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New Courses Featured This Month

Fondements des couleurs
Fondements des couleurs

Fournit une introduction aux principes de base des couleurs, notamment la terminologie, la perception et la psychologie des couleurs, les effets de la lumière, ainsi que les styles et les tendances actuelles.

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Benjamin Moore
Masonry Restoration: Common Problems, Practical Solutions
Masonry Restoration:
Common Problems, Practical Solutions

Provides an overview of masonry restoration and how to ensure a successful repair.

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Cathedral Stone
The Fundamentals of Indoor Sports Flooring
The Fundamentals of Indoor Sports Flooring

Provides an overview of the safety and performance characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of point-, mixed-, area- and combined-elastic sports flooring, along with discussions on common installation problems.

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Gerflor
Today's Euro-Style Radiators: An Excellent Home Heating Solution
Today's Euro-Style Radiators:
An Excellent Home Heating Solution

Provides an overview of heating with modern hydronic radiators and the benefits of this type of system.

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Myson
Vinyl as a Sustainable Flooring Alternative
Vinyl as a Sustainable Flooring Alternative

Provides an overview of sustainable flooring and how vinyl can be a good sustainable flooring choice.

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Lonseal
Peinture 101: Qu’est-ce que la peinture?
Peinture 101:
Qu’est-ce que la peinture?

Fournit une information générale sur les types de peinture, sur les couches de finition, sur la préparation de surface et sur les apprêts.

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Benjamin Moore
Impact Design in the Fenestration Industry
Impact Design in the Fenestration Industry

Provides an overview of impact windows and doors, and how they protect buildings during hurricanes.

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Kolbe


AEC Daily Bulletin - May 2006

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Generic CAD Drawings + Project Images

Site Construction Details
Site Construction Details
AEC Resource Collection


Download the most comprehensive library of over 1000 CAD Drawings and 1500 Project Images. This collection of generic CAD details and construction site images will complement any existing CAD library, or be a great start to a new one. It will also provide valuable design ideas.

CD-Rom Includes:
1000 i-drop enabled generic CADdetailstm in GIF (quick view), DWG, DWF and MCD formats.
Over 1500 high quality project images great for design ideas.
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Easy to use desktop program for viewing and opening CAD drawings & project images.


CAD Drawing Categories:
Accessibility
Curbs
Decks & Bridges
Drainage
Erosion Control
Fences & Gates
Fountains, Pools & Accessories
Irrigation
Lighting
Masonry
Parking
Paving & Surfacing
Planting
Play Equipment
Railings, Bollards & Protective Devices
Roof Gardens
Signage
Site Furnishings
Shelters
Sports
Steps & Ramps
Trellises & Arbors
Utilities
Walls
Wood Paneling

Tradeshows, Events + Conferences

AIA 2006 - National Convention and Design Exposition
AIA 2006 National Convention and
Design Expo - REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

June 8 - 10, 2006
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA

The AIA 2006 National Convention in Los Angeles, the City of Angels, will bring together architects and related professionals to:

  • Explore innovations in design, construction, and beyond
  • Examine the challenges of the public realm
  • Inspire fresh visions of a preferred future for the profession and the built world.

Satisfy your membership education requirements with more than 150 seminars, 25 workshops, and 100 professional tours.

Theme Presentations
Don’t miss theme presentations by Frank Gehry, FAIA, Kim Day, AIA, Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA, Arata Isozaki, Hon. FAIA, William McDonough, FAIA, and José Rafael Moneo, Hon. FAIA.

The AIA 2006 National Convention will explore Innovation.

Innovation abounds, influenced by cross-cultural, transcontinental, and interdisciplinary practices and discoveries. Architects stand at the forefront of these dynamics, bringing innovation to life through the power of design in internationally diverse and technologically advanced projects. Read More…

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Marmomacc - The International Exhibition of Marble Stone and Technology
Marmomacc – The International Exhibition of Marble Stone and Technology
Date: 5th of October – 8th of October 2006
Location: Verona Exhibition CenterViale del Lavoro,
8 - 37100
Verona (Italy)
Organization: Veronafiere, the Verona Trade Fair Company
E-mail: mathiasz@veronafiere.it

The most important international trade show for the stone industry is Marmomacc. Held annually at Veronafiere (in late September to early October), Marmomacc is an international showcase of commercially-available materials and machinery attracting more than 1,400 exhibitors and over 62,000 trade visitors from 120 countries. It is an ideal venue to directly source stone for commercial projects and to see the full spectrum of materials available for residential applications. Each year, the show also features a number of architectural exhibits and conferences devoted to designing with dimensional stone.

Veronafiere organizes a five-day long AIA Continuing Education course during Marmomacc. The goal of the course is to encourage the use of natural stone in contemporary architecture. Veronafiere has been an AIA/CES provider since 1999. In the past six years, more than 90 architects from the U.S. were joined by 70 architects from around the world in attending the course. For more information, please send an e-mail to the address above.


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Architectural Products Magazine is a publication of Construction Business Media, LLC.