On July 27th, Shalini Agrawal from Pathways to Equity will be leading a workshop at Anderson Brulé Architects from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. More information and sign up HERE
What ‘moonshot’ goal should AIA California pursue? As the United States landed the first human on the moon in 1969, so began our reference to ‘moonshots’, which has seen a recent surge in the corporate world. Identifying the ‘moonshot’ is a future-back approach to strategic planning that usually includes three elements: it inspires, it is …
Almost a year ago, AIA launched its school safety campaign to to ensure that all three levels of government address the nationwide issue of school violence with a design-centered approach. Now, we are excited to share that we have taken a big step towards completing one of the campaign’s signature policy goals—to make architectural and …
The deadline for the Emerging Professionals Design Competition has been extended to July 1. AIA California has partnered with Sprung Structures to host an Emerging Professionals Design Competition. Each year, this competition will challenge California’s emerging professionals to solve real-world scenarios that continue to effect California. The 2019 Emerging Professionals Design Competition will address earthquakes and …
PSr1 Design Build Competition SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED to July 1st 2019 3 Finalists will be selected to build and install their “seating & shade parklets” August 17th 2019 in Sonoma County. The competition is to design public interaction installations that will allow visitors to sit in the shade and engage with one another. The programmatic …
PUBLIC POLICY ALERT The Housing Preservation and Expansion Reform Act AIASF’s Public Policy + Advocacy Committee has reviewed the legislation proposed by Supervisor Peskin to address real problems with the definition of Demolition and the application of the Building and Planning Codes and opposes it. It goes well beyond this to attempt to redefine issues …
AIA’s 162nd Annual Meeting Delegates voted to champion major action in the fight against climate change and support greater financial flexibility for AIA. Architects from around the world gathered to set a direction for the future of AIA at the 2019 Annual Meeting, which took place at the AIA Conference on Architecture (A’19) in Las …
NEXT/GEN Conference June 27-28 AIA San Francisco Day 1: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Golden Gate Club@The Presido 135 Fisher Loop Day 2: Friday June 28,2019 AIA San Francisco 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600 Join us for the 2019 NEXT/GEN ARCHITECTURE conference and be part of the ongoing conversation about projects and …
AIASMC Scholarships 2019 The AIASMC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Academic Scholarship Awards Program. The awards program is intended to encourage and assist students graduating from high school as well as students already enrolled in college in their pursuit of a degree in architecture at a college or university level in …
Passive House California is sponsoring two events in the bay area on Ventilation in High Performance Commercial Buildings. The first is the Member Meeting/Presentation on the evening of June 4th at the office of EHDD Architects in SF. The second is an all day workshop (9:00 to 4:30) on June 5th across the bay at …