AIA Cincinnati is partnering with AIA Dayton and AIA Northern Kentucky to launch the Knowledge Exchange - a working group charged with providing engaging, in-depth, continuing education programs to support professional growth and technical expertise on topics from building codes and professional practice to technology and working with consulting disciplines. Want to help put programs together? Sign up.

Join us to celebrate the best professional residential design in the Cincinnati region. Winners of CRANawards represent the highest level of architectural design for the most intimate of architectural spaces. Tickets include dinner and a drink ticket.

The Local Advocacy Working Group works to strengthen the position of architects in the building industry by identifying and promoting the issues, policies, and positions important to the profession, the business, and the practice of architecture.

AIA Cincinnati’s Urban Design Community is part of AIA’s national network of Knowledge Communities. UDC provides opportunities to share informed viewpoints on specific urban planning issues through meetings, workshops, and public forums while increasing the role of Cincinnati architects in the public/private sector decision-making process. Urban Design works to continue an exchange of practices and ideas for architecture beyond individual buildings and client interests, with active partnering relationships that impact expected changes.

AIA Cincinnati’s Early Professionals working group includes recent graduates, professionals working toward licensure, and recently licensed architects. You're invited to join the monthly virtual planning meetings to share ideas, coordinate ARE study materials and study sessions, and plan activities.

The Committee on the Environment (COTE) meets the first Wednesday of each month. COTE is currently working on organizing sustainability tours and planning an Ice Box Challenge to advance passive house knowledge in Cincinnati. COTE is looking to grow our active members, if you’re passionate about sustainability, please reach out or join our next meeting!

Could your architecture practice be at risk of missing out on the tremendous opportunities the next 5 years will bring? Are you really ready to adjust to the upheaval set to rock our industry? Join renowned AEC thought leader Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, founder of PSMJ Resources and author of the book IMPACT 2032: Disruptions in the Design Industry for the Next 10 Years for a riveting exploration of the seismic shifts that will transform your architectural practice.

Are you studying for the AREs? Or want to show off your ARE knowledge? Join AIA Cincinnati’s Early Professionals for a social featuring trivia questions from the ARE exams and “fabulous” prizes. Sign up as individuals, teams will be sorted out at the event. 

AIA Cincinnati is partnering with AIA Dayton and AIA Northern Kentucky to launch the Knowledge Exchange - a working group charged with providing engaging, in-depth, continuing education programs to support professional growth and technical expertise on topics from building codes and professional practice to technology and working with consulting disciplines. Want to help put programs together? Sign up.

Duke Energy Convention Center’s $200 million overhaul is in the works. We are activating a Convention District that is in dire need of vibrant life for our community.

Tour leaders will discuss the motivating forces of the site and facility with construction in progress and will prompt group discussion after the tour.

Louise Blanchard Bethune, FAIA (1856 — 1913) was the first professional woman architect in the United States. Kelly Hayes McAlonie, has been researching Bethune’s life and career to answer one simple question — what were the factors that enabled this woman to break into the Gilded Age architectural boy’s club? This research culminated in the publication of her monograph, Louise Blanchard Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect, which was published in 2023 by SUNY Press. Additionally, Kelly will discuss her role in the development of Barbie I Can Be Architect, the career doll of 2011, and describe how her work on Bethune and Barbie led to her fascination with professionalism, fashion, and the image of the architect.

AIA Cincinnati’s Early Professionals working group includes recent graduates, professionals working toward licensure, and recently licensed architects. You're invited to join the monthly virtual planning meetings to share ideas, coordinate ARE study materials and study sessions, and plan activities. NOTE: THIS MEETING IS ON A THURSDAY THIS MONTH.

Come mingle with the Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) community, enjoy some refreshments, and get a glimpse into select examples of work from drawing dept, Ryan Duebber Architects, RWA Architects, and John Senhauser Architects.

The Committee on the Environment (COTE) meets the first Wednesday of each month. COTE is currently working on organizing sustainability tours and planning an Ice Box Challenge to advance passive house knowledge in Cincinnati. COTE is looking to grow our active members, if you’re passionate about sustainability, please reach out or join our next meeting!

A short look at a recent project where design fees were negotiated for equity in a residential renovation and land swap deal. The case study presented will underscore the value of understanding zoning codes, managing construction projects, and the real math behind renovations, aka flips.

Join Ohio’s Small Firm Exchange (SFx) representative Sarah Kleiner, AIA for a virtual SFx coffee chat where small firm leaders can engage with one another, discuss issues facing small firms today, and see what the AIA can do to support Ohio’s small firms.  Each coffee chat focuses on a different topic and provides opportunities for small firm leaders to share their experience and connect across the state.

