August 2007
Dear Friend of Public Architecture:
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the more than 75 firms that have responded to our first annual "1% Solution Participant Survey." The survey was sent to the first 150 firms that signed on to the program, and it has yielded a countless insightful results. This survey and much of the new momentum associated with the 1% Solution and its upcoming "Phase II" launch is related to our recent hire of Evelyn Lee, our first fulltime 1% Solution Program Manager.
It is with bitter-sweet emotions that we have begun the search for our next executive director, to succeed outgoing director John Cary, who will step down in January. John, as many of you know, will hold the prestigious Rome Prize in design at the American Academy in Rome from February-July 2008. It is impossible for me to imagine any scenario where John is not an important part of Public Architecture during that time and when he returns. However, John has insisted that we view and use this as an opportunity for Public Architecture. With your support, recommendations, and referrals, I hope we can together identify a new executive director to lead Public Architecture into the future.
John Peterson
Founder & Chair
Contents:
1. Executive Director Candidates & Recommendations Sought
2. 1% Solution Welcomes 7 New Firms
3. Park(ing) Day Call for Participants
4. Special Thanks
5. What You Can Do to Support Public Architecture
1. Executive Director Candidates & Recommendations Sought
 Public Architecture has initiated a search for its next executive director, and what we believe is one the most exciting positions in the architecture and design worlds today. With the position comes an array of unmatched opportunities, chief among them the opportunity to impact underserved communities at a scale never seen before through pro bono design. The position also presents the opportunity to interact with many of the nation's top foundations as well as hundreds architecture and firm design firms. One of the foremost responsibilities will be securing a new level of funding to support and sustain Public Architecture's "1% Solution" program as well as our advocacy and design projects.
Candidates--as well as recommendations and referrals to prospective candidates--are being sought at this time. The review of applications is ongoing, and will remain open until the position is filled.
Click here to view and download the complete position description. Please email recommendations and referrals to jcary@publicarchitecture.org.
2. 1% Solution Welcomes 7 New Firms
Since our July 9 newsletter, Public Architecture has welcomed 7 new firms to our 1% Solution program, six of which stem from those firms' pro bono work via the Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia. Their pledges bring to 166 the total number of firms that have pledged to date. Design Freedom (Clearwater, FL)
Francis Cauffman (Philadelphia, PA)
Friday Architects/Planners (Philadelphia, PA)
Hunter Landscape Design (Philadelphia, PA)
KieranTimberlake Associates (Philadelphia, PA)
KlingStubbins (Philadelphia, PA)
MGA Partners, Architects (Philadelphia, PA) Note: Please be advised that the 1% Solution program website is presently undergoing a major overhaul, and that the new project upload mechanism has been disabled in anticipation of this upgrade.
Visit www.theonepercent.org for more information or to pledge.
 3. Park(ing) Day Call for Participants
As announced in previous editions of our newsletter, Public Architecture and REBAR in association with the Trust for Public Land are seeking participants for "Park(ing) Day 2007." Park(ing) Day is an event designed to call attention to the need for urban parks, reclaim the streets for bikes and people, and create new forms of public open space. Companies, organizations, and individuals are welcome to participate. The first participant orientation is expected to take place in mid-August.
Visit www.parkingday.org for more information as well as to join the Park(ing) Day email list.
4. Special Thanks
A great many people have demonstrated their support for Public Architecture in unique ways over the past month alone. This is our humble attempt to thank a number of them. - Dozens of donors and friends attended an informal reception here at our offices the evening before our board meeting in mid-July, and we remain indebted for their important financial support. Our board meeting itself took place at the beautiful Headlands Institute; we benefit greatly from their involvement and support. Among many other meeting outcomes, we are pleased to announce that Aaron Hurst, our newest board member and Founder & President of the Taproot Foundation, has agreed to serve as treasurer of the organization.
- Berkeley graduate architecture student Nathan Brown has spent more evenings, nights, and weekends in our offices than he might have ever expected when he signed on to build a three-quarters scale model of our Day Labor Station. The result is a museum-quality model, which will no doubt aid in our growing number of Day Labor Station presentations to municipalities in the Bay Area and elsewhere.
- Finally, we want to thank Marika Shioiri-Clark, who has spent the summer working for Public Architecture through the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Community Service Fellowship program. Marika's responsibilities ranged from interviewing day labor site managers throughout the state to producing construction documents for the Day Labor Station to posting four of Public Architecture’s design projects on the Open Architecture Network, among many other things. We wish Marika the very best.
 5. What You Can Do to Support Public Architecture
Click here for 10 ways to contribute to our work.
Established in 2002, Public Architecture identifies and solves practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and acts as a catalyst for public discourse through education, advocacy, and the design of public spaces and amenities. Visit www.publicarchitecture.org for more information.
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