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The Artchitecture of Daniel Libeskind The New York-based firm is creating pizazz all around the world!
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Jim Buckels was deeply honored to be chosen to create the official painting for the 2003 Christmas Pageant of Peace. Entitled “The Final Touches” it is a wonderful tribute to the 80th anniversary of the lighting of our National Christmas Tree. He thoroughly researched the Christmas tree lighting ceremonies which began in 1923 with Calvin Coolidge flipping a switch to illuminate the first National Christmas Tree. He was joined by Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, the two men delivering a message of peace while the allies waged war to restore it. Buckels paid further tribute to the event by setting the painting in the 1920s, when the tradition was established in the capital.
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(SO2) as refrigerants. Though effective, these were toxic, flammable or explosive and, in the event of leakage, could result in serious illness, injury or even death. The Frigidaire division of General Motors, at that time a leading manufacturer of such systems, sought a non-toxic, non-flammable alternative to these refrigerants. Kettering, the vice president of General Motors Research Corporation at that time, assembled a team that included Midgley and Albert Leon Henne to develop such a compound.
Midgley was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. His father (Thomas Midgley) was also an inventor. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Cornell University in 1911 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
The team soon narrowed their focus to alkyl halides (the combination of carbon chains and halogens), which were known to be highly volatile (a requirement for a refrigerant) and also chemically inert. They eventually settled on the concept of incorporating fluorine into a hydrocarbon. They rejected the assumption that such compounds would be toxic, believing that the stability of the carbon– fluorine bond would be sufficient to prevent the release of hydrogen fluoride or other potential breakdown products. The team eventually synthesized
Midgley began working at General Motors in 1916. In 1921, while working under the direction of Charles Kettering at Dayton Research Laboratories, a subsidiary of General Motors, Midgley discovered that the addition
of Tetraethyllead to gasoline prevented “knocking” in internal combustion engines.
The company named the substance “Ethyl”, avoiding all mention of lead in reports and advertising. Oil companies and automobile manufacturers, especially General Motors which owned the patent jointly filed by Kettering and Midgley, promoted the (TEL) additive as a superior alternative to ethanol or ethanol-blended fuels, on which they could make very little profit. In December 1922, the American Chemical Society awarded Midgley the 1923 Nichols Medal for the “Use of Anti-Knock Compounds in Motor Fuels”. This was the first of several major awards he earned during his career. The William H. Nichols Medal is awarded annually for original research in chemistry. Nominees must have made a “significant and original contribution in any field of chemistry” during the five years preceding the presentation date. The medalist receives a gold medal, a bronze replica and $5000. The award was established in 1902 by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) through a gift from chemist and businessman William H. Nichols. The medal was first awarded in 1903. In 1923, Midgley took a prolonged vacation to cure himself of lead poisoning. “After about a year’s work in organic lead,” he wrote in January 1923, “I find that my lungs have been affected and that it is necessary to drop all work and get a large supply of fresh air.” He went to Miami, FL to convalesce. In April of that year, General Motors created the General Motors Chemical Company (GMCC) to supervise the production of TEL by the DuPont company. Kettering was elected as president, and Midgley was vice president. However, after two deaths and several cases of lead poisoning at the TEL prototype plant in Dayton, Ohio, the staff, according to historian Bill Kovarik, was said to be “depressed to the point of considering giving up the whole tetraethyl lead program.” Over the course of the next year (1924-25), eight more people would die at DuPont’s Deepwater, New Jersey plant. In 1924, dissatisfied with the speed of DuPont’s TEL production using their “bromide process”, General Motors and Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (now known as ExxonMobil) created the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation to produce and market TEL. Ethyl Corporation built a new chemical plant using a high-temperature ethyl chloride process at the Bayway Refinery in New Jersey. Within the first two months of its operation however, the new plant was plagued by more cases of lead poisoning, hallucinations, insanity, and then with five deaths in quick succession. On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL. In this demonstration, he poured TEL over his hands, then placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems whatsoever. However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden from manufacturing TEL there again without state permission. Midgley would later have to take leave of absence from work after being diagnosed with lead poisoning. He was relieved of his position as vice president of GMCC in April 1925, reportedly due to his inexperience in organizational matters, but he remained an employee of General Motors.
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dichlorodifluoromethane, the first chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), which they named “Freon”.
Freon and other CFCs soon replaced the various toxic or explosive substances previously used as refrigerants, and were later used in other applications, such as propellants in aerosol spray cans and asthma inhalers. The Society of Chemical Industry awarded Midgley the Perkin Medal in 1937 for this work. First awarded in 1906, the Perkin Medal is an award given annually by the Society of Chemical Industry (American Section) to a scientist residing in America for an “innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development.” It is considered the highest honor given in the US chemical industry. In 1941, the American Chemical Society gave Midgley its highest award, the Priestley Medal. This was followed by the Willard Gibbs Award in 1942, the purpose of which is “To publicly recognize eminent chemists who, through years of application and devotion, have brought to the world developments that enable everyone to live more comfortably and to understand this world better.” The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. Established in 1922, the award is named after Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen, who immigrated to the United States of America in 1794. It is commonly awarded to scientists who are advanced in their fields, as it is intended to commemorate lifetime achievement. (Show with pictures of the medals) The Willard Gibbs Award,[1] presented by the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society, and named for Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) of Yale University. Gibbs, whose formulation of the Phase Rule founded a new science. He is considered by many to be the only American-born scientist whose discoveries are as fundamental in nature as those of Newton and Galileo. Midgley also held two honorary degrees and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 1944, he was elected president and chairman of the American Chemical Society. In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted poliomyelitis, which left him severely disabled. This led him to devise an elaborate system of strings and pulleys to help others lift him from bed. This system was the eventual cause of his own death when he was entangled in the ropes of this device and died of strangulation at the age of 55. Midgley’s legacy has been scarred by the negative environmental impact of some of his innovations. His work led to the release of large quantities of lead into the atmosphere as a result of the large-scale combustion of leaded gasoline all over the world. High atmospheric lead levels have been linked with serious long-term health problems from childhood, including neurological impairment, and with increased levels of violence and criminality in cities. Thomas Midgley Jr. died three decades before the ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas effects of CFCs in the atmosphere became widely known. Bill Bryson remarked that Midgley possessed “an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny.” J. R. McNeill, an environmental historian, opined that Midgley “had more impact on the atmosphere than any other
single organism in Earth’s history.”
I wonder if clouds ever look down on us and say, “Hey look…that one is shaped like an idiot.”
octor Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889 – 1944) was an American mechanical engineer and chemist. He was a key figure in a team of chemists, led by Charles F. Kettering, that developed the tetraethyllead (TEL) additive to gasoline as well as some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Over the course of his career, Midgley was granted over 100 patents.
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rregular holes dotting the concrete walls of this tower at a university campus in the Argentinian city of Cordoba frame views of the surrounding landscape from the workshops within. Talk about making a unique and innovative architectural statement! Fittingly, “This new building is made up of a set of workshops and laboratories where teaching utilizes advanced and clearly unconventional techniques and technologies,” said the studio of lucio morini arquitectos, which designed the structure. “… the building, as a container, also had to express both externally and internally this unconventional and somehow disruptive character.”
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homas Heatherwick Studio's 1000 Trees (previously called Moganshan) is currently under construction in Shanghai. The 3.25 million square feet tree-covered mixed-use complex design is split across two sites, connected by a narrow strip of land containing government offices and a historic building. "1000 Trees is conceived not only as a building but as a piece of topography and takes the form of two tree-covered mountains, populated by hundreds of columns," said Heatherwick Studio. "Rather than hiding the columns which provide structural support, the columns emerge at the top of the building as large planters, each holding a handful of trees. The integrated planting acts as
a natural balancing element and the building's edges are lowered to minimize the impact where it meets the art district and park, reducing the discernible threshold between them." ::: Below: The designer recently completed work on a new arts and culture center in Shanghai, which his studio designed in collaboration with Foster + Partners, and is currently working with Bjarke Ingels' firm (BIG) on a new London campus for Google. Compiled by network sources
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014 Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban completed a music complex near Paris, featuring an egg-shaped auditorium and a wall of solar panels that move to follow the path of the sun. The Japanese architect’s Paris-based office won an international competition in 2013 to design the musical facility which is comprised of a large multipurpose (6000-seat) venue and a smaller (1150-seat) auditorium. The ovoid structure’s is sheathed in glazing and sheltered from direct sunlight by a sail-like surface covered with photovoltaic cells. The triangular sail is mounted on rails that allow it to follow the path of the sun, thereby increasing its efficiency and ensuring the lobby behind is shaded throughout the day. An enormous folding door allows visitors to enter a lobby and internal street lined with shops, a jazz club, and five studios and practice rooms, which can be viewed through windows. Compiled by network sources
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On September 28th, CREW Dallas celebrated its Evening of Outstanding Achievement at the newly renovated Statler Hotel in Dallas. Acknowledging the 2017 finalists of the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Rising Star Award, CREW Dallas presented this year’s OAA, the highest award and recognition given annually to Brenda Blake, CEO of B&J Financial Services. The Rising Star Award was given to Laura Hoffmann of Winstead PC. Since 1984, CREW Dallas has honored members who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of career, professional distinction, industry peer recognition, service to the community and involvement within the chapter and/or CREW Network. The Rising Star Award highlights a member who is new to the industry or a young professional who has contributed to the chapter in the last 12 months and displays a commitment to the commercial real estate industry.
(L-R) CREW Dallas OAA and Rising Star finalists. Brenda Blake (B&J Financial Services, PLLC); Lindsey Carroll (Republic Title of Texas); Lisa Novotny-Price (Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman and Plifka, P.C.); Carrie Williams (Paradigm Tax); Cindy Cohn (Springboard Consulting); Conilee Hennersdorf (CODA Consulting Group); Sally Longroy (Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.); and Megan DeLeon (Bright Realty) Stacey Magee (Clarion Partners), keynote speaker
Brenda Blake
(L-R) Kimberly Hopkins (Executive Director, CREW Dallas); Susanne Brasuell (2017 Chapter President); Brenda Blake (OAA winner); and Michelle Hudson (Hudson Peters Commercial)
Stacey Magee (fourth from left) with Amegy Bank event sponsors
At the Luncheon
(L-R) CREW Dallas, OAA finalists: Lisa Novotny-Price (Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman and Plifka, P.C.); Brenda Blake (B&J Financial Services, PLLC); Cindy Cohn (Springboard Consulting); Sally Longroy (Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.); and Conilee Hennersdorf CODA Consulting Group)
New Executive Vice President, Beth Brooks, CAE
The National Association of Women in Construction announced the hiring of Beth Brooks, CAE as its new Executive Vice President. Brooks is a respected association professional and advisor on governance, board orientation and strategic planning. As the long-term chief executive for two state associations, the Texas Pest Control Association and the Texas Society of Association Executives, she worked in close collaboration with multiple boards of directors to create strategic initiatives and move the associations
(L-R)Jenn Cooley, Victoria Short, Julie Monier (all with Vinson & Elkins) forward. She established the first statewide office for the Texas Pest Control Association and was responsible for the successful turnaround of the Texas Society of Association Executives. Brooks succeeds Dede Hughes, IOM who retired after serving as NAWIC’s Executive Vice President for 21 years.
New Officer Installations
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), which is headquartered in Fort Worth, installed Catherine Schoenenberger, as its 63rd National President during NAWIC’s Annual Meeting and Education Conference in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Schoenenberger, owner of Stay Safe Traffic Products, Inc., has been a member of NAWIC’s Granite State Chapter since 2008.
