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April 2021
AHC Spring 2021: Resiliency Through Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health
Join AIA Seattle’s Architecture for Health Committee for its annual Spring conference, this year focused on mental health and emotional wellbeing in healthcare design. Read more
Committee Meeting: Women in Design
Join AIA Seattle’s Women In Design committee for their monthly social and planning meeting. Read more
Decoded | 2018 IBC Update Redux
This is the second session in the 2021 Decoded series presented by AIA Seattle’s Code Committee. The 2018 International Building Code came into effect in Washington February 1st, 2021. This seminar reviews important changes in code requirements that affect projects in the state permitted after the effective date of code adoption. New requirements address important topics such as rooftop occupancy, energy systems such as photovoltaic arrays and battery energy storage systems, changes in use group definitions, new occupant load factor…
Unreinforced Masonry: Connecting | Preparing | Preserving
How does living in an earthquake zone impact you? Are you prepared for the next big one? Learn what local preservationists, architects, and engineers are doing to protect our city’s heritage and communities. Connect the past to the present, prepare for the future, preserve our heritage. Moderator: Mary Waelder | Architect at SHKS Architects and When Seattle Shakes Curator Panelists: Lisa Nitze | Co-Founder of ASAP!, V.P. Marketing, Investments, Community Partnerships at Nitze-Stagen Kate Weiland | Associate Principal at BuildingWork,…
May 2021
A&R: Conversations Toward Resilience – Analysis
Join AIA Seattle’s Adaptation & Resilience Committee for its second panel in the 2021 “Conversations Toward Resilience” series, focusing on Analysis. 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
Seattle Design Festival Call for Proposals Due
Emerging is a process of adaptation, of transforming the way we interact, collaborate, and create. How can community-driven design strategies carry us forward? How will we emerge better? This year’s festival will happen exclusively outside through our Block Party, a two-day street fair, August 21-22. Pending permitting, the 2021 Seattle Design Festival (SDF) will be hosted at Lake Union Park and will feature Built Installations and Pop-Up experiences from our community partners. New Festival Element: Pop-Up Programming This new festival…
COTE: University of Washington’s Pathway to Decarbonization: Planning, Policy and Practice
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its next “Pathway to Decarbonization” program, focusing on University of Washington’s efforts. Read more
Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization
AEC professionals are working on design and policy changes to rapidly eliminate carbon emissions from our built environment. What are the upstream and downstream impacts of these changes on jobs, housing affordability, health and communities? What additional considerations and voices should be brought into our decision-making processes? How can we push aggressively towards our climate goals while simultaneously supporting the call for justice and human rights that 2020 has reminded us to answer? Considering the transitions toward 1) the electrification…
Driving Equity Now | Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization
AIA Seattle presents Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization. Join us online, May 17-19, 2021 for AIA Seattle’s 2021 (Virtual) Climate Leadership Summit exploring the equity and social justice impacts of a transition to clean energy sources, materials, and processes. The Summit will conclude with keynote Carlton Eley’s presentation Driving Equity Now. Researchers and advocates; stewards of the built environment; and proponents for sustainability are coming to realize that finding creative ways to encourage equitable development does not…
Ask An Architect – May 2021
Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for your family’s changing needs? Join two AIA architects to discuss your building project, no matter the stage. Read more
Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort – Session 1
This four-part, peer-based learning program was designed by a team of architects and allied professionals over the past nine months 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. The first session of Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort is scheduled for Monday, May 24, 9:00am-12:00pm PT. Want to learn more? Visit Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort for additional program information, including…
Design in Public Benefit Breakfast
The Seattle Design Festival is a community-driven program made possible by small individual donations from our community. The Seattle Design Festival provides such a meaningful opportunity to leverage design. I am donating to help individuals and organizations to test ideas, challenge assumptions and raise awareness for our community. – Rob Deane AIA, NCARB Senior Associate at Encore Architects I donated because the Seattle Design Festival provides the unique opportunity to explore our most pressing challenges and current events creatively. This annual event welcomes…
West Coast Downtowns: Resilience, Recovery and Beyond
More than just a central business district, each downtown projects a civic identity that offers opportunities to build community, welcome residents and visitors, enhance the economy, and create wonder. Building back better requires a critical look at our past and a clear vision for the future. Can we transform our downtowns beyond the central business district into active, vibrant neighborhoods that center our cities? And what does revival mean in the context of all of our region’s residents? Join panelists…
June 2021
IN-PERSON – Committee Meeting: Seattle International Architecture Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Seattle International Architecture Forum for its monthly meeting, welcoming architects and allied professionals. Read more
Housing Innovation in the 15-Minute City
How can we help transition housing policy and urban design to be 1) more equitable for all residents by incorporating people-centered development that responds to community needs and desires; and 2) focused on holistic sustainability by designing compact, complete neighborhoods that deemphasize car use and enhance environmental sustainability, resident health, and economic vibrancy? From missing middle to infill housing, new housing designs and careful planning around existing communities can provide the density to support amenities such as restaurants, services, work…
15-Minute Cities for People | Housing Innovation in the 15-Minute City
