November 3, 2004

Design Detailings: 2004 AIA awards are set for Monday

Photo by Fred Housel The 15,000-square-foot Issaquah Public Library by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is an entrant in the AIA Seattle Honor Awards.

Winners of the AIA Seattle 2004 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture will be announced at 6 p.m. Monday at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

The evening's theme will be: How do the structures we create express and address environmental, economic, regulatory and social factors unique to the Northwest at this moment in our history?

John Morris Dixon, FAIA, will moderate, and the judges will be Ming Fung, Carlos Jimenez and Merhdad Yazdani.

Doors open at 6, and the awards are presented at 7. Advance tickets are $18 for AIA members and $20 for others. For information, call (206) 448-4938 or go to http://www.aiaseattle.org.

Calatrava speaks at UW on Sunday

Architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava will speak at a free public lecture at Kane Hall, University of Washington on Sunday at 7 p.m.

Calatrava will talk about his design for the PATH transportation terminal at the World Trade Center, the Athens Olympic sports complex, and his focus on structural design and sculptural surfaces. His recently completed projects are the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Symphony Center in Atlanta. For more information, contact Rebecca Jaynes at rjaynes@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-3920.

'Bauhaus in America' to be shown Nov. 10

DoCoMoMo_WeWa presents its first "Film + Architecture" event this fall with the Seattle premiere of "Bauhaus in America." Filmmaker Judith Pearlman presents her film at the Seattle Art Museum auditorium on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. A Q&A session follows. Tickets are $12, $10 for SAM members. For tickets, call SAM at (206) 654-3121.

ASCE will tackle corruption, bribes

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently hosted a conference at the Baltimore Convention Center, where engineers and representatives from The World Bank and Transparency International spoke on the engineer's role in preventing corruption in business dealings.

The society says bribes account for an estimated $340 billion dollars of worldwide construction costs each year. Increases in infrastructure spending in developing countries could lead to more corruption.

A global standards initiative is led by the society's president-elect William Henry and aims to set principles for professional conduct. The society represents more than 133,000 civil engineers worldwide. See http://www.asce.org for more information.

DIFFA grants $20K to 7 AIDS groups

The Seattle chapter of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS said it will grant $20,000 to seven Washington state HIV/AIDS service organizations: Lifelong AIDS Alliance, $4,500; Seattle/King County Humane Society "Pet Project" AIDS Outreach Program, $4,500; Lambert House, $2,500; Seattle AIDS Support Group, $2,500; Entre Hermanos, $2,500; Bailey-Boushay House, $2,000; Spokane AIDS Network, $1,500.

DIFFA's national headquarters is in New York. For more information see http://www.diffa.org.

Tiscareno Associates has a new address

Architect Tiscareno Associates has moved to a new location. The company's new address is 3130 E. Madison St., No. 206, Seattle, WA 98112. Telephone is (206) 325-3356. Fax is (206) 322-3428. Principal Bob Tiscareno specializes in urban design, retail and mixed-use.