Join us for the third session of our Code Series: Top Code Issues: Plan Review to Construction.

This in-person session at the National Nordic Museum is designed to help architects proactively identify and resolve code-related risks early in the design process, improving project outcomes and reducing costly revisions. This course explores the top code issues encounter during the design, permitting, construction, and inspection process.

AIA Seattle’s Building a Mission-Driven Business is an intensive workshop program focused on skill building for the business of architecture, no matter the firm size.

Designed for new and emerging leaders, or current leaders looking to grow their skillset, the workshop fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration and timely conversations about the profession, the business of architecture, and the future of practice. Join us for the in-person workshop September 15 and a follow up session October 20.

Architecture is Labor Forum A Conversation with Rania Qawasma | August 11

AHC Seattle Summer Happy Hour | August 13

YAF + WiD Happy Hour Series: Connections | August 14

YAF’s Licensing Workshop | August 20

AHC PDX Summer Happy Hour | August 21

Look to our events calendar for committee meetings and other upcoming events.

The 15th annual Seattle Design Festival will be August 16 – 21, and kicks off at the Block Party August 16-17, a free, 2-day, outdoor street festival featuring hands-on, large-scale design installations, pop-up experiences and presentations connecting the public to the power of design in Lake Union Park; for all ages and abilities. Discover how design shapes our world and immerse yourself in experiences that reveal the power FEEDBACK can have on design—how it transforms ideas, spaces, and communities.  Full schedule and info: seadesignfest.org

Welcome to our newest Board Members! Thank you to all members who voted on this amazing incoming slate of accomplished design leaders to fill seats on our Board of Directors who will begin September 1. These new directors will join the rest of our board and provide the strategic leadership required to advance our mission. Thank you to those members rolling off the board for their service: Michele Hill AIA, Heather Pogue AIA, Carrie Anderson AIA, Becca Book, Mark Chubb, Mark Smedley AIA, Rushyan Yen AIA, and Yinan Liu.

This Month in Advocacy: Across AIA Seattle’s ten-county region, new policies are shifting the landscape for housing, parking, and neighborhood growth.

Check out our FAQ + Facts Doc: Information to Address Misconceptions About the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan and read our last Letter to City Council.

Behind the Vision is our new 2025 communication series to provide our community with information about activities that steward our mission, vision, and values forward. This edition: Seattle Design Festival + AIA Seattle: A shared vision for a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, and thriving communities in our latest Behind the Vision post. The Festival advances SDF and AIA Seattle’s shared vision of a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, and thriving communities.

AIA Northwest Washington (NWW) serves our members in North Puget Sound, supporting and promoting the design profession through educational programs and other activities. Check here for their latest updates.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with the TV series America ByDesign: Architecture to feature projects awarded through AIA Seattle’s Honor Awards program!

The series—currently featured on-air on CBS and streaming on aia.org and YouTube—is an exciting opportunity to further celebrate our design community and showcase our Honor Award-winning projects from Washington State!

AIA Seattle remains steadfast in its commitment to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in the architecture community. We aim to nurture universal inclusion and fairness for the diverse communities our work impacts. This imperative continues to guide and challenge us as we evolve our practices. Now more than ever, AIA Seattle reaffirms our dedication to putting our JE:DI commitments into practice to promote a robust pipeline that reflects the diversity of our community and inform the policies, systems, and people that shape our built environment.

AIA Seattle offers on-demand learning opportunities to expand the impact and accessibility of our programs. We encourage our members to take advantage of quality on-demand learning through our partnership with aecKnowledge, AIAU, and other chapters’ programming such as this year’s Housing Forum, Housing: A Stage For Life. Learn more about this and other on-demand opportunities here. And check out all of the major in-person, virtual continuing education programs and events we have on the schedule this year.