Sherry Stallone-DeMent (Wells Fargo); Melinda Valentine (BNY Mellon); Lindsay Lutz (KDC); and Kelcie Brown (Amegy Bank) NAWIC also installed officers President-Elect Dove Sifers-Putman, CBT, Charlotte, N.C. Chapter; Vice President Diane I. Mike, CBT, Fort Worth, Texas Chapter; Treasurer Anne Pfleger, CIT, Lima Ohio Area Chapter; Secretary Jill Hanson, CIT, Tampa, Fla. Chapter; and Immediate Past President Connie Leipard, CIT, Central Missouri Chapter. “The 2017–2018 national board of directors is comprised of women of diverse talents, skills, backgrounds, and generations, too,” said Schoenenberger. “She is a professional engineer, a CEO, a corporate president. She manages risk, and sites and projects. She’s the ‘go to’ and the ‘know-how.’ She is every woman and every woman in construction. NAWIC not only has a solid plan of action, we have a board of dynamic construction professionals to accomplish it.”
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DEBBIE PHILLIPS debbie@thequadrillion.com Dr. Debbie Phillips, CPM, is a national speaker and industry expert with over 30 years of experience in developing and managing diverse property types. In addition to her consulting, Debbie is an Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech as well as on-line instructor for Realtor University, New School of Architecture and Design and other technical programs. When she is not in the classroom, Debbie is promoting careers in real estate and developing top tier talent for the nation’s most prominent real estate companies. For a complete bio, please visit: www.thequadrillion.com.
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
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hanging workforce demographics are making good leadership training more important than ever. Nearly two-thirds of all senior executives (baby boomers) will be eligible for retirement over the next five years. That raises a very big question about who will fill those shoes – and whether will they be prepared to assume that leadership role.
In many cases, companies will look to Gen Xers to replace current leadership. But the reality is that this is a much smaller group and companies may want – or need – to start training up-and-coming Millennials to assume leadership roles. Millennials may not yet have enough experience, especially when it comes to leading teams and making tough decisions in today’s complex, rapidly changing business environment. So where to start? Leadership is often best learned in the trenches, when there is an opportunity to “fail” or at least experiment. One can learn from
the giants like Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus, and read all the textbooks and current literature; however, some of the best leadership training comes on-the-job, especially when one has a chance to learn from mistakes. (I’ve learned far more from my mistakes than from my victories!) Millennials often get frustrated by the deliberate (some might call it ‘slow’) pace of baby boomers, and the lack of technology in certain business solutions when it comes to “showing them the ropes” sharing of experience. Millennials value authenticity and transparency. They want to see for themselves what works and what doesn’t, and they want to be trusted to make big decisions as well as small ones.
Start developing early
Millennials are eager to get started on the path to leadership. In fact, they often get disappointed when waiting for the next opportunity, and end up leaving an organization for another position where they are promised more responsibility. It’s important for companies to prepare before the high potential talent comes to the company. If companies are serious about long-term, sustainable growth then they must “grow” their talent. This starts with systems and processes for developing talent and preparing leaders to go to the next level within the organization. Key to developing strong leadership training within an organization includes the understanding that: • leadership training requires intentional focus from the top. • leadership training must be multi-dimensional. It involves continual coaching, mentoring, job rotations, role immersion and reflection • leadership training is dynamic. There is no ‘one-size fits all’. It 16
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must be nimble to take team members through different cycles and scenarios.
One of the biggest pitfalls to good leadership training is that there is not enough time devoted to reflection. Team members need to have time to reflect on what they have learned. What did they do right, and what did they do wrong? That reflection is another reason why one-to-ones are so powerful. That deep work needs to be shared with a mentor, a coach or supervisor who can provide constructive feedback.
Identify “new” leadership skills
Today’s dynamic business environment requires an emphasis on different skills and characteristics than in the past. Some of those qualities that are essential for future leaders are: • Emotional Intelligence: Being self-aware is critical. Intellect alone will only get you so far. Leaders need to be able to relate to people that share different viewpoints, and the best workplaces are those that are diverse and challenging in a positive way. This ‘creative tension’ breeds innovation and new ways of solving problems. • Entrepreneurial mindset: Future leaders need to understand the dynamics of business beyond a spreadsheet. The marketplace is complex and competitive. Most businesses fail because they are undercapitalized, not just monetarily, but from a human capital standpoint. They haven’t built a deep bench of talent, so when new opportunities come knocking, they are scurrying around trying to figure out who can run the assets or how they can bring the product online quickly and profitably. • Effective communications: This goes beyond oral communication skills and emotional intelligence (as discussed above). The ability to communicate ideas effectively, orally and in writing will position future leaders for a promotion. A well-written letter or executive summary reveals a certain depth of thinking that is critically important. • Business etiquette. Manners matter in the workplace! From wardrobe building to dining protocol, there are certain practices that never go out of style. Knowing how to introduce people or having appropriate topics to discuss over a meal do make a difference, and young leaders need to understand that they can eliminate themselves from business opportunities simply because they did not handle themselves appropriately. A final piece of advice: Remember that leadership is not confined to the C-suite. Organizations can’t perform at an optimal level without a deep bench of talent with leaders at all levels, and that focus on effective leadership needs to be a mindset within organizations. In order to scale a business, you must have proven systems and processes!
Behind every angry woman stands a man who has absolutely no idea what he did wrong.
The 2018 IREM Dallas Executive Council Scott Stovall, CPM®, RPA, Cushman & Wakefield Debra Spears, CPM®, Gaedeke Group LLC Ziomara Young, CPM®, W3 Luxury Living Christie Clenney, CPM®, MBRE Healthcare Brittney Harbour, ARM®, LumaCorp Amanda Eller, CPM®, Coldwell Bankers Susanne Kleins, CPM® Candidate, UAH Property Mgmt. Lew Hoppen, CPM®, Cencor Chanon Fisher, ARM® LumaCorp Carol Borchardt, CPM®, MM Properties Dr. Steven Brown, PhD, MBA, CPA, CFP, David Bryant, CPM, Transwestern Jessica Warrior, CPM, Granite Properties
22nd Annual Golf Tournament
The tournament was held at Prestonwood Hills on September 19th
First place winners :(L-R) Dylan Barnes, Ross Hoefler, Jack Keffler and Sean Jarboe
President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Immediate Past President Vice President - Golf Vice President - Special Projects Vice President - Educational Programs Vice President – Membership, IYP & College Outreach Vice President - ARM Vice President - Sponsorships Academic Advisor Advisor Advisor
Newly Credentialed The Chapter’s Newest Credentialed Members were sworn in by President Christie Clenney, CPM
(L-R) Corey Best, CPM, Diane Harvey, CPM, ACoM, Jordin Escobar, ARM, Mayra Hernandez, ARM, Jacqueline Gross, ARM, Sandra Kim, ACoM
Brittney Wacasey (center) received certification as an Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM©) and is pictured here with former chapter president (L) Susan Holland (her mother) and (R) current chapter president Laura Hagen
The chapter hosted its first Medical Office Building Compliance Seminar on October 4th.
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n our September issue, we presented Studio Libeskind’s Occitanie Tower (in Toulouse, France). The New Yorkbased firm founded by Daniel Libeskind and his wife Nina is involved in designing and realizing a diverse array of urban, cultural and commercial projects around the globe. Here is just a sampling:
1 A rendering of Studio Libeskind’s competition-
winning mixed-use tower development in the downtown business district of Vilnius, Lithuania. The 215,000 square foot complex will be home to a class-A business center and the region’s first Radisson RED-branded luxury hotel, along will an array of restaurants, shops and public amenities. (It is projected to be completed before 2020.)
2 In Nice, France the firm collaborated to design the “Gare Thiers-Est” (East Thiers
3 The 500 foot-tall Occitanie Tower - a new landmark for the business district of Toulouse,
France. (See the September issue of the network.) A mixed-use project, the tower will include 118,000 square feet of office space, a Hilton hotel, approximately 120 apartment units, and a restaurant featuring panoramic views, as well as commercial and office space. A ribbon of vertical gardens will spiral up the tower, acting as a natural extension of the lush park and waterway of Canal du Midi that winds through the city.
4 Canada’s first National Holocaust Monument was unveiled in Ottawa in September. Made primarily of exposed concrete and combines six triangular volumes that form to create the Star of David.
5 Completed in 2015, the pavilion for Vanke China (in Milan, Italy) incorporates three
ideas drawn from Chinese culture related to food: the shi-tang, a traditional Chinese dining hall; the landscape, the fundamental element to life; and the dragon, which is metaphorically related to farming and sustenance. The geometric ceramic panels not only create an expressive pattern that is evocative of a dragon-like skin, but also possess highly sustainable self-cleaning and air purification properties.
6 Also completed in 2015, an innovative convention center - the Centre De Congrès in Mons, Belgium - has about 135,000 square feet.
7 As the retail heart of the MGM Mirage CityCenter project, The Shops at Crystals is a 500,000-square-foot retail and entertainment space that serves as the connective tissue of the otherwise vertical city within the city (of Las Vegas, NV). It was completed in 2009.
8 Completed in 2010, and located on the waterfront in Dublin, Ireland, the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (formerly the Grand Canal Theatre) is a 2,000-seat theater at the heart of a multi-use complex. An office complex called the Grand Canal Harbour development a year later.
9 The Royal Ontario Museum was formally established in April 1912. It is one of the
largest museums in North America, and the largest in Canada, attracting more than one million visitors every year. This addition (designed by Libeskind) was added in 2007.
10 Opened in 2006, the design of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in the heart of downtown San Francisco was based on two Hebrew letters spelling “L’Chaim,” which means “To Life.”
11 The cabin Metro Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark was completed in 2011. It is one of the largest hotels in the country with 700 rooms – but they are small, and meant to resemble ship cabins.
12 The Ascent at Roebling’s Bridge in Covington, KY is a residential tower that was
completed in 2008; it was designed to maximize views for residents of the Cincinnati skyline that sits across the Ohio River.
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I’m in therapy to learn how to deal with people who should be in therapy.
Station). The sculptural, faceted building will contain about 200,000 square feet of luxury commercial space featuring shops, terraced cafes and restaurants with panoramic city views, as well as a Hilton hotel, a 600-seat auditorium and co-working facilities. (Approved and expected to be completed before 2022.)
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I want to be like a caterpillar – eat a lot, sleep for a while and wake up beautiful.
D and shops.
utch firm UNStudio is the genius behind a recently completed mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou twisted, sinuous glass towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza that accommodate a hotel, offices, apartments
Described by the architects as “a sustainable urban hub for living, working and leisure,” the huge complex has over 4.3 million square feet spread across the two 820,000 foot towers, the podium building and the surrounding plaza. It is based on the firm’s focus on a concept it calls Superliving mixing different programs in efficient structures that enhance the urban experience for residents and visitors in “a lively vertical neighborhood and transit hub” that accommodates all kinds of activities in a dense and carefully assembled arrangement of spaces. It is “an all-in-one destination for working, living and leisure in a highly sustainable environment.” “Besides working and living at Raffles City, people can stay at the hotel, or pick up groceries, enjoy a meal, do exercise, watch a movie or even get married there, all-in-one interconnected environment,” the firm added. The two 60-story high-rises contain apartments, offices, the Conrad Hotel and a rooftop helipad, all with spectacular views. The 6-story podium is comprised of retail space, restaurants, leisure facilities, parking and a direct connection to the metro transportation system, with a main entrance on a corner facing an adjacent park and city center. 20
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The central business district of Hangzhou – a thriving metropolis of over 9 million – with the Intercontinental Hotel in front.
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An Elevator Too?
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he AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is an 82 foot tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator located in the Radisson Blu Hotel. The complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.
The acrylic cylinder was produced in 2004 by the U.S. company International Concept Management, Inc. at a cost of over 14.5 million dollars. The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from twelve sets of panels sent from the factory; the inside cylinder for the elevator was installed as one piece after three sections of 5 panels each were bonded together next to the hotel. The AquaDom is the largest (by volume) acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a diameter of about 36 feet, and it is built on a 30-foot tall foundation. Filled with 260,000 gallons of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers; the fish require 18 lbs. of fish food. Compiled by network sources
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Summer’s Winter Reading List
More Malapropisms
Non-Fiction
A malapropism is the use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance. We’ve brought them to you before.
