NEWSLETTERS


Two Announce

Competitions


The Florida South Chapter of
 the AIA, the Barbara Gillman
 Gallery and the School of Archi-
 tecture at the University of Mi-
 ami will sponsor a competition
 for the design of the "ideal" (sub)
 tropical house.
 The purpose of the competi-
 tion is to promote the generation
 and development of the widest
 gamma of architectural solutions
 to the problem of the individual
 detached house for our sub-tropi-
 cal climate and specifically for
 our South Florida context.
 The competition is open to all
 registered architects in Florida
 who submit their entry fee of $25
 and request for registration to
 the Florida South Chapter/AIA
 by September 6, 1985. For more
 information on the competition,
 contact FSC/AIA, 1150 S.W.
 22nd Street, #18, Miami, Flor-
 ida 33129. Atten: The Ideal Tro-
 pical House.
 Winning entries will be award-
 ed $1,000 for first place, $500 for
 second and $250 for third.
 The 1985 Wood Design Award
 Program is being sponsored by
 the American Wood Council.
 Deadline for submissions is Octo-
 ber 15, 1985, and information
 and entry materials may be
 obtained by writing to the Amer-
 ican Wood Council, 1619 Massa-
 chusetts Avenue, N.W., Wash-
 ington, D.C. 20036.

 Fantasy of Florida:

 Dreams Expressed

 Through

 Architecture


Fantasy of Florida: Dreams
 E.''press.te in Architecture is
a five-part series produced by
WEDU Channel 3 and Atlantic
Productions. It chronicles the
development of the myths, leg-
ends, and images of Florida.
From Ponce de Leon's quest for


the Fountain of Youth to mod-
ern claims of the state as the
Garden of Eden, a parade of ad-
venturers, eccentrics and entre-
preneurs erected exotic monu-
ments to themselves and their
dreams. These programs explore
the monuments, their meaning
and their value to Floridians to-
day. Check your local listings to
see when Fantasy of Florida:
Dreams Expressed in Architec-
ture airs in your community.
 Executive Producer Linda
Bassett was interested in stir-
ring a sense of pride among Flor-
idians about their state. "We
really do have this idea that our
history is probably as old as the
latest condominium on the block,
or as exciting as the newest con-
venience store on the strip," she
says. "Yet St. Augustine, the old-
est city in America as well as
Cape Canaveral, the launching
pad of our future in space are
both in our state. We should be
proud of our legacy. My hope is
that planners, developers and
people who live here will begin


to realize that Florida is a
place the American tro
and I wish that people
continue to build in waJ
speak to those special q
of Florida.
 The series blends archi
contemporary film, photog
and music to create the
sphere of Florida's heri
dream builders. Building
explored within the con
their creators and the ti
which they were built.
vide a deeper understand
the architecture and its
chance, interviews with
cal, architectural and pre
tion experts are tied in wi
ments from designers, b
and owners offantasy stru
 Fantasy of Florida wa
possible by grants from
Endowment for the Hum
Florida Public Broadi
Service, Inc., Graham F
tion, Saunders Founda
Tampa, Wedding and
ates, Architects, Inc. a
Koger Foundation.


special
pics -
would


Member News


ys that our University of Miami archi-
lalities tecture students have won
 major design awards in national
val and competitions. Daisy Sanchez and
raphy, Raimundo Fernandez won a first
atmo- place award for their design of
stage of an art museum from the Archi-
Igs are tecture Student Chapter of the
text of AIA San Francisco Civic Center
mes in Student Design Competition. In
To pro- addition to splitting the $4,000
ding of prize money, the two also re-
signifi- ceived $1,000 to fly to San Fran-
histori- cisco for the AIA Annual Meet-
eserva- ing. Two third year students,
th com- Suria Yaffar and Juan Caruncho
builders won a second place award and an
ctures. honorable mention respectively,
Ls made in two other competitions. m
Florida FA/AIA President-elect James
anities, J. Jennewein and James A. Schem-
casting mer, president of The Schemmer
ounda- Associates, Inc., have announced
tion of the formation of a new corpora-
Associ- tion, Jennewein Schemmer & As-
Lnd the sociates, Inc. The new architec-
 ture, engineering and planning
 firm will be located in Tampa. m
 Atlas & Associates has been
 awarded a contract to design a
 private sector jail for Immigra-
 tion and Naturalization Services
 in Buffalo, New York. In addi-
 tion, firm principal Dr. Randy
 Atlas has been chosen to be a
 speaker for two sessions at the
 American Correctional Associa-
 Stion Conference held in New
 York in August. a
 -- The Annual Service Award for
 outstanding dedication, integrity
 ii and service to the Florida South
 SChapter Designers of the ASID
 was given to Design West and its
 principals, Jamie and Michelle
 Hiss and Ned Hickson. Chris
 SMiles, Director of Leisure Rec-
 reation Planning and Design Di-
 vision and a Vice President of
 HHCP/Architects in Maitland,
 has been awarded the contract to
 Design the new home for Shake-
 speare's in Orlando. The new
 S medieval manor dinner theatre
 S should be ready in December
 1985. Oliver & Glidden Archi-
 tects Inc. has designed a land-
 scape-oriented business complex
 Continued on page 16

FLORIDA ARCHITECT September/October 1985