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At the Accent on Architecture gala, held in Washington in February, AIA President Kate Schwennsen, FAIA, and AAF Board of Regents Chair Norbert W. Young, FAIA, jointly announced plans to launch the American Center of Architecture. The ACA comprises the AIA and the AAF and is designed to enhance the existing programs of both organizations. Schwennsen described it as the “future-looking counterpart to the celebration of our past.”
Although the details of exactly how the ACA will function are still a work-in-progress, a number of initiatives are underway. Two exhibit designers have been interviewed and asked to submit proposals for launching a major exhibition during Architecture Week (April 9–14) in 2007, as well as other ongoing programming, both virtual and on-site. In addition, the Conference Center Consulting Group, of Wallingford, Conn., is studying the feasibility of creating a conference center on the ACA campus. The study will be completed in mid-May.
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