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Letter from the chair - Phillip W. Neuberg, FAIA

By Alison Karfeld posted 10-03-2025
Dear Members, On behalf of the Public Architects Committee leadership team, I've been honored to serve as chair of a passionate, engaged, and diverse knowledge community of both public servants and private practitioners. Whether you provide ...
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Public Architects key takeaways from AIA25

By Alison Karfeld posted 07-16-2025
Reflections on the AIA25 Public Architects Symposium in Boston By Phillip Neuberg, FAIA, Chair The Public Architects Symposium, held on June 4th, at AIA25 was a resounding success, with 78 participants and over a dozen ...
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The San Francisco Animal Care & Control Facility: The Adaptive Re-Use of a Historic Gem

By Julia Laue, FAIA posted 07-27-2021
In 2015, I toured the existing San Francisco Animal Care & Control Center (SFACC). SFACC is a taxpayer funded open door animal shelter that provides housing, care, and medical treatment to stray, lost, abandoned, and sick animals, regardless of species. ...
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PAKC year in review

By Adam Viorel Pantelimon-Negrut, FRIBA, Intl. Assoc. AIA posted 12-17-2020
It would be hard to imagine anyone saying that 2020 has been just another typical year in any respect. The same was true, as the new year started, when I attended AIA Grassroots in New Orleans. This Event provided opportunities to share knowledge, experiences, ...
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USACE leadership reinforces qualifications based selection

By Charles Enos, AIA Member Emeritus posted 12-17-2020
By Charles Enos, AIA, LEED AP, MBA and Edmond Gauvreau, FAIA, MPA AIA Federal Architecture Task Group (FATG) Over the last few years, we have noted inconsistencies among U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts and contracting teams in applying ...
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Catalyzing change at the 2020 AIA International Region Conference

By Adam Viorel Pantelimon-Negrut, FRIBA, Intl. Assoc. AIA posted 12-16-2020
Now more than ever, we appear to be at a tipping point, the threshold of which has been spreading across the globe. This year’s conference theme, “Catalyzing Change” embraced the opportunity presented by the many challenges society is facing in 2020 and ...
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Profile: Rona G. Rothenberg, FAIA

By Marilyn Wong-Wittmer, AIA Member Emeritus posted 12-16-2020
I have the distinct pleasure to write an article about a friend and fellow public architect, the 2013 Chair of the AIA Public Architect’s Advisory Group, Rona Rothenberg, FAIA. Rona is the recipient of the 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture ...
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PA Soundbites

By Julia Laue, FAIA posted 12-16-2019
PA Soundbites Newsletter Sharing PA news and topics of interest Dr. Adam Pantelimon (who is on the PA 2019 AdHoc Committee and will be serving in the 2020 PA Advisory Group) was appointed as the incoming 2020-2022 President of the AIA Canada ...
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Summary - Built to Last: Why Public Architecture Needs to Stand the Test of Time

By Julia Laue, FAIA posted 12-16-2019
Summary of A’19 Public Architects Pre-Conference Workshop held on June 5, 2019 Ever heard the phrase “ Good Enough (or “Close Enough”) for Government Work” ? Since the 1960’s, this phrase has been used to reference poor quality production and/or ...
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Letter from the Chair - December 2019

By Marilyn Wong-Wittmer, AIA Member Emeritus posted 12-16-2019
Greetings from the Public Architects Advisory Committee As 2019 comes to a close, it was another busy year for our Knowledge Community and Advisory Group! The PA Advisory Group and AdHoc committees are committed to our mission of promoting ...
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Check out SF Public Works TV latest episode on Preserving San Francisco's Architectural History!

By Julia Laue, FAIA posted 04-06-2019
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Navigation Centers – A Different Approach to Shelter the Homeless

By Akanksha Singh posted 05-20-2018
By Julia Laue, AIA, LEED AP Principal Architect & Division Manager San Francisco Public Works, Building Design & Construction – Architecture Division One day, in late December of 2014, the Director of San Francisco Public Works, Mohammed ...
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The Long and Winding Road - One Year After

By Edmond Gauvreau, FAIA posted 05-18-2018
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash I am flying back from a conference in San Antonio, realizing that it has been just over a year since I received my letter announcing that I was elected to the AIA College of Fellows. I keep thinking back to ...
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Sight-see Public Architecture in New York

By Paula Loomis, FAIA posted 05-18-2018
The AIA Convention and Public Architects’ presentations are in New York City in just one month (June 2018). As we prepare for fun, learning and an intense architectural experience here are recommended public architecture highlights to see during breaks ...
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Public Architects Influencing the Profession & Built Environment

By Marilyn Wong-Wittmer, AIA Member Emeritus posted 05-18-2018
Image credit: iStock This year’s Public Architects Preconvention Workshop Public Architects: Driving Innovation in the Industry’s Best Practices promises to be an informative, thought provoking workshop focusing on the impact public architects ...
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2018 May Cornerstone: Letter from the Chair

By Lee Solomon posted 05-18-2018
Image credit: iStock To our Architectural colleagues in the AIA, we once again renew our year with a greater sense of urgency and commitment to the realm of Public Architecture. It has been a distressing winter with harsh winds, rains and snowstorms ...
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Allied organization of the AIA's Public Architecture KC

By Brian McLaren posted 12-31-2017
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) The mission of the SAME Architectural Practice Committee is to promote architectural practice within SAME broaden the organization’s exposure in the architectural community recruit more architects, ...
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Resources for Public Architects

By Brian McLaren posted 12-31-2017
PA Symposium Presentations 2025 PA Symposium Presentations 2024 PA Symposium Presentations Citizen Architect Handbook Citizen Architect Handbook The Citizen Architect Handbook offers insight into the important role architects play in advancing ...
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The Journey to Urbahn Medal

By Edmond Gauvreau, FAIA posted 12-04-2017
By Ed Gauvreau, FAIA, M.SAME As much as the path to gaining Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) was long and winding, becoming the 21 st recipient of the SAME Urbahn Medal was an equally interesting and divergent road. It was ...
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2017 November Issue of Cornerstone: Letter from Chair

By Emily Marthinsen, FAIA Member Emeritus posted 12-04-2017
Welcome to the latest “issue” of Cornerstone —the on-line newsletter of the AIA Public Architects Knowledge Community! Twice each year, a Board member of the Public Architects Advisory Group collects and edits material of professional interest to share ...
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