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Congratulations to the Alaska Design Forum on their 20th Anniversary! We chatted with Klaus Mayer, trustee of the Forum and member of the AAO Board of Directors, about the Forum's past, present, and future. AAO: How did the Forum start?Klaus Mayer (KM): Peter Lipson, a recent...
Local communities often aren’t empowered with the skills, tools, and time designers have to untangle problems and act on them. The Architecture Foundation has found one way to take the skills that designers wield and open-source it to the community at large...
Apps are on every organization’s radar these days. But, as Cindy Olnick of the LA Conservancy points out, "it's a balancing act to try new things without randomly jumping on bandwagons." AAO spoke with Olnick about the LA 1960s Architecture app: the motivation behind it, how...
AAO members have always made a strong showing in the AIA's Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement, from national outfits like the American Architectural Foundation to devoted individual members like design educator Anna Sanko and the Architecture Resource Center. This...
  Recent Opening:  Philadelphia Center for Architecture, Director The Philadelphia Center for Architecture is seeking candidates for the position of Director to manage and build the programs and funding for the Center. This is an opportunity to build on the growing...
November 8-10, 2012 the Association of Architecture Organizations brought together the largest gathering of leaders and educators from architectural organizations dedicated to enhancing public dialogue about architecture and design. Here are pieces of the conversation it sparked:
 
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