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President’s Viewpoint – Advocacy, Fees and Anti-Trust

Originally published in the 2006 newsletter of the American Institute of Architects, Westchester Mid-Hudson Chapter. by Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - May, 2006 Advocacy Last month I wrote about many of the benefits, (over 60) AIA provides to us at the national, state and local level. Advocacy for Architects and for our communities may be…
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President’s Viewpoint – Sixty Ways to AIA

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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Presidents Viewpoint – View from a “Flat” World

Presidents Viewpoint - View from a "Flat" WorldOriginally published in the 2006 newsletter of the American Institute of Architects, Westchester Mid-Hudson Chapter. by Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - March, 2006 I am sitting in the airport in Orlando with my laptop computer “borrowing” what I hope to be an internet connection offered free to travelers…
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Presidents Viewpoint – President’s Week

Presidents Viewpoint - President's WeekOriginally published in the 2006 newsletter of the American Institute of Architects, Westchester Mid-Hudson Chapter. by Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED - February, 2006 President’s week is upon us and we are off to Washington DC and the AIA’s national Leadership and Legislative conference.  Images of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln…
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