AIA Denver Recognizes 2008 Architecture Achievements/President Bush Signs Loan Forgiveness Legislation

2008 Achievements in Architecture Recognized by AIA Denver

The American Institute of Architects Denver Chapter recognized its 2008 architectural design, honor and president’s awards recipients during a ceremony in September at The Cable Center in Denver.

The eight architectural design awards were selected from 96 entries submitted by members of AIA Denver and judged by a jury of architects and design experts from Atlanta.

The winners were:

• Honor - Architects: Alan Eban Brown Architects of Eldorado Springs, David Baker & Partners of San Francisco, Will Bruder & Partners of Phoenix and Harry Teague Architects of Basalt, Colo., for TAXI Phase 2 in Denver
• Honor - Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind of New York with Davis Partnership Architects of Denver for the Museum Residences in Denver
• Merit - Architect: Semple Brown Design PC of Denver for the Kent Student Center for the Arts in Englewood
• Merit - Architect: Semple Brown Design PC for RedLine in Denver
• Merit - Architects: Davis Partnership Architects and Adjaye Associates of New York for the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art
• Merit - Architect: Faleide Architecture Studio of Denver for the residence at 480 Poplar St. in Denver
• Citation - Architect: Roth + Sheppard Architects of Denver for Scandinavian Designs in Rocklin, Calif.
• Citation - Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects of Denver for the Colegio Americano de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico

In addition to the design awards, AIA Denver Honor Awards Jury Chair Phil Gerou, a principal at Gerou & Associates Ltd. in Evergreen, presented six honor awards:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert W. Root of Root Rosenman Architects, Denver
• Young Architect of the Year: Gerardo M. Salinas of Anderson Mason Dale Architects
• 25-Year Award: Sculptured (Deaton) House in Genesee by Charles Deaton
• Phil Milstein Award for Contributions by a Non-Architect: Flodie Anderson and Jeannie L. Ritter
• James Sudler Award for Contribution to AIA Denver: Studio NYL Structural Engineers, Boulder
• AIA Denver 2008 President’s Award: Pomelia “Pomie” Bowers, who has made extraordinary contributions in supporting the mission of AIA Denver or local architecture as the AIA Denver Board Liaison to the Society for Design Administration.

President Signs ACEC Loan Forgiveness Program To Address Engineer Shortage

The Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity Act of 2008, signed into law in August by President Bush, provides up to $10,000 in student loan forgiveness for students seeking science, technology, engineering and math-related professions of “national need.”

The American Council of Engineering Cos. ensured that the bill also included engineering among the eligible professions.

When implemented, engineering students will qualify for up to $10,000, receiving $2,000 a year in credit against outstanding student loan obligation following graduation and entry into an engineering career.

Now that the bill has become law, the Department of Education is developing regulations for the program, and Congress must find a way to fund it. ACEC is working with the agency and Congress to ensure that the new program benefits as many engineering students as possible.

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