Lake Flato Architects is a collective of architects, interior designers, sustainability leaders, and urban designers who create designs that are intrinsically rooted in place and responsive to local conditions and traditions. This place-based approach guides us in our quest to build responsibly, design artfully and harness that which is enduring: climate, context, and nature’s patterns and rhythms. Equal parts pragmatic and poetic, our work intentionally complements the diversity of our landscapes and the richness of our daily lives. 

This course, led by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), provides a detailed examination of how the condition of historic windows is assessed within the framework of the Historic Tax Credit Program. The presentation will tie in National Park Service Brief 9, focusing on the standards and practices for window restoration and rehabilitation. Attendees will learn how these evaluations influence decisions about restoration, replacement, and repair, ensuring compliance with preservation standards while addressing modern building performance expectations.

AIA Cincinnati is partnering with AIA Dayton and AIA Northern Kentucky to launch the Knowledge Exchange - a working group charged with providing engaging, in-depth, continuing education programs to support professional growth and technical expertise on topics from building codes and professional practice to technology and working with consulting disciplines. Have ideas? Want to help put programs together? Sign up.

The Local Advocacy Working Group works to strengthen the position of architects in the building industry by identifying and promoting the issues, policies, and positions important to the profession, the business, and the practice of architecture.

AIA Cincinnati’s Urban Design Community is part of AIA’s national network of Knowledge Communities. UDC provides opportunities to share informed viewpoints on specific urban planning issues through meetings, workshops, and public forums while increasing the role of Cincinnati architects in the public/private sector decision-making process. Urban Design works to continue an exchange of practices and ideas for architecture beyond individual buildings and client interests, with active partnering relationships that impact expected changes.

AIA Cincinnati’s Early Professionals working group includes recent graduates, professionals working toward licensure, and recently licensed architects. You're invited to join the monthly virtual planning meetings to share ideas, coordinate ARE study materials and study sessions, and plan activities.

Structural design is an important part of building design.  Architects who do not frequently do this work and engage structural engineers to perform the task may find the designs presented seem somewhat esoteric. This course will present three key factors which together inform all aspects of structural design, an understanding of which removes some of the mystery.

The Committee on the Environment (COTE) meets the first Wednesday of each month. COTE is currently working on organizing sustainability tours and planning an Ice Box Challenge to advance passive house knowledge in Cincinnati. COTE is looking to grow our active members, if you’re passionate about sustainability, please reach out or join our next meeting!

This session is the second in our series of ongoing conversations with local building and planning departments in panel discussion format.  We’ll get to meet our plans examiners and discuss best practices and the do’s and don’ts of preparing for, submitting and managing the permit process with the Hamilton County Building Department.  Bring your burning questions, pet peeves, and collaborative attitude for this informative session where we will get to know our local building department a little better.  We’ll get an overview of significant submittal and review process changes going into effect in the coming weeks.

Join Mithun, the 2023 AIA Architecture Firm Award winner, to explore how a unique design practice continues to evolve, thrive and anticipate the future of design. Learn how this integrated design firm driven by a mission of “Design for Positive Change” capitalizes on the power of partnerships, experiments and innovates through research and development, incorporates advanced sustainability thinking into both practice and projects, and continues to create design excellence for each unique place and person that lives, learns and works within their powerful designs.

Join your colleagues and AIA Cincinnati leadership for a review of 2024, a preview of 2025, and the installation of the new Board of Directors. The event starts with social time, followed by a program (5:45-6:30) and more time to mingle. This is a great opportunity to meet new members, network with other design professionals, and reconnect with AIA Cincinnati, all over refreshments!

Please register by January 16.

If you are a small firm owner, you are no stranger to overwhelm, stress and burnout.  Stress, financial strain, and feeling isolated are commonly reported by small firm owners and take a toll on your wellbeing.  Since you are the backbone of your firm, your wellbeing telegraphs to your clients and staff. In this session, you will learn about the science behind stress as well as valuable techniques to help you reset your stress response.  Firm owner and stress expert Angela Mazzi, FAIA will lead you through this interactive session that will include breathwork and exercises to help you get and stay in a calm, high performing state.

It’s probably safe to say that most architects didn’t choose the profession to become salespeople. It may even be true that doing sales is a necessary evil to get to do the work you’re passionate about - designing beautiful, functional spaces. This session will show you how to tap into your passion for design so you can communicate the true value you deliver to your clients in a compelling way while creating a professional sales approach that will produce consistent results.