Professional Development
Upcoming Events
New Practices New York 2025: Winners Announcement
Tuesday, 2/11, 6pm - 8pm
Lladro
Join us for the announcement of this year’s AIANY New Practices New York Competition winners in innovative architecture and design. The event will feature a brief discussion with the competition's jurors and...
Past Events
Public Project Therapy: Unpacking Recent Capital Process Reforms
12/11/24, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The process of delivering public works in New York City impacts how New Yorkers and visitors experience the city, how well communities are served, and how readily architects and other...
The Object of the Season: Holiday Party and Exhibition Tour
12/9/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
R & Company
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee and AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture at the internationally acclaimed R & Company Gallery in Tribeca to celebrate the holiday season with a private viewing and tour of Objects: USA...
AIANY Women in Architecture 16th Annual Speed Mentoring
12/9/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) for the 16th Annual Speed Mentoring event! One of WIA’s core programs, this event provides networking opportunities for women architects, facilitating...
Informed and Empowered: How Elections Influence the Built Environment
12/3/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) for an inside look at the policymaking process, using the recent and emerging developments around congestion pricing as a case study. The conversation...
Office-to-Residential Conversion Symposium: Design and Technical Considerations
11/22/24, 8:30am - 5:15pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a comprehensive symposium dedicated to exploring innovative solutions in the evolving landscape of office-to-residential conversions. As cities grapple with surplus commercial space and pressing housing shortages, this...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
11/20/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email skaba@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
Puppy Talk and Pimm’s Cup: A Dog-loving Designer Cocktail Party and Workshop
11/20/24, 5pm - 7:30pm
PID Floors Flagship
AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture, formerly known as the Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN), and the AIANY Design for Aging Committee are co-hosting a cocktail party and conversational workshop at...
Tri-State Fusion Conference
11/17/24, 12pm - Wednesday, 11/20, 5pm
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, PA
Ignite your Architectural Practice with a Dynamic Fusion of Ideas and Innovation at the Tri-State Fusion Conference. Watch the video. Join AIA New York State, AIA New Jersey, and AIA...
J. Max Bond, Jr. Lecture | Architects’ Renewal Committee in Harlem (ARCH) @ 60
11/15/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York
Join the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA), the J. Max Bond Center of City University of New York, and the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion...
Happy Hour and CE Course: Accelerate Your Sustainable Projects
11/13/24, 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Times Square EDITION
Architects, engineers, and their clients are invited to join BRAYN Consulting for an important Continuing Professional Education (CPE) course on using federal tax incentives to support sustainable construction and to help...
Pitch Perfect: Marketing Yourself and Your Work Effectively
11/12/24, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Cross-Learning Alliance as we bring Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers, Urban Planners, and allied groups together for an evening of workshops that teach young AEC professionals how to market themselves...
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Architecture and Planning for Cultural Preservation and Resilience
11/9/24, 11am - 2pm
Center for Architecture
As architects and planners design their projects, they are finding themselves more deeply challenged to respond not only to evolving programmatic goals but also to planning frameworks, climate change, and...
NYLON: Activating Public Spaces in New York City and London
11/6/24, 1pm - 2:30pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion between New York and London (NYLON) on rethinking streetscapes to prioritize people, create dynamic and sustainable environments, and enhance the public realm. Co-organized by the...
State of the NYC Industrial Economy
10/30/24, 8:30am - 11am
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The NYC Department of City Planning, the NYC Economic Development Corporation, and NYC Small Business Services are working to bolster the city’s industrial sector through the NYC Industrial Plan—a comprehensive...
Reimagine Buildings: How To Decarb
10/18/24, 11:30am - 5pm
Online Conference
AIA New York is a proud Community Partner of Reimagine Buildings: How To Decarb and we encourage you to attend and share this unique opportunity with friends and colleagues. Join us...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
10/17/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email skaba@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
Designing Waste Containerization into Streetscapes
10/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Since the release of the Zero Waste Design Guidelines in 2017, the AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE) has advocated for and collaborated with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) on...
