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2006 Newly Licensed Architects & Professional Engineers Recognition Ceremony
AIA Omaha Honors Doehling
Did you know?
Goodhue Blvd. Proposed in Lincoln
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Architectural Graphic Standards - Eleventh Edition
Year End Donation Sought
Calendar of Events - December 15
Season's Greetings from the AIA NE Directors and Staff. Office will be closed Dec 25 thru Jan. 1

2006 Newly Licensed Architects & Professional Engineers Recognition Ceremony

Nebraska Governor Heineman recognized this year's newly licensed architects and engineers yesterday at the second annual recognition ceremony held in the Warner Chamber, Nebraska State Capitol. The following AIA Nebraska newly licensed members participated: Olamide Banwo, AIA, Jeffrey Chadwick, AIA, Jeffrey Dolezal, AIA, Jackson Martis, AIA and Paul Ritchie, AIA.

Pictured: Paul Ritchie, AIA, Olamide Banwo, AIA, and Jackson Martis, AIA

Newly licensed AIA member, Olamide Banwo, AIA, with family.

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AIA Omaha Honors Doehling

Incoming AIA Omaha President, John Dineen, AIA, presents Roger Doehling, AIA, Omaha President, a plaque in recognition of his achievements this year.

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Did you know?

AIA Nebraska has offered approximately 60 hours of continuing education, 35 have been related to health safety welfare.

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Goodhue Blvd. Proposed in Lincoln

Residents share views of proposed name change
BY MARK MAHONEY / Lincoln Journal Star / Dec 07, 2006

How far will the city go to honor the Capitol’s architect? Supporters are hoping about seven blocks. At a public meeting Wednesday night, residents exchanged views over a proposal that would change a seven-block stretch of 15th Street south of the Capitol to Goodhue Boulevard.The change would honor Bertram Goodhue, the architect who designed the Capitol in 1922. William J. Wood, who has owned two apartment buildings along 15th Street for more than 30 years, said if the city is going to change another street around the Capitol, it needs to extend the name change longer than seven blocks.

“It’s going to take a tremendous amount of education, publicity and those sorts of things to give it the identity it needs,” Wood said.

Two of the four streets leading away from the Capitol have special designations: Lincoln Mall, which runs four blocks west to the City-County Building, and Centennial Mall, a seven-block stretch extending north to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Wood said the new street name would confuse people, especially newcomers to the area.

Bob Ripley, Capitol administrator, said the purpose of the name change isn’t to make people lose their way. “There will be a learning curve as far as realizing where this new boulevard is,” Ripley said. “The more people drive around the area, they’ll get to know where it is.”

Ed Zimmer, the historical preservation planner for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Department, said the Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission is the sponsor of the proposal, and it hopes to have it on the City Council agenda by next month.

The most significant changes people will notice, if the proposal is approved, are new street signs and new addresses. The new signs would cost an estimated $4,000, but no tax dollars would be used. If the proposal is approved, there is also the possibility of a historical marker being created in Goodhue’s honor, probably near A Street, Ripley said.

Matthew Bosley, who has lived near 12th and C streets for four years, said he is in favor of the name change. “That seven-block stretch is just set up to be more of a visually nice area with a view of the Capitol,” Bosley said.

Ripley said honoring Goodhue is important since there aren’t any places in Nebraska that note the architect’s contribution to Lincoln.“We try to do things that have long-term meaning,” Ripley said. “I’m envisioning this being a permanent name change.”

Wood said honoring Goodhue is a good idea, but the name change would have more impact if it wasn’t just A to H streets.“I have no problem with them honoring him in some fashion,” Wood said. “It would make more sense to make the whole thing Goodhue ‘something.’”

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Architectural Graphic Standards - Eleventh Edition

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Year End Donation Sought

AIA Lincoln is teaming with the Lincoln Children's Museum to bring the art of architecture and building to children in Lincoln. KEVA Planks is an engaging, innovative, hands-on building exhibit that will appeal to all people of all ages and backgrounds and encourage cooperative play and learning through interaction. Donations are needed to make this exhibit a reality. To make a donation or request additional information contact Cleve Reeves, AIA, 402.475.4551 or creeves@bvh.com. The Nebraska Architectural Foundation has made a $1,000 contribution to this endeavor.

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Calendar of Events - December 15

Link to New Calendar of Events
Young Architect's Forum-Omaha
December 15, 6 pm / Homey Inn, 1510 N Saddle Creek Rd

January 17, 6 pm / Goofy Foot Lodge, 1012 S. 10th St

Women in Architecture
January 26, Omaha / Further details forthcoming

Save the Date for this year's AIA Nebraska Legislative Forum, February 20, 2007.

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Season's Greetings from the AIA NE Directors and Staff. Office will be closed Dec 25 thru Jan. 1

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