• Updating the Tax Codes by Lou Polls • Financial Insecurity by Wilma Monilast • Sea Birds by Al Batross • Presidential PressBriefs by Colonel O’Truth and Lotta Lies • Why You Need Insurance by Justin Case • Everything About Vegetables by Brock Lee • Geology by Roxanne Minerals
Fiction • Sherlock Holmes Does it Again by Scott Linyard • The Long Walk by Misty Buss • Allegiance To The King by Neil Downe • In Farmer MacGregor’s Garden by Peter Abbott • The Nude Beach by Seymour Hair • Tigger’s Revenge by Claude Balls
Self-Improvement/Self-Help • Look 10 Years Younger by Fay Slift • Plumbing for Dummies by Dwayne D. Pipe • Positive Reinforcement by Wade Agoh • Idiot’s Guide to Bullfighting by Matt Adore • The Perils of Drug Addiction by Anita Fixx
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Flying saucers are just an optical conclusion. A rolling stone gathers no moths. Let’s get down to brass roots. Their father was some kind of civil serpent. You can lead a horse to manure but you can’t make him drink. The flood damage was so bad they had to evaporate the city. He had to use a fire distinguisher. Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination. Isn’t that an expensive pendulum round that man’s neck? Good punctuation means not to be late. He’s a wolf in cheap clothing. Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel. My sister has extra-century perception. “Don’t” is a contraption.
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Stone Flower Alps Restaurant
wiss architect Mario Botta (best known for the postmodern San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) designed an unusually shaped restaurant in the Alps, combining natural stone cladding with a steel facade system. This shape prompted the project's name - Stone Flower. BOTTA designed the restaurant for Monte Generoso, an Alpine mountain located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The building opened to the public in April this year. Compiled by network sources
I’m starting to think I will never be old
What Kind of Coffee Shop Do You Want in Your Building? Cuppa Austin has 4.5 stars on Yelp 4.6 stars on Google, with customer raves about our service and our fantastic drinks! The largest national chain typically has 3.5 star reviews with customers talking about indifferent service and mediocre quality
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Actual Accident Summaries The following are real statements found on insurance claim forms. Drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident succinctly. • Coming home, I drove into wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have. • I thought my window was down, but found it was up when I put my head through it. • The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions. • The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him. • I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment. • In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
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rchitect Hiroshi Nakamura designed the Ribbon Chapel in Hiroshima, Japan, with two entwined spiral staircases to symbolize the act of marriage. The bride and groom travel separately up the stairs and meet at the top for a private moment.
Perhaps specializing in once-in-a-lifetime events, Nakamura also designed the Sayama Lakeside Cemetery Community Hall to elevate the architecture of grieving and remembrance at burial grounds near Tokyo. Compiled by network sources
• I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision, and I did not see the other car. • The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its way when it struck the front end. • I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in the ditch by some stray cows. • The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth. • I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident. • I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident. • As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian. • My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle. • An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
Sayama Lakeside Cemetery Park
• I told the police that I was not injured, but upon removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull. • I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the curb when I struck him. • The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.
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An unemployed court jester is nobody’s fool.
Hiroshima, Japan
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Any married man should forget his mistakes, there’s no use in two people remembering the same thing.
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he North Texas Corporate Recycling Association (NTCRA) hosted its annual gR³een Awards Luncheon on September 15th at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden recognizing the outstanding efforts of North Texas businesses, municipalities, schools, non-profit organizations and individuals actively working to reduce waste through reduction, reuse, and recycling.
2017 gR3een Award Winners Superior Waste Minimization Winner: EcoLab, Inc. Honorable Mention: PepsiCo Global RENEW Project Excellence in Material Recovery Winner: Evergreen Recycling & Disposal Honorable Mention: City of Keller Green Waste Program gR3een Thumb Winner: Cowboy Compost, LLC Honorable Mention: Mayor’s Monarch Garden, City of Dallas Excellence in Environmental Education and Outreach Winner: Allen Community Service Department Honorable Mention: City of Dallas Environmental Education Initiative Best Recycling Partnership Winner: City of Plano and United Electronic Recycling 26
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Recycler of the Year Winner: Patricia Reetz, Resident of Arlington The gR3een Achievement Winner: Farmer Brothers, Northlake, TX Honorable Mention: City of Plano Green Business Certification Innovative Recycling Special Event Winner: City of Plano, Texas Recycles Day Honorable Mention: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
gR³een Achievement Award Winner Farmer Brothers (L-R) NTCRA VP Cheryl Brock, Daniel Cifuentes and Nicholas McCulloch (Farmer Bros.), Melinda Rushing (Champion Waste & Recycling), NTCRA President Lora Hinchcliff
The gR3een Elected Official Winner: The Honorable Alan Brundrett, Mayor of Azle, TX The gR3een Media Award Winner: Kristi Comuzzi, Shootin’ the Breeze radio program; The REELPeople Company Keynote Speaker Cedric Robinson, PE (Sustainability Director, Frito Lay, Inc.)
Best Recycling Partnership Award winner Heather Harrington and Jason Keller (UER), and Nicole Warhoftig (City of Plano)
feet of glass, 25,000 cubic yards of concrete, and 27 steel cables. It covers 13 acres including landscaped grounds and cost approximately $413 million. The Center was designed by architect Moshe Safdie The exterior consists of two symmetrical half shells of vertical, concentric arches that open toward the south. Each shell houses one acoustically independent performance venue, although the backstage area is shared. The south façade of the Center is made entirely of glass. Safdie describes the lobby as “an expansive glazed porch contained by a glass tent-like structure". Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an Israeli/Canadian/American architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with Habitat 67 (pictured here) which paved the way for his international career. Compiled by network sources
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erformance home to the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Ballet, this visually stunning building was created as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Most unusually, no taxpayer funds went into its construction!
The technical requirements and exacting standards required of a facility like the Kauffman Center made it one of the most complex structures in the world to design and build. It took nearly five years to complete, contains 40,000 square
Superior Waste Minimization Award winner (L-R) Anitra Yarborough, Corey Heitzman, Jesse Mackey, and Liban Kalib (Ecolab, Inc.) Group photo of 2017 North Texas gR³een Award recipients The Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR), the world’s leading industrial and office real estate association for more than 75 years, recently installed its 2018 officers during its Fall World Conference in Chicago.
Excellence in Environmental Education & Outreach Award winner: (L-R) NTCRA VP Cheryl Brock with Shawn Smith, Pamela Golcher and Christina Reeder (Dallas EEI Program), and NTCRA President Lora Hinchcliff
Del Markward, SIOR, Allentown, PA, assumed office as President, and Robert Thornburgh, SIOR, Los Angeles, CA, became President-Elect, and will assume the presidency in October of 2018. Mark Duclos, SIOR, Hartford, CT, took office as Vice-President. After serving a one-year term as Vice-President, Duclos will serve as President-Elect for a year and then step into the presidency of in the fall of 2019.
Conrad Bernard, SIOR, Jeff Johnson, SIOR, Patricia Loveall, SIOR, and David Lockwood, SIOR, were installed as Board Members-at-Large, and Terry Smith, SIOR, joined the Board as a Past President.
Del Markward
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Q3 2017 OFFICE MARKETVIEWS
Austin
Net Absorption and Occupancy
Citywide annual absorption crests 1 million sq. ft., vacancy hits new 16-year low
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Q1 2016
Q4 2015
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Q3 2014
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5.5 million sq. ft. under construction
Vacancy Rate
Houston Office Net Absorption MSF
Demand trends toward balance as leasing heats up through 2017
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Q4 2016
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Q2 2016
Q1 2016
Q4 2015
Q3 2015
Q1 2015
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Vacancy Rate (%)
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Vacancy Rate
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CONTACTS
Robert C. Kramp Director, Research & Analysis robert.kramp@cbre.com
E. Michelle Miller Research Operations Manager michelle.miller@cbre.com
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Just outside of the CBD is East 6th. The area has been evolving into one of Austin’s “hippest” locations – which is tough in a city with as much character as Austin. Starting with house flippers, graduate students, and young 35 professionals, substantial new multifamily housing development has changed this area. Today, the area offers some of the most highly renowned Mexican eateries in the US and the famous Franklin BBQ, as well as bars, coffee shops, and food trucks. Top Chef winner, Paul Qui, also recently opened his namesake restaurant here, underscoring the area’s rising appeal. Looking ahead, redevelopment of the old rail yards into a transit oriented development called Plaza Saltillo will continue to help drive the neighborhood.
This area is centered on Pearl Street and named after the Pearl Brewery, which closed in 1985. In 2001 a master planning effort began to transform the 16-block neighborhood. The Brewery reopened in 2014 and helped catalyze the area, which is now home to the Culinary Institute of America. With the CIA there, it should be no surprise that a mix of chef-owned restaurants and 37Gastro Pub, Boiler House, Cured, and bars have opened, such as Nao Latin Bakery Lorraine. The neighborhood also has a weekly 183farmers’ market and the exclusive 180-room Hotel Emma.
Population Average household income Average household income (Millennials) Average home value Daytime population
Population Average household income Average household income (Millennials) Average home value Daytime population
333,000 $76,000 $71,000 $390,000 335,000
Median age College education or higher Working millennials Percent of hip lifestyle groups
30 50% 21% 30%
368,000 $58,000 $54,000 $171,000 208,000
Median age College education or higher Working millennials Percent of hip lifestyle groups
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The demographic numbers reflect a 5-mile ring around these neighborhoods to reflect the core group of patrons that are close enough to frequent these neighborhood.
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urvey a group of architects, engineers, and designers about their childhoods, and a common affinity is sure to emerge: Lego. With a little imagination, a Lego set can become a potent primer for space planning, structural engineering, and even landscape design.
In fact, the association between the plastic blocks and actual buildings has become so strong that Lego produces a separate Architecture line geared toward adults, complete with respectable austere white pieces and reproducing various notable buildings. And so it’s no wonder that when it came to creating a new headquarters and museum for Lego in the toy’s hometown of Billund, Denmark, an architectural wonder emerged. The work of superstar Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG, the Lego House was completed this September. Composed of 21 staggered, giant interlocking blocks, it feels like a love letter to right angles, with hardly a curve in sight. A massive steel frame masquerading as a brick building [tiles give the illusion of offset bricks], the entire building looks like it could be constructed from giant Lego blocks.
However, while one might expect a garish and motley mess of color and embellishment from a toy brand, don’t forget: we’re in Denmark, where simplicity and form are sacrosanct. And so, Lego House manages to balance a tasteful and rigorous Danish design sense with its youthful subject matter. It’s all a matter of how you look at it. From street level, the structure is the picture of modernist respectability: gleamingly white with stark ceramic tiles. One could mistake it for a gallery or even a government complex, and, in a sense, one wouldn’t be too far off. The 12,000 square-meter Lego House replaces Billund’s former town hall and maintains a civic-minded component. At the center of the stacked galleries is a sheltered town square open to the public. Over the last seven decades, Lego has become part of the fabric of the town, and the company employs more than half of its residents. Lego built Billund’s international airport and maintains a factory still responsible for producing more than 90% of all Lego products in Billund. The Lego House was partially conceived to draw visitors into downtown Billund. Before, visitors tended to remain near the LegoLand theme park on the town’s outskirts.
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Square is the Lego Vault, a subterranean archive showcasing first edition playsets from the more than sixty-year history of the brand. Lego House is part of the brand’s large-scale attempt to promote themselves not simply as a toymaker but also an educational product that fosters creativity, imagination, and experiential learning. To listen to the architect, it’d be hard to refute the argument. Bjarke Ingels is himself an avowed Lego enthusiast: “Lego…is amazing because it’s not a toy where someone has premeditated how you’re going to play with it. It’s more like a tool that empowers the kid or the grownup to create their own world and then to inhabit that world through play. When architecture is at its most interesting, that’s exactly what we do… You can create the world as you wish it was.” If you aren’t able to visit the Lego House in person, you can always build it yourself. A 774-piece Lego Architecture set of the Billund building is available for purchase and is significantly cheaper than a trip to Denmark.