TORCH University Networking Event
10/14/24, 6pm - 8:30pm
Center for Architecture
Have you ever wondered what happens after you graduate? Join a networking event for built environment and sustainability students! Learn from emerging professionals and meet students from other schools for...
Interiors Residential Review Opening Reception
10/9/24, 6pm - 8pm
Poggenpohl (138 Green St.), Salvatori (102 Wooster St.), and Scavolini (429 West Broadway)
Join us for the opening of the 7th annual AIANY Interiors Residential Review, organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee to showcase the best work in residential interiors by New York...
POSTPONED – Build Better NYC: Capital Process Reform
10/7/24, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date to be announced shortly! The process of designing and building public works in New York City impacts New...
NYC Mass Timber Studio Final Review: From Design to Delivery
9/24/24, 9am - 12pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
In-Person Tickets are sold out; additional registration is for Zoom attendance only. Join New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and partners for the NYC Mass Timber Studio final review event,...
AIANY Women in Architecture: 100 Flatbush Tour
9/21/24, 11am - 12pm
100 Flatbush
Join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee for an exclusive tour of 100 Flatbush, part of the Alloy Block in Downtown Brooklyn. This development is part of a masterplan that integrates...
Reenergizing the City: PlanScapeArch Conference 2024
9/20/24, 9am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
By 2060 the majority of the global population will live in the urban realm. Climate action has become a critical imperative and communities are demanding more inclusive design processes and...
AIANY Members and Friends Fall Happy Hour and Ballot Meeting
9/18/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Do you want to have a say in who leads AIA New York? Come to the AIA New York Fall Happy Hour on Wednesday, September 18 from 6:00–8:00pm, when we'll...
Recipe for a Room: Places for the Displaced
9/5/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Recipe for a Room is a model-making contest about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms while fostering fun, creativity, and professional mentorship. For the 2024 edition, two-person teams, each comprised of...
NYC Energy Conservation Code TR8 Inspections and Reporting
9/3/24, 8:30am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
*This Course will only cover the Residential Code Inspections* The New York City Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC) TR8 form is the statement of responsibility that a registered design professional (PE...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
8/21/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email skaba@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Project Development and Documentation (Session 2)
7/23/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Project Development and Documentation (Session 1)
7/18/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
COLOR Leather Workshop: Interior Applications for Design and Brand Extension
7/18/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...
COLOR Leather Workshop: Interior Applications for Design and Brand Extension
7/17/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...
Designing Tomorrow: Advocacy in Action
7/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us to review and discuss AIA New York's extensive advocacy efforts focusing on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. Bringing together representatives from National Associates Committee (NAC) and Young...
Legacies of Redlining: Preservation and Development in Staten Island
7/16/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Staten Island—NYC’s least populous borough and the only one not connected by subway—has long stood apart from the rest of New York City. The island’s geography and history shaped its...
Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Taking Action
7/8/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The three-part series “Forced Labor in Supply Chains” explores the often-invisible affliction of human exploitation embedded within the extensive supply-chain networks that create the very materials for our construction endeavors....
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Practice Management
6/29/24, 11am - 12pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
Two Years After Dobbs: Spatial Practice + Reproductive Health
6/27/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of architectural practice in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This program is organized in conjunction with Spatializing Reproductive Justice, on view...
ARE Workshop 2024: Project Management
6/27/24, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Workshops are geared towards creating a community where candidates can come together to share study strategies, test-taking tips, and content review. Beginning January 16th with Practice...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Programming and Analysis
6/26/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
2024 Civic Leadership Program Info Session Happy Hour
6/26/24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
Are you a design professional working towards positive change? Do you want to help lead the architecture profession towards a more publicly engaged future? Learn more at our information sessions on...
Zoning Basics: Determining Uses, Floor Area, Height, and Air Rights Transfers
6/25/24, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Zoom
This course will review the basic terms and planning polices of the NYC Zoning Resolution (“ZR”). The ZR assigns zoning regulations to every property in New York City’s Five Boroughs....
