All AAJ members are invited to attend the first All-Member Meeting of 2026 on Thursday, January 15th, from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. This is your opportunity to hear from AAJ leadership about the AAJ Fall Conference and other planning for 2026. Joining this call is a great chance to engage in conversation and learn how you can become involved.
The AIA Interfaith Design Knowledge Community will be holding a member Town Hall on Thursday, January 29th, from 2-3pm (ET). This is an excellent opportunity for members to share what is important to them and what they would like to see addressed in 2026. This is also a great opportunity to meet committee leaders and learn about ways to get involved!
Living in a Material World: The Architects’ Role in Responsible Materials Selection
Weds. Nov. 12, 2-3pm ET | Join AIA Materials Pledge leadership for this webinar where speakers will focus on beginner steps for designers to take in thinking about holistic material health. An overview will be provided of this year’s second annual Materials Pledge By the Numbers (RY24) report, looking at reported materials data from 219 signatory firms.
John Prokop- well said on the "renderings" and the "process" We all know it takes a long time to get through SD, DD, CDs, bidding, etc. even if you can make all the rules go away! So many consultants, read more
John, Thank you for providing this Washington Post article. I used to get the Post for years until last fall when Bezos bent the knee to Trump. To date I've not heard anything from John McCrery on our read more
Good evening, Nikolaus, During the 2025 session (January - April-ish) AIA Iowa supported a bill put forth by AARP for ADUs. This bill passed and you can find it here: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF592&ga=91 read more
Related to the shop drawing timing topic, I think that most of the "guide" specifications include text in Division 01 requiring submittal of a submittal schedule. IF the GC does that, it can give the architect read more
The Washington Post published an article on this subject this morning. They have infothat the project architect has been attempting to get the president to scale back the ballroom addition. It also seems read more
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