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SUMMARY REPORT OF ACTIVITIES
Michigan Architectural Foundation
This Summary Report is intended to update the AIA Michigan Chapters of the current activities of the Michigan Architectural Foundation. Chapter Presidents and/or Vice Presidents are encouraged to share this information with your Chapter’s Board of Directors and Chapter membership.
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES
THREE AWARDS
Detroit, Michigan — April 20,
2007 — The Michigan Architectural Foundation Board of Directors approved two
scholarships this year in their President’s Scholarship Program. Recipients
are Brittany M. Guercio a senior at the University of Michigan and
Brian E. Pelloski in his fourth year at the University of Detroit Mercy
Thanks to a grant that the Foundation earned from the American Institute of
Architects Component Scholarship Program, the Foundation is able to award
two $4,000 scholarships. The students will be recognized at the 150th
Anniversary Gala of The American Institute of Architects Michigan at the Inn
at St. John in Plymouth on April 20th.
The third award is the annual
David Evans Memorial Grant for Historic
Preservation.
This is the sixth $5,000 grant, jointly awarded by MAF and
the Clannad Foundation, and it will go to the
The Chippewa County
Historical Society in Sault
Ste Marie, Michigan. Specifically, the
grant will be used to restoring the roof on the News Building, the
new home of the Chippewa County Historical Society.
Carl Roehling, FAIA, receiving a check for $33,000 from Brenda Schneider, Hon. AFF. AIA Detroit and Tom Ogden, both from Comerica, for the 'Great Architecture of Michigan' book with photos by Korab to be published this in the fall of 2008.
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Over 600 architects, contactors and
building owners took advantage of this year’s
Health Facilities and
Educational Facilities Conferences sponsored by the
Michigan Architectural Foundation. Both events (Health in the
Spring and Education in the Fall) allowed the attendees to
participate in presentations on the latest developments in both
of these fields of practice. Watch for the upcoming Health
Facilities Conference scheduled for March 8-9, to be held in
Grand Rapids.
2008 Health Facilities
and Educational Facilities will be operated by AIA Michigan. |
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Detroit Architecture - The “AIA Guidebook to Detroit“, a publication supported by the MAF, documents the architecture of Detroit through photographs, written descriptions and maps and is an excellent resource for self-guided tours of the city. Compiled by Eric Hill, FAIA and John Gallagher, architectural writer for the Detroit Free Press, the 350-page soft cover book is available through the AIA Michigan office |
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“American City - Detroit Architecture 1845-2005” is a recently issued large format book representing the architecture of Detroit, the first such book in over thirty years. Sponsored in part through a grant from the MAF, American City “showcases a Detroit that will surprise many and bring long-overdue attention to the city‘s heritage of fine design“. The book is available at local bookstores. |
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