There is, of course, a more playful side to the Lego House. If you were to fly into Billund, you would see a very different building. A bird’s eye-view reveals terraces that pop with the vibrant hues of a kindergarten toy chest. A series of ramps connect the building’s colorful rooftops, turning the top of the building into a kind of playground. In the center of the ziggurat is a single, giant white Lego block (the brand’s signature 4x2 rectangle] complete with eight studded, circular skylights to give inquiring eyes a peek inside.
The first and second floors include four play zones arranged by color and programmed with activities that represent a certain aspect of a child's learning: red is creative, blue is cognitive, green is social, and yellow is emotional.
Stretched over sixteen galleries, Lego House is part art exhibit and part playground. Four color-coded zones offer up opportunities for experiential play and discovery. Massive Lego installations from “master builders” are placed throughout the complex. There are dinosaurs, life-size people, sharks, and submarines. At the heart of the building is a bit of simulated greenspace—a massive tree composed of more than six million Lego bricks. But the true diehards will want to dig deeper. Hidden under the public Lego
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Thinking Outside of the…Planet!
utting reality aside has become a popular pastime in our nation’s capital during the last year, so maybe this won’t come as surprise to you – but it sure did to us! To get around terrestrial height restrictions, New Yorkbased 1 has drawn up plans for Analemma Tower to “overturn the established skyscraper typology” by building not up from the ground but down from the sky by affixing the foundations to an orbiting asteroid. Ahem! The firm has proposed suspending the world’s tallest skyscraper (almost 105,000 feet tall) from an asteroid! “Harnessing the power of planetary design thinking, it taps into the desire for extreme height, seclusion and constant mobility,” said the architects, who have previously drawn up proposals for space transportation and a 3D-printed ice house on Mars (see sidebar on the opposite page). Holy Architecture, Batman! “If the recent boom in residential towers proves that sales price per square foot rises with floor elevation, then Analemma Tower will command record prices, justifying its high cost of construction.” The architects propose building the tower over Dubai, a city at the forefront of supertall construction, and then moving it to New York City where property is almost 15 times more expensive. Prefabricated modules would be hoisted up from earth and plugged into the building’s extendable core, which would be tethered by cables to the asteroid. “Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location,” said the architects. “Manipulating asteroids is no longer relegated to science fiction,” they said, explaining how a 2015 mission by the European Space Agency had proved the ability to land on a spinning comet. “NASA has scheduled an asteroid retrieval mission for 2021 which aims to prove the feasibility of capturing and relocating an asteroid.” The completed tower would follow a figure-of-eight path between the northern and 34
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(This is not fake news, but….) southern hemispheres each day (a geosynchronous orbit). The lowest and slowest part of the orbit (to which it would return daily) would see the building pass over midtown Manhattan. Where the topography is at its highest the inhabitants would be able to disembark via parachute. Analemma Tower is an example of a mixed-use building that incorporates planetary design strategies, yielding the world’s tallest building ever,” said the studio. Call the Interior Decorator The size and shape of windows changes along the length of the tower, adapting to the different exertions of the atmosphere as well as temperature. Windows towards the top of the tower, where it extends beyond the troposphere to give residents an extra 40 minutes of sunlight each day, would have rounded elevations to cope with the increased pressure. Analemma Tower is the latest project investigating space exploration from Clouds Architecture Office, which is run by Masayuki Sono and Ostap Rudakevych. The office previously has created concepts for a space elevator and a proposal to harness the power of comets for interplanetary transportation, and in 2015 won a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed house on Mars. You may be wondering if this is a joke. It’s not. So, if you’re able to put aside the enormous costs and problems of construction, and you can imagine that there are earthly materials strong enough to build suspension cables capable of such a thing…if you can imagine that the ‘boarding’ and ’de-boarding’ processes are not a big problem, that the temperatures of living in the stratosphere, and birds and planes pose little or no threats, that lengthy elevator rides into space are not an inconvenience and that rural residents will gladly give up their air rights (use picture 2 near here), you are probably not one of the billionaires who could afford to buy and float away in one of the skyscraper’s apartment units. But it sure must be nice to make a living dreaming. Compiled by network sources
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In 2015, New York studios SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture) and Clouds AO (Clouds Architecture Office) worked together on ‘The Ice House’ - the winning concept for a frozen Mars abode. They received a prize of $25,000 from competition sponsors including NASA.
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ULI North Texas Spotlights the Region’s Leading Developments at 3rd Annual Impact Awards
he North Texas District Council of the Urban Land Institute honored retail legend Herb Weitzman with its prestigious Vision Award on October 3rd. A sold-out crowd of 500 of the region’s real estate leaders packed Union Station in Dallas to salute Weitzman’s career and his contributions to vibrant retail developments. (Weitzman is executive chairman of the company that bears his name, a Texas-based commercial real estate firm he founded in 1989, and has been at the forefront of retail development.) Following the presentation of the Vision Award, Weitzman and his long-time friend, developer Craig Hall, held a “fireside chat” on stage.
benefactors of this project, Jennifer and John Eagle. The design team was fabulous to work with and we are just happy that we were able to contribute in our small way.” Other Public Places finalists were Shake Shack at the Crescent, designed by The Beck Group and the renovation of the historic Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, submitted by Bennet Benner Partners.
and were extremely honored when it was given the award itself. This is a testament to the hard work the full team undertook to create a uniquely appealing development that expands downtown Rowlett into a regional destination for the broader community.” City Manager Brian Funderburk and Mayor Tammy Dana-Bashain both praised the development’s influence on their city. “The Village of Rowlett development capitalizes on our authentic downtown core along the historic Bankhead Highway. It offers a transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly Main Street with transportation options of DART and PGBT nearby. We are excited that ULI has recognized this project with its Influence Award.”
Craig Hall (L) and Herb Weitzman Their wide-ranging conversation included Weitzman’s history of giving back to the community, one of the key criteria for the Vision Award. He emphasized his enjoyment in contributing to everything from the arts to shared housing, as well as working to help disadvantaged students pursue their educations.
Innovation
The award for Innovation went to Crescent’s McKinney & Olive building, a sweeping glass structure designed by Pelli Clark Pelli. Other finalists were the Toyota North America Headquarters in Plano, submitted by KDC, and the Walsh development in Fort Worth, submitted by Republic Property Group. “Crescent’s development and design team, led by architect Pelli Clarke Pelli, started McKinney & Olive with a goal of setting a new standard for workplace design in Texas. Every major decision was measured against that goal,” explained Joseph Pitchford, Managing Director of Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC. “The fact that ULI recognized both the building’s outstanding design and its strong market acceptance with the 2017 Innovation Award confirms that our efforts were successful. We are honored by this award.”
Herb and Donna Weitzman
Impact Awards
The evening continued with ULI’s Impact Award presentations, featuring many of DFW’s highprofile new developments. The finalists and winners of these awards were selected by a five-person jury comprised of experienced ULI members from around the country. In the Public Places category, the jury selected the Eagle Family Plaza at the Dallas Museum of Art as the winning entry.
Lionel Morrison (MDW); David Hocker (Hocker Design Group); Tamara Wootton Forsyth (DMA); Carolyn Perna (Studio Outside); Rocky Owens (MDW) Lionel Morrison of Morrison Dilworth & Walls commented, “We are delighted with the win for both the Dallas Museum of Art and especially the 36
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Jenny Houdyshell and Adam Jones, both of maa (Merriman Anderson Architects)
The Next Big Idea
The popular finale for the annual ULI Awards Event was the live competition for “The Next Big Idea.” The applicants in this category presented their concepts on-stage, with the audience then voting for the winner via cell phone texts. The competition was close, with the Opal J Smith North Texas Food Bank, presented by HKS, Gensler’s design for the Klyde Warren Park Promenade, and The Statler Corridor concept, presented by Merriman Anderson Architects, all receiving significant support. The Statler Corridor emerged as the winning Next Big Idea, loudly cheered by its enthusiastic team. “Our entire firm is excited to receive this award from ULI,” noted Jerry Merriman. “The Statler Corridor and the entire Commerce Street redevelopment effort is a passion of maa’s, as is the redevelopment of Downtown Dallas and of our city centers nationally. To be recognized for this passion is a true honor.”
Proceeds to Aid in Post-Hurricane Planning Rachel Dillard of Crescent Real Estate Equities and Chair of the ULI NT Women’s Leadership Initiative presented the award to Paris Rutherford, Principal of Catalyst Urban Development; Todd Gottel, Former Mayor of Rowlett, Candidate for Dallas County Commissioner-District 2 and Owner of Investing Makes Me Sick; and Jim Grabenhorst, Director of Economic Development-City of Rowlett In determining the winning entry for the Influence Award, the ULI jury sought developments that would have a positive impact beyond their own borders. Finalists in the Influence category included The Statler, submitted by Centurion American Asset Management Company, and The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco, submitted by TBG Partners. The winner of the Influence Award was the Village of Rowlett, submitted jointly by the City of Rowlett and CATALYST Urban Development. Paris Rutherford, Principal of CATALYST, commented, “We were excited when our development was selected as a finalist for the ULI Influence Award,
Proceeds of the ULI Impact Awards Event are used to help fund the educational and volunteer programs of ULI North Texas, including its UrbanPlan curriculum for area high schools and universities and its career education and mentoring program with the Boys and Girls Clubs, “Building Industry Leaders.” This year, the North Texas group also pledged $10,000 to the ULI Foundation, headquartered in Washington, DC. The Foundation will use these funds for advisory panels in which ULI members volunteer their time to engage in planning efforts for rebuilding the Texas coast cities ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.
About the Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute is a non-profit, education and research institute, supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in sustaining and creating, thriving communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the Institute has roughly 40,000 members worldwide and over 1300 members in North Texas, representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines. For media information contact: Pamela Stein, pamela. stein@uli.org 214-269-1874
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Lance Wright of ACORE presented the award to Kevin Crum, Crescent; Joseph Pitchford, Crescent; Chad Schieber, The Beck Group; Gregg Jones, AIA, Pelli Clarke Pelli and John Zogg, Crescent
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Architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, FAIA (founding principal of Studio Gang) was awarded the seventh Marcus Prize, an architectural prize offered worldwide to recognize architects ‘on a trajectory to greatness.’ The $100,000 award (supported by the Marcus Corporation Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Marcus Corporation, a lodging and entertainment company headquartered in Milwaukee) is administered by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning; it includes a cash prize to the recipient and supports a design studio at the school that will be collaboratively led by Ms. Gang. (Gang was already the architect behind the ‘tallest building in the world designed by a woman – Aqua (also in Chicago and pictured below). Compiled by network sources
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he Star is the 91-acre campus that hosts the world headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys in Frisco, TX. It opened in August of 2016. Besides being the corporate headquarters and practice facility, The Star features Ford Center ‒ a state-of-the-art indoor football stadium that hosts a variety of events, restaurants and shops, a 16-story Omni hotel, a medical center, a 60,000-square foot gym at Cowboys Fit, 30 flexible meeting spaces and more. Ford Center at The Star is a 510,000-square foot indoor athletic facility shared by
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the Dallas Cowboys, the City of Frisco, and Frisco ISD’s high schools. The facility seats 12,000 and features interior and exterior video boards. At 2,270 square feet, the exterior video board is the largest in high school sports. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team's new practice facility and surrounding retail space will cost around $1.5 billion. The Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009, cost $1.2 billion to construct.
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ROSE-MARY RUMBLEY
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Rose-Mary Rumbley has written three books about her native city – Dallas. She has also written “WHAT! NO CHILI!” and a book about the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. She has appeared on the stage at the Dallas Summer Musicals and at Casa Mañana and was head of the drama department at Dallas Baptist University for 12 years. Today she is on the speaking circuit and teaches drama classes at Providence Christian School. Her loving views of Texas history appear in every issue of the network..
