07/02/20
“Because scholarly consensus indicates that the original intent of monuments to the Confederacy was to reinforce racist ideals, a concept that should be abhorrent to all Americans, SAH supports and encourages the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces. Their existence can no longer be justified based on aesthetics, as works of art or public sculpture.”
07/01/20
The AIA Film Challenge invites architects, filmmakers, and storytellers to submit a 60- to 90-second mini documentary film. Films should tell the story of architects partnering with communities and civic leaders to design a healthy, sustainable, just world that improves peoples’ lives.
06/30/20
Does your workplace foster an inclusive culture? Don’t be so sure. While overt racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination are relatively easy to spot, you shouldn’t neglect the subtler, everyday actions that normalize exclusion at work.
06/30/20
We, as architects, serve the public. Not just the paying, powerful, or polite public. The ENTIRE public, in all its messy, complicated, and challenging complexity.
06/30/20
The incoming VANOMA president, Kenneth Martin, shares the history and vision for NOMA in Virginia.
06/11/20
Robert Easter pens an open letter to his colleagues in the architecture community.
07/03/20
AIA Richmond and Venture Richmond team up with the city to offer design and permitting assistance to create outdoor, physically-distanced seating in street parking areas.
07/03/20
Black and white pen and ink sketch of Trevi Fountain by Manoj Dalaya, FAIA.
07/02/20
Fountain Pen and Ink sketch of the Robie Residence by Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, Illinois. Sketch by Steve Cofer.
