AIA Grand Rapids

08/13/2026

🚨 LAST CALL: Applications Are Due TOMORROW! 🚨

We need your ideas.

If you're a community organization, nonprofit, business, neighborhood group, or resident in West Michigan with a project, challenge, or idea that could benefit from professional design expertise, this is your last chance to apply for the AIA Grand Rapids’ inaugural Design Day of Service.

And we especially need Community applications.

This event is designed to bring community needs and design expertise together in a focused, collaborative two-hour session—helping turn challenges into ideas, possibilities, and practical next steps.

💡 Do you have a space that needs rethinking?
🏘️ A neighborhood challenge you've been trying to solve?
🤝 A community project that could use a fresh perspective?
🌱 An idea that could make a meaningful difference but needs design expertise to move forward?

Bring it to the table.

📅 Applications are due TOMORROW — Friday, August 14
📍 Design Day of Service: Friday, October 16
🏛️ Kendall College of Art and Design | Grand Rapids
⏰ Space is limited.

🔹 Community Organization & Project Application:
https://forms.gle/RdaBeRC7B1TMBovj9

🔹 Design Professional Application:
https://forms.gle/EDfMYaDVQsQgSZPD8

Great communities don't happen by accident. They happen when people bring their ideas, challenges, expertise, and willingness to collaborate.

If you've been thinking about applying, please don't wait. Tomorrow is the deadline.

And if you know a nonprofit, community organization, business, neighborhood leader, or resident with an idea that could benefit from design expertise, tag them or share this post. We need their voices at the table.

08/11/2026

🏗️ AIA Grand Rapids Members — This is one you won’t want to miss! 🌱

Join us for an engaging Lunch & Learn + Plant Tour at Nu-Wool Co., LLC and get an inside look at cellulose insulation from a whole new perspective!

🔍 What’s on the agenda?
✨ Tour the Nu-Wool manufacturing plant
📚 Earn 1 LU | HSW
🏠 Explore cellulose insulation through the lenses of building science, construction codes, and history
🤝 Connect with fellow AEC professionals
🍴 Enjoy Lunch & Learn with us!

📅 Friday, August 28
📍 Nu-Wool Co., LLC
2472 Port Sheldon Street, Jenison, MI 49428

🕙 Plant Tour: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
🍽️ Lunch & Learn: 12:30–1:30 PM

🚨 SPACE IS LIMITED!
Be sure to RSVP by August 21st to reserve your spot. Don't wait—this is a great opportunity to learn, connect, and see cellulose insulation in action!

👉 REGISTER HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL-DqR7GJZEu_EE2-yKEdaycbL0V1E4B7Dftx8I6W7CU1Cfw/viewform?usp=dialog

08/05/2026

Applications Close Friday, August 14! 📣

If you've been thinking about getting involved with AIA Grand Rapids' inaugural Design Day of Service, now's the time.

In just one two-hour session, you can help shape ideas that strengthen neighborhoods, support local organizations, and create lasting community impact.

We're looking for:

🏘️ Community Organizations, Nonprofits, Businesses & Residents
Have a project, challenge, or idea that could benefit from professional design guidance? Bring it to the table and collaborate with local design experts to explore creative solutions and practical next steps.

🏛️ Design Professionals
Architects, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, engineers, construction professionals, educators, students, and allied design professionals ready to share their expertise.

📅 Design Day of Service: Friday, October 16
📍 Location: Kendall College of Art and Design | Grand Rapids
⏰ Applications are due Friday, August 14. Space is limited, so don't wait to apply!

🔹 Design Professional Application:
https://forms.gle/DkoHWuAFNPqzzDCd6

🔹 Community Organization & Project Application:
https://forms.gle/3nNkJHsHZpf1mBAR8

Great communities don't happen by accident—they're designed through collaboration. Join us and help demonstrate the power of design to make a difference across West Michigan.

08/03/2026

☀️ Be sure to check out our AIAGR Bi-Weekly News for August 3-15, 2026. Have a great week West Michigan! ☀️

https://mailchi.mp/aiagr.org/aiagr-bi-weekly-highlights-august-08032026

07/30/2026

Bidding is now open for MAF's Auction for Education!

This year's auction is online, you can register to bid and view the auction catalog here: https://events.readysetauction.com/michiganarchitecturalfdtn/mafmid-summer

Bidding will be open until Saturday, August 8th at 11pm and you can bid regardless of attendance of AIA Michigan's Mid Summer Conference.

The Auction for Education helps provide financial support for MAF’s architecture-based K-12 educational resources and for MAF’s Damian Farrell Architecture Awareness Grants. The Damian Farrell Architecture Awareness Grants help fund architecture-related programming that enriches Michigan communities and its residents.

07/30/2026

07/30/2026

07/25/2026

Excited to see how this project develops and honored to have helped support it!

07/17/2026

Help Shape the Future of Our Community Through Design.
What if just two hours of your time—or one great idea—could make a lasting impact?

On Friday, October 16, AIA Grand Rapids is launching its inaugural Design Day of Service, bringing together volunteer design professionals with local nonprofits, businesses, organizations, and residents for a day of free collaborative design consultations.

Whether you're a design professional looking to give back or a community organization with a project that could benefit from professional guidance, we'd love for you to be part of this event.

We're looking for:
🏛️ Design Professionals
Architects, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, engineers, construction professionals, educators, students, and allied design professionals are invited to volunteer for one or more two-hour sessions.

🏘️ Community Organizations, Nonprofits, Businesses & Residents
Have a project, space, or idea you'd like to explore? Bring it to the table and collaborate with experienced design professionals to develop creative solutions and practical next steps.

📅 Event Date: Friday, October 16
📍 Location: Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids

Applications are due Friday, August 14.
Space is limited—so we encourage you to apply early!

Apply today:
🔹 Design Professional Application:
https://forms.gle/guB1ztENz3CYyUsr7

🔹 Community Member & Organization Project Application:
https://forms.gle/kjUwicBbf5UdaEZb6

Together, we can demonstrate the power of design to strengthen neighborhoods, support local organizations, and build a more vibrant West Michigan—one conversation, one sketch, and one idea at a time.