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lags are waved to represent any group from a large nation to a small Girl Scout Troop. I remember so well, many years ago we Girl Scouts at a campout hoisted our flag over our tent to let everyone know just who we were.
We have seen flags flown on store fronts. They read OPEN! Some flags are used to give directions - to slow the traffic or to bring it to a complete stop! During the middle ages, flags were used to proclaim a family’s name. This was the age of heraldry--each Knight had his own flag. But, some flags tell a story, and Texas has two flags that do just that.
Beginning of the State’s Nickname
However, not everyone could come. And such was the case of Joanna Troutman, a young teen who lived in Georgia. When she heard that a battalion was leaving from her state and going to Texas to fight in the revolution, she made a flag of white silk, with a blue star on it and bearing the words, LIBERTY OR DEATH. The men carried her flag and it flew over Joanna Troutman Pope Velasco. Then it was taken into the battle at Goliad with General James Walker Fannin. The flag was in shreds, so it flew no more after that massacre. But the spirit of Texas soared and in remembrance of that flag, Texas became THE LONE STAR STATE. James W. Fannin Joanna married S. L. Pope and had four children. When Pope died, she married a Georgia legislator, W. G. Vinson. When she died, she was buried in Georgia next to her first husband. However, in 1913, Texas Governor Oscar B. Colquitt, had her remains moved to Texas where she is buried in our state cemetery Oscar B. Colquitt with a huge monument marking the grave of the ‘Betsy Ross of Texas’.
Immortality “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.” - Woody Allen
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Another great story/flag concerns the 400 families brought into Texas in 1824 by Green DeWitt, an adventurous man from Kentucky, who settled with his families south of the Austin Colony. Unfortunately, he chose a spot where some vicious Comanches were living. They didn’t appreciate the intrusion. Mexico, wanting settlers to come in and conquer the Indians, gave DeWitt a cannon for the protection of his settlement. According to one historian, that six-pounder cannon was good for little more than starting a horse race. Nevertheless, DeWitt had a cannon. Despite the hardships, the DeWitt Colony did well, and a conditional peace was made with the Comanches. But, as time went on, DeWitt found h i m s e l f Sara and Green DeWitt without funds. He had used his money in the building of his settlement. So, he went down to Mexico to ask for some premium land so that his town could grow. This was in May of 1835. He became ill, died, and lies in an unmarked grave in Mexico. Meanwhile, the Mexican government began to realize that the settlers were gaining power and could declare their freedom from Mexico at any time. In, 1835, the Mexican government sent troops to take back the cannon. When the troops arrived, they were greeted by a flag made by DeWitt’s wife, Sara, and his daughter Naomi. The flag was made from Naomi’s wedding dress. On the white silk background was a lone star, the barrel of a cannon, and the words, COME AND TAKE IT. The Mexican troops tried to take it. The settlers fired on the advancing troops, but no one was hit. This was considered the first skirmish between the Mexicans and the settlers, and the beginning of the Texas Revolutionary War.
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Stephen F. Austin
After Stephen Fuller Austin brought his 300 families into Texas in 1821, the news traveled quickly: COME TO TEXAS. THE LAND IS GOOD AND FREE! People posted signs on their homes - GTT. GONE TO TEXAS! Some folks left because they couldn’t pay their bills. Some were escaping bad marriages. Some wanted an adventure. There were men who came to fight in the Texas Revolution in 1836. Regardless of the reason, people poured into Texas.
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hree Flags Day commemorates March 9th and 10th in 1804, when Spain officially completed turning over the Louisiana colonial territory to France, who then officially turned over the same lands to the United States, in order to finalize the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
Huh?
This oddity was the symbolic (and bureaucratic) culmination of the Louisiana Purchase, in which France sold a massive swath of territory to the United States for pennies on the acre. The American government, which had only been trying to buy New Orleans wound up getting a piece of land that effectively doubled the size of the country and today makes up 15 U.S. states.
Such a Deal!
Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea Dubois in what was then the Indiana Territory (opposite where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet) until the lands had been formally turned over to the United States.
Ceremonies
On November 30, 1803, Spain formally transferred the territory in a ceremony at the Cabildo and Plaza de Armas in New Orleans attended by Spanish Governors Juan Manuel de Salcedo and Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O’Farrill and new French
The deal was equally surprising to the Spanish, who had just ceded the land to the French—so recently, in fact, that the Spanish were still effectively running most of it. The sudden need to play catchup led to a strange 24 hours for St. Louisans. France had ruled Louisiana from its founding until the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ended the Seven Years’ War (the North American phase of which was known as the French and Indian War). Spain received the French land west of the Mississippi River (the “right bank” going downstream) plus New Orleans, and Great Britain received the French lands east of the River (the “left bank”) -- which included what had previously been called the Illinois Country or Upper Louisiana. Spain officially took control of its territory in 1769, when it suppressed the Rebellion of 1768 by area residents who had resisted Spain’s assumption of colonial authority in the formerly French domain. The United States extended its western boundaries to the Mississippi River during the American Revolutionary War, when General George Rogers Clark took possession of the lands east of the Mississippi River which had for some years belonged to Great Britain. American control of the territory (today’s Midwestern states was not secure until both the Treaty of Paris (1763) and the Jay Treaty George Rogers Clark (1794) had been formalized. On October 1, 1800, Napoleon concluded France’s re-acquisition of La Louisiane (Spanish: Luisiana) from Spain, in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso. However, the treaty was kept secret and Spain continued to administer the territory. The U.S. and France agreed on April 30, 1803, to the American purchase of Louisiana (which was announced publicly in the United States on July 4th). However, the U.S. did not immediately take possession of these lands on the west side of the Mississippi, and Spain continued to administer the territory because it had not yet formally turned it over to France.
Thomas Jefferson
After the purchase, Thomas Jefferson announced plans for an exploration of the new territory. Spain, however, prohibited any foreign exploration of its territory. Lewis and Clark had to spend the winter of 1803-04 at Camp
The Cabildo Governor Pierre Clement de Laussat. On December 20, 1803, New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana (New Spain) were transferred to the United States in a ceremony with Laussat and incoming United States governor William C. C. Claiborne, with Gen. James Wilkinson in attendance. However, with navigation on the Mississippi halted because of winter, the news was not conveyed to St. Louis. On March 9, 1804, Amos Stoddard (the new U.S. Pierre Clement de Laussat lieutenant governor for Upper Louisiana) and Meriwether Lewis arrived in St. Louis by boat and were met by the Spanish lieutenant for Upper Louisiana, Carlos de Hault de Lassus. The Spanish flag was lowered and the French flag was hoisted to fly over the city of St. Louis for 24 hours. The French flag, initially supposed to have been lowered at sunset, remained under guard all night. The next morning, March 10, 1804, the American flag was raised. This event is sometimes referred to as the “Three Flag Ceremony” or the “Ceremony of Three Flags.”
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Moscow – On The Cutting Edge
he spiraling 800+ foot high Evolution Tower, designed by award winning British Architect Tony Kettle (Kettle Collective) and international award winning Scottish artist Professor Karen Forbes (University of Edinburgh) sits on the banks of the Moscow river. From the very beginning the developer and architects set an ambitious task of creating a recognizable and symbolic building, the new icon of contemporary Moscow. Russian architecture has long been obsessed with an idea of spiral and here, the sculptural DNA-shaped twisting tower symbolizes the evolution spiral, the pinnacle of progress and the power of human intellect, challenging the forces of nature and the laws of physics. Construction of the tower began in 2011, and it was completed in late 2014. The world has seen an increasing number of twisting towers in the last decade or so, but Evolution Tower takes the record for the most extreme twist. In 2016 CRE Award (Moscow) named Evolution Tower as Moscow’s best class A office building. It was also the second place runner-up in Emporis Skyscraper Awards in 2015. Compiled by network sources
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LAURA McDONALD STEWART
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Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, FASID, IIDA, LEED AP is Founder and Editor of PLiNTHandCHiNTZ.com, The Online Interior Design Magazine, and manages and promotes METROCON Expo & Conference.
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n August 10th & 11th, Dallas Market Hall buzzed with interior designers, architects, specifiers, purchasing agents, facility managers, contractors and other essential industry members catering to the built environment when it hosted METROCON17 Expo & Conference.
built environment. To emphasize this growing trend, the Committee brought in five distinguished national leaders of the participating organizations for a topical discussion. ASID CEO Randy Fiser led the innovative CEU “Raising the Industry Profile: A Conversation with Leaders,” which included the following panelists:
The event, which is the largest not-for-profit, selfproduced, volunteer-driven, design specificationfocused regional expo and conference in the USA, attracted individuals from 35 states besides Texas, as well as four Canadian provinces.
• Dennis Hall, FAIA, FCSI (Charlotte, NC): CEO – HALL a/e/c PA | Past President of CSI
This year marked the event’s 15th anniversary, which the Committee of 22 dedicated volunteers celebrated, along with the fact that for the first time five associations joined forces to plan and execute a more expansive METROCON for their members and beyond: (in alphabetical order) ASID Texas Chapter, ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, CSI Dallas Chapter, NEWH Dallas Chapter, and USGBC Texas Chapter. METROCON is symbolic of what is happening with the industry in terms of the increasing need for multi-disciplinary collaboration within the
• Charrisse Johnston, ASID, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Los Angeles, CA): Principal – Steinberg Architects | National Chair of ASID •Trisha Poole (Winter Park, FL): President – Design Poole, Inc. | President of NEWH, Inc. • Rhiannon Jacobsen (Washington, DC): Vice President of Strategic Relationships – USGBC The panelists discussed how the increasing levels of project complexity and expanding technological tools, as well as concerns of sustainability, resiliency, and wellness, are all driving our industry towards deeper cooperation within all market sectors. Almost 80 speakers from 16 states presented three diverse seminars and 45 CE courses over two days covering a wide array of topics applicable to various design practice areas. All CE courses were cumulatively reviewed and approved by IDCEC, 21 were AIA-approved, 17 GBCI-approved, 14 EDACapproved, and 41 hours had HSW content to meet TBAE CE requirements for Registered Interior Designers & Registered Architects in Texas.
Keynote Speakers Sandy Chilewich & Joe Sultan, Creative Director and CEO, respectively, of Chilewich | Sultan LLC, shared the challenges of building and maintaining a successful global manufacturing business
Manufacturers, fabricators and service providers catering to the corporate, education, healthcare, hospitality, institutional, multifamily, residential, and retail design sectors filled 36,000+ SF of exhibit space, showing and/or sponsoring under 277 names, 90+ of which were not on last year’s
Committee members present ENSO Fabrication with two Pegasus Awards for Exhibitors: the “Allstar Award” and the “Best of the Best Award” list. Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 Pegasus Exhibitor Awards! • Best of the Best Award & Allstar Award – ENSO Fabrication [ensofab.com] • Lean & Green Award – WoodCo [woodco.com] • Sizzle Award – Anzea / KSM Design Source [anzea.com / ksmdesignsource.com] The Metrocon Committee enthusiastically thanks Landmark Sponsor STAPLES Business Advantage, Media Sponsor Modern Luxury Interiors Texas, and the 51 other 2017 Sponsors for their incredible support. METROCON18 Expo & Conference will take place back in Dallas on August 9 & 10, 2018. Visit www.metrocon.info to find links to view photos from this year’s show and to sign up to receive notifications to stay informed about attending and/or presenting, sponsoring, and exhibiting at next year’s show!
