan Cohen will speak at these events:

AIA04 Convention, Chicago: Cool Tools for Designers: Sketching, Visualization, and Presentation, Wednesday, June 9, 2004, more...

Intranets and Web Portals for Project and Knowledge Management, Saturday June 12, 2004, more...

All are invited to the AIA College of Fellows Investiture Ceremony to be held in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the University of Chicago campus on Friday June 11, 3:30-5 p.m. more...

California Council AIA Desert Practice Conference, Indian Wells, CA, October 29-31, 2004 more...

AIA TAP/ACADIA joint conference: fabrication: a conference examining the digital practice of architecture How can emerging industrial processes reshape building design and construction? Design ideas, technical innovation and fabrication expertise will come together in this forum where theory is translated into practice. Cambridge, Ontario, November 11-14, 2004. more...