2026 AIA International Global Mentorship Program. Discover how cross-border mentorship brings architects together to exchange knowledge, explore new perspectives and inspire professional growth.
We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 AIA International Design Awards are now open for submissions!
Deadline: Friday 14 August, 2026, at 5pm (Eastern US time)
At AIA26 in San Diego, nearly 300 architects from around the world joined AIA International's signature workshop, The Edge Condition: Global Architecture in Practice, to explore how collaboration, local knowledge, and interdisciplinary thinking are shaping the future of global architectural practice.
We are excited to announce that the 2026 AIA South Korea Design Awards are now open for submissions!
Deadline: Friday 18 September 2026, at 10:.59 (Eastern US time)/ 23:59 (KST)
Dear Members of AIA International,
We are seeking nominations for the position of AIA International First Vice President, to serve on the board for a four (4) year term as follows:
As First Vice President - from January 2027 through December 2027
As President - from January 2028 through December 2029
As Immediate Past President - from January 2030 through December 2030.
Extended Deadline for nominations is Friday 12 June 2026 at 5:00pm (Eastern U.S. Time).
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
