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

The Arizona architecture community gathered at the Heard Museum on Saturday, November 16, 2024, to celebrate the impressive winners of the 2024 AIA Arizona Design Awards! Jones Studio was celebrated as Firm of the Year, Damon Leverett, AIA, was honored with the Arizona Architects Medal, and Brian Farling, AIA, was recognized with the Chairman’s Award....

A number of people and projects from the Arizona architecture community were celebrated at the 2024 AIA Arizona Design Awards on November 16 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.  The awards were presented by 2024 Awards Chair Phil Weddle, FAIA, of Weddle Gilmore Architects in Scottsdale and Jury Chair Dana Tang, AIA, a partner at Gluckman Tang Architects in New York. View all award winners here. And...

AIA Phoenix Metro was pleased to partner with the City of Phoenix in 2024 to host and produce a competition for schematic design of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The open competition attracted entrants from multiple states, and was supported by a national AIA College of Fellows Component Grant. For the competition, ADUs were designed to be no larger than 1,000...

2024 AIA Arizona Advocacy Highlights  In 2024, AIA Arizona was very active in advocating for the statewide architecture profession at the state legislature. Our advocacy efforts had a positive impact resulting in the passage of the bill for the continuation of the Arizona Board of Technical Registration (BTR) for 6 years. AIA Arizona leadership was pleased that Governor Katie Hobbs...

Recognizing the large and growing number of architects and related professionals engaged in healthcare design in the Phoenix area, the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) was initiated in AIA Phoenix Metro in May 2024. Still a new initiative, more members are welcome as we further build AAH in 2025. Serving the needs of this community specializing in healthcare...

As AIA Arizona Government Affairs Co-Chair, I was pleased to attend the AIA State and Local Government Network (SLGN) Strategic Advocacy Workshop in Minneapolis in November 2024. This was a gathering of advocacy leaders from AIA national, AIA state components, and local AIA chapters to discuss legislative efforts in 2024 with a look ahead to 2025 policy work. The topic...