Message From the President |
Hello, Everyone!
Welcome to AIA International’s Newsletter for Q2 of 2022.
The second quarter was a very busy and important one for us. Major highlights included our most superb Spring Virtual Conference, our popular Quarterly Country Rep Networking event, Continental Europe’s Porto Conference, the Nigerian Institutes of Architects’ Lagos Architects Forum, and, of course, A’22.
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2022 AIA International Design Awards – Submissions Open!
Deadline: August 12, 2022, 5:00pm Eastern US Time
The 2022 AIA International Design Awards are open for submissions and we are excited for you to share your work!
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Emerging Professionals Update - July 2022
AIA International’s Emerging Professionals committee is running a series of open events as part of the 2022 Mentorship Program. These are not restricted to mentorship program registrants, instead, everyone is welcome to join!
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AIAISC'22 - AIA International Spring Conference and Past Events on Demand
The AIA International Spring Conference returned this year on May 19-21. This time the theme asked us to consider, how do architects position themselves to embrace change? Over 3 days, this virtual event allowed us to travel the world, through lectures, panel discussions and workshops from Canada to Japan and Brazil to Australia.
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International Members' Update - July 2022
With the resumption of face-to-face events, we are seeing a lot of activity among our Country Representatives.
In Latin America, we have seen multiple events and projects, including...
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AIA Canada Society continues to reach out and expand on our initiatives to promote services to our members. In addition to partnership with Canadian Architect magazine (which features a quarterly profile of AIA Canada Journal), we are partnering with the Architect’s Newspaper to provide members with a discount for attending the Facades+ Toronto event coming up on July 21.
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The Porto Conference, April 21 – 24, 2022 was a great success. Thanks to the Planning Team for the superb experience: Ray Spano, Pedro Balonas, Teresa Vasconcelos Bento, Pedro Petracchi and Elizabeth Heudebourg! More than 65 AIA members and guests attended the conference from all over Europe and North America including Honolulu.
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As Hong Kong has gradually loosened its COVID-19 restrictions over the past two months, we have been grateful for the opportunity of hosting in person events. These include building tours of the Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Bishop Hill Reservoir, Haw Par Mansion, and Shaw Auditorium where our members were excited to meet each other in person.
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On June 9, we hosted Fighting Climate Change: Biophilic Environmental Design with Wood, an online lecture focusing on the benefits of specifying wood to fight climate change. Our speakers, James Lu and Filippo Gabbiani, are two active practicing architects based in Shanghai.
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Virtual Professional and Continuing Education |
AIA International offers a variety of online virtual programs to help you fulfil your continuing education requirements.
Keep an eye on our calendar of Upcoming Events here >>
And check out our library of Past Events, where you can watch event recordings and earn CES credits by taking an accompanying quiz here >>
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