AIA MO State Board’s annual meeting. Congrats to Pat Amick on her retirement as AIA’s longest serving employee/contractor and Kite Singleton on his lifetime distinguished service award.

Architects do important work to keep kids safe through design. The New York Times AIA Arrowstreet nytimes.com/2019/10/22/bus…

1/ The American Institute of Architects issued the following statement today: “The AIA strongly opposes uniform style mandates for federal #architecture. Architecture should be designed for the specific communities that it serves, ...

2/ ... reflecting our rich nation’s diverse places, thought, culture and climates. Architects are committed to honoring our past as well as reflecting our future progress, protecting the freedom of thought and expression that are essential to democracy.”

Show us the photos you love and get a chance to win cash prizes! Learn more about the 2020 AIA National Photography Competition at aia-stlouis.org AIA AIAS National Texas Architecture AIA Austin #photography #architecture

1/ AIA just sent a letter to President Trump letting the administration know that we staunchly oppose uniform designs for federal #architecture. (Link in thread)

2/ "Communities should continue to have the right and responsibility to decide for themselves what architectural design best fits their needs." Read our full letter here → bit.ly/2vaJF4Z

Mark your calendar! #ArchWeek20—National #Architecture Week—is Monday, April 20 through Sunday, April 26.

Kansas City and Missouri are well represented by Mayor Q on the mayoral panel at AIA Grassroots 2020!

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (Mayor Q) talks development density, urban agriculture, and the future of communities at #Grassroots20.

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, #AIA has made the difficult decision to postpone the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020, which will no longer take place May 14–16 in Los Angeles. AIA is exploring options to reschedule. Refund info is online. bit.ly/2NNxAZF #A20Con

"People matter more than buildings. This must always be so..instead of architects assuming we know what is right & jumping in to assert our experience, expertise & good intentions, we need to step back, listen & be ready to learn, unlearn, & adapt" AIA Minnesota aia-mn.org/broken/

AIA supports the protests to stop systemic, state-sanctioned violence against people of color. Period. We support & are committed to efforts to ensure that our profession is part of the solution that finally dismantles systemic racial injustice & violence. bit.ly/2MwDUDW

AIA Missouri stands with our NOMA partner organizations in Kansas City and St. Louis. #bethechange #JUNETEENTH2020

“By overturning this order, the Biden Administration has restored communities with the freedom of design choice that is essential to designing federal buildings that best serve the public,” said AIA 2021 President Peter Exley, FAIA. bit.ly/3kn3vPT

As an architecture community, what is ours to do after the Chauvin trial verdict? Read our statement: aia-mn.org/chauvin-verdic…

Because of a community that refuses to turn its back on any of its Vets, VCP Village grew by 3 today! Tonight, these heroes won’t endure the 90° heat and can sleep safely in their very own air-conditioned #tinyhome. We truly couldn’t do what we do without you. 🇺🇸 🏠 🇺🇸 #VCPKC

We can’t wait. We need #ClimateAction NOW. That means: 📉cutting emissions 📈 funding clean energy 💵 investing in climate justice 👷‍♀️ millions of green jobs