The Honor Awards for Washington Architecture is AIA Seattle’s annual marquee program, drawing hundreds of attendees to an event of unique rigor and breadth. This nationally-recognized program provides an important opportunity for the design community to share and celebrate its achievements, both among practitioners and with the community-at-large. Award winners were revealed for the first […]
2020 Northwest Washington Design Awards Friday, July 31, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on 2020 Northwest Washington Design AwardsAIA Northwest Washington’s Steering Committee invites you to share your most dynamic, new work! Join us as we celebrate the best architectural designs available from the AIA members in Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and San Juan Counties for the Northwest Washington Design Awards. These projects represent the finest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance, and overall […]
AIA Seattle Racial Justice Commitments Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on AIA Seattle Racial Justice CommitmentsAs 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 […]
YAF + UDF Release Design Competition Monday, July 27, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on YAF + UDF Release Design CompetitionThe Young Architects Forum and Urban Design Forum recently released a design competition that is live now! This competition seeks ideas and proposals for incrementally reshaping our region’s automobile-centric areas towards walking and transit. The competition is open to anyone from anywhere and we hope to showcase the work in a publication and open a […]
It’s About Time We House Everyone Monday, July 20, 2020 in Design In Public, For the Public Comments Off on It’s About Time We House EveryoneSeattle needs more homes, of all shapes and sizes, for more of our neighbors. AIA Seattle is working to shape policies that rethink the city’s majority single-family zoned areas, which have often restricted access for communities of color, renters, low-income residents, and others these zones were created in the 1950s. We must provide more housing […]
Missing Middle Housing Reading List Monday, July 20, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on Missing Middle Housing Reading ListThe Housing Imperative Nine Totally Necessary Evolutionary Changes for Seattle’s Residential Neighborhoods The Urbanist 4.16.20 Cities turn to ‘missing middle’ housing to keep older millennials from leaving Washington Post 12.9.17 Bring Back Missing Middle Housing AARP 2019 History of Seattle Zoning: This Is How You Slow-Walk into a Housing Shortage Sightline 5.23.2018 Single Detached House […]
2020-21 Board of Directors Monday, July 13, 2020 in For the Profession, Home Page Comments Off on 2020-21 Board of DirectorsAIA Seattle’s Board Nominating Committee is pleased to present this slate of accomplished members to fill open seats on our Board of Directors beginning September 1, 2020. Voting opened July 13 and closed on August 3, 2020. All AIA and Associate AIA members are eligible to vote. You can vote yes or no for each nominee, […]
Advocacy Update – June 2020 Thursday, June 18, 2020 in Advocacy, Public Policy Board Comments Off on Advocacy Update – June 2020BLACK LIVES MATTER AIA Seattle joins powerful community voices raised to condemn the murder of George Floyd and the broader system of racism, violence, injustice, and inequity that it represents. In the coming weeks, you will hear more about our broader actions to incorporate anti-racism into our design work, our intercultural understanding, our community leadership, […]
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Diversity By Design Friday, June 5, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Diversity By DesignVisit the Diversity by Design website to see projects that have already been submitted. By continuing to promote and share the impact and experiences as underrepresented designers, Diversity Roundtable hopes to encourage not only youth but currently practicing professionals to see people who look like themselves in order to dismantle existing misconceptions about architecture. […]
AIA Seattle Statement on Racial Injustice Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in Uncategorized Comments Off on AIA Seattle Statement on Racial InjusticeDear AIA Seattle Members and Community At-Large, AIA Seattle joins powerful community voices raised to condemn the murder of George Floyd and the broader system of racism, violence, injustice and inequity that it represents. We see the sustained anguish of Black people in our profession and in our broader community. Black lives matter. We know there is hard work […]
