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August 2022
2022 Honor Awards | Submissions Open
Expand conversations into action and design. On behalf of the Honor Awards Committee, we look forward to convening with a continued sense of urgency to undertake the intersectional wide-ranging issues we are facing, including a commitment to building more equitable and just futures. Amid complex, context-driven problems, we need interventions that challenge generic practices and deconstruct unjust and environmentally-harmful systems. We believe architects play important roles in embracing processes of critical reflexivity to foster communities of care. You play a…
Committee Meeting: Committee on Architecture for Education
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Architecture for Education for their monthly meeting, taking place each first Wednesday at 4:30pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting
Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more
YAF: Belltown Adaptive Reuse Tour
Join AIA Seattle’s Young Architects Forum for an in-person tour of a new adaptive reuse project in Belltown, featuring retail and office uses. Read more
Committee Meeting: Asian American Designers Union
Join AIA Seattle’s Asian American Designers Union for their monthly meeting, taking place every first Friday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
Committee Meeting: Committee on Homelessness
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Homelessness for its monthly check-in every second Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
DATE CHANGE + IN-PERSON – Committee Meeting: Mass Timber
**DATE CHANGE + IN-PERSON IN AUGUST** Join AIA Seattle’s Mass Timber committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every second Tuesday at 4pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more
YAF + WID: Happy Hour Series August 2022
Join AIA Seattle’s Women in Design and Young Architects Forum committees for return of their in-person, monthly happy hour series! Read more
Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting occurring every third Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
CANCELLED – YAF: Coffee Talk – August 2022
**CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Young Architects Forum for the return of its Coffee Talks in 2022. This open-forum program offers young professionals the opportunity to share struggles and successes in firm culture, ARE prep, and more. Read more
Committee Meeting: Seattle International Architecture Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Seattle International Architecture Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Wednesday at 5:15pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. Read more
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee
**CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more
Committee Meeting: Code
Join AIA Seattle’s Code Committee for their monthly meeting, taking place the third Friday of every month at 11am. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members alike. Read more
Seattle Design Festival 2022
The 2022 Seattle Design Festival will be all about CONNECTION. When thinking about design, there is something very tangible and physical in how things ‘connect’ – but there is also something very emotional that ‘CONNECTION’ taps into as well. This year’s Festival, August 20-26, will kick off with the SDF Block Party at Lake Union Park and feature in-person and virtual experiences throughout the week. More information can be found on the Seattle Design Festival website.
CAE: Design Excellence in K-12 through Progressive Design Build – Panel Discussion and Tour
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Architecture for Education for a panel discussion and tour of the new Cougar Mountain Middle School in the Issaquah School District. Read more
Committee Meeting: Young Architects Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Young Architects Forum for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Tuesday at 5pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including AIA members and non-members. 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
**CANCELLED** Committee Meeting: Women in Design
**CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Women in Design committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every fourth Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more
Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort- Session 2
This four-part, peer-based learning program was designed by a team of architects and allied professionals to specifically provide architecture and allied firms the tools and community to meet the explicit goals and metrics laid out in NOMA NW’s Call-to-Action. It is the second edition of the Culture Change in Practice program. The second session of Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 9:00am-12:00pm PT. Want to learn more? Visit Culture Change in Practice: A…
September 2022
Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting
Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more
YAF: Madison & Boylston Construction Tour
Join AIA Seattle’s Young Architects Forum for an in-person tour of the city’s first affordable highrise in over 50 years. **Hardhats and closed-toed shoes REQUIRED onsite. At this time, elevators are only connected to some floors, and uneven surfaces are common.** Read more
Committee Meeting: Asian American Designers Union
Join AIA Seattle’s Asian American Designers Union for their monthly meeting, taking place every first Friday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
Committee Meeting: Adaptation & Resilience Committee
Join AIA Seattle’s Adaptation & Resilience Committee for their monthly meeting, taking place on the first Tuesday of every month at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members. Read more
Committee Meeting: Diversity Roundtable
Join AIA Seattle’s Diversity Roundtable for its monthly meeting, every first Tuesday at 5pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
2022 Small Firm Series: Session 2
Join us ONLINE on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 for Session 2: Effective Strategies for Advancing Emerging Leaders and Transitioning Ownership of AIA Seattle’s 2022 Small Firm Series (4 AIA LU). How do firms succeed in transitioning ownership and leadership? When should firm leaders begin thinking about ownership transition, and what options are available to firm founders approaching retirement? How can successors truly leverage the knowledge and connections of the founder? Planning for leadership transition brings up many questions and few answers;…
Committee Meeting: Committee on Architecture for Education
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Architecture for Education for their monthly meeting, taking place each first Wednesday at 4:30pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
2022 Honor Awards | Submissions Support Q&A Session
Want support shaping your successful submission? Need help completing the updated Common App for Design Excellence (for applicable BUILT submissions)? Join members of the Honor Awards Committee and the Integrated Design Lab online Thursday, September 8, 12:00-1:00pm PT and all your questions will be answered. Get inspired by checking out the What Makes a Good Submission? video resource pulled together by the Honor Awards Committee to demonstrate how last year’s award winners crafted their project story. Download the 2022 Call for…
YAF + WID: Happy Hour Series September 2022
Join AIA Seattle’s Women in Design and Young Architects Forum committees for return of their in-person, monthly happy hour series! Read more
Committee Meeting: Committee on Homelessness
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Homelessness for its monthly check-in every second Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
AHC Happy Hour
Contact Architecture for Health Committee with further questions, or to get involved!
2022 Honor Awards | Early Bird Submission Deadline
Expand conversations into action and design. On behalf of the Honor Awards Committee, we look forward to convening with a continued sense of urgency to undertake the intersectional wide-ranging issues we are facing, including a commitment to building more equitable and just futures. Amid complex, context-driven problems, we need interventions that challenge generic practices and deconstruct unjust and environmentally-harmful systems. We believe architects play important roles in embracing processes of critical reflexivity to foster communities of care. You play a…
Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee
Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more
Committee Meeting: Code
Join AIA Seattle’s Code Committee for their monthly meeting, taking place the third Friday of every month at 11am. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members alike. Read more
Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting occurring every third Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
CANCELLED: YAF – Coffee Talk – September 2022
**THIS PROGRAM IS CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Young Architects Forum for the return of its Coffee Talks in 2022. This open-forum program offers young professionals the opportunity to share struggles and successes in firm culture, ARE prep, and more. Read more
Road to Code | Significant Changes to the ICC/ANSI A117.1 – 2017
This is the third session in the 2022 Road to Code series presented by AIA Seattle’s Code Committee. Approximately every 6 years, ICC publishes updates for the ICC A117.1 Accessibility Standard. The latest 2017 version contains significant changes to the basic building blocks used in accessible spaces. This presentation will explore the key changes in great detail and how these changes will impact design in public, common use, and multifamily residential spaces. Join us online September 21 and September 22, 2022…
