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July 2023
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
SIAF+DRT+NOMA NW | SOCIAL HOUR at NAC Architecture
Seattle International Architecture Forum, Diversity Roundtable, and NOMA | nw joined efforts to organize long time waited in-person Happy Hour Series. Our next event will be hosted by one of the well-known architectural companies in Seattle – NAC Architecture. Read more
Committee Meeting: Women in Design
The Women in Design Committee meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 12pm. Every other month, we will have a discussion topic. AIA Seattle members, allied members and sponsors are encouraged to join as well as other professionals in the design community. Read more
August 2023
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
Northlake Commons Construction Tour – YAF + Mass Timber Committee
Join YAF and the Mass Timber Committee for a tour of Northlake Commons, Seattle’s largest mass timber lab-ready office building. The design team will guide a tour through the active construction site to discuss the design process, outcomes and highlight key considerations for building with mass timber. Read more
Committee Meeting: Diversity Roundtable
Join AIA Seattle’s Diversity Roundtable for its monthly meeting, every first Tuesday at 5:30pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
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
2023 Honor Awards | Submissions Open
On behalf of the Honor Awards Committee, we look forward to convening and fostering dialogue to include diverse perspectives, undertake intersectional issues, and promote a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, and thriving communities. You play a vital role in showcasing the design leadership and transformative projects in our region, and we encourage you to share your work by submitting to AIA Seattle’s 2023 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture. Here are a few of this year’s highlights: We continue…
COTE: Sustainability Slam
Annual AIA COTE Sustainability Slam: An evening of PechaKucha presentations ranging from moments of inspiration to fully realized projects, and everything in between. Read more
Committee Meeting: Asian American Designers Union
Join AIA Seattle’s Asian American Designers Union for their monthly meeting, taking place every first Monday 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
Committee Meeting: Mass Timber
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 – INTEGRATION
The AIA Seattle Happy Hour Series is a monthly gathering presented by the Young Architects Forum and Women in Design committees to encourage connections within the Seattle design community. This year’s series will explore the integration of cultures, technology, and unique project teams to design the buildings of the future. Read more
26th Annual SAF Model Exhibit
Each year, SAF’s Model Exhibit celebrates the creativity of local and international designers and firms by connecting audiences to the process of architectural design. Through physical and digital models, architectural renderings, and other displays, the exhibit unveils how architecture and design shape our everyday lives. This year’s exhibit invites us to reflect on architecture as a catalyst for interaction, connections, and community, and as the carving of space where diverse communities converge and thrive. This year’s exhibit is curated by…
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
The Bush New Upper School – Mass Timber Tour
Get a first hand look at an innovative and sustainable mass timber project. Read more
Culture Change in Practice Mixer
Culture Change in Practice is a four-part, peer-based learning program designed by a team of architects and allied professionals to specifically provide architecture and allied firms of all sizes the tools and community to meet the explicit goals and metrics laid out in NOMA NW’s Call-to-Action. Over the past two years, we’ve brought together two dedicated cohorts of firm leaders to support firms’ ability to live up to their equity goals and equip leaders to catalyze change in building a…
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
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 on the third Friday of every month at 11am. AIA Seattle members, allied members, and sponsors are encouraged to join, as well as professionals in the design community. Read more
Seattle Design Festival 2023
We’ve updated the Seattle Design Festival website with 60+ installations, pop-up experiences, virtual discussions, and mixers happening during the Seattle Design Festival, August 19–24. All our partners are exploring this year’s theme of CURSIOISTY and are inviting you to consider the role you play in designing the world around us. This Year’s Festival will include: 6 days of programming, at venues across the city and online! Block Party We will be kicking off the Festival with our Block Party at Lake Union…
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
CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Women in Design
The Women in Design Committee meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 12pm. Every other month, we will have a discussion topic. AIA Seattle members, allied members and sponsors are encouraged to join as well as other professionals in the design community. Click for more information about Women in Design and to sign up for their email updates. Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 875 6467…
September 2023
CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Asian American Designers Union
Join AIA Seattle’s Asian American Designers Union for their monthly meeting, taking place every first Monday 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
CANCELED: 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
Committee Meeting: Diversity Roundtable
Join AIA Seattle’s Diversity Roundtable for its monthly meeting, every first Tuesday at 5:30pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
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
AIA NWW Tour of Seattle’s Transformative Architecture
Join us as we road trip by charter coach from Bellingham to Seattle to tour the UW Foster School of Business Founders Hall and the Madrone Passive House Apartments in Seattle’s Central District. Read more
2023 Honor Awards | Common App Office Hours w/ the UW Integrated Design Lab
Join the UW Integrated Design Lab and members of the Honor Awards Committee online for Common App Office Hours on Thursday, September 7, 12:00-2:00pm PT. Download the 2023 Call for Submissions + Guidelines and the 2023 Common App for Design Excellence, and visit the 2023 Honor Awards page for more info about submitting. COMMON APP OFFICE HOURS w/ THE UW INTEGRATED DESIGN LAB Thursday, September 7 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM PT | Online Additionally, the Integrated Design Lab is available by…
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
Committee Meeting: Mass Timber
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
2023 Honor Awards | Early Bird Submission Deadline
On behalf of the Honor Awards Committee, we look forward to convening and fostering dialogue to include diverse perspectives, undertake intersectional issues, and promote a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, and thriving communities. You play a vital role in showcasing the design leadership and transformative projects in our region, and we encourage you to share your work by submitting to AIA Seattle’s 2023 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture. Here are a few of this year’s highlights: We continue…
YAF & WID Happy Hour Series – INTEGRATION
The AIA Seattle Happy Hour Series is a monthly gathering presented by the Young Architects Forum and Women in Design committees to encourage connections within the Seattle design community. This year’s series will explore the integration of cultures, technology, and unique project teams to design the buildings of the future. Read more