October Advocacy Roundtable Topic: Compatibilty Join the AIA Austin Advocacy team and speaker Timothy Bray, Policy Advisor for City Council Member Chito Vela, for a discussion about compatibility changes. Austin City Council is on track to pass city-wide compatibility reform this spring that will bring Austin’s standards in line with other cities. Austin’s compatibility reforms … Continued
Austin's HOME Initiative: What's Next? Join and participate in a discussion with members of the AIA Austin Housing Advocacy Committee who work on multiple housing efforts and specifically the HOME Initiative this past year. We will discuss what passed, when it will come into effect, and what new opportunities are available for housing projects. Looking … Continued
Join AIA Austin, Austin Housing Coalition, and HousingWorks Austin for a housing and affordability focused discussion with the mayoral and City Council candidates. Free and open to anyone with registration. Register HERE.
BEC: Austin + AIA Austin Resiliency Advocacy Present: 2024 City of Austin Wildland-Urban Interface Code Update (Day 1 of a two-part series) with Beth Culver, AIA, CBO, PMP, is the lead Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Plans Examiner for the Austin Fire Department Lunch sponsored by TimberTown This course provides an in-depth overview of the Wildland-Urban Interface … Continued
Advocacy Roundtable: Reconnecting Neighborhoods through Good Design June 23, 12:00-1:00pm; AIA Austin, 801 W 12th Street, 78701 Austin’s I-35 expansion presents a historic opportunity to reconnect communities and shape our city’s future. How can thoughtful design transform highways from barriers into vibrant neighborhood centers? Join our expert panel to explore the newly released Hancock-Cherrywood Vision … Continued
Bird Friendly Design in Austin: Progress, Input, & the Bigger Lens From "Lights Out" to glazing and other enclosure treatments to migration flyways, birds interact with buildings and vice versa. Join AIA Austin Advocacy Leaders to hear members of the Austin’s Watershed Protection Department and Bird Friendly Working Group as they share their past and … Continued
Join the AIA Austin Advocacy team for a Happy Hour (and goodbye to the amazing Ashley Grzywa, who is moving away from our fair city) Let's meet at Batch at 5pm!
Join the AIA Austin Advocacy team for a Happy Hour! Let's meet at Batch at 5pm!
Austin’s rapid growth is often viewed as redeveloped neighborhoods and new high-rises, but upcoming projects promise to reshape how we experience and move through central Austin, with $25 billion in infrastructure and transportation investments planned for downtown Austin alone. Join us for a discussion on what’s coming – from vast projects like I-35 and Project … Continued
AIA Austin Advocacy Roundtable: Resiliency and Climate Action Shaded (and Compact and Connected): Building up Austin’s Green Infrastructure Join us to learn about the current street tree focus on green infrastructure in Austin. We’ll take a glimpse at the Functional Green program with Matt Hollon from the Watershed Protection Department, before diving into the current … Continued
The Mobility Advocacy Committee promotes regional transportation solutions that address equity, sustainability, and quality of life issues while providing a range of transportation options. We believe that successful attempts to promote design and quality of life initiatives in the built environment must include transportation and the public realm as integral parts of the whole. We … Continued
Please join us at AIA Austin for our first committee meeting of 2026! Chairs will share goals for the year. We'll discuss specific immediate actions like updating FAR/GFA definitions, as well as broader areas of interest such as water resilience, and how members can be involved in what we do. The Resiliency & Climate Response … Continued
