The AIA recently announced that it has selected four honorees as part of its Diversity Recognition Program. Now in its second year, the Diversity Recognition program recognizes architects working in firms, schools and other areas, as well as component chapters that are actively committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the architecture profession. Submissions by this year’s award recipients will be exhibited at the 2010 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Miami, and are available for viewing at the AIA’s Diversity and Inclusion Web page: www.aia.org/diversity. Honorees for the 2010 AIA Diversity Recognition Program are:
• AIA Kansas City Women in Design Committee: Outreach 2009-10, Kansas City, Mo. • AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable, Seattle
• Studio Red Collaborative, Houston
• The Boston Architectural College: Implementing an Institutional Commitment to Diversity, Boston
Diversity recognized
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