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BUILD PITTSBURGH KEYNOTE ADDRESS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 6-9PM
Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street
KEYNOTE: MICHAEL GARTNER
“You Can’t Do It Alone”
Michael Gartner has been a lifelong journalist. Over the
years, he has been Page One Editor of The Wall Street Journal,
editor and president of The Des Moines Register, editor of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, general news executive of
Gannett Co. and USA Today, and president of NBC News.
In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his common sense editorials
about issues deeply affecting the lives of people in his community
written for The Tribune of Ames, Iowa, where he then was the
editor and co-owner. He also has won most other newspaper
awards for editorial writing. He is the author of “Outrage,
Passion & Uncommon Sense,” a book of American history
as told through newspaper editorials of different eras.
In early 2000, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack named Gartner chairman
of Vision Iowa, a board the Legislature established to oversee
grants to Iowa’s tourist attractions and to disburse
up to $300 million to help Iowa communities build major recreational
or cultural facilities. In 2005, Gov. Vilsack appointed Gartner
to the Iowa Board of Regents, a group of nine citizen volunteers
committed to improving quality of life in Iowa by governing
Iowa’s public universities and special schools and providing
policymaking, coordination, and oversight of these institutions
and affiliated centers. Gartner was subsequently elected president
of that board by the 8 other Regents.
In addition, Gartner has been at various times a regular columnist
for the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal and the editorial
page of USA Today, a commentator for Iowa Public Radio and
the Voice of America, and the ombudsman for Brill’s
Content magazine. Gartner is a lawyer as well as a newspaperman
and baseball executive, and he has written extensively on
First Amendment issues. He is a member of the bar of New York
and of Iowa.
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16:62 Design Zone Neighborhood
Knockout Award! Nominations close NEXT MONDAY, September 12th(Deadline
Extended)! Download
a nomination form! A selection of nominations will be
on display at the Design Awards Exhibit and the winner will
be announced at the Design Awards Ceremony!
The 16:62 Design Zone and the Pittsburgh Chapter
of the American Institute of Architects invite you to shine
the spotlight on your favorite buildings in the Strip District
and Lawrenceville! Celebrate great spaces in our neighborhood
as we team up for the first-ever Neighborhood Knockout Award,
presented at AIA Design Pittsburgh. Sponsored by AIA, Design
Pittsburgh is an annual celebration of architecture and design
throughout the Pittsburgh region, and this year, this series
of events is taking place in the 16:62 Design Zone.
What makes a place a Neighborhood Knockout? It can be any
house, commercial building, or public space that you absolutely
adore. Something about the design just speaks to you in a
way that sets your heart a-flutter. It could be visually stunning
or have a quirky personality. Because this year’s Design
Pittsburgh events are taking place in the Design Zone, we’re
looking for nominations for buildings and public spaces in
Lawrenceville and the Strip District.
To nominate your Neighborhood Knockout, complete and return
a printable nomination form by Friday, September 9, 2005.
A selection of nominees will be exhibited at the AIA Design
Pittsburgh Competition Exhibit at the 51st Street Business
Center in Lawrenceville. The exhibit is free and open to the
public from October 6-29.
For more information on the 16:62
Design Zone please visit www.1662designzone.com
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October
29, 2004
For Immediate Release
The
People of Pittsburgh Have Spoken
Every
year in October, AIA Pittsburgh, a chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, presents Design Pittsburgh, a series
of events coordinated to celebrate the quality of architectural
design in the Pittsburgh region. Design Pittsburgh includes
a design awards component where the best projects in architecture
and landscape architecture are recognized. A jury of nationally
renowned architects decides these winners, but what about
the ultimate users of these projects? Which project would
they choose as their favorite?
AIA Pittsburgh and Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania have created
the People’s Choice Award for this reason. People’s
Choice Award winners of the past include: the Alcoa Building,
the Hosanna House swimming pool project, PNC Park and the
Southside Works, 2801 East Carson Street. This year the people
have spoken again. By popular vote, the winner is Hillside
House.
The People’s
Choice Award was presented to Mary Cerrone, AIA and Kevin
Wagstaff, AIA for their efforts in designing Hillside House.
This compact, L-shaped house incorporates many of the ideas
featured in Sarah Susanka’s book, “The Not So
Big House”. It features an open living space that wraps
around and connects to an 80’ x 35’ private garden.
The open kitchen, living and dining spaces also look out over
Pittsburgh’s picturesque East End. The lower level features
a two-car integral garage and a home office. The cozy second
floor “away” room takes advantage of the view
while providing a quiet space for the residents. This project,
owned and occupied by the architects themselves, also received
an Honor Award in the Architectural Category of AIA Pittsburgh’s
Design Awards. The Los Angeles based jury called the project
“timeless, functional and quite elegant” and “well
thought out.”
Sponsored
by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, the People's Choice Award
was created to give the public an opportunity to vote on their
favorite project. The public was able to view all of the entries,
which were on display for a 2-day exhibition in the Hall of
Architecture at the Carnegie Museum of Art, and a 12-day exhibition
in The Photo Forum Gallery located in the U.S. Steel Tower
Lobby.
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