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The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is concerned with the quality and design of all types of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities. It is a forum for architects, educators, and civic leaders that promotes the exchange of ideas, best practices, and resources around learning environment design, and connection between school design and local neighborhoods.
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Joseph McCoy, AIA
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06/24/2025
Meet The Jury for Design Awards 2025
Each year, the Chairs of our Design Award committee travel to a quadrant of the country, visiting a different city in search of new architect professionals to review and judge our Chapter’s Design Award submissions. This year, the Design Awards headed to St. Louis, Missouri. The jury was held at the offices of CannonDesign on Thursday, May 1 and Friday,

06/20/2025
Introducing the AIA Northern Virginia Firm Ambassador Program
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Firm Ambassador Program, a new initiative designed to strengthen connections between AIA Northern Virginia and the architecture firms where our members work. This effort aims to build a more responsive, informed, and engaged professional community by creating direct lines of communication between the chapter and our region’s firms. For each firm with

05/21/2025
AIA Northern Virginia Architecture Month – 2025 Recap
AIA Northern Virginia celebrated Architecture Month during April and we’re happy to report that it was very successful*, with several sold out events. Our committees led a full slate of programs, setting up design tours, sketching workshops, and lectures to engage the many audiences we serve. Our annual celebration of all things Architecture in Northern Virginia kicked off with an

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