Education Programs
AIA Seattle offers over 50 continuing education opportunities annually.
Learn more about Continuing Education requirements for licensed architects, as well as maintaining your transcript, and online education options.
This page details AIA Seattle’s major in-person, virtual, and series continuing education programs. Check out our 2025 major programs and events here. Additionally, AIA Seattle offers on-demand education programs and member committees present programs and host events on a variety of topics throughout the year. Explore additional learning opportunities on our calendar.
AIA Seattle is proud to continue to deliver critical education that aligns with our Mission, Vision, Values, & Imperatives and to provide multiple access points, extend discounts to our valued members, and offer reduced rate / scholarship opportunities. Our pricing is calculated by cost per credit hour determined by member status + flat fee hard costs associated with the production of programming and CPI increases each year. Visit our membership pages to learn more about the benefits of joining AIA Seattle.
2025 Major Education Programs
WAsafe Building Safety Evaluation | Early Spring, In-Person
This critical training program equips architects, engineers, officials, and inspectors to assess buildings and infrastructure post-disaster, training them as first-responders for a safe transition to reoccupying, clearing, or demolishing structures. This program is presented by the Adaptation and Resilience Committee.
Building Code Series | Quarterly, Online*
Developed by the Code Committee, this four-part series focuses on essential building code topics such as the latest developments in local code updates, existing building requirements, accessibility, and the intricacies of compliance issues. *Up to one session in person.
Climate Summit | Early Spring, In-Person
This annual full-day forum amplifies the role of the profession in climate and sustainability at varying scales to advance research, share technical skills, and inform policies crucial for a sustainable, decarbonized, and equitable built environment.
AHC Conference(s) | Spring and/or Fall, In-Person
The Architecture for Health Committee (AHC) connects and educates healthcare design professionals, focusing on innovations, codes, and adaptations in the region’s healthcare systems and their links with the built environment.
Housing Design Forum | Late Spring, In-Person
This annual full-day forum explores the latest design trends, case studies, policy changes, and practice innovations informing housing design and the development of plentiful, quality, diverse, and sustainable housing options in Seattle and beyond.
Business of Architecture Series | Summer/Fall, In-Person
This three-part education series, delivered as individual half-day workshops, is focused on skill building for an equitable and sustainable practice and business, no matter the firm size.
All programs subject to change. Stay tuned for more info 6-8 weeks in advance!
THE ARCHIVES
Our major continuing education programs in 2024 included:
- 2024 Climate Summit: Future Forward: Accelerating Change Together
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 8 LU HSW)!
- 2024 Housing Design Forum: Housing: A Stage for Life
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 8 LU HSW)!
- 2024 Code Series: Code Mode
- 2024 AHC Spring Conference & AHC Fall Conference
- 2024 Safety Assessment Program: WAsafe Building Safety Evaluator Training
Download our 2024 Program Calendar
Our major continuing education programs in 2023 included:
- 2023 Climate Summit: Decarbonization for Health Equity and Community Resilience
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 8 LU HSW)!
- 2023 Housing Design Forum: Housing Now! Design / Access / Delivery
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 8 LU HSW)!
- 2023 EDI Series: Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort
- 2023 Code Series: Code Reload
- 2023 AHC Spring Conference & AHC Fall Conference
- 2023 Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Training Program
Our major continuing education programs in 2022 included:
- 2022 Climate Summit: Practicing Equity and Advocacy in Rapid Decarbonization
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 7.5 LU HSW)!
- 2022 Housing Design Forum: Precedents & Possibilities Transforming Residential Practice
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 7.25 LU HSW)!
- 2022 EDI Series: Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort
- 2022 Small Firm Series
- 2022 Code Series: Road to Code
- 2022 AHC Spring Conference & AHC Fall Conference
- 2022 Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Training Program
Download our 2022 Program Calendar
Our major continuing education programs in 2021 included:
- 2021 Climate Summit: Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization
- Adapted sessions are now available on-demand through aecKnowledge (for up to 7 LU HSW):
- 2021 Housing Innovation in the 15-Minute City
- 2021 Code Series: Decoded
Our major continuing education programs in 2020 included:
- 2020 Medical Design Forum: Caring for People Caring for the Planet
- 2020 Project Management Series: Getting It Done: The Art of Project Management
- 2020 Climate Summit: Action Now: Accelerating Pathways to Decarbonization
- You can view and share all the recorded webinars below:
- 2020 Housing Design Week: Finding Balance Across the Spectrum of Residential Design
- 2020 Code Series: Cracking Code
- 2020 Community Engagement Forum: Establishing Meaningful Relationships with Communities You Serve
Download our 2020 Program Calendar
QUESTIONS?
Program questions? Contact Zoë Guckenheimer, Senior Programs Manager
Sponsorship questions? Contact Zee Mars, Development Manager