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AIA Arizona offers ARE 5.0 Exam Prep courses throughout the year for emerging professionals working toward licensure. Courses, which vary from 5 to 8 weekly evening sessions, are facilitated by Arizona-based licensed architecture professionals in a group setting via Zoom. The next course will focus on the Construction & Evaluation exam, with five Thursday evening sessions starting May 7, 2026....

A powerful day for architecture at the Arizona State Capitol. On Tuesday, March 17, in collaboration with NOMA Arizona, AIA Arizona members came together for Architects Advocacy Day—connecting with legislators and advocating for our profession. When architects engage in advocacy, we help shape the policies that impact our practice and reinforce the value of design in shaping the built environment....

On Friday, April 24, Associate members of AIA Arizona will be gathering at Taliesin West for an afternoon of programming and conversation that will explore radical optimism within the architecture & design profession. This is the annual event that is planned and produced by and for Associate members—emerging professionals who are on the path to licensure. Attendees will learn from...

On Thursday, February 12, a team of members and staff from AIA Arizona visited the offices of the U.S. Representatives and Senators from our state for the AIA’s annual Hill Day. This included the presidents and presidents-elect of AIA Arizona, AIA Phoenix Metro, and AIA Southern Arizona, who took part in the AIA Leadership Summit that included Hill Day. Overall,...

Congratulations to Max Underwood, FAIA, who has been elevated to the AIA College of Fellows for 2026! Underwood is one of 78 architects this year to become a Fellow (67 FAIA and 11 Honorary FAIA), AIA’s highest membership honor, for exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. A President’s Professor in the Design School within the Herberger Institute for...

Southern Arizona Design Award winners were celebrated at the 2025 AIA Southern Arizona Annual Meeting in December 2025, at the Tucson Museum of Art in Tucson. Michael Becherer, AIA, of Tucson was the AIA Southern Arizona Design Awards Chair. Jurors were Michael Jacobs, FAIA; Eric Zabilka, AIA; and Tom Hickey, AIA. DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECTURE HONOR AWARD University of Arizona Grand Challenges...