This year’s 2026 AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards Gala recognized twenty-three outstanding projects at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia on June 25, 2026. The Committee received nearly 100 entries across ten categories. Awards were given to architects whose projects best demonstrated the design principles of the 21st century as listed in the AIA Framework for Design Excellence. There were three different award

On June 25, Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) hosted its Architecture Career Reflection Spotlight Panel immediately before the AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards Gala. Both events took place in Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus Building One and provided a valuable opportunity for students to connect with architecture and design professionals from across the region. Beginning in January, AIA Northern

This October, the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) invites the Northern Virginia architecture community to the 40th Anniversary Architecture in Perspective (AIP 40) International Conference at the American Institute of Architects Global Campus in Washington, D.C. We hope it will be an opportunity for attendees from all backgrounds to deepen their relationship with the creative process underlying architectural visual