Monumental architecture began with sacred places to commune with God/s and the unseen. The earliest preplanned structures were built to last forever, as places for community gathering, ceremony and ritual. It now seems certain that sound was an integral part of that scenario. This generously...
AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group's R. Denise Everson, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP , has taken the time to join the Leapfrog From Disaster Symposium in the Philippines. She will be speaking on November 6th Thursday about the AIA’s Housing KC’s recent trip to the Yunnan Provence in...
The Leapfrog From Disaster Symposium will challenge speakers as well as the delegates to re-invent the post-disaster paradigm, going beyond current aspirations and expectations in post-disaster rehabilitation. The Office Director for Program Resources Management of the United States...
Manila, Philippines -- The Leapfrog From Disaster Symposium's official venue in Manila is the Cultural Center of the Philippines . It is "designed by Philippine National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin. It is a primary example of the architect's signature style known as the...
Chicago, IL. (September 27, 2014) — More people are now living in natural disaster-prone areas resulting from climate change. In 2013, over 22 million people were displaced by natural disasters, as reported and backed by the UN in the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring...
The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) updates the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities every four years, creating a document used by states and federal agencies to regulate health care facility design and construction. However, some states have not yet adopted the...
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The AIA’s Knowledge Leadership Assembly (KLA) was held last week at the Fairmount Olympic in Seattle. Members of the Advisory Group (AG) from each Knowledge Community (KC), AIA staff and leadership as well as representatives of the Board Knowledge Community (BoKnoCo) all attended this event to...
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