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Residential Architect, August, 2004 by Shelley D. Hutchins

2005 residential architect design awards: call for entries

entry form and fee due: november 15

completed binders due: january 5

Our annual residential architect Design Awards program honors outstanding architecture in 14 categories including custom, renovation, multifamily, and on the boards. Winning projects, chosen by an independent panel of design professionals, will be published in the May 2005 issue of residential architect and honored at the 2005 AIA Convention in Las Vegas. Shown: the 2004 Project of the Year by Lake/Flato, Austin, Texas. For an entry form, call 202.736.3407, visit www.residentialarchitect.com, or see page 81 of this magazine.

tilt-up achievement awards competition

entry deadline: september 30

For projects using tilt-up concrete construction, this competition invites architects to submit housing as well as commercial projects. The jury will look for aesthetic appeal, structural creativity, innovative applications, and advances in use of the product. Call 319.895.6911 for guidelines, or go to www.tilt-up.org.

green dollhouse

applications due: october 15

dollhouses due: december 15

Delightful doll dwellings used to inspire children and parents to make their homes a little greener will be judged on style, usability as a plaything, and ability to offer green guidance about one or more aspects of sustainable home building. Winning dollhouses will be featured at the Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo, Calif., in an exhibit that will eventually tour the country. Phone 650.599.1433 or go to www.greendollhouse.org for competition details.

contemporary silver: made in italy

august 5-february 13 powerhouse museum, sydney, australia

Helping to kick off Sydney Design Week, this exhibition showcases more than 150 pieces of silver produced by Italian studios in recent years. On display will be vases, tea sets, bowls, and other objects designed by such internationally renowned architects as Richard Meier, Michael Graves, Stanley Tigerman, and Zaha Hadid. Shown: Petalo candlesticks, 1990, designed by Gabricle De Vecchi. For museum hours, call 011.61.2.9217.0389 or check out www.phm.gov.au.

reinvention 2004

december 6-8 los angeles

What's next for the single-family American house? residential architect's first symposium gathers industry leaders to brainstorm, develop, and plan the livable, lovable house of the future. Seminars will address issues of sustainability, notable ideas of the past, and cutting-edge ideas of the present. A design charrette will bring together the best thinking to generate The Next American House prototype.

Special Bonus Event: Introducing the inaugural Congress of Residential Architects. This newly formed organization of specialists in single-family residential architecture launches irs first forum on The State of Residential Architecture immediately following Reinvention 2004. For registration ca11 888.584.5665 of e-mail reinvention2004@hanleywood.com. See page 68 for more information.

continuing exhibits

Richard Neutra's VDL Researeh House II, through Sept. 9, A D Museum, West Hollywood, Calif., 310.659.2445; Yves Behar Fuseproject, through Oct. 3, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 415.357.4000; Austria West: New Alpine Architecture, through Oct. 30, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, 212.759.5165; Santiago Calatrava: The Architect's Studio, through Nov. 21, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 206.543.2280; Right at Home, through Jan. 17, Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., 202.357.2700.