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June 2021
Equity Considerations in the 15-Minute City
In line with its comprehensive plan, Seattle has focused most of its job and housing growth into roughly 30 “Urban Villages” and “Urban Centers” over the past 25 years. While the Urban Village growth strategy has increased density and walkability in these areas and organized an increasingly connected transit network, it has also contributed to displacement in these areas of focused growth while contributing to skyrocketing housing costs and inadequately addressing the large swaths of Seattle that remain auto dependent.…
July 2021
UDF: Development That Serves People
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for a virtual panel discussion with TraeAnna Holiday of Africatown and Ceara O’Leary of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, exploring developments that prioritize communities over profit in two cities with similar problems and different pressures. Read more
November 2021
**NEW DATE** Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
**NEW DATE** Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly planning meeting, every fourth Wednesday. Open to architects and allied professionals. Read more
December 2021
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
**December meeting is CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly planning meeting, every fourth Wednesday. Open to architects and allied professionals. Read more
January 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
March 2022
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
**MARCH COMMITTEE MEETING CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
UDF: Community Impacts of Urban Greenspace
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for a panel conversation and audience discussion covering the impacts of greenspace on wellness & violent crime reduction in our urban areas. Read more
April 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
May 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
SIAF + UDF: Inter-Committee Happy Hour
Join AIA Seattle’s Seattle International Architects Forum and Urban Design Forum for a celebratory happy hour, welcoming folks back to in-person activities in anticipation of summer. Read more
June 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
July 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
August 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
September 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
October 2022
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
November 2022
Urban Design Forum – Fall Happy Hour
Come chat with other urbanists, catch up on urban affairs in the Seattle area, and find out about upcoming events and how to get involved with AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum. We are hosting an in-person happy hour to convene a space for people working in or interested in urban design in our city. The happy hour will be informal and we welcome all conversations and discussion topics, including the upcoming Comprehensive Plan, food truck regulation, festival streets, and anything else you’re interested in. We are also interested to hear the themes and topics you’d like to be a part of UDF’s programming next year. Read more
***Cancelled*** Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
December 2022
***Canceled*** Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
January 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
February 2023
UDF + COHO | Learn About I-135 and Social Housing
COHO, UDF, House Our Neighbors and Tech4Housing are partnering on a Happy Hour to welcome members to learn about Initiative 135. AIA Seattle has officially endorsed the initiative.
During the happy hour we will have a small presentation from HouseOurNeighbors! on the initiative as well as a short discussion on what the initiative means to COHO and UDF respectively. Read more
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
March 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
April 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
May 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
June 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
July 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
August 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
September 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
October 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
December 2023
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
January 2024
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
February 2024
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
March 2024
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
April 2024
Our Future Seattle: Comprehensive Plan Charrette
Join the AIA Seattle Urban Design Forum and the Comprehensive Plan Workgroup to learn about the recently released draft of the Seattle comprehensive plan, the “One Seattle Plan!” This plan is the city’s vision for how Seattle should develop for the next 20 years. Read more
Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Wednesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more