Welcome to our Home Page! Our aim is to provide information on a variety of topics relating to architectural practice and technology. Are you interested in how CAD drawings and renderings are made? Are you interested in how, as an architect, to get started using computers? Are you interested in how to get contracts from the government? Check out the menu options on the left, come on in, and poke around to your heart's content. You will also find information here on architects who have sites on the World Wide Web; you can reach the home pages of the east coast's finest: The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts; also, AIA Philadelphia, (the Philadelphia Chapter, American Institue of Architects), and you can also reach the home page of the National Office of the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC. Also, you can reach LibertyNet, Philadelphia's own home page, for information about current and planned future events and other important information about this beautifully scaled and culturally rich city. Just click on the item of your choice and get ready to be transported via this amazing medium into the world of electronic information technology! Please feel free to drop us a line at the e-mail address given above for information or discussion on any topic of interest to you.
	WHAT'S NEW ... Have you, as an owner, developer, architect, or contractor, been wondering if you can use the Internet to facilitate project management? The answer, without a doubt, is, "Yes," according to Information Technology specialist Jerry A. Laiserin, AIA. In this exclusive interview, here is what he has to say . . .
	Selected Previous Features . . . The Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out The results are in! . . This year's winner of Professor Geoffrey Moore Langdon's annual 3D CAD Shootout, featuring twelve of the top current Architectural CAD drawing programs, has been announced! In an extremely close race this year, The MiniCAD Team has come out on top and captures the Shoot-out's Architectural CADD Cup honors . . . Prof. Moore's preliminary report on the results
	In Pursuit of Federal A-E Contracts Are you interested in pursuing federal A-E contracts, but either don't know how to go about it, or know the basics, but haven't had much luck getting past the pre-selection committee? Manos Architects shares your interest and, while we haven't yet landed that big fish, we have learned a lot about what federal contracting people look for in responses, how to read between the lines of the Commerce Business Daily announcements, and how to structure the SF 254 and SF 255 for maximum impact. Let us share our experiences with you, and please feel free to share your experiences with us!