NYC Greenways: Paths to an Equitable City-Wide Network
6/24/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture
New York City is home to over 300 miles of greenways consisting of a patchwork of bikeways, pedestrian paths, and trails. Join the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to discuss...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Project Management
6/22/24, 11am - 12pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Meeting & EvolveMe Workshop
6/20/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email skaba@aiany.org for details on how to join virtually. Are you ready to take your career to the...
AGENCY: The Power of Architects Inside, Beside, and Beyond Practice
6/15/24, 10am - 5pm
Center for Architecture
AGENCY (noun) is defined as: 1a: the office or function of an agent 1b: the relationship between a principal and that person’s agent 2: the capacity, condition, or state of...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Project Planning & Design (Session 2)
6/11/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Project Planning & Design (Session 1)
6/4/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
Healing Light: The Biological and Sociological Effects of Lighting
6/3/24, 5pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Beyond just illumination, light can create mood, enhance color, and focus on design features. But light is so much more than that. It is an active participant in a space...
ARE Summer Boot Camp 2024: Construction and Evaluation
5/30/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
Solutions & Strategies for Section 174 Uncertainty: 179D New Legislation
5/23/24, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
As architecture firms are deepening and expanding the time they spend on innovative solutions to design challenges—from energy efficiency to historic restoration with new materials, long term resilience, and health...
One-Night Design Sprint with the Cross-Learning Alliance
5/20/24, 4pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join the Cross-Learning Alliance as we bring architects, landscape architects, engineers, urban planners, and allied AEC professionals together for an evening of design proposals, friendly competition, networking, and fun. Flex those...
2024 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: WORKac
5/15/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The annual Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture was founded in honor of Gil Oberfield, AIA, former member and chair of the AIANY Interiors Committee. The lecture brings to the podium speakers...
Got License?
5/14/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join representatives from the New York State Board for Architecture and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for “Got License?” The program will cover NCARB and NYS updates, including...
ARE Workshop 2024: Project Development and Documentation
5/14/24, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Workshops are geared towards creating a community where candidates can come together to share study strategies, test-taking tips, and content review. Beginning January 16th with Practice...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
5/13/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email ibabatunde@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
The Future of Public Space and Art: History and Memory
5/6/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the first program in a four-part series expanding on the theme Belonging and Beyond, established earlier this year by 2024 AIANY President Gregory Switzer, AIA, NOMA. Belonging and Beyond...
NYC Mass Timber Studio Presents Inaugural Cohort
4/29/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture & Webinar
In-Person Tickets are sold out; additional registration is for Zoom attendance only. Join New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and its partners for the New York City Mass Timber...
Innovations in Housing: Laboratorio de Vivienda
4/24/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The AIANY Housing Committee is pleased to present a discussion of Laboratorio de Vivienda as the next installment of its Innovations in Housing Lecture Series. The experimental project Laboratorio de Vivienda...
Portico: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission’s New Permit Portal
4/17/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Webinar
Join the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for a webinar on Portico, LPC’s new web-based permit portal. Portico is designed to make it easier to file a permit...
AIANY Interiors Committee Speed Presentations
4/9/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
De Padova
AIANY Interiors Speed Presentations is an annual competition that showcases outstanding interior spaces designed by architects based in New York. The format of the event—a selection of architects presenting their...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
4/8/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email ibabatunde@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
Information Session & Networking: TORCH Mentorship
4/8/24, 6pm - 8pm
Join the AIANY Torch Mentorship Program team for an informational networking event as we continue to accept applications for the 2024 TORCH Mentorship program. Applications for the class of 2024...
ARE Workshop 2024: Project Planning and Design
4/2/24, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Workshops are geared towards creating a community where candidates can come together to share study strategies, test-taking tips, and content review. Beginning January 16th with Practice...
Buildings of Excellence Round Four Awards
4/2/24, 10am - 11am
Center for Architecture and Zoom
Join us for a live stream of the fourth annual Buildings of Excellence Awards Ceremony to celebrate the winning high performance, clean and resilient design and construction projects. This $58...
