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czarnecki to serve as aia convention chair Contract Editor in Chief John Czarnecki, Assoc. AIA, has been named Chair of the AIA Convention Advisory Committee for the 2014 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition to be held in Chicago. Appointed by 2014 AIA President Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, Czarnecki will oversee committee meetings and will work with Dreiling, the committee, and AIA national staff to develop the convention’s theme, special programming, and keynote speaker lineup. The convention will be held June 26–28, 2014, at McCormick Place in Chicago. aia.org Four projects win aia 2012 national healthcare design awards Perkins+Will designed two of the four projects winning AIA 2012 National Healthcare Design Awards, sponsored by the AIA and Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH). The winners are: Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia, by Perkins+Will; Massachusetts General Hospital—The Lunder Building in Boston by NBBJ; Kenya Women and Children’s Wellness Center in Nairobi, Kenya, by Perkins+Will; and National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, Maryland, by SmithGroupJJR. aia.org/aah Moggridge, cooper-hewitt director, dies Bill Moggridge, known as the designer of the first laptop computer and cofounder of IDEO, died on September 8 at age 69 after battling cancer. In the last two years, Moggridge was the director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. “All of us at the Smithsonian mourn the loss of a great friend, leader, and design mind,” says Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough. “Bill transformed the museum into the Smithsonian’s design lens on the world.” cooperhewitt.org/remembering-bill photographer pedro guerrero dies at 95 Art and architecture photographer Pedro E. Guerrero, best known for documenting Frank Lloyd Wright’s later work, died September 13 at age 95. The prolific photographer also captured iconic photos of modern architecture by Philip Johnson and Marcel Breuer, and art by Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson. guerrerophoto.com The solution to your power struggles. Connectrac’s revolutionary new wireway system is now only . 75” high and incorporates wider and lower - sloping side ramps made of earth-friendly, moisture-resistant MDF. This floor- mounted cabling access system provides connections for power and communications wiring anywhere on the floor. For more information visit connectrac.com or call 877- 480-5637 . Toll Free 877- 480 -5637 Visit us at NeoCon East Booth 1943 www.connectrac.com eero saarinen’s iBM office building in yorktown heights, new york, 1961, as captured through pedro guerrero’s lens. contractdesign.com select no. 22 at contractdesign.com/readerservice OctOber 2012 photography: copyright pedro e. guerrero / courtesy edward cella art+architecture industry news News in Brief http://www.aia.org http://www.aia.org/aah http://www.cooperhewitt.org/remembering-bill http://www.guerrerophoto.com http://www.connectrac.com http://www.connectrac.com http://www.connectrac.com http://www.ContractDesign.com/readerservice http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - October 2012

Contract - October 2012
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Exhibition: HD Boutique
Product Focus: Take a Hint
Product Briefs: Health and Wellness
Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center
Los Angeles Center for Women’s Health
Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation
Healthcare Environment Awards
Kaleida Health, Clinical and Medical Research Building
Old Town Recovery Center
Baystate Medical Center
Legacy Health Randall Children’s Hospital
Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Brooklyn Infusion Center
Community Hospital @ Yishun
Mercy Medical Center Rooftop Garden
Rehab + Space Center
Heart Care Center
Practice: “Next Practices” in Healthcare Design
Design: Foster + Partners Develops Master Plan for Cleveland Clinic Growth
Exhibition: Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago
Designers Select: Lighting
Sources
Ad Index
Renovation: Saving Lives by Updating an Icon

Contract - October 2012