<br/> The Board of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has appointed Robert Ivy, a Fellow of the AIA, as the new Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2011.

<br/> The American Institute of Architect’s Board of Directors has awarded the AIA Gold Medal to Fumihiko Maki, Hon. FAIA.

<br/> Suburbs lose office workers to business districts, reversing a post-war trend.

MakeItSteel.com is a new resource for information about howsteel union ironworkers and contractors are making a difference in worker and public safety.

<br/> Crain’s New York: Newest building at the school that helped give Thomas Edison his engineering chops is a winner in cutting energy use; conservation on a tight budget.

<br/> Famed architect Frank Gehry enthralled a packed auditorium of architects and students at a conversation sponsored by the Ornamental Metal Institute of New York.

<br/> Our latest issue features in-depth articles about several new additions to the city’s most famed landmarks and institutions.

Architectural Record interviews Dennis Shelden of Gehry Technologies about the architect’s newest addition to the New York skyline.

The Steel Institute sponsored the featured Friday luncheon at NCSEA 2010 – NEW YORK, the national engineering organization’s eighteenth annual conference.

With the goal of one floor every ten days, One World Trade Center will be on track to complete construction in time for the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Resources for fire safety and fire protection are now available in a new, easy-to-use digital library.

Engineering News-Record’s Nadine Post reports on changes to structural steel standards in the forthcoming 2012 edition of the International Building Code.

The 54-story, 2.1 million-square-foot Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park has earned a LEED-Platinum certification.

When the renovated United Nations complex reopens in 2013, it will be 50 percent more energy efficient, thanks in part to a long-needed overhaul of its distinctive green glass curtain wall.

The Institute joins the construction community in celebrating Building Safety Month.

John Hillman took home Engineering News-Record’s 2010 Award of Excellence for his design of a hybrid structural beam …

The latest issue contains features about the city’s newest feats of architecture: Alice Tully Hall and The Juilliard School, City College of New York School of Architecture, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, New York Law School, 41 Cooper Square

A recent project by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for Hampshire Real Estate Companies showcases the many advantages of renovating existing steel structures to suit the needs of today’s commercial tenants.

A unique metal fabric system from Cambridge Architectural divides space and provides a one-of-a-kind ceiling design inside the new Cultural Arts Center on Montgomery College’s Takoma Park, MD, campus.

Engineering News-Record takes a look at the high-tech tools and old-fashioned teamwork used to realize the intricate stainless-steel curtain wall of Frank Gehry’s new Beekman Tower.

The New York Times reports that steel for residential construction is gaining attention in the wake of this year’s massive earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.