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The Architects of Healing
 Today, at the National Convention of of American Institute of Architects, the AIA honors The Architects of Healing. When Milena and Paul Murdoch explained aspects of their winning Flight 93 National Memorial design to family members in 2005 (see photo), they knew the type of emotional journey they were taking. "I've seen through the process how powerful a vision can be -- and how challenging it can be to carry that vision through a process," says Paul Murdoch in an AIA video. "It's worth it. It's worth that effort." Ceremony participants include:
New and Updated Pages will return next week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, ©2005 Getty Images The Architects of Healing originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 at 10:21:03. Permalink | Comment | Email this Read more A Bauhaus Birthday  I thought I didn't like Bauhaus as residential architecture. International modernism in my mind was acceptable for more public buildings like Le Corbusier's United Nations. And then I visited the modest home Walter Gropius built for himself in Lincoln, Massachusetts, near Boston. ...A Bauhaus Birthday originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 09:00:00. Permalink | Comment | Email this Read more AIA Convention & Expo  Architecture is history, so it's appropriate that David McCullough deliver the opening keynote address this week at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, DC. The well-known historian and prize-winning author will examine the role of the architect through our nation's history. The speech should crystallize this year's convention theme that Design Connects. ...AIA Convention & Expo originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 13:05:19. Permalink | Comment | Email this Read more Architecture Updates: May 6 - 12, 2012 
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