As our coverage for the convention rolls to a close I must mention that I can’t think of Miami without remembering what happened in 1995, when my colleague Cliff Pearson and I were contacted by a press agent for a Miami architect who had done, well, a rather astonishing amount of work down there. She said,

In addition to naming Paul Welch, of California, to serve as its interim CEO, the AIA has elected its 2011-2012 officers...

Some say the recession is over and conditions for architects are improving. That may be true, but there are signs that the slump persists...

Yesterday, Record editor Jane Kolleeny attended two events honoring the AIA's Firm of the Year. Thanks to some connectivity problems here at the Gansevoort Hotel, I'm posting her account of the events on her belalf. Read it after the jump.

Following yesterday’s press conference on building performance reporting, the AIA released another modeling-related statement today. A lack of interoperability among building information modeling software has led to more and more headaches for design firms as it becomes more widely used. In an emphatic—if not programmatic—announcement (posted below), the AIA is calling for open standards to help bridge rifts created by incompatible platforms.

So you think you had a busy day? One day at the AIA convention takes all we have as editors, and more!

Friday at AIA begins bright and early with a cheerful and information-packed Ad Awards Breakfast

Two architects featured in Record's first Design Vanguard issue in 2000 talk about how their work has evolved over the past 10 years.

The 2010 Gold Medalist inspires a new generation for practicing outside the centers of fashion, then takes them by storm.  But does their inspiration derive from his origins, or his chosen workplace?

In a press conference this afternoon, the AIA formally announced the first of two initiatives to tackle two persistent problems for designers striving to minimize their projects’ energy use. A press release about the institute’s efforts to centralize reporting on building performance is after the jump. Tomorrow, we’ll hear about their plans to assuage an intensifying need for standards among energy modeling software. Stay tuned…