President's Viewpoint - SIXTY WAYS TO AIAOriginally published in the 2006 newsletter of the American Institute of Architects, Westchester Mid-Hudson Chapter. by Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - April, 2006 When I am at a dinner with a group of architects, it is usually an AIA event. However, recently I had dinner with four former classmates of…
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Local Architect Leading New Initiatives
Local Architect Leading New InitiativesRockland–based AIA President Rolls Out Comprehensive Plans for ‘06 March 22, 2006 New City - Michael Shilale, founder and managing partner of Michael Shilale Architects, LLP has announced an ambitious slate of initiatives for the Westchester/Mid-Hudson chapter of AIA (American Institute of Architects), the third largest chapter in the state of New York. “I’d like…
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Sensitivity Wins Local Architect Hospice Project
Sensitivity Wins Local Architect Hospice Project Rockland Firm Awarded Design Bid over National Competitors New City - Michael Shilale, founder and managing partner of Michael Shilale Architects, LLP has announced that his firm has recently been awarded the design bid for a Hospice Home, for the United Hospice of Rockland. The bid was…
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Architect Saves the Planet
Architect Saves the PlanetBy Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - September 22, 2005 After hearing Ed Mazria's remarks at the AIA NYS convention in Syracuse, I imagined a future news story with this title. I immediately telephoned my wife to advise her that although she had not married Albert Einstein, Jonas Salk or Superman her husband…
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Dr. Seuss, Yogi Berra and Grassroots
Dr. Seuss, Yogi Berra and Grassroots.By Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - February 28, 2005 Our 2005 AIA Leadership and Legislative Conference titled “Grassroots” began with a well known quote from Yogi Berra, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” Earlier that morning, over packed and sleepy, I made my…
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