SIAF+DRT+NOMA NW’s Social Hour | September 27

YAF + WiD’s Integration Happy Hour | October 12

SPARC’s Introduction to Pretty Good House | October 19

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

AHC’s Fall 2023 Event – Designing for All: Accessibility in Health and Wellness will explore how design solutions and the design process can improve accessibility and inclusion for as many users as possible within the healthcare setting. In addition to a dynamic single-day conference, attendees will have the unique opportunity to experience these principles in action through an exclusive tour of the renowned Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, hosted by NBBJ. Join us in Portland October 20 – learn more here!

Housing Now! Design / Access / Delivery (2023 Housing Design Forum) Filmed in-person at the 2023 Housing Design Forum, this 4-part program addresses the pressing need for housing at all levels and, through the topics of land use, financing and delivery, highlights practical solutions, innovative models, and inspiring case studies. 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 the NWW Design Awards | October 26

This Month in Advocacy: SBCC Advances Energy Code Amendments; Exciting Opportunities with AIA Washington Council; and the delayed release of Seattle’s Comprehensive Draft Plan and Environmental Impact Statement.

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.