This year has been defined by connection, collaboration, and growth. Through your collective efforts, we’ve seen incredible achievements across all areas of our strategic plan: MembershipWe hosted An Uncommon Monday in Winchester and our first Virtual Volunteer Fair, helping connect new members and engage committee volunteers for our highest membership numbers ever. We also launched a Pre-Join Campaign to welcome...

As of December 1, 2024, AIA Northern Virginia is one of the largest local AIA chapters in the country, with 1,215 members. Covering 25 cities and counties across the Commonwealth, our members reside and/or work in a range of settings, from urban and suburban to rural areas within the Chapter’s region. Below is an overview of our chapter membership and...

By Annica Mae Mattus, Esq., and Daniel M. Eggleston, Esq.Lee/Shoemaker PLLC When an athlete is called for a foul, quite often they confront the referee and dispute the call. While we generally view referees as neutral, would this perception change if the referee was being paid by one of the teams? Would the team paying for the referee expect favorable...

For AIA Northern Virginia members and Chapter staff, 2024 has been an incredibly busy year. As the year comes to a close, we reflect on some of the key moments from the past months. We are grateful to the members who volunteered their time to lead and organize many of these programs, as well as to those who participated in...

Each year, the Schools Connections Committee holds a scholarship competition for architecture students who are attending school in Virginia or attend an architecture school out-of-state but reside in Virginia. Cash prizes are awarded to winning students with funds coming from the Northern Virginia Chapter of the AIA, alongside matching funds from AIA National through a component matching scholarship grant program....

AECOMHampton, VA Project partners include Bamforth and EM Structural It began as an idea – to spur collaborative innovation and increase the efficiency of research. The new five-story 175,000 gsf LEED Gold Measurement Systems Laboratory (MSL) at NASA Langley Research Center features modern, flexible laboratory and office space at the campus core. It includes vibration-sensitive wet and dry electronics, chemistry, and...

As the year begins to draw to a close, the season of charitable giving begins. AIA Northern Virginia has numerous opportunities to which you can direct your donations. Our chapter has a 501(c)(3) fund for charitable contributions to help support scholarships and public outreach programs. The fund is managed by The Virginia Foundations for Architecture, Inc., under a fiscal agreement...

On the evening of Nov. 11, AIA Northern Virginia held its 2025 Leadership Retreat. This annual meeting, led by the Chapter’s President-Elect, Christopher Kehde, AIA, brought together the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Committee Chairs for a collaborative and thought-provoking discussion regarding the vision and mission of the Chapter and our strategic direction for the coming year. The theme...

On Oct. 29, members and guests of the AIA Northern Virginia Chapter gathered to celebrate the 2024 Honor Awards recipients, the 2025 scholarship and grant recipients, our newly licensed members and other acknowledgements at our annual Autumn Social held at Ferguson Studio in Falls Church, Va. The evening’s accolades included: Award of Honor – Anna M. Barbour, AIATo honor a...

With the new year just on the horizon, there’s no better time to start setting your 2025 goals. If your goal is to become a licensed architect, the ARE® Prep series is an amazing tool provided by AIA NoVA to help you do just that. We will kick off the series with our NCARB ARE Roundtable event, which provides an...