AGG - 2006 - May/June - From the Editor

Volume 20 • Issue 3 • May / June 2006

From the Editor

Calling All Innovators

It’s probably a good bet that one of the reasons you became an architect was because of the creative potential of the profession. Very few professions allow an individual to create something from the ground, so to speak, up.

We see innovative designs every day. And the great majority of these designs involve glass. That’s why we’ve decided to inaugurate an Innovations in Glass Award.

Our purpose in establishing this competition is to recognize the creative ways that you take glass where it has never gone before. Whether it is an innovation in a sweeping curtainwall, or an interior application that makes a truly outstanding interior design, and this applies to both commercial and residential projects, these are the projects which we are looking for. Some innovations may be on a grand scale, while others will be small but provide significant insight that will spark ideas in many others.

Entries will be judged on their innovativeness in terms of the use of architectural glass and metal.

The entry form for the Architects’ Guide to Glass & Metal Innovations in Glass Award is on page 36. It can be completed as shown, or you can e-mail your responses. If possible, please send any photography, drawings or renderings or an electronic file that shows the innovation. Although this is not necessary for a nomination, it will be necessary for the presentation of the winning entries, which will be done in the pages of this publication.
What innovative application do you have to nominate?

And speaking of innovations, our focus in this issue is on the Los Angeles area, site of this year’s AIA convention and show.

Enjoy your visit to Los Angeles. Learn as much as you can, get around as much as possible, and enjoy as much of the innovative use of glass in Tinseltown as you have time.

Charles Cumpston
Editor