American Institute of Architects (AIA) Repositioning
Presented by Paula Loomis, FAIA. Recorded on 16 July 2013.

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Architects - Follow the Water (ft Jason Butler of Letlive.) live Warped Tour 2013
Live at Warped Tour 2013 at Vinoy Part in St Petersburg, Florida.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The MCIEAST Regional Brig at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification with the Green Building Certification Institute. The 75-bed pre-trial confinement facility continues the Navy's ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability through high-performance design and is distinguished as the military's first LEED Gold brig.

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Due to their nature, correctional facilities often consume vast amounts of energy and water. Consequently the design-build team, a joint venture featuring Enviro AgScience, M.B. Kahn Construction Company, and Moseley Architects, collaborated with the Navy to determine the most appropriate strategies to reduce consumption, including integrating high performance HVAC systems and envelope materials into a design that also met the Navy's security and impact resistance requirements (such FEMA 361). As a result, MCIEAST is modeled to achieve 39 percent energy savings, which readily exceeds the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 of 30 percent.

Emphasizing the importance of energy independence and reducing lifecycle operating costs, Peter McWilliams, who serves as part of Camp Lejeune's Installation Development Division, commented on the importance of LEED principles to the U.S. Marine Corps. "Energy reduction was extremely important to the base for this particular building due to its 24/7 operation. With this building's unique mission, having a design firm and construction team that had the knowledge to incorporate LEED principles to help achieve the energy goals was invaluable."

The project also featured an emphasis on waste recycling during construction and was able to divert 97 percent of all construction and debris from landfills. This reduction greatly exceeded Camp Lejeune's current recycling goals and supports the attainment of Executive Orders 13514 and 13423.

John Nichols, a sustainability coordinator with Moseley Architects, reflected on the project. "From a LEED perspective, this was a smooth sailing project. The Enviro AgScience JV project team paid close attention to the Navy's very detailed LEED requirements from the initial RFP all the way through the end of construction, which enabled us to constantly monitor our compliance. Even under a NAVFAC Best Value award, the team succeeded in both supporting Camp Lejeune's Environmental Policy and significantly reducing the Navy's total cost of ownership for this new facility."

MCIEAST marks the 52nd LEED certified project for Moseley Architects, who has been partnering with clients to meet sustainability and energy efficiency goals for both new and renovated facilities since 2000.

About Moseley Architects Moseley Architects is one of the mid-Atlantic's most trusted architectural and engineering firms, offering exceptional experience and service to justice, educational, civic, commercial, and senior living clients. Over their 44-year history, Moseley Architects has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, and responsiveness. The firm office locations include Fairfax, Harrisonburg, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Warrenton in Virginia and Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina.

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Lisa Demmel 804.794.7555 ldemmel@moseleyarchitects.com

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) August 01, 2013

The commercial architects at OTJ Architects are helping businesses with one of the toughest decisions independent organizations often face whether to buy or lease office space. Many factors should be considered when relocating an office or business including location, space requirements and design-build services. The architecture consultants at OTJ work with businesses using a 4 step plan to determine the best office space and commercial property location to enhance a business impact, staff morale and bottom line.

According to Thomas J. Bisacquino, president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the vacancy rate for office space is dropping nationwide, and more and more business owners are considering office moves either locally or out-of-the-area.

When it comes to making an educated choice on which path is best, OTJ Architects provides the following tips:

1)Determine the needs and requirements of your business

2)Go over the pros/cons of buying or leasing a commercial property

3)Work with a broker to find possible locations and buildings

4)Make a list of pros/cons of each building space taking into account HVAC, electrical, safety, data/telephone, etc.

5)Choose the commercial property that best suits your business needs

6)Determine what office design services would best suit employees such as open offices versus closed offices, workstations, pantries, etc.

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Interview with Arch. Venerando M. Dumadag, fuap - Father of Bohol Architects
UAP Bohol Chapter honored Arch. Venerando "Dadong" M. Dumadag, fuap - Father of Bohol Architects with an Award of Excellence in a Recognition Night and Honor...

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U.K. Band Architects Get Candid With peta2
The members of peta2 #39;s favorite metal band, Architects, have a lot to say about being vegan. Try to keep up! http://bit.ly/1e6eFhi Subscribe to peta2tv: http...

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Interview with Arch. Eufrasio M. Araneta, fuap - Dean of Bohol Architects
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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) July 31, 2013

NicholsBooth Architects whose architecture, interior design and consulting clients range from Zynga, Jones Lang LaSalle, Intuit, Bentley Enterprises and Union Bank to BrightRoll, Zoosk and Charles Schwab & Co, welcomes Rob Wood as Senior Vice President. Mr. Wood will focus on workplace projects for technology and professional services clients, while also working with CEO Gary Nichols on brand positioning in other market sectors.

Rob joining us represents the next evolution of NicholsBooth. We will expand our footprint into Silicon Valley, working on high-tech campuses and bringing additional workplace thought-leadership to our clients, says Mr. Nichols who, since joining the firm in 2006, has led its growth over the past seven years. Charismatic, quick-witted and inspirational, Mr. Nichols recognized a kindred spirit in Mr. Wood. With this addition, we can continue to raise our game in design, technology and firm operations, so we can serve our clients during the entire life cycles of their businesses, from start-up and growth to expansion and beyond.

