Diversity Roundtable
Beginning three decades ago, the AIA Diversity Roundtable (DRT) is a group that elevates, inspires and empowers individuals of underrepresented backgrounds in the profession of architecture through leadership, community service, and activism.
The Diversity Roundtable embraces and celebrates diversity in all its facets. We strive to provide opportunities for a wider range of individuals to become registered architects, take advantage of leadership roles, and influence our practices and professional lives. We work diligently to highlight individuals and businesses whose work in architecture reflects and promotes inclusivity. Our committee hosts engaging monthly firm and individual profile presentations, a bi-monthly happy hour series (Social Hour), an annual Solstice Celebration, and volunteers with our long-time collaborator, Sawhorse Revolution.
The Diversity Roundtable serves AIA Seattle’s Member vision. Follow us on Instagram to stay connected!
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
The Diversity Roundtable (DRT) meets, either in-person or via Zoom, the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm. To receive upcoming meeting and event details, subscribe to our email list (see below) and check the event listings on this page. AIA Seattle members, allied members and sponsors are encouraged to join as well as other professionals in the design community.
2024 MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING PRESENTATION SERIES: BUILDING COMMUNITIES
- 12/03/24 – Faduma Fido, People’s Economy Lab; Jeff Reibman, AIA; Rachael Meyer, PLA; Maggie Carson, Weber Thompson; Orenda at Othello Square
- 11/01/24 – Kim Yao, FAIA, ARO; Jenny Hong, AIA, formerly ARO, now at Olson Kundig; and Jessica Westermeyer, PE, SE, KPFF; UW Tacoma Milgard Hall Tour
- 10/01/24 – Maisha Barnett of Studio Jupiter
- 08/06/24 – Casey Huang, AIA, of Mithun; Liberty Bank Building
- 06/04/24 – Dani Turk of the Housing Development Consortium (HDC); Caitlin Truong, former HDIP intern and graduate
- 05/07/24 – Forrest Murphy of CAST Architecture; Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Hatchery & Beach Shelter
- 03/05/24 – Sonia-Lynn Abenojar and Sergio Max Legon-Talamoni, La Union Studio
- 02/06/24 – Rio Namiki, AIA, formerly at Weinstein A+U; Chief Seattle Club ʔálʔal Building
- 01/09/24 – Garrett Nelli, AIA, formerly at NAC Architecture; Wing Luke Elementary School
** Upcoming event
2024-2025 SOCIAL HOUR SERIES
- 01/22/25 – Weber Thompson **
- 11/20/24 – Baylis Architects (Canceled)
- 09/25/24 – MG2
- 07/24/24 – The Miller Hull Partnership
- 05/22/24 – Environmental Works
- 04/04/24 – HDR
** Upcoming event
NOTABLE PAST EVENTS / COLLABORATIONS
- 2024 – Equity Through Transitions: Managing Layoffs with Gender and Race in Mind, co-hosted by DRT + WID + NOMA NW
- 2024 – UW Tacoma Milgard Hall Tour, co-organized by Mass Timber + Diversity Roundtable + Committee on Architecture for Education
- 2023 – Sense of Place
- 2022 – Creative Convergence, co-hosted by DRT + SAF
- 2019 – Conversations Towards an Equitable Practice, co-hosted by DRT + WID
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AIA Seattle DRT + Sawhorse Revolution Collaboration
ExpandAIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable (DRT) committee attracts, retains, and empowers individuals of underrepresented backgrounds in the profession of architecture through scholarship, community service, and activism. Sawhorse Revolution is a non-profit that teams professional carpenters and architects with high-school-aged youth to…
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AIA Seattle DRT + Sawhorse Revolution Collaboration
AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable (DRT) committee attracts, retains, and empowers individuals of underrepresented backgrounds in the profession of architecture through scholarship, community service, and activism. Sawhorse Revolution is a non-profit that teams professional carpenters and architects with high-school-aged youth to…
