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Two architecture firms join forces

LOS ANGELES—Two internationally published, award-winning distinguished national design firms have formed a strategic alliance to bring a potent combination of complementary practice in architectural design and delivery to the built environment. This alliance joins Lehrer Architects LA, a design studio based in Los Angeles with a reputation for its agile, spirited design, and Westlake Reed Leskosky, a design powerhouse with studios in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, and Cleveland, and recognized for its vertically integrated design model enhancing architecture with engineering and knowledge-based specialties. For more information, see www.wrldesign.com

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SC Johnson gains new HQ building

RACINE, Wisc.—For Fortaleza Hall opens at the S C Johnson Headquarters campus in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by Foster and Partners.

Comprising two companion buildings, the project anchor an area conceived as a ‘town square’. The highly transparent Fortaleza Hall displays the aircraft to the campus, which contrasts with the more solid and internalized Wright buildings. The Community Building – conceived as a gathering place for S C Johnson’s staff – provides a more solid visual counterpoint that is close in spirit to a collegiate ‘commons’.

For more information, see www.fosterandpartners.com

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AIA releases updated bond forms

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) plans to release three updated bond forms as well as three new agreements, including an owner-architect agreement for pro bono services and two Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) agreements.

Collectively called the “4.3 Release,” these six documents, A312™–2010, Payment Bond; A312™–2010, Performance Bond; A310™–2010, Bid Bond; B106™–2010, Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect for Pro Bono Services; C198™–2010, Standard Form of Agreement Between Single Purpose Entity and Consultant for Integrated Project Delivery; and C199™–2010, Standard Form of Agreement Between Single Purpose Entity and Contractor for Integrated Project Delivery, build on the AIA Contract Documents program’s 120 years of experience as the industry standard in defining the contractual relationships that govern the design and construction industry.

For more information, see www.aia.org

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IIDA inducts new Fellows

CHICAGO—The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces three IIDA Members will be inducted into the College of Fellows at the Association’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 13. The three IIDA Fellows are:

• Tama Duffy Day, IIDA, LEED AP, Perkins + Will, Washington, D.C.
  
• David Hanson, IIDA, RID, IDIBC (Fellow), IDC, Gustavson Wylie Architects Inc., Vancouver, BC
  
• David Mourning, IIDA, AIA, IA - Interior Architects, San Francisco
  

For more information, see www.iida.org

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AIA gains interim Executive VP

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced that Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA, Executive Vice President of the AIA California Council (AIACC), will serve as interim Executive Vice President/CEO of the AIA.

An experienced California public servant and senior executive with the AIACC for nearly three decades, Welch begins the appointment July 19 and will continue in this role through the conclusion of a national search to fill the position made vacant by the departure of current AIA EVP/CEO Chris McEntee.

For more information, see www.aia.org

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