Rob has a passion for innovative design and finding workplace solutions that really support and enhance a companys culture. This entrepreneurial spirit is shared with his clients in Silicon Valley where, just prior to the dot-com bust in 2001, he established and co-directed the San Jose office for architecture and interior design global giant Gensler. Market conditions were not conducive to starting up an office, he recalls. But my team and I were invested long-term in making the office successful and raising the quality of the work for our clients. Mr. Wood worked steadfastly with his colleagues to grow the Silicon Valley office to almost 60 employees at its peak.

Of his singular experience, Mr. Wood observes, A mind expanded never returns to its original form. Thus NicholsBooth presents an opportunity for new endings. After having spent most of his career at a large corporate firm, he welcomes the intimate-scale of the 25-person firm whose horizontal structure enables a strong client service culture and fosters camaraderie. As he notes, My greatest achievement is helping to instill a collaborative spirit where clients and designers have a shared vision and are excited about their projects.

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Rob Wood studied biochemisty and molecular biology before obtaining a BA in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley. As a senior at The Top 50 ranked (Newsweek, 2012) Lowell High School in San Francisco, he pulled his first all-nighter, placing 2nd among 350 entries for a Marin Headlands Recording Studio design competition organized by the American Institute of Architects. His international and domestic project experience includes corporate facilities for Google, Cisco Systems, Palm, VeriSign, Intuit, and Symantec among other clients.

NicholsBooth Architects is an association of architects, designers and specialists inspired to create environments with impact. Relying on artistic skill, keen understanding of building technology, and the human factors of design, we create architectural works that influence the lives of the people they service. Our commitment to clients is superior design delivered with technical excellence and business-minded project approach. We are committed to making our community and the world a better place through philanthropy.

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For 100 years or more, architects have relied on the massive catalog sitting on their desk to find the right products to use in their projects this brand of glass, or that brand of toilet. That catalog had a monopoly on the market for a century, but with the birth of the internet, that catalog never made the transition over to digital.

But a site that launched back in 2009 as a platform for architects to publish their work, Architizer, is relaunching tomorrow to finally fill the void it left.

Architizer is a two-sided platform that lets architects upload their work in order to get more potential clients as well as professional feedback from their peers. Meanwhile, brands can pay a subscription to connect their own product pages to Architizer projects in which their products were used.

It looks a little like this:

Architects upload their work in any format they like, from a PDF to a picture of a napkin covered in scribbles. Architizers curatorial team then deciphers that project, beautifies it, and publishes the project on the firms own Architizer firm page.

Within the project, other architects can comment and view all the materials used in the building, from the fixtures to the window systems and more.

Then, brands who had products used in that building can connect with that project. So lets say the building used Kohler toilets, for example. Within the project page, Kohler would be listed as the plumbing provider, and that would automatically be hyperlinked to the Kohler product page on Architizer.

Architizer is free to use for architects and firms, while brands pay a subscription fee of anywhere between $95/month and $595/month for Architizer to hyperlink every mention of that brand on the site.

Architizer launched back in 2009 as a self-publishing platform for architects who wanted a digital portfolio. Though the two sites were inherently different (one is an editorial curated blog and the other is a self-publishing platform), ArchDaily stuck out as the greatest competitor to Architizer at the time.

See, ArchDaily receives tips from architects who send in their work, and then features those projects in an editorial blog-style web site. Though Architizers content was all self-published by architects, Architizer had an editorial team that packaged and featured the top projects for browsing on the site.

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Atlantic Media has lost one of the chief architects of its digital reinvention, as president Justin Smith has accepted a new job running Bloombergs media group, according to a report in the New York Times that was later confirmed by the magazine and by Smith. The Atlantic executive was hired in 2007 by Atlantic owner David Bradley and is widely credited with helping to reverse the financial fortunes of the once struggling 156-year-old publication by expanding aggressively on the web and launching a number of new ventures.

In a letter to Atlantic staff, Bradley paid tribute to Smiths contribution to the magazine, saying he and the team that he assembled accomplished a reversal of fortune for a magazine in a 60-year decline [and] a doubling of revenues as well as a return to profitability, the launch of new properties including Atlantic Cities, AtlanticWire and Quartz, a growing events business and 25 million monthly Atlantic readers and visitors. Said Bradley:

Justins beliefs were fierce: That the revolution underway in media is more radical than we the industry appreciate. That the contest between legacy and insurgent players is mortal, with advantage to the insurgents. That surviving legacy properties will have had to learn the disciplines of the insurgents and that they can.

Smith, a former head of corporate strategy for The Economist and a co-founder of Breaking Media a group of sites including Above The Law and Fashionista will take over as CEO of Bloomberg Media Group from Andrew Lack, who becomes chairman, and will report to Daniel Doctoroff, Bloombergs chief executive. Doctoroff told the New York Times: We know that every part of media is being disrupted by technology, and we need someone who understands that.

The announcement of Smiths departure from Atlantic Media also brought tributes from a number of media-industry observers, including Googles Eric Schmidt, who told the New York Times:

How many people have really managed to be successful in digital media? Everyone has tried and few have been successful. Justin is one of them. He is moving very fast, but this is the next logical step. Its a serious gain for Bloomberg.

In addition to launching new digital ventures, The Atlantic has also been one of the most prominent proponents of sponsored content as an alternative to traditional advertising a move that got the magazine into hot water when it ran a widely-criticized feature on Scientology. Smith talked about this and other monetization strategies during a panel about monetization alternatives at our paidContent Live conference in April, which is embedded below.

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