Registration is now open! The AIA Chicago Professional Development Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12, at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel. With a theme of "collaboration and integration in our work," the conference features four breakfast and lunch general sessions and fifteen break-out sessions in the following tracks: Collaboration, Implementation, and Economics. This is a valuable and convenient way to earn continuing education hours as required by AIA and the State of Illinois (all architects holding an Illinois license will renew their license this fall). Click here to see the conference schedule and hotel details.

Fellowship Mentoring Session/Review

• September 18
• 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

AIA Chicago will host a mentoring session for Fellowship candidates. Potential Fellows can meet one-on-one with recently elevated Fellows to review their progress on the Fellowship applications, answer questions and give constructive feedback on their submittals. Click here to register.

2008 Professional Excellence Awards - Call for Entries

• Firm Award
• Dubin Family Young Architect Award
• Distinguished Service Award

You are invited to participate in the annual Professional Excellence Awards program of AIA Chicago. The awards will be presented at the chapter's Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 4 at Spertus Institute. The complete Call for Entries is here.

Click here for more information on the 53rd annual Designight

Chicago Architect now available

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The Chicago Architect July/August 2008 issue features articles on architects' favorites, the Blackstone Hotel, and designs for Michigan and Indiana vacation homes. Zurich Esposito interviews Ben Weese, FAIA.

A subscription to Chicago Architect is included with AIA Chicago membership. Non-members may subscribe to the magazine.

Please send questions, comments, or announcements for Chicago Architect to CA@aiachicago.org or AIA Chicago, Attn: Editor, 35 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 250, Chicago, IL 60601.

Read the archived interview with Walter Netsch, FAIA, from the November/December 2007 issue.

Mission statement: Chicago Architect, the primary outreach tool of AIA Chicago, is published six times a year as an authoritative resource for architects, the larger design community and the public about architecture and related issues of interest to Chicago architects. The magazine communicates industry trends, the value of high-quality design and the role of AIA Chicago and its members in the world of architecture. Media kits and the 2008 editorial calendar are available.

TOOL FOR REDUCING CARBON

Chicago's Committee on the Environment launches Cool Tool Carbon Reduction Strategies for the Chicago Region.