AIANY Design Awards: Interiors Showcase
3/25/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee, this program dives into the recipients of the 2024 AIANY Design Awards in the Interiors category and projects in other categories with a significant...
Cocktails & Conversation: Making Home with Matthew Bremer and Fred Bernstein
3/22/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture and design issues. This...
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AIANY International Women’s Day Celebration: Inspire Inclusion
3/21/24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
AKDO NYC Showroom
To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) and its 2024 theme, #InspireInclusion, the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee is combining our monthly March meeting with a networking event featuring a...
Exhibition Farewell & Social Hour: CFA Lab’s Seeking Home & Making Refuge in NYC
3/21/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Come join the AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance as we bid farewell to the exhibition CFA Lab: Seeking Home and Making Refuge in NYC, closing Saturday, March 23. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity for...
New York City Coastal Resilience: A Dialogue
3/12/24, 5:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) is pleased to introduce Laurian Farrell, the Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau of Coastal Resilience, a new office within New York...
ARE Workshop 2024: Programming and Analysis
3/12/24, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Workshops are geared towards creating a community where candidates can come together to share study strategies, test-taking tips, and content review. Beginning January 16th with Practice...
Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Examples of a Humanely Built Environment
3/11/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
The three-part series on “Forced Labor in Supply Chains,” stemming from the Design for Freedom initiative, aims to shed light on the social inequalities caused by forced labor in our...
Democratizing Design: NYC’s Principles of Good Urban Design
3/4/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
*In-person tickets are sold out. Guests who did not register in advance can watch the livestream here.* The NYC Department of City Planning’s Principles of Good Urban Design offer New...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
3/4/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered in person at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom.. Please email ibabatunde@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New...
ARE Winter Boot Camp 2024: Programming and Analysis
2/29/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
What Does it Take to Become FAIA?
2/28/24, 8:30am - 10am
Center for Architecture
The national AIA College of Fellows is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fellowship is one of the highest...
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce: New York (nglccNY) Networking Event
2/26/24, 6pm - 8pm
Büro Koray Duman (B-KD)
Join the AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce: New York (nglccNY) at a networking event hosted by B-KD. Learn how you can engage with the Chamber...
ARE Winter Boot Camp 2024: Project Development and Documentation (Session 2)
2/22/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
Pitching to Print Media: A Primer for Small Firms and Young Practitioners
2/20/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
For architecture and design firms, publishing work can boost professional credibility and lead to new opportunities—but the print media landscape can also be daunting. What are the typical terms of...
ARE Winter Boot Camp 2024: Project Development and Documentation (Session 1)
2/15/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Meeting & Black History Month Speaker
2/15/24, 6:30pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture and Zoom
This meeting is offered at the Center for Architecture and on Zoom. Please email skaba@aiany.org for details on how to join virtually. AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Meeting & Black History Month...
ARE Workshop 2024: Construction and Evaluation
2/13/24, 7pm - 8:30pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Workshops are geared towards creating a community where candidates can come together to share study strategies, test-taking tips, and content review. Beginning January 16th with Practice...
ARE Winter Boot Camp 2024: Project Planning & Design (Session 2)
2/8/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Committee Meeting
2/7/24, 6pm - 7:30pm
Zoom
This meeting is offered on Zoom only. Please email ibabatunde@aiany.org for details on how to join via Zoom. The committees of AIA New York are the foundations from which the...
ARE Winter Boot Camp 2024: Project Planning & Design (Session 1)
2/1/24, 7pm - 8pm
Zoom
AIA New York's ARE Boot Camp is designed to help associates and interns prepare to take the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Based on ARE 5.0, these instructor-led sessions provide a blend...
Explore and Discover Creative Leather Applications in Architectural Interiors
2/1/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...
Explore and Discover Creative Leather Applications in Architectural Interiors
1/31/24, 9am - 10am
Metropolitan Pavilion
Lineapelle New York is held twice a year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with collections presented in January and July. Launched in 2001 by Lineapelle, the two-day trade show features the most exclusive global producers of leather,...