Learn from the latest news and information from AIA Arizona, AIA Phoenix Metro, and AIA Southern Arizona.

Courtney Fisher, AIA, Director of Architecture at Ideation Design Group in Phoenix, recently completed Next to Lead, a national AIA professional leadership program that removes barriers to AIA volunteer leadership positions for racially and ethnically underrepresented women in architecture. As a part of the 2025–2026 Next to Lead cohort, Fisher engaged in a ten-month program aimed at enhancing association leadership...

Discover the inspiring work and stories of our AIA Arizona members who have been featured in recent episodes of America ByDESIGN. Each episode highlights the creativity, innovation, and impact these architects bring to the built environment, offering a closer look at their design philosophies and the projects that define their practice. The featured projects all happen to have been recent AIA Arizona Design...

AIA Arizona strives to serve as the collective voice that uplifts architects, upholds the importance of practice, and promotes the value of architecture, through design inspiration, societal connections, and relationship building. So much of that is on display in our Design Awards program and at one of our largest events, the AIA Arizona Design Awards Gala. As part of ongoing...

In this special webinar held on June 16, attendees learned from the architects behind three recent winners of the SRP Sustainable Design Award presented by AIA Arizona. Each speaker described how they applied the principles of the AIA Framework for Design Excellence, highlighting its ten measures—including design for integration, equitable communities, ecosystems, water, energy, wellness, resources, change, discovery, and beauty—to...

Join AIA Arizona and AIA Phoenix Metro in congratulating member Max Underwood, FAIA, on his elevation to fellowship and retirement as President’s Professor at ASU. Max Underwood, FAIA, was formally honored as a new Fellow of AIA on Thursday, June 11, at the Investiture Ceremony at AIA26 in San Diego. The celebration honored an exceptional class of leaders—the newest AIA...

AIA Arizona is pleased to launch its architecture firm directory, with more than 100 firms statewide! Click through, and see that each firm has its own directory web page. Where to find the directory on aia-arizona.org How has the directory information been collected? All photos, photo credits, logos, descriptive text, and contact information have been uploaded directly by each firm....