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July 2022

Mass Timber + SPARC: Mass Timber in Residential Design – A case study and panel discussion

July 21, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Mass Timber and Small Practice & Residential committees for a case study and panel discussion on this trendy construction material, featuring presentations from architects, engineers, and vendor partners. Read more

CANCELLED: Ask An Architect – July 2022

July 23, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

**CANCELLED** Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for your family’s changing needs? Join two AIA architects to discuss your building project, no matter the stage. Read more

August 2022

Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting

August 4, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more

CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

August 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

**CANCELLED** Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

September 2022

Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting

September 1, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more

2022 Small Firm Series: Session 2

September 7, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join us ONLINE on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 for Session 2: Effective Strategies for Advancing Emerging Leaders and Transitioning Ownership of AIA Seattle’s 2022 Small Firm Series (4 AIA LU).  How do firms succeed in transitioning ownership and leadership? When should firm leaders begin thinking about ownership transition, and what options are available to firm founders approaching retirement? How can successors truly leverage the knowledge and connections of the founder? Planning for leadership transition brings up many questions and few answers;…

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

September 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

October 2022

Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting

October 6, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more

Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for your family’s changing needs? Join two AIA architects to discuss your building project, no matter the stage.

CANCELLED – Ask An Architect – October 2022

October 15, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for your family’s changing needs? Join two AIA architects to discuss your building project, no matter the stage. Read more

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

October 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

November 2022

Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting

November 3, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

November 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

December 2022

Sole Practitioners Roundtable (SPRouT) Meeting

December 1, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day First of the month, repeating until December 31, 2022

Solo Practitioners Roundtable (SPRout) is an opportunity for solo practitioners to share ideas, challenges, and resources. This group meets at noon on the first Thursday of the month. All are encouraged to join us, you do not need to be a member to attend. Read more

2022 Small Firm Series: Session 3

December 7, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join us ONLINE on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 for Session 3: Operations & Design: New Approaches to Old Ways of Working of AIA Seattle’s 2022 Small Firm Series (4 AIA LU). Business planning and professional development mean little without proper implementation. How will you structure your team for the greatest results? What bottlenecks are slowing down your design execution? How can adopting new ways of working transform your firm? This session will explore alternative ways of thinking about your day-to-day operations using…

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

December 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

January 2023

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

January 19, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2023

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

February 2023

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

February 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2023

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

March 2023

CANCELLED: Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

March 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

In this presentation, UW Professor Jeffrey Karl Ochsner FAIA will talk about the history of regionalism in Seattle architecture and will frame a discussion of what regionalist ideas have come to mean today.

SPARC’s Contemporary Residential Design Series – The Past and Future of Regional Design on Puget Sound

March 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

In this presentation, UW Professor Jeffrey Karl Ochsner FAIA will talk about the history of regionalism in Seattle architecture and will frame a discussion of what regionalist ideas have come to mean today. Read more

April 2023

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

April 20, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2023

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

May 2023

Join the Small Practice and Residential Committee (SPARC) for a tour of projects in the Methow Valley, WA

SPARC: Methow Valley Architecture Tour

May 13, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

The Methow Valley Architecture Tour will celebrate the unique aspects of design and construction in this area of Washington, particularly regarding the climate, culture and natural beauty of the area. Learning objectives will emphasize climate resilience, human health and comfort and biophilic design. Read more

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

May 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2023

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

June 2023

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

June 22, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

July 2023

CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

July 20, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

August 2023

Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

August 17, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2023

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

September 2023

Code Reload | Beyond Single Family

September 19, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - September 20, 2023 @ 2:00 pm

Session 3 of the Code Reload series explore case studies for small scale residential development and commercial projects, looking at code implications when moving beyond single family residential. Read more

CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

September 21, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

SPARC Design Forum: Board Discussion on What Makes a Good Design

September 21, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

We will have a board discussion on what makes good design, four award winning architects with their own small firms will share their own design philosophy and also use their work sample to show how they apply it in their work. Hope this event as first of our design series to promote good design with small architecture firms Read more

October 2023

CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

October 19, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

Small Practice & Residential Committee (SPARC) Event

SPARC: Introduction to Pretty Good House

October 19, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Pretty Good House is a recently published book intended as a guide to creating better homes. Also dubbed “the sensible building standard” this formula encourages responsible building practices customized to the individual projects & homeowners. This virtual session will provide an introduction to the Pretty Good House philosophy and ways single family residential projects can incorporate these principles affordably, efficiently and beautifully. Read more

November 2023

This session will provide training to architects working on projects in Seattle that are too small to warrant a dedicated civil engineer on the project team.

SPARC: Seattle Stormwater Code Compliance for Small Projects

November 8, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

A stormwater code training session for architects working on projects in Seattle that are too small to warrant a dedicated civil engineer. Read more

CANCELED: Committee Meeting: Small Practice & Residential Committee

November 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

January 2024

GUEST SPEAKER- Darren Chang

Committee Meeting: Small Practice and Residential Committee

January 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, featuring speaker Darren Chang who will present a comparative study of preservation ideologies in the West and East, with a Case Study on Hutong Preservation in Beijing . Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

February 2024

SPARC: Affordable, Passive House, Multifamily Project Tour

$5.00
February 2 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Dan Whitmore will be holding tours of the Passive House Apartment Building; a 12-unit, 3-story, single-stair, multi-family project in southeast Seattle. The project is pursuing PHIUS and Energy Star certification, and using that as the path for energy code compliance. It will also use several advanced mechanical systems, including CO2-based heat pumps.  Additionally, it is going beyond Seattle’s mandated number of affordable units as its investors are accepting reduced profits in order to provide more quality, stable, neighborhood housing. WHEN:…

Committee Meeting: Small Practice and Residential Committee

February 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2024

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

March 2024

Committee Meeting: Small Practice and Residential Committee

March 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2024

Join AIA Seattle’s Small Practice & Residential Committee for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Thursday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, including members and non-members. Read more

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