Join us in celebrating the architecture of our time. Never has design been so critical for bringing us together, sparking change, and serving our communities. The 2023 AIA Seattle Honor Awards is a platform for recognition of bold perspectives, creative solutions, and compelling stories.

If you have never submitted before or your project has not yet been recognized, this is your moment to redefine design. Submissions are due September 27. Visit the 2023 Honor Awards page for more info.

Thanks for all of your proposals for the 2023 Seattle Design Festival – exploring the theme of CURIOSITY!

We can’t wait to see these all come to life in-person at the Block Party or online for the Virtual Mainstage! Mark your calendar for this year’s festival August 19-24!  Check out this year’s lineup – now ‘live’ on the Seattle Design Festival website. And get the most up to date info by Signing up for our SDF emails.

Honor Award’s Common App Office Hours | September 7

YAF + WiD’s Integration Happy Hour | September 14

Look to our events calendar for committee meetings and other upcoming events.

Join us online on September 19 and September 20, 2023 (12-2pm each day) for Code Reload | Beyond Single Family. This is the 3rd session of our 2023 Code Reload Series and will cover 2021 IRC/SRC Building Code and Energy Code updates. We will also explore case studies for small scale residential development and commercial projects, looking at code implications when moving beyond single family residential.

Decarbonization for Health Equity & Community Resilience (2023 Climate Summit)
Recorded online from the 2023 (Virtual) Climate Summit, this 4-part program explores high-impact decarbonization strategies through a lens of health equity and community resilience. Earn up to 8 LU/HSW and SAVE OVER 25% when you purchase the 4-part series through aecKnowledge.

Check out this and more on our On-Demand Learning Opportunities page! 

AIA Northwest Washington (NWW) serves our members in North Puget Sound, supporting and promoting the design profession through educational programs and other activities. Check here for their latest updates.

Join NWW for their Tour of Seattle’s Transformative Architecture | September 7

This Month in Advocacy: Design Review Legislative Package passed, Revised Federal Research & Development Tax Credit Update, and Updates to Architects are Environmentally Responsible Policy.

Join our Comp Plan Work Group that meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 12-1 pm to discuss questions around accommodating growth over the next two decades, distribute opportunity, what our neighborhoods should look like, and changes needed to create a more sustainable and resilient city.

As AIA Seattle reflects on our pursuit of racial justice, we are committing to a process of transparency in what measurable actions we are taking. As a member-led organization, we are establishing this evolving list for the sake of mutual accountability — so you may see what we are doing, and tell us where we should be moving in the future.

We know there is hard work to be done to achieve Racial Justice. We’ve compiled an evolving list of Racial Justice Resources. we’ve found helpful in this work.

AIA Seattle believes our world needs the visionary and integrative thinking of architects and designers, and that design solutions can positively impact our communities. Guided by our values of excellence, advocacy, integrity, equity, stewardship, and collaboration, we prepare our profession to lead, and deploy design to make a difference, so that we are all able to do our best work in a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, thriving communities. Read about the planning process, member feedback and our mission, vision, values in our strategic plan.