AIA Seattle presents Housing Innovation in the 15-Minute City, the kick-off event of AIA Seattle’s new series, 15-Minute Seattle: Creating Livable Places for All. Join us online, June 7-8, 2021 to examine the concept of complete neighborhoods as an urban design framework, and explore how Seattle can support full-service neighborhoods by providing a mix of housing options for homeowners, renters, and people of different ages and walks of life. The program will open with Kristian Skovbakke Villadsen’s keynote presentation, 15-Minute Cities for…
NWW: WA State Residential Energy Code Compliance in 2021
Join AIA Seattle’s Northwest Washington Section for a deep dive on the Washington State Residential Energy Code, with WSU Senior Building Science Specialist, Michael Lubliner Read more
HAPPY HOUR WITH YOUNG ARCHITECTS FORUM + WOMEN IN DESIGN – JUNE 2021
Join AIA Seattle’s Women in Design and Young Architects Forum for the return of their popular happy hours! Read more
When It Takes You Two Hours And Three Buses To Get To The Grocery Store
It’s a privilege to be able to walk quickly or hop on a bike or a shared scooter. What may be an easy jaunt to an able-bodied, 20-something single dude can feel very different if you have a mobility disability, or if you’re blind, or if you have a kid or a grocery cart. It’s easy for privileged folks to support this vision of urbanism without addressing the profound disparities of race and wealth and disability that make a 15-minute…
15-Minute Seattle: Design for Dignity
Throughout the spring of 2019, Elizabeth traveled from Seattle to Dallas, Helsinki, Vienna, and Zurich to learn more about successful programs transitioning people from homelessness into permanent housing. Specifically, her work explores how design choices impact the housing retention rates of formerly homeless individuals and families and supports the restoration of their dignity. For the second half of the session, Elizabeth will lead the audience in small group discussions to explore how we might rewrite Seattle’s narrative on housing and…
DRT: Sustaining Momentum: Advancing West Coast JEDI Efforts in Architecture
AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable’s 2021 Solstice Event in collaboration with AIA Los Angeles J.E.D.I. and AIA Oregon CoEDI 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 over the past nine months 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. The second session of Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort is scheduled for Monday, June 21, 9:00am-12:00pm PT. Want to learn more? Visit Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort for additional program information, including…
People Centered Design in Smaller Cities: Rediscovering the Small-Town Roots of the 15-Minute City
Throughout most of American history, cities and towns were built incrementally, with a fine-grained diversity of adaptive places and built at the scale of people – much like the neighborhoods envisioned today in “15-minute cities.” But recent decades have been different, encouraging large, homogeneous developments built all at once to a finished static state, optimized for the scale of the personal motor vehicle. Looking back on this “suburban experiment,” we have witnessed its detrimental effects on our health, our social…
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Urban Design Forum
Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for its monthly planning meeting, every fourth Wednesday. Open to architects and allied professionals. Read more
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.…
WID + SPARC: Architecture Finance 101
This is the second session in the 2021 Business of Architecture series presented by AIA Seattle’s Women in Design Committee in collaboration with the Small Practice and Residential Committee (SPARC). Read more
City of Seattle Candidate Forums on the Built Environment
Seattle’s built environment – homes, buildings, streets and sidewalks, public spaces, parks, zoning, transportation options and more – provides the infrastructure for how we live our lives in the city. Our built environment impacts our health, our quality of life, and our ability to make homes, connections, and contributions to jobs and community organizations. These forums are presented by a coalition of Seattle’s built environment practitioners and are designed to give you an overview of the candidate’s positions on housing…
15-Minutes in Cascadia: A Conversation with Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver City Planners
Join us for an exploration of the 15-minute city in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. We’ll be joined by a planner from each city who is working to implement 15-minute city urban planning concepts such as affordability, community, mobility, equity, sustainability, responsiveness, and more. As Cascadia’s three largest cities work to center their growth around the people who live there, present and future, what are the challenges that each are facing and the opportunities they see ahead? Seattle will launch its…
July 2021
Committee Meeting: Asian American Designers Union
Join AIA Seattle’s Asian American Designers Union for their monthly meeting, taking place the first Friday of every month at 12pm. Read more
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Committee on Architecture for Education
**JULY MEETING IS CANCELLED** The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) meets the first Wednesday of the month, from 4:30-5:30pm. AIA Seattle members, allied members, and sponsors are encouraged to join, as well as professionals in the design community. Read more
Committee Meeting: Mass Timber
Join AIA Seattle’s Mass Timber committee for its monthly meeting every second Tuesday at 4pm. Open to AIA Seattle members and allied professionals. Read more
NEW DATE – Committee Meeting: Diversity Roundtable
The Diversity Roundtable meets the first Tuesday of every month at 5:00pm. AIA Seattle members, allied members and sponsors are encouraged to join as well as other professionals in the design community. Read more
CAE: Burke Museum – An Inside Look
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on Architecture for Education for its first in-person event back, featuring an inside look at the monumental new Burke Museum. Read more
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
Decoded | Practical Guide to the Residential Energy Code
This is the third session in the 2021 Decoded series presented by AIA Seattle’s Code Committee. The 2018 Washington State Energy Code went into effect in earlier this year, and includes several substantial changes for single-family and townhouse construction. Chief among these is an increase in the required number of additional efficiency credits, modified by fuel normalization credits. This webinar will examine those changes in detail, in addition to envelope performance requirements and mechanical system details. Join us online July…
