TelCom Center monument to Jackson's renaissance.[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Downtown Jackson's Mississippi Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. & Conference Center is a modern architecture marvel. Located on Farish Street, the TelCom Center, which opened in January 2007, recently received awards from the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA and the Society of American Registered Architects The Society of American Registered Architects SARA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. History The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) was founded on November 9, 1956 by Wilfred J. Gregson. for "superior achievement and professional design." The TelCom Center, the result of a collaboration between Jackson-based Dale and Associates Architects P.A. and Miami-based Arquitectonica, functions as a meeting facility for public use with boardrooms, a gallery, a lecture hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m , and state-of-the-art telecommunications equipment. Spearheading the renaissance of Jackson, the TelCom Center's price tag is $17.5 million, part of the $700 million-plus construction investments in Downtown Jackson. |
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