Beginning in 2023 the AIA began an exploration into adding students, and others, into their purview as a membership organization. Since being approved by the AIA Board of Directors in… Read more »
AIAS Position on Proposed AIA Student Membership
Posts Categorized: Advocacy
AIAS Statement on Affirmative Action in Higher Education
The AIAS believes that the recent decisions taken by the Supreme Court regarding affirmative action in higher education are not only harmful to the future of architecture and design, but… Read more »
AIAS Green Guide – Chapter One
Welcome to the new AIAS Green Guide! We hope this first chapter will spark your curiosity about how we, as an organization, can promote sustainability and resiliency through our annual… Read more »
Advocacy Month 2021 Recap
Advocacy Month 2021 has come and gone. A huge thanks goes to the AIAS Advocates, the Sustainability and Resiliency Task Force, the Social Justice Task Force, and the Learning &… Read more »
AIAS & COVID-19: One Year Later – We want to hear from you!
It’s almost been a year since “Are the Kids Alright? A Perspective of How Covid-19 is Affecting Architecture Students” was published. In order to better serve students during their time… Read more »
Change-making: The Origins of Environmentalism
The environmental movement is long lived and will be long lasting. The early accounts of environmentalism is with the beginnings of civilizations over 5,000 years ago. Humans looked to nature… Read more »
Change-making: Intersectionality in the Climate Movement
The climate movement is multifaceted, a complex polyhedra of sorts. With each factor coming together to form a greater problem. If one piece of the 3d object is removed, others… Read more »
CHANGE-MAKING: How to Tell Your Climate Story
I remember in elementary school when we were learning about the different types of writing and one of them being persuasive. Of course at that time we were writing prompts… Read more »
CHANGE-MAKING: President-Elect Joe Biden’s Climate Plan
After days of stressing out and constantly refreshing my Twitter feed to see any updates on the election, Joe Biden has successfully been named President-elect of the United States. But… Read more »
Carnegie Mellon University FBD Project Wins NOMA NAACP SEED Award
The SEED Awards have highlighted public interest design projects that address critical community issues at a social, economic, and environmental scale since 2011. This year, in collaboration with NOMA and… Read more »
Sustainability Best Practices Guide
As a student organization looking to the future, the AIAS emphasizes the need for sustainability and resiliency to be at the forefront of design moving forward. Charged with the need… Read more »
What is the Tea on Architecture?
As an AIAS 2020-2021 Advocate, I look forward to specifically using this platform to bring national attention to the topics of equity, diversity, and inclusion. As architecture students and practitioners… Read more »
