Dear Colleagues,
We made it - another year in our journey! When I look back at the last twelve months, there are many positive accomplishments. While I could list many more, I would like to highlight these four.
AIA Continental Europe Update - December 2021
The AIA Continental Europe Chapter held its own Virtual Conference: Building for Resilience over 3 days on November 18-20, 2021. This conference focused on three strands - space, education and technology - highlighted projects whose innovative practices in these areas exemplified resilience, and considered how architects can connect the dots between the three.
AIA Hong Kong Update - December 2021
AIA Japan Update - December 2021
The final virtual lecture of the year was by Suguru Watanabe and Keiko Onohara of Kengo Kuma and Associates, presenting their recent work “The Kadokawa Culture Museum”. The presentation included a complete walk-through of the process of making the gigantic stone-clad museum, from its conceptual stages to completion.
AIA Middle East Update - December 2021
AIA Middle East and International - 2021 Annual Conference
We are excited to say that the 2021 AIA ME and AIA Intl Conference in Dubai was a great success! With attendees from every corner of the globe, and our first in-person conference for quite a while, everyone was excited to see one another face-to-face and many long-lasting connections were made.
AIA Shanghai Update - December 2021
Dear Members and Friends of AIA Shanghai | Beijing:
I want to thank everyone who has supported our chapter in 2021, whether by being a member, volunteering on our committees, participating in our awards program, or joining us in events. It’s been a great year and I am proud to have been a part of supporting the international architecture community in China.
AIA UK Update - December 2021
President's Letter - September 2021
Dear Colleagues,
The annual AIA International Conference will be in-person in Dubai this year from November 11-14 and will coincide with the Dubai Expo as well as Cityscape. It promises to be a fabulous event! Early-bird discounts on tickets are available until October 1st. A portion of the conference will also be available live online for those unable to travel to Dubai – these tickets are heavily discounted and on sale now. Sign up today!
2021 Annual Conference - Dubai - Connecting Design, Creating the Future
Registration for the 2021 Dubai Conference is Open - Book Now!
AIA Middle East and AIA International invite you to join us for our 2021 Annual Conference, to be held in the UAE during the Dubai World Expo on November 11 - 14.
2021 AIA International Design Awards – Deadline Extended!
Extended Deadline: Monday October 4, 2021, 5:00pm EDT
We have extended the deadline, and encourage you all to finish your submissions for the 2021 AIA International Design Awards.
Strategic Council Monthly Briefing: August 2021
This regular briefing aims to better inform members of the work and activities of the AIA Strategic Council. Visit the AIA Strategic Council to learn more.
Throughout this summer all of the Areas of Study and Sprints have been making great strides in their investigations. In the following information you will see that much of the focus this last month has been on outreach beyond the Council and beyond the AIA.
Update from the International Union of Architects (UIA) - September 2021
The UIA’s COVID-delayed 2020 Rio World Congress—renamed “UIA 2021 Rio” and held over the course of the summer of 2021—managed to reach 88,000 participants in one form or another. Twenty keynote speakers, leading over 500 other speakers, delivered a robust presentation program with over 500 hours of content.
AIA Canada Update - September 2021
AIA Continental Europe Update - September 2021
AIA Japan Update - September 2021
AIA Middle East Update - September 2021
AIA UK Update - September 2021
This summer, our popular 2021 Virtual Building Tour series continued, featuring three buildings: One Fen Court by Eric Parry on 10 June, Carnaby Court by Rolfe Judd on 08 July, and Belle Vue by Morris + Company on 12 August.
AIA UK Vice President Anna Foden, Assoc. AIA, also hosted our second Virtual Design Awards Gala on 30 June, with honours presented for our 2021 AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards.
President's Letter - June 2021
AIA IR 2021 Spring Conference
The AIA International Region (AIA IR) is an incredible organization, as evidenced by the depth and breadth of the 2021 Spring Conference in highlighting sustainability & resilience in the built environment. What the conference’s title did not include, yet was implied by it being hosted by AIA IR, is the diverse thinking and problem solving shown in the program by virtue of the organization’s expanding global span.
