AIA DesignVoice

07/06/2022

Join us for an Austin Energy Green Building online webinar about Equitable Community Engagement next week on July 12th, featuring multiple AIA Austin DesignVoice projects. Presenters include Melissa Henao-Robledo, Viviana Trevino, Nicole Joslin, Beau Frail, Desmond Odunusi and Jason John Paul Haskins.

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Equitable development involves supporting underserved communities through programs and policies that foster healthy, vibrant places. Community engagement provides an opportunity for project teams and neighborhood groups to create strong and livable communities together.

04/07/2021

This ARCHITECT magazine article shares about the micro-homes designed for the formerly houseless neighbors that live in Community First Village. Featuring former AIA Austin DesignVoice Chair Shelby Blessing and our long-term collaborator from Mobile Loaves & Fishes Sarah Satterlee.

Two microhome developments in Texas combat homelessness with community.

03/19/2021

Michael Hsu was tapped to create a sustainable home for Community First!, a master planned village designed for Austin’s unhoused population.

03/05/2020

The Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architecture will award its 2020 Community Vision to us -- the CCDC!

01/13/2020

Front Porch Gathering to Address Climate Justice
Tues Jan 21 | 6:30PM | Perez Elementary School

The Center for Community Engagement is hosting a community-wide discussion on the impact of flooding in Austin’s vulnerable communities at a Front Porch Gathering event on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. at Perez Elementary School, 7500 S. Pleasant Valley Rd

The Center for Community Engagement is hosting a community-wide discussion on the impact of flooding in Austin’s vulnerable communities at a Front Porch Gathering event on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. at Perez Elementary School, 7500 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. With such unpredictable weather patterns f...

11/20/2019

Have an innovation public space project? Submit it to the SXSW Place by Design competition. Such great projects are showcased here every year and finalists get to attend the festival! Deadline Friday, Nov 22. https://www.sxsw.com/place-by-design/

09/28/2019

Heading to the Texas Society of Architects/AIA Conference next month? Check out these sessions about equity, diversity & inclusion and community design!

07/16/2019

EquitySpace 2019 | Designing for an Inclusive Community is a unique opportunity for the business, health, education, government, and nonprofit/philanthropic industries to come together to share and learn from the best on some of the biggest challenges facing our country.

Submit your idea for the Call for Proposals. Deadline is Friday, July 19.

The Excellence and Advancement Foundation is accepting presentation proposals for the 2019 EquitySpace in Austin, Texas.

06/05/2019

Every member of our LGBTQIA+ and Ally community is welcome to participate in the Design Charrette on Saturday, June 22! Teams of architects, engineers, and designers are encouraged. You can also sign up as an individual.

04/04/2019

Multiple two-year Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowships are open in architectural design and art, including one in Austin working with Foundation Communities! Applications are due April 28th.

Applications for the 2019-2020 Rose Fellowship are open!

03/09/2019

Join us on Tuesday 3/12 from 6-8pm at AIA Austin for the SAY IT LOUD(ER) Reception. The SXSW SAY IT LOUD exhibition will elevate the contributions of 23 diverse designers from all over the United States and Canada. SAY IT LOUD is the activation of a national movement of sharing, protecting, and celebrating the journey of the underrepresented to inspire the next generation.