Editor’s Note
Welcome to the Spring 2022 issue!
discuss various code requirements on the energy front and it is very informative. Make sure you At least here in California, life seems to be getting check out the AIBD CAD Detail Library highlighted back to normalcy. With the mask mandate in the article. becoming part of our state history, we are looking forward to a new chapter of the Endemic, as We also reached to our chairman of the everyone calls it. membership committee to talk about the latest trend of building design. Check out the article by The building design market appears to be Dinesh D. Shah! improving as well. Many of my colleagues complain how difficult it is to expand their workforce. With As part of the AIBD magazine tradition, our the unemployment rate lowering back to pre- President, Bernie Kern is also providing a highlight pandemic level, there are plenty of jobs out there. on the success of the past AIBD conferences. We Maybe it is the perfect time to start fulfilling every have received tremendous positive feedbacks designer’s dream - start your own firm. since AIBD decided to make our conferences available both in person and virtually. I shared some tips on how to start your own firm back in the Spring 2020 issue. This issue, we invited Last but not the least, we are showcasing some another veteran AIBD member, Jenny Pippin, to of the amazing projects of our members under share her life journey as a building designer and a the Members’ Corner section. I personally find it successful firm owner. Jenny is a Fellow of the AIBD very enjoyable to see the latest trend of building and a true entrepreneur. I am sure our readers will design. find her article inspirational. Thank you for your support and enjoy! We are glad to have the chairperson of our AIBD High Performance Home Team, Michael Payne to www.AIBD.org/magazine talk about high performance homes. The article
Yu-Ngok Lo is the founding principal of YNL Architects, Inc. His work received numerous design awards and was published at various international media such as ArchDaily, Hinge Magazine, CONDE, Commercial Architecture Magazine and Hospitality-Interiors Magazine. Yu-Ngok is currently the Editor-In-Chief of AIBD magazine and the National External Vice President of AIBD.
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