2023 AIA Rochester Directory

UPDATE NOW!

Please take a moment to update your contact information for our upcoming Membership Directory. You can update via National’s website by logging in at aia.org and clicking “edit” in the red box that says “Manage”.   

If you prefer you can fill in our Google Form here.

All updates must be made by February 17, 2023.

We are seeking volunteers to help put together our future directories. InDesign and/or Google Sheets experience is required. Please contact Membership Director Erin Powers, AIA for more information!

Congratulations to Christina Fluman, Associate AIA for her winning submission to our 2023 Membership Directory Cover Contest!

If you have recently become registered, changed your name, changed firms, or if your firm has changed address, please be sure it is updated in AIA’s national database. AIA Rochester cannot change your credentials from Associate AIA to AIA unless it is in AIA’s national database.

Committee on the Environment

February 7th at 12:00pm

Join Mark Maddalina, AIA for this virtual meeting, where he would like to collectively brainstorm on a calendar of events and key topics and initiatives for the year.

Goals:

We COLLABORATE

We ENABLE transformation

We CHRONICLE design excellence

We ADVOCATE for change

We STRENGHTEN our network

Click here for the link!

REGISTER HERE!

AIA Rochester - Member Survey

LAST CALL - we want to hear from you!

We've been through an unusual several years and it is time to regroup and reassess our chapter's future goals and successes. Incoming President Jay Woodcock's first goal of the year is to get a better understanding of how to best serve the membership.

We are asking you to take a moment to fill in this brief survey to help us better serve you and your firms.

2023 Membership Survey

Build Up Buffalo Conference

Thursday, February 16th

A day-long conference and networking event!

Keynote: Climate Risk is Impacting Real Estate

Breakout Sessions:

Economics Relative to Development

Transportation Transformation and Smart Mobility

Will your building survive?

Plenary Session: Resilience Trends in NYS Buildings

Register

Principals' Roundtable

Thursday, March 2nd @ 12:00 (noon)

Join AIA Rochester President Jay Woodcock, AIA and AIA Rochester Vice President Jamie Bucci, AIA for a conversation about AIA Rochester programs and opportunities.

This meeting will be held virtually. We invite a representative from every member firm to join us. The meeting link and an agenda will be sent prior to the meeting. If you have specific topics you would like to discuss, please email Jay or Jamie by Monday, February 27, 2023.

Register here.

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Women in Architecture

We will again be featuring Rochester Women in Architecture in March to celebrate Women's History Month. We invite all members identifying as women to participate! Please complete the form here, and we will contact you for further information! Please contact Director of Communications, Sara DeSalvo, AIA with any questions! Past profiles can be found on our Instagram feed at @aiaroc.

Women in Architecture

Professional Practice Series

March 7, 2023 @ 4:30pm

Join us! In honor of International Women's Day, the Women in Architecture Committee invites you to join in kicking off a series featuring accomplished local women leaders offering their insights and guidance to emerging women architects.

Jennifer Takatch, AIA is a principal at Architectura, PC. She is drawn to projects that are unusual and unique, with a focus on restoration and renovation. Her clients span from public projects to single family home owners. She finds adventure in every project!

The event is free but we ask that you register, here.

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Become a Partner!

AIA Rochester offers many different opportunities to support our members and the profession. Your partnership allows us to better support our members through opportunities for professional advancement, community involvement, and promoting design excellence in the built environment. Partnerships are open to architects, engineers, planners, landscape architects, artists, and those in government, education, journalism, manufacturing industry, and other fields allied to architecture. Partnerships are based on a calendar year from January - December.

Become and AIA Rochester Partner

Sponsorship Opportunities

AIA Rochester

2023 Social Media Initiative

AIA Rochester will again be featuring projects done by local architect members/firms and we hope to hear from you!

Each firm can submit up to 5 projects. All we need is:

2-3 photos of your project (including one detailed photo of a specific aspect), a short description of the project and the architect and photographer names. Deadline for submissions is February 17th and will be featured during the months of February through April!. Email submissions to Linda Hewitt. We look forward to hearing from you!.

ERA First Thursdays

Committee Meetings

Join Dustin Welch, AIA - Emerging Professional Director each month to network and plan upcoming events. What can the AIA do to help your career advance?

Register for meeting link.

The Emerging Rochester Architects (ERA) is a subcommittee of AIA Rochester, and is chaired by the AIA Rochester Emerging Professionals Director.

Our membership includes associates, architects, and architectural students who have an enthusiasm for architecture, design, and Rochester. ERA is the vehicle for hosting events and programs that are fun, foster professional development, and engage the community with a focus on architecture and design. 

We need you!

Become an involved member of the profession. We have openings on the following committees:

Design Awards Committee

Golf Committee

Emerging Rochester Architects Committee (ERA)

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (EDI)

Women in Architecture