90% of Exhibitors served and 88% of Attendees sought out resources for the commercial market
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To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
More Signs of the Times • On a New York loft building: “Wanted: Woman to sew buttons on the fourth floor.” • In a New Hampshire medical building: “Martin Diabetes Professional Ass.” • In the office of a loan company: “Ask about our plans for owning your home.” • In a New York medical building: “Mental health prevention center.” • In a toy department: “Five Santa Clauses -no waiting.” • On a New York convalescent home: “For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church.” • On a Maine shop: “Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship. • At a number of military bases: “Restricted to unauthorized personnel.” • In a number of parking areas: “Violators will be enforced and Trespassers will be violated.” • On a display of “I Love You Only” Valentine cards: “Now available in multi-packs.” • In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: “Don’t kill your wife. Let our washing machines do the dirty work.” • In a funeral parlor: “Ask about our layaway plan. • On a window of a New Hampshire hamburger restaurant: “Yes, we are open. Sorry for the inconvenience.” • At restaurant-gas stations throughout the nation: “Eat here and get gas.” • At a Sante Fe gas station: “We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.” • In a New Hampshire jewelry store: “Ears pierced while you wait.” • In an New York restaurant: “Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager.” • In a Michigan restaurant: “The early bird gets the worm! Special shoppers’ luncheon before 11:00 AM.” • On a delicatessen wall: “Our best is none too good.” • On the wall of a Baltimore estate: “Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law -- Sisters of Mercy” • On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaning store: “Thirty-eight years on the same spot.” • In a Los Angeles dance hall: “Good clean dancing every night but Sunday.” • On a movie theater: “Children’s matinee today. Adults not admitted unless with child.” • In a Florida maternity ward: “No children allowed!” • In a New York drugstore: “We dispense with accuracy.
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World Heritage Sites
World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which has been officially recognized by the United Nations, specifically by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Sites are selected based on their having cultural, historical, scientific or some other form of significance, and they are legally protected by international treaties. UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity. More specifically, a World Heritage Site is an already classified landmark, which by way of being unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable piece is of special cultural or physical significance (such as either due to hosting an ancient ruins or some historical structure, building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) and symbolizes a remarkable footprint of extreme human endeavor often coupled with some act of indisputable accomplishment of humanity which then serves as a surviving evidence of its intellectual existence on the planet. With the intent of its practical conservation for posterity, which otherwise could be subject to risk from human or animal trespassing, owing to unmonitored/ uncontrolled/unrestricted access or threat owing to local administrative negligence, sites are listed and demarcated by UNESCO to have been identified or recognized as a protected zone. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Program administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The program catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common culture and heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund. The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in November of 1972. Since then, 193 state parties have ratified the convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments and the normative cultural instrument with the highest number of ratifications. As of July 2017, 1073 sites are listed: 832 cultural, 206 natural, and 35 mixed properties, in 167 states. (The complete list with pictures can be viewed at http:// whc.unesco.org/en/list/.) According to the sites ranked by country, Italy is the home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 53 sites, followed by China (52), Spain (46), France (43), Germany (42), India (36), Mexico (34) and United Kingdom and British Overseas Territories (31). Twenty-one of those (1073) sites were added in 2017 and are pictured here.
1 England’s mountainous Lake District is the UK’s first national park to become
a World Heritage property. “The combined work of nature and human activity has produced a harmonious landscape in which the mountains are mirrored in the lakes,” says UNESCO.
2 Kulangsu Island, China is a small pedestrian-only island, a frontier stronghold
for many countries looking to enter Chinese mainland after the First Opium War (1839-1842). Only about 2 million square feet, its buildings are well-preserved, and offer a unique example of a modernized international community in the beginning of the 20th century.
3 The historical city of Yazd in central Iran has become the country’s 22nd world
heritage site. Almost 200 hectares (about 21,500 square feet) of the city’s 2,270-hectare historical texture now boast world heritage status. Yazd is now the only UNESCOlisted Iranian city where people still live and it is also believed to be the world’s largest inhabited adobe city.
4 The ancient city of Aphrodisias, located in southwestern Turkey, is an important
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5 The town of Sviyazhsk was founded in May, 1551 by Russian Czar Ivan the Terrible,
on a small island. Among its remaining heritage buildings is the historic Assumption Cathedral.
6 Located in the valleys of southwest Germany, Swabian Jura Caves is a series of
six caves with some of the world’s oldest ice age art, dating back to the early Upper Palaeolithic period -- between 43,000 - 33,000 years ago. Other findings include personal ornaments, musical instruments and small figurines carved from mammoth ivory.
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9 Hebron’s Old City is home to one of the region’s most contested places: the Cave of the Patriarchs, also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque. It is regarded as sacred by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Israel has denounced UNESCO’s decision to inscribe Hebron as a Palestinian World Heritage Site.
10 The Venetian Works of Defense (in Croatia, Italy and Montenegro) were built
between the 15th and 17th centuries and consist of 15 components spanning more than 3,200 feet between the Lombardy region of Italy and the eastern Adriatic Coast. The fortifications protected the Republic of Venice from other European powers to the northwest and the sea routes and ports in the Adriatic Sea. (Pictured is the fortified city of Kotor, Montenegro.)
11 Asmara, Eritrea (meaning “They made them unite” in Tigrinya), is the capital
city and largest settlement in Eritrea. Home to a population of over 800,000, it is the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude.
7 Kujataa is a subarctic farming landscape located in the southern region of
Greenland. It bears witness to the cultural histories of the Norse hunters-gatherers who started arriving from Iceland in the 10th century and of the Norse farmers, Inuit hunters and Inuit farming communities that developed from the end of the 18th century. The landscape represents the earliest introduction of farming to the Arctic, and the Norse expansion of settlement beyond Europe.
8 The sacred Island of Okinoshima in Japan and associated sites off the coast of
Kyushu island, were singled out for being an exceptional example of the tradition of worship of a sacred island. The island’s archeological sites are virtually intact, and provide a “chronological record of how the rituals performed there changed from the 4th to the 9th centuries.” DEC2017 | THE NET WORK
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lead to a wide diversity of species and ecosystems of global significance,” on the site. 14 The archeological site of Cambodia’s Sambor Prei Kuk, has been identified as the capital of the Chenla Empire that flourished in the late 6th and early 7th centuries. “The art and architecture developed here became models for other parts of the region and lay the ground for the unique Khmer style of the Angkor period,” says UNESCO.
15 Qinghai Hoh Xil is the largest and highest plateau in the world. “This extensive
area of alpine mountains and steppe systems is situated more than 4,500 meters (17,764 feet) above sea level, where sub-zero average temperatures prevail all year-
12 At the border of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, the Khomani Cultural
Landscape is a large expanse of sand containing evidence of human occupation from the Stone Age to the present. It is associated with the culture of the Khomani San people and the strategies that allowed them to adapt to harsh desert conditions.
13 The Landscapes of Dauria extend from eastern Mongolia into Russian Siberia and north-eastern China. “Cyclical climate changes, with distinct dry and wet periods
round,” says UNESCO.” 16 At the center of the “Polynesian Triangle,” a vast portion of the Pacific Ocean and the last part of the globe to be settled by humans, this site includes two forested valleys, a portion of lagoon and coral reef and a strip of open ocean. “At the heart of the property is the Taputapuātea marae complex, a political, ceremonial and funerary center,” says UNESCO.
17 The town of Mbanza Kongo (in modern day Angola) was the political and
spiritual capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, one of the largest constituted states in Southern Africa from the 14th to 19th centuries. More than anywhere in sub-Saharan
Africa, it illustrates the profound changes caused by the introduction of Christianity and the arrival of the Portuguese into Central Africa in the 15th century, 18 Located in southern Poland, most of the Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc
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The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Mine is mostly underground. It “represents a significant contribution to the global production of lead and zinc,” says UNESCO. 20 Los Alerces National Park is located in northern Patagonia in Argentina.
“Successive glaciations have molded the landscape in the region creating spectacular features such as moraines, glacial cirques and clear-water lakes,” says UNESCO. 21 The 600-year-old walled city of Ahmedabad is it the first Indian city to be added to
Political Corner: OMG! Fittingly on this page, on Oct. 12th, the Trump administration announced the United States would pull out of UNESCO. Founded in the same year the U.N. was founded (1945), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is best known for its World Heritage seal, used to brand and protect some of the planet’s most precious places (like those pictured on these pages). Mexico Earthquake - National Disaster September 2017
Las Vegas - National Catastrophe -October 2017
Texas - Natural Disaster Hurricane Harvey - August 2017
Puerto Rico - Natural Disaster Hurricane Maria - September 2017
California - Natural Disaster Wildfires - October 2017
Florida - Natural Disaster Hurricane Irma September 2017
Nicaragua,Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras - Hurricane Nate - Oct. ‘17
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ANTHONY BARBIERI
ajb@kesslercollins.com
Anthony J. Barbieri is a shareholder of Kessler Collins, PC in Dallas, Texas. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a Contributing Editor of the network.
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The Good Samaritan Law
any things in life are unfair, as cynically pointed out by the idiom “no good deed goes unpunished.” Oftentimes we find ourselves in the aftermath of an attempted good deed that went awry – whether we try to cheer up a friend or family member going through a rough patch in their life, or we try and “do a solid” to help a stranger. But a “good deed” can create legal liability if that stranger you help accuses you of injuring them or their property. This potential liability concerns a lot of people, and often discourages people from rendering assistance. We have all seen stories on the news where innocent people were assaulted or injured in broad daylight, while dozens of people pass by without bothering to help. Fortunately, many states have passed so-called “good samaritan” laws that offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill, or in peril. Public policy considerations are the guiding force behind such laws. Most states, such as Texas, value human life and do not want a bystander to be discouraged from rendering necessary aid because he or she is afraid of being sued if the care he or she provides causes harm to the victim. Good Samaritan laws vary from state to state, and they often are intertwined with other legal principles. Most laws do not apply to medical professionals or first responders who are working on scene of an accident.
Texas Good Samaritan Law
Texas has a good-samartan law which limits the civil liability of people who, in good faith, administer emergency care to others in need. In other words, suppose you witness an accident or see a baby trapped in a car on hot afternoon. If you stop to give first aid or smash in the car window to get the baby out, then the good samaritan law will help you avoid liability if you unintentionally injury someone or damage their property. The protection is intended to reduce bystanders’ hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or death. In order to get protection under the Good Samaritan Law, the Samaritan has to be acting in
good faith, but if your good-faith actions cause property damage, injury or other harm, you are protected from “No good deed liability by the injured party. Additionally, the Texas Good goes unpunished.” Samaritan law expressly gives protection to someone who in - Clare Luce Boothe good faith administers emergency care using an automated external defibrillator, and to first responders who are acting in a volunteer capacity. However, there are several situations where the Texas Good Samaritan Law does not apply, as discussed below. Expectation of Remuneration: The Texas Good Samaritan Law also does not apply if the person rendering aid was expecting to be paid for these emergency services. The legal question is whether the individual expected remuneration, so if you stop and render aid and send the victim a bill for such services, you are not protected under the Good Samaritan Law even if the bill is never paid. Additionally, if the individual at the scene of the emergency situation was soliciting business, the protection does not apply. Willful or Wanton Conduct: The protection does not apply if the person rendering aid acted in a willfully or wantonly negligent manner. It is not always easy to tell what willful and wanton behavior is. Generally speaking, “willful and wanton” conduct means an action that shows actual or deliberate intention to harm someone; or, if not intentional, shows a conscious disregard for the safety of others. Basically, your state of mind has to be such that you intentionally harmed someone or you knowingly ignored their safety. Producing Cause: Additionally, Texas law does not give liability protection to an individual who caused the emergency situation. For example, if a driver of a car negligently causes a car wreck, and that same driver renders aid to the victims in the other car, he or she could still be held civilly liable for damages that result from providing emergency aid.
