7.2.09 | New York, NY | Caroline Baumann was named acting director
of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, effective
July 13. Since joining Cooper-Hewitt in 2001, Ms. Baumann has served as
director of development, director of external affairs and deputy
director. From 1995 to 2001, Baumann worked at The Museum of Modern Art, where she
raised funds for the museum's Yoshio Taniguchi building project among
other accomplishments. Ms. Baumann will serve as acting director while a 10-member
committee searches for a permanent director.
7.2.09 | Salt Lake City, UT |Prescott Muir, a locally-based
practicing architect, was named director for the University of Utah School of Architecture. Mr. Muir, who has worked as an adjunct professor at the university since 1993, has
been influential in designing various projects in Salt Lake, including
the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and the Bridge Project for
Artspace. Mr Muir is a past president of the American Institute of Architects Utah and a member of the College of Fellows of the AIA.
7.2.09 |Charlotte, NC| Mark Sealy, design leader and Manager ofBJAC, earned LEED
accreditation. With more than 20 years of industry
experience, Mr. Sealy coordinates and develops the efforts of the firm's
designers for education, healthcare, research and municipal projects.
7.1.09 | Houston, TX | IFMA announced its 2009-2010 executive committee and board of directors. Thomas L. Mitchell Jr. will serve as the new chair of the association’s board of directors, succeeding John McGee, MBA.
Mr. Mitchell retired from active duty service in the U.S. Air Force as a
lieutenant colonel in 2008, after more than 20 years of leading and
managing programs and joined Booz Allen Hamilton, where he
works to develop vision,
strategies and solutions for the built
environment. Other members of the executive committee include: Francis J. Kuhn, vice president of facilities and
administration for Western Corporate Federal Credit Union and William
A. Rodgers Jr., president and CEO of GoodCents. Mr. Kuhn and Mr. Rodgers will
serve as the association’s first and second vice chairs, respectively.
6.30.09 | Toronto, Canada | Bertrand Cesvet, chairman of Sid Lee, isthe IIDEX/NeoCon
Canada 2009 Business Keynote, speaking on Thursday, September 24 at 10 am. Mr. Cesvet is co-author of the 2008 book,
Conversational Capital: How to Create Stuff People Love to Talk About,
with Tony Babinski and Eric Alper. In his keynote, Mr. Cesvet will demonstrate commercial creativity in action,
presenting Sid Lee’s work for Adidas Originals
6.30.09 | New York, NY | MayorSe-Hoon Oh and a delegation from Seoul, South Korea, had a guided tour of New York City's recently opened High Line elevated park. The mayor was in the city to receive a United Nation's award for hosting the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in May 2009. Seoul has been named World Design Capital 2010 and currently has major architecture and infrastructure projects underway, and the High Line is considered a significant reference for Seoul's redevelopment plan. The High Line is a 1.5-mile-long public park built on a defunct elevated rail line running along Manhattan’s lower west side.
6.29.09 | San Francisco, CA | Bryant Rice joined DEGW as a Senior Consultant. Mr. Rice, a former president of the San Francisco chapter of the
American Institute of Architects and an active member of CoreNet
Workplace Community, will concentrate on workplace strategies, change
management, and real estate and portfolio appraisal projects. Prior to joining DEGW, he worked for Teknion Corporation.
6.26.09 | Toronto, Ontario | Stephen Knapp will be the Lighting Keynote on Friday, September 25, 10:30 am, at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada. Mr. Knapp, described as creating, "the first new art medium of the 21st century," will discuss the
development of lightpaintings, the impact light art could have on the
art and architecture of the future and how it could change the way we
design our buildings.
6.23.09 | New York, NY | Paul Baginski was hired as National Director of
Buildings and General Infrastructure for Parsons Brinckerhoff. Mr. Baginski will be responsible for the direction,
program development, operations, and execution of Federal and buildings
programs which serve governmental, institutional and
private sector clients. Prior to joining PB, he was director of federal programs for a nationwide engineering consulting firm.
PB also announced that Roger Blair was named President
of the Power and Energy Division, and Greg Kelly the new President of the
Transportation Division for the America's operation of PB.
6.23.09 | Holland
Landing, Ontario | Inscape Corporation appointed Michael AckelbeinRegional Vice President of Sales, Western U.S. Mr. Ackelbein will develop growth strategies in California and the Pacific Northwest and will oversee sales partners in the region. He has over 20 years of industry experience, including the founding and management of dealerships in the San Francisco area.
6.19.09| Cambridge, MA | HMFH Architects made the following promotions: Senior Principal: George Metzger, Laura Wernick Principal: Lori Cowles, Philip Lewis Senior Associate: Deborah Collins, Chin Lin, Steven Millington, Vasillios Valaes, Arthur Duffy Associate: Tina Stanislaski, Gabriel Petino,
