When Seattle Shakes explores how to align the goals of historic preservation and resilient design by understanding the most effective ways of protecting a city’s historic building stock against earthquakes.

Join us for related events:
When Seattle Shakes Curator Talks | March 11

Unreinforced Masonry: Connecting | Preparing | Preserving | April 28

SIAF’s Outsider Architects – Immigrants in the Context of JEDI Initiatives | March 4

A&R’s Conversation Towards Resilience – Assessment | March 5

and COTE’s Seattle Public Schools & Decarbonization | March 11

This month in advocacy: federal advocacy on green infrastructure; an update on the state legislative session; Seattle passes its energy code update; Seattle Public Schools votes on a fossil fuel free future; and more! You can find the full February Advocacy Update here.

Plus, check out some of the ways we advocated for architects in 2020 here.

AIA Seattle’s 2020 ADU Tour has been moved to an online format – the ADU Showcase. This Showcase highlights ADUs designed by AIA Seattle member architects. Each ADU is uniquely designed based on local regulations, site conditions, family needs, and client preferences

We are accepting applications for attached or detached ADUs to showcase on our website. You can find more info here and access the submittal form to submit your project. Stay tuned for the online showcase!

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.

NWW 2018 International Residential Code Update | January 21, 2021

Congrats to the 2020 NWW Design Award Winners! More info about the jury, event, and winning projects here.

AIA Seattle provides the architecture community with the resources to make a difference through design.

New digital resources are available for ARE  and compensation.

You can also check out our resources for Advocacy, COVID–19, and  Racial Justice.

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.

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 new strategic plan.