Texas Charitable Immunity Act
In addition to the Good Samaritan law discussed above, Texas has a similar law applicable to volunteers of charitable organizations, called the Texas Charitable Immunity Act. Much like the Good Samaritan Law, the Texas Charitable Immunity and Liability Act protects volunteers from liability in connection with works performed for certain non-profit entities. The public policy consideration is to encourage Texans to become active in “charitable” work without facing liability for certain actions. This law does not eliminate liability for a nonprofit organization or its volunteers, but it can reduce it. The Act applies to most 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, homeowner associations, and other similar types of non-profit companies. It states that all volunteers are protected from civil liability for any act or omission resulting in death, damage, or injury if the volunteer can prove they were acting in the course and scope of their duties or functions, including an officer, director, or trustee within the charitable organization. Since the Act requires the volunteer to be performing a duty within the “course and scope” of their volunteer duties, it excludes any liability for
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torts or other wrongdoings that go beyond a volunteer’s functions. It also only applies to those who do not receive compensation, including stipends, for their volunteer services. This immunity does not apply to the liability of the organization for the acts or omissions of volunteers. The major exception to the volunteer immunity rule is when the act or omission involves the operation of a motor vehicle, including an airplane. This immunity does not extend to intentional, willfully or wantonly negligent acts or omissions, or those done with conscious indifference.
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In order for a volunteer to avail him or herself to immunity under the Act, the applicable nonprofit company or entity must have liability insurance coverage in effect at the time of the act or omission creating the basis of the claim. To qualify, the insurance coverage must be no less than $500,000 per person and $1,000,000 per single occurrence for death or bodily injury, and $100,000 for each single occurrence of property damage. Further, the insurance coverage must expressly apply to the acts or omissions of the non-
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profit organization, its employees, and its volunteers. If the organization qualifies as a nonprofit and has the proper insurance coverage discussed above, then the liability of its volunteers (including an officer, director, or trustee) is limited to the policy amounts listed above, and such limits apply even if the organization has coverage amounts in excess of those required under the Act (as stated above). Accordingly, the liability should not exceed that of the insurance coverage significantly reducing a risk of any excess judgment. These liability limitations do not apply to an act or omission that is intentional, willfully negligent, or done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others. These days, we need all the good deeds we can get. Hopefully those citizens who are familiar with the Texas Good Samaritan Law and Charitable Immunity Act won’t hesitate be on the lookout for good deeds, whether they occur coincidentally or if they decide to volunteer to help a good cause. True, life is unfair, but at least these two Texas laws are fair.
Longyearbyen
n the Svalbard Islands of northern Norway there is the town of Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world with a significant population size (greater than 1,000 permanent residents). Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal mining operations there in 1906. There are a few research bases further north, but the former coal mining town is the cultural and commercial center of the Svalbard Islands, featuring the northernmost ATM, church, museum, post office, radio station, airport, and university in the world. Due to the town’s precarious latitude—at 78 degrees North— there are a few strange practices that all people living in Longyearbyen must abide by – the most bizarre being that it is illegal to be buried here. The permafrost and sub-zero temperatures in Longyearbyen make it so that any dead bodies lying six feet under are perfectly preserved, as if mummified. Therefore, the government of Svalbard requires that any dead bodies must be flown by plane or shipped by boat to mainland Norway for burial. This law has been in effect since 1950.
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Every year, on March 8 at 12:15 p.m., the people of Longyearbyen celebrate “Solfestuka,” a holiday honoring the town’s first glimpse of the sun in over four months. With a complete absence of the sun for a third of every year, it’s always certain to be a long year in Longyearbyen.
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Jim Buckels: American Neo-Surrealist
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mong the generation of American artists now in their sixties, Iowa-born painter and printmaker Jim Buckels is a delightful anomaly: an artist more driven by his inner visions than by fashions and trends, while maintaining an innate sophistication that places his work prominently within the post-modern mainstream. In fact, Buckels is a neo-surrealist of a peculiarly American breed: a creator of dream-like images, rendered in a meticulous, modern airbrush technique with the crystalline clarity of a colonial limner. In his lithographs and serigraphs, as well as in his acrylic paintings, Buckels limns a seamless realm of fantasy that has won him a major reputation in a remarkably short span of time.
“A lot of contemporary art is about the paint itself and the surface. For me, though, as a painter of representational art, it’s important that the viewer forgets about the frame and the surface and pass through them to enter the space I’ve created. Of course, once you’ve coaxed them that far you have a responsibility to do more. TV can accomplish this quite easily. For a painter it’s much more difficult, but it can be done. You have to ask yourself: ‘What’s next? Will I entertain them, or soothe them, or will I challenge them to look at the world in a new way?’”
Jim Buckels’ fascination with fantasy began in early childhood, when his mother, a professor of English composition and literature at Iowa State University, would read to him from storybooks illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, and Howard Pyle. His artistic talent would later win him a scholarship to the University of Northern Iowa. His adventurous spirit compelled him to interrupt his studies during his sophomore year, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army for a three-year stint that would include a tour of Vietnam. Returning to civilian life and his studies at UNI in 1971, Buckels earned a bachelor’s degree in art and began his career as a freelance 52
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illustrator. He would become known for his stylized landscapes, inspired by such regional artists as Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, as well as by the primitive dreamscapes of the great French painter, Henri Rousseau. These unique influences are reflected in the acrylic paintings, lithographs, and serigraphs for which Jim Buckels is now best known. The visionary vistas and fantastic architectural details offer the viewer a restful respite from reality. These paintings and prints provide a magical refuge for the viewer, a return trip ticket to the storybook realm of childhood reverie.
As one New York art critic noted, Jim Buckels works “tell stories that linger in memory long after one has viewed them, hinting at truths that lie just below the surface of the seen world”. For this reason, as well as for his outstanding technical skills, Buckels has emerged as a contemporary master whose work will continue to enthrall us for many years to come. For information regarding available art work, contact Liz@newburyfineart.com. n
Great art is among the most sublime, meaningful, and redeeming creations of all civilization. Few endeavors can equal the power of great artwork to capture aesthetic beauty, to move and inspire, to change perceptions, and to communicate the nature of human experience. Great art is also complex, mysterious, and challenging. Filled with symbolism, cultural and historical references, and often visionary imagery, great artworks oblige us to reckon with their many meanings. Architects and designers (many of our readers) have a lot of influence on the way we perceive the world. A structure often plays a significant part in how we experience a place. (Think of a restaurant, a museum, an arena, a stadium…even an office building – virtually anywhere!) The interior design impacts our sensory perception, our comfort, and our physical connection and there is also artistry in the exterior design. (That’s why we call it artchitecture.)
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shout outs!
Expressions of praise given in the presence of many people.
Dyn-o-mite! Alecia Burdick, an Associate Director based in the Savills Studley Austin office, was honored with the Austin Business Journal’s “Profiles in Power, Rising Star” Award for 2017. Each year, the prestigious award is given to recognize the achievements of one young businesswoman across all industries. ::::: October 16th was World Food Day. With restaurant prices rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2017’s Best Foodie Cities in America. They compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 24 key metrics ranging from affordability and accessibility of high-quality restaurants to food festivals per capita to craft breweries and wineries per capita. The top 20 included 2 Texas cities. Kudos to Austin and Houston. (1) San Francisco, CA; (2) Portland, OR; (3) New York, NY; (4) Los Angeles, CA; (5) Miami, FL; (6) Orlando, FL; (7) Austin, TX; (8) Las Vegas, NV; (9) San Diego, CA; (10) Seattle, WA; (11) Tampa, FL; (12) Atlanta, GA; (13) Chicago, IL; (14) Philadelphia, PA; (15) Sacramento, CA; (16) Houston, TX; (17) St. Louis, MO; (18) Denver, CO; (19) Washington, DC; (20) Cincinnati, OH. To view the full report and your city’s rank, visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/ best-foodie-cities/7522/.
The Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West had its grand opening in September, with a mix of Western and Zen cultures. The 304-room, 15-story hotel, including 16 suites, 19 meeting rooms and a flexible 30,000 square feet of ballroom and is cleverly being marketed as “an unforgettable, business unusual experience… sure to make you look and look again.”
::::: Toyota Motor North America’s (TMNA) headquarters campus in Plano has achieved LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. “At Toyota, we have a longstanding commitment to sustainability and preserving our natural resources,” said Lentz. “With the installation of greenspaces, thousands of solar panels, a massive rain water capture system, and natural light wells, we have designed our new headquarters to reflect the local habitat and enhance its biodiversity. Recognition as a LEED Platinum facility is a testament of our efforts to become a model for energy efficiency and sustainability, and speaks to our challenge to ourselves to create a net positive impact on the planet by 2050.“ Pictured: TMNA CEO Jim Lentz (right) receives the LEED Platinum plaque from Jonathan Kraatz (left), Executive Director of the Dallas chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council on September 21, 2017.
Congratulations! McKinney & Olive, Crescent Real Estate LLC’s newest office building in Uptown Dallas, earned the Urban Land Institute North Texas award for innovation at the ULI impact awards dinner earlier this week. The ULI Innovation Award recognizes originality and creativity in design, placemaking, green techniques and innovative land use or community planning, as well as other development features. McKinney & Olive was recognized for its strikingly original 20-story mixed-use office and retail structure designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli and his firm Pelli Clarke Pelli. The 536,000-square-foot McKinney & Olive is Pelli’s first design in Dallas. (See ULI – page 36) ::::: High praise for Fort Worth Water Conservation Team members and Acting Water Director Kara Shuror who accepted an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2017 WaterSense Excellence Award in September. Pictured are Conservation Specialist Jillian North, Conservation Specialist Hillary Roberts, EPA’s Acting Associate Director for the Office of Water Management Infrastructure Division Leo Gueriguian, Water Conservation Manager Micah Reed, Acting Water Director Kara Shuror and Water Conservation Specialist Michele Birmingham. Fort Worth was honored one of six cities nationwide to receive an Excellence Award.
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Crescent Real Estate LLC in partnership with Long Wharf Capital LLC, purchased and plans an innovative expansion of Corgan’s headquarters and largest design services office located at the front of the vibrant West End District and on the edge of downtown and uptown Dallas. The existing and planned new building development will be known as The Luminary, billed by Crescent as a creative, amenity-rich office space designed to blend with the area’s “walkable” lifestyle of retail, entertainment and housing opportunities. The new seven-story expansion of the building will make it the tallest building in the West End and will feature a rooftop terrace.
::::: CBRE relocated its Austin office to 500 West 2nd Street in August. The new office is part of CBRE’s global “Workplace360” initiative, the company’s leadingedge approach to workplace strategy designed to promote flexibility, mobility and productivity through technology-enabled, 100 percent-free address and paperless offices. CBRE also launched its 2018 global Urban Photographer of the Year competition with the theme, “Cities of Connections: People, Places, Perspectives.” Now in its 11th year, the competition continues to grow, with last year’s contest attracting more than 29,000 entries from 111 countries around the world. This year’s theme invites photographers to submit photos that capture moments of connectivity across the daily cycle of city life. Learn more at https://www.cbreupoty.com/en.
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n December of 2014, we ran a pictorial feature on some of the amazingly creative architecture (“They must be MAD”). Well, the Chinese firm has done it again! Chaoyang Park Plaza is nearing completion in Beijing. (Construction began about the time of our December ’14 issue.) It’s a 1.29 million square foot complex, including both residential and commercial LEED-certified buildings which MAD based on mountains, rocks and lakes found in traditional Chinese shan-shui paintings. This pair of mountainous skyscrapers is detailed with huge curved fins that form peaks at the top and deep grooves intended to mimic erosion. The buildings are separated by a big dip down to the 56-foot-high glass lobby at the entrance. Factoid: A government plan to combine the areas around Beijing into a “super city” estimates that the population will exceed 130 million over the next century. Painting by Qing Dynasty artist Wang Hui, 1679 Shan shui (“mountain water”) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and often waterfalls are prominent in this art form.
