Each month, the AIA Austin Advocacy Roundtable brings together professionals to discuss strategies individual professionals, practices, and AIA Austin can take to proactively advocate for issues important to our members … Continued
AIA Austin Advocacy Happy Hour Anyone and everyone interested in advocacy is welcome to join us for some casual conversations! Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches 3220 Manor Road 5:30 - … Continued
The Housing Advocacy Committee intends to promote affordable housing for all Austinites. We track code, policies, and discriminatory housing practices. The intention of this group is to be proactive, not reactive on housing policy, and we look for organizations to partner with on issues as we leverage our own expertise as design professionals and leaders … Continued
This month, we'll meet at the Downtown Austin Alliance, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2150 (21st Floor) Agenda: Introductions Past Event Recap 4/9 – Roundtable on Citywide and Downtown Density Bonus New Topics & Tracking Updates Advocacy Subject Matter Experts Barton Springs Road Bridge Preservation I-35 ROW Improvements & Street Trees Project Connect Austin 2026 Bond Package … Continued
Please join us for our April meeting. AGENDA TRACKING ISSUES Short report topics: AIA Resilience Design Toolkit summary (Lauren lead; members familiarize in advance) group discussion: Which parts of the toolkit do we practice? How to integrate frameworks for resilience into our practice? PRIORITY ITEMS Bird Friendly Design Collaboration with Travis Audubon: Sign Bird Friendly … Continued
Resilient Water Conversations #1: Re-Source Lessons & Strategies for Scaled Water Use and Re-use Join us for the first in a series of 2026 Roundtables hosted by the Committee on Resilience focused on Water. With growing populations and challenging climate realities, it’s time to get more knowledgeable and more serious about implementing techniques to allow … Continued