Welcome to AIA Seattle

Spotlight:

June 11: Biomimicry Lecture:Innovation Inspired by Nature Register Now!
Learn about the emerging discipline of biomimicry and the viable sustainable solutions that arise when inquisitive humans ask nature for solutions to our design challenges. 5:30-7:00p @ Seattle Public Library $5 AIA members/$10 ASLA & IDSA members/ $15 non-members, 1.5LUs

June 12-13: Biomimicry Workshop  Register Now!
Hands-on activities to engage architects in biomimicry as a design methodology. The workshop will be led by the Biomimicry Guild, which consists of a networked team of design-savvy biologists who teach technical audiences an evolving methodology that incorporates nature’s design strategies into the design process. 
8:00a-5:00p; 8:00a-3:00p @ Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center $260 members/$390 non-members, 13 LUs

Events

May 13: Bellevue City Hall Tour Register Now!
SRG Partnership designed this award-winning project by transforming a non-descript office building into a state-of-the-art civic structure for the city of Bellevue. The design artfully interweaves these highly functional concerns with generous and elegant public spaces that welcome citizens to participate in their government.
10:00-11:30a @ Bellevue City Hall.  1.5LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members. 

May 13: Bellevue Towers Tour.  FULL 

May 15: Adaptive Reuse Lecture: Register Now!
Chicken Houses, Churches, and Change: Adaptive Re-use of Rural and Vernacular Buildings. Discover King County's innovative reuse of agricultural buildings.
4-6pm.  2LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members.   

May 20: Housing Design: Whose Vision Counts?/ Lost in Translation Design Salon Register Now!
The creation of urban housing tackles many conflicting interests, with the results often unremarkable at best. Should commerce trump community? Does the market recognize and reward good design? What is good design and whose vision counts? Speakers include:  Ed Weinstein, Weinstein A+U; Jay Janette, Mithun; Sharon Coleman, Vulcan.
4:00-6:00pm.  @ Taste/SAM private dining room, 2LUs, $5members, $20 non-members
 
May 21: IBC Code Class: Non-Residential Accessible Design Register Now! 
Due to high demand, AIA Seattle is offering a repeat of our May 7 class. Learn to confidently design code-compliant facilities.  Includes extensive code review. 
1:30p-4:30p @ REI,  3LUs/3HSW.  $60 members, $90 non-members.    

May 22: Adaptive Re-Use Lecture: Register Now!
Tour of the renovated Cadillac Hotel in Pioneer Square, and new home of th eKlondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.   
4-6pm @ Cadillac Hotel.  2LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members

May 29: Adaptive Re-Use Lecture: Register Now!
Adaptive re-use of East Kong Yick Building for the new Wing Luke Asian Museum. Olsen Sundberg Kundig Allen presents the Wing Luke Museum, which recently finished raising the $23.2 million it needed to renovate its new home, the 1910-era East Kong Yick Building in the International District.
4-6pm.  2LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members.

May 31: AIA Seattle Honors Dinner Register Now!
Celebrate the achievements of new College of Fellows inductees, and recipients of the AIA Seattle Medal of Honor, Young Architect Award, and more. Festive attire.
6-10pm @ Palace Ballroom, $175/person

June 6: Is There Money Out There to Do That?: A Project Finance Toolkit for Architects and Developers Register Now!
This forum explores how to improve the economic viability of worthwhile, but seemingly financially unfeasible projects, by the use of innovative financing tools.
8:30a-5:00p @ REI Seattle, $160 members/$80 assoc. members/$30 students/$240 non-members,  8 LU / 4 HSW

June 7: Saturday Seminar: How to Work With and Select an Architect Register Now!
Need an architect? AIA Seattle's Saturday Seminar can help answer this and other FAQs about what architects and clients can achieve together, and how to achieve the best value for an investment in the services available from professional architects.
9:30a-12:00p @ Rejuvenation (2910 1st Avenue S.), $15/person

News

April 9: AIA picks this region's top 10 greenest projects
Daily Journal of Commerce

March 10: Pb Elemental takes a novel approach to design, development
Daily Journal of Commerce

March 5: AIA picks 4 new Fellows
Daily Journal of Commerce; see also AIA's announcement