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• Creates a truly connected home, while providing convenience, comfort and security. • Easily control, monitor and schedule appliances around the house with the free iDevices Connected app. • Gives users the freedom to manage their home from anywhere through a custom iDevices IoT cloud. • Control products around your home or entire rooms using simple Siri voice commands (i.e. “Hey Siri, turn on my office fan.”). • Uses Bluetooth Smart and Wi-Fi for simple user set-up and strong connectivity. • Provides a user-friendly setup with a simple process that doesn’t require the user to know their Wi-Fi password. • Create ‘scenes’ that group multiple products together for a single action. For example, “Hey Siri, I’m going to bed,” may turn off your bedside lamps and turn on your humidifier. • Create recurring events based on your daily schedule. For example, have your kitchen lamp turn on at 6:30pm, when you get home from work each day. • Connect as many Switch products to your iOS device at once. • The iDevices Connected app can be used to control and monitor other HomeKit or Alexa-enabled products including the Chamberlain MyQ garage door opener and Schlage Sense door lock. • Designed to be as compact as possible so that it doesn’t block use of your second outlet. • Contains a colored nightlight that can be customized to match any room in the house.
Urbanears: Active Stadion
Wireless Bluetooth headset produces quality sound, while enabling the ultimate freedom of movement, with an on-target fit that stays comfortably in place no matter how gravity-defying the workout
(*To be official, it takes an act of the state legislature.)
Animal: (Small) Armadillo
Motto: Friendship
Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit
Lizard: Horned (Lizard) Frog
Animal: (Large) Longhorn
Song: Texas, Our Texas
Gem: Texas Blue Topaz
Hat: Cowboy Hat
Bird: Northern Mockingbird
Sport: Rodeo
Insect: Monarch Butterfly
Pollinator: Western Honeybee
Flying Mammal: Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Dish: Chili
Dog: Blue Lacy
Nickname: Lone Star State
Tree: Pecan
Pepper: Jalapeño
Shell: Lightening Whelk
Crustacean: Texas Gulf Shrimp
Plant: Prickly Pear Cactus
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Shrub: Crape myrtle
Snack: Tortilla Chips and Salsa
Flower: Bluebonnet
Folk Dance: Square Dance
Grass: Sideoats Grama
Vegetable: Sweet Onion
Fish: Guadalupe Bass
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in the AUSTIN
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1 BOMA San Antonio | Holiday Luncheon and Awards 5 BOMA Fort Worth Holiday Luncheon 6 SCR | Breakfast at Ridglea Country Club 6 CREW Fort Worth | Luncheon 6 SIOR North Texas | Holiday Membership Meeting 6 USGBC Central Texas | Green Holiday Party 7 AIA Dallas | Holiday Party 7 CREW Austin |CTCAR |CCIM Central Texas| Joint Holiday Party 7 TEXO | Holiday and Awards Gala 7 ASID San Antonio – Holiday Party 7 NTAFE | Christmas Party 8 CREW Dallas | Holiday Awards Luncheon and Awards Ceremony 12 AIA Dallas | Credit Carnival: Food Preparedness Areas 12 AGC Austin | Holiday Party 12 ASID Dallas | Holiday Party 12 NAWIC Dallas | Christmas Party & Gift Exchange 12 BOMA Fort Worth | Holiday Luncheon 12 IREM Austin | Holiday Party 13 GFWAR | Luncheon 13 RECA | Awards Luncheon 14 IREM Fort Worth | Holiday Luncheon at Joe T. Garcia’s 14 IREM San Antonio | Holiday Party 14 BOMA Austin | Holiday Luncheon at Austin Country Club 14 AGC San Antonio | Holiday Open House 14 AIA San Antonio | Holiday Party 14 IREM San Antonio | Holiday Party at Argyle Club 14 USGBC North Texas | Holiday Party 16 SIOR North Texas | Holiday Party
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9 BOMA Fort Worth | Luncheon 11 AIA Dallas/TEXO | Economic Outlook 16 NAWIC Dallas | Luncheon
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February
1 CREW Network Winter Leadership Summit in Tucson 6 BOMA Fort Worth | Holiday Luncheon 7 CCIM Central Texas | CREW Austin | Joint Summit 7-9 SAME-IFMA Workshop in San Antonio 8 AIA San Antonio | BusinessTRAK 8 BOMA Dallas | Dart Tournament 13 BOMA Fort Worth | Holiday Luncheon 15 BOMA Austin | TOBY Luncheon at Austin Country Club 15-19 IAVM | Academy for Venue Safety & Security Conference in Minneapolis 20 NAWIC Dallas | Luncheon 22 RECA | Knock Out Night 20-22 IAVM | GuestX: Guest Experience & Crowd Management Conference in Minneapolis 21 AIA Dallas/TEXO | Industry Roundtable 21 BOMA San Antonio | TOBY Luncheon
March
1 BOMA Dallas | Bring Your Boss Happy Hour 6 BOMA Austin | AAFAME Luncheon at Austin Country Club 8 AIA Dallas | Celebrate Architecture 14 BOMA San Antonio | Luncheon 20 NAWIC Dallas | Luncheon 20-22 IFMA | Facility Fusion U.S. Conference and Expo 21 SCR | Breakfast at Ridglea Country Club 23 IIDA | TX OK Capter Annual meeting in Fort Worth 26 AGC San Antonio | Annual Golf Tournament 29 BOMA Austin | Annual Golf Tournament
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FORT WORTH
17 BOMA San Antonio | Manager of the Year Luncheon 18 BOMA Austin | Monthly Luncheon at Austin Country Club 20 BOMA Dallas | Awards Banquet and Ceremony 28-31 BOMA International | Winter Business Meeting in Washington, DC 31 – Feb 2 | IIDA Student Conference in Dallas
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ANSWER FROM PAGE 58: YOU’RE GOING TO CALL ME WHAT? 1 Eeyore is a character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. He is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of the title character, Winnie-the-Pooh. His name is an onomatopoeic representation of the braying sound made by a normal donkey (, usually represented as “hee haw”).Physically, he appears to be about chinhigh to Pooh and about hip-high to Christopher Robin. He has a long, detachable tail with a pink bow on the end, of which he is very fond, but which he is also prone to losing (Owl once mistakes it for a bell-pull). Christopher Robin is able to reattach the tail with a drawing pin. 2 Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959 a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs and a string tie with a great desire to be a stage actor. He is best known for his catchphrase, “Heavens to Murgatroyd!”, along with phrases such as “Exit, stage left!.” Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before. In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by Major Minor, a tiny-sized hunter. He appeared in his own series of shorts in 1961, becoming a regular segment on The Yogi Bear Show, featuring in a total of 32 episodes. He also appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series such as Yogi’s Gang in 1973, as a co-host for LaffA-Lympics in 1977 and 1978, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt in 1985 and as a teenager on Yo Yogi! in 1991. 3 Ace and Gary are The Ambiguously Gay Duo was an American animated comedy sketch that debuted on The Dana Carvey Show before moving to its permanent home on Saturday Night Live in the mid 90s. Voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, respectively, it followed the adventures of two superheroes whose sexual orientation is a matter of dispute. It was a parody of the stereotypical comic book superhero duo done in the style of Saturday morning cartoons like Super Friends. The characters are clad in matching pastel turquoise tights, dark blue domino masks, and bright 62
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yellow coordinated gauntlets, boots and shorts. The typical episode began with the duo’s archnemesis Bighead, a criminal mastermind with an abnormally large cranium, briefing his henchmen on a plot for some grandiose plan for world domination, interrupted by a debate as to whether or not Ace and Gary are gay. Once the crime is in process, the police commissioner calls on the superheroes to save the day, often engaging in similar debates with the chief of police. Ace and Gary set out to foil the evil plan, but not before calling attention to themselves with outrageous antics and innuendo, and behaving in ways perceived by other characters to be stereotypically homosexual
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4 Top Cat was an American animated television series made by the HannaBarbera studios that first ran from September 1961 to April 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. The central character, Top Cat (called T.C. by close friends, is the leader of a gang of Manhattan alley cats living in Hoagy’s Alley: FancyFancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain, and Choo Choo. Top Cat and his gang were inspired by the East Side Kids, characters from a series of popular 1940s movies. The gang constantly attempts to earn a quick buck, usually though illegal scams, and a frequent plot-thread revolved around the local beat cop, 6 Officer Charles “Charlie” Dibble, a NYPD Policeman ineffectively trying to evict them from the alley. The word dibble had previously meant only an implement for drilling holes in which to plant seeds, but now acquired a second meaning in the vernacular as slang for police officers.
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5 Alka-Seltzer TV ads introduced “Speedy” in 1951. Originally named Sparky, the name was changed to Speedy to align with the promotional theme, “Speedy Relief.” Speedy appeared in over 200 TV commercials between 1954 and 1964. His body was one Alka-Seltzer tablet, while he wore another as a hat. In his original spots, he sang “Relief is just a swallow away”; in his 1978 revival he proclaimed Alka-Seltzer’s virtues and sang the “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.” In the early 1960s a commercial showing two tablets dropping into a glass of water instead of the usual one caused sales to double. Alka-Seltzer TV ads from the 1960s and 1970s in the US were among the most popular of the 20th century.
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Contributing Editor Tony Barbieri’s Legal View examines co-employment - when two or more employers share an employee (or employees). It happens more than you think, with companies that outsource a lot of jobs, and staffing companies and “employee leasing” scenarios. Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne looks at two Chinese projects inspired by natural forms. The first is MAD’s Chaoyang Park Plaza (see page 56), which takes its inspiration from natural forms from traditional oil paintings. The second is Liuzhou Forest City, which incorporates a million trees and intends to “eat pollution.” We profile F.A. Bartholdi - the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. In her own inimitable way, Contributing Editor Rose-Mary Rumbley looks at unlikely best of buddies - Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston. Of course, we will have our affiliates’ news and events, UnReal Estate, the Wow Factor, Diversions, You’re Going to Call Me What, In the Loop, our quarterly Contest and MUCH more – including some special surprises.
Never make a woman mad. They can remember things that haven’t even happened yet!
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here are oodles of halls of fame that celebrate things that most people didn’t know needed honoring – robots, barbers, pinball, toys and stickball just to name a few. And sports – lots of them for sports. Logic will tell you where many of them are. A little time on Google will get you the rest. Match the city with the location of the hall. Then, send your entry (by email to editor@crestnetwork.com or fax to 817.924.7116) on or before December 15th and you could win one of the prizes shown on page 56 or another valuable prize. At least one winner from Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio will be chosen. (Answers will appear in our March 2018 issue.)
december contest Sports Halls of Fame
____ Arlington, TX
____ Oklahoma City, OK
____ Cooperstown, NY
____ Colorado Springs, CO
____ Atlanta, GA
____ Stillwater, OK
____ Charlotte, NC
____ Canton, OH
____ Indianapolis, IN
____ Fort Lauderdale, FL
____ Knoxville, TN
____ St. Augustine, FL
____ Holyoke, MA
____ Toronto, ON
____ Frisco, TX
____ Springfield, MA
____ Saratoga Springs, NY
____ Newport, RI
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6 International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame
11 Volleyball Hall of Fame
16 National Soccer Hall of Fame
2 Pro Football Hall of Fame
7 Hockey Hall of Fame
12 World Golf Hall of Fame
17 National Track and Field Hall of Fame
3 National Wrestling Hall of Fame
8 International Boxing Hall of Fame
13 NASCAR Hall of Fame
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4 International Swimming Hall of Fame
9 International Tennis Hall of Fame
14 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
19 World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame
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Experience Epic.
The all-new VIZIO Reference Series takes you places you never thought possible. Designed for the cinephile with over 8 million pixels in every image, four times the resolution of 1080p Full HD, VIZIO’s Reference Series produces a captivating world of breathtaking detail. With perspective-changing 120 and 65-inch class models, the industry benchmark has been set and the difference is crystal-clear. Don’t just watch TV . . . experience it. Discover more at vizio.com/reference-series 4K Ultra HD
Dolby Vision HDR TM
384 Active LED Zones®
© 2016 VIZIO, Inc. All rights reserved. *Available only on the 65-inch Reference Series. Screen image simulated.
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Quantum Dot Technology*
Integrated 5.1 Surround Sound*