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HCD AIA25 Event Recap

By Alison Karfeld posted 06-20-2025
Building Connections: A Recap of the Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community’s Events at AIA ‘25 By Kristen Chin, AIA The American Institute of Architects' 2025 Conference on Architecture & Design provided an opportunity for the ...
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Innovative Strategies for Measuring the Success of Housing

By Bruce Bland posted 07-07-2022
David Baker Architects and Christina Bollo, University of Illinois, with support from the Housing and Community Development knowledge community have created the following open-source templates for your own adaptation and use. If you conduct your own ...
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AIA Housing & Community Development KC Virtual Forum 2021

By Bruce Bland posted 01-14-2022
AIA Housing & Community Development KC Virtual Forum 2021 The AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community (HCD) is a network of architects and allied stakeholders that promotes equity in housing, excellence in residential design, ...
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Letter from the HCD KC

By Etty Padmodipoetro, AIA posted 01-21-2020
Letter from the HCD KC Happy new year! The HC DKC had a busy year in 2019! We were thrilled to celebrate and collaborate with housing and community development leaders nationally through our programs and educational opportunities throughout the year. ...
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Webinars

By Johanna Roche posted 08-22-2019
Webinar Recordings 2025 Webinar Recordings ADU Revolution: Smarter, Smaller, More Connected AIA HCD x COTE - Affordable Housing AIACOTE Top Ten Awards Learning with the World: Insights from the UN Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF) in ...
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AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Awards

By Tiffany Wan posted 08-12-2019
Submission Deadline: September 25, 2019 Description The ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award is granted jointly by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to recognize the ...
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New Urban Agenda Local Chapter Grant

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 08-13-2018
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) was adopted at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, on October 20, 2016, and endorsed by the UN General Assembly on December 23, 2016. The NUA provides ...
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AIA Housing Awards Presentation Grant

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 07-20-2018
The AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community invites AIA Housing Award and AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award winners to submit proposals for grant assistance to present their award-winning projects for publication, public group presentation or ...
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Letter from the Chair

By Emily Roush-Elliott, AIA posted 06-07-2018
2018 HAS ALREADY BEEN ROBUST for the AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community (formerly the Housing Knowledge Community). In the context of challenges spanning from local to global, HCD KC members are writing articles, leading efforts ...
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Easy Ways to Turn your Home into a Smart Home on a Budget.

By Paul Hinman posted 05-21-2018
It is no longer news that we're living within the 'clever' and smart age today. From Smart telephones, clever computer systems, clever motors, and now even smart homes. The wonderful thing about these 'smart' objects isn’t that it just makes us look ...
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Housing Awards

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 12-31-2017
AIA Housing Awards It’s a life necessity, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and many people’s first and most personal encounter with architecture: the house. By recognizing the best in home design, AIA Housing Awards show the world how beauty, safety, ...
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Affordable Housing Network

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 12-31-2017
Affordable Housing Network The AIA Housing Knowledge Community encompasses custom residential, market-rate housing, green building practices, multifamily housing, special-needs housing, and other areas. Designing affordable multiunit housing is an important ...
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Local Components

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 12-31-2017
Components The following is a list of components that have specific Housing related initiatives or subcommittees. If your component is not listed please contact the webmaster to be added. AIA Birmingham Disaster Recovery Response Boston ...
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Green Housing Network

By Dawn Marie Terminella posted 12-31-2017
The AIA Housing Knowledge Community encompasses custom residential, market-rate housing, green building practices, multifamily housing, special-needs housing, and other areas. The Green Housing Network addresses several specialties under the umbrella ...
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From UN Habitat III: Reimagining a More Equitable World

By Jamie Blosser, AIA posted 10-20-2016
Tuesday was a rush of adrenaline here at the UN Habitat III convening in Quito, Ecuador, and throughout the day I felt an overwhelming sense of exhilaration by being amongst such esteemed and earnest peers from all over the world who are focusing on ...
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An Open House For Equity in an Inclusive Community

By A. Lira Luis posted 07-06-2016
In an article from the New York Times by Anna Holmes, the meaning of diversity highlighted a disconnection. It takes more than a simple box-ticking to tackle this issue. Important questions need to be asked that could help any industry: “(The African-American ...
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Housing Knowledge Community China trip - #6

By Katherine Williams, AIA posted 06-10-2014
Update #4 from the field in China [Paul Okamoto squeezes in one last sketch from the roof terrace on the morning of our departure from Xizhou] We bid farewell to the Linden Centre on Saturday as we made our way towards the very much non-fictional ...
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Housing Knowledge Community China trip - #5

By Katherine Williams, AIA posted 05-28-2014
Update 3 below: ------------- Friday was a big day for our 21 person delegation as we trekked to Dali University for introductions, presentations, and discussion with the staff and students of its architecture department. The architecture department ...
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Housing Knowledge Community China trip - #4

By Katherine Williams, AIA posted 05-28-2014
Update no. 2 from the road below ------------------ By horse cart, by boat, by bumpy bus ride: Thursday offered up a wealth of transportation options to our many destinations, starting with a tour of Xizhou Village and ending with lakeside dining ...
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Housing Knowledge Community China trip - #3

By Katherine Williams, AIA posted 05-27-2014
Greetings from Yunnan! Our delegation of 21 have already experienced so much during our first three days here, including an extremely early morning flight from Beijing to Lijiang, discussing program activities and goals during a five hour layover in ...
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