Urban Design Forum

The Urban Design Forum serves members and the community by bringing forward critical issues facing Puget Sound neighborhoods and cities, in order to inform, engage, and support advocacy by AIA Seattle members and others who share a concern for the quality of the built environment.
The Urban Design Forum hosts monthly panel discussions, case studies and presentations. Previous topics have included such topics as bicycle and pedestrian master planning, transit-oriented development, neighborhood planning and more.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
The Urban Design Forum typically hosts events on the 4th Wednesday of the month, though sometimes speaker’s schedules require off-day events. Please check our calendar on the top-right of this page. To receive upcoming meeting and event details, subscribe to our email list on this page.
Facebook: Urban Design Forum [seattle]
Twitter: @UDFseattle
Instagram: udfseattle
The Urban Design Forum serves AIA Seattle’s Society vision.
RESOURCES
AIA Communities by Design
Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association
Urban Land Institute Northwest
DESIGN COMPETITION – REGION OF SHORT DISTANCES
In conjunction with YAF, the Urban Design Forum is hosting a design competition for 2020. This competition seeks ideas and proposals for incrementally reshaping our region’s automobile-centric areas towards walking and transit.
Check it out and sign up for updates.
Committee Chair(s):
Contact the Committee Chair(s):
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Files
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Updates from Urban Design Forum
YAF + UDF Release Design Competition
The 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…
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Welcome New 2018-19 Board of Directors
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YAF OCTOBER MONTHLY MEETING – ARE 5.0 Transition
Join us for our monthly meetings set the fourth Thursday of every month at 4:30pm at the AIA Seattle office. AIA Seattle members, allied members, and sponsors are encouraged to join, as well as professionals in the design community.…