Part 1. Divergent Mindsets This is the first in a series of articles, intended to help us better explain architecture to non-architects, with the goal of increasing their appreciation of ...

Like volunteer leaders in AIA components across the country, I entered the office of AIACC President with passion, enthusiasm, and lofty goals for improving the AIA and our profession. We ...

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), is a collaborative delivery method that requires architects, contractors, owners and all stakeholders in the enterprise, to take on new roles and competencies. This necessitates a ...

Part 3: Coming to Terms: Order and Experience The two previous installments in this series, “Divergent Mindsets” and “Reason and Effect,” looked at how architects are acculturated, in school and ...

To assist our members with meeting the requirements of the California Green Building Codes (CALGreen), the AIACC has partnered in the development of the checklists for both the residential and ...

The AIACC responds to recent issues regarding the Division of the State Architect (DSA) and the growing number of public schools that are being occupied without the documentation the DSA ...

Rod Henmi, FAIA, Director of Design at HKIT Architecture in San Francisco, was recently elevated to the National AIA College of Fellows. He will be inducted at the investiture ceremony ...

The AIACC believes that as a consequence of external budgetary pressures and as a result of its limited role as overseer in the development of K-12 schools, the Division of ...

Tully Shelley, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal at Perkins + Will in San Francisco, was recently elevated to the National AIA College of Fellows. He will be inducted at the investiture ...

The Mel Ferris Scholarship Program is named in honor of the late Mel Ferris, Hon. AIA, and former Executive Vice President of the AIA California Council. Funded by donations, the ...