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Residential Architect, March, 2003

custom home design awards 2003

entry deadline: march 21

binder deadline: april 4

Houses designed for a specific client and site may be submitted by builders, architects, remodelers, designers, or other industry professionals. Winners will be featured in the September 2003 issue of Custom Home magazine. Shown is the merit winner for custom home under 3,000 square feet by Estes/Twombly Architects, Newport, R.I. Call 202.736.3407 for information.

sustainable design

deadline: april 4

Cosponsored by the Boston Society of Architects and the New York AIA, this competition is open to any built project in the world designed by any design professional. Winners will be showcased at the BSA/Build Boston Design Celebration. Call 617.951.1433 or visit www.architects.org for requirements.

bonnard

denver art museum

march 1-may 25

Pierre Bonnard was a colorist known for domestic interiors and Parisian street scenes. The artist, whose work spanned many important periods in French art history, died in 1947 at 79. This exhibition comprises about 100 oil paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and sculpture. Visit www.denverartmuseum.org or call 720.865.5000 for museum hours.

fantastic

massachusetts museum of contemporary art

north adams, mass.

march 8-spring 2004

Utopian ideologies mix with paranormal postulations in this exhibition encompassing photography, large-scale installations, architecture, print, and inventions. Five contemporary artists from around the world, including British-born architect Nils Norman, will showcase their visions of suburban bliss meets alien invasion. For additional details, call 413.664.4481 or visit www.massmoca.org.

light screens: the leaded glass of frank lloyd wright

smithsonian american art museum, renwick gallery, washington, d.c.

march 14-july 20

From 1886 to 1923, Wright designed more than 4,500 windows for 160 buildings. About 50 of his glazed opus are included in the exhibition. Shown is a sample window from the Susan Lawrence Dana house in Springfield, Ill., built in 1902. Visit www.americanart.si.edu or call 202.275.1693 for more information.

kitchen & bath industry show

orange county convention center, orlando, fla.

april 10-13

See the latest products from the world's leading manufacturers and attend educational seminars at the kitchen and bath industry's top event. Visit www.kbis.com or call 800.367.6522 to register.

aia convention and expo 2003

san diego convention center

may 8-10

"Design Matters! Poetry Proof," is this year's convention theme. Architects may choose from some 130 seminars to maintain state licensure and to fulfill the AIA's continuing education requirements. More than 600 exhibitors will display their wares on the show floor. For details, call 800.242.3837 or visit www.aiaconvention.com.

continuing exhibits

Architecture Water, through March 23, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 415.357.4000; Tadao Ando: Architect, through April 27, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., 413.458.2303; Tobacco: Architectural Photographs by Maxwell MacKenzie, through May 2, The Octagon, Washington, D.C.; 202.638.3221; David Adler, Architect: Elements of Style, through May 18, The Art Institute of Chicago, 312.443.3600; Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century, through June 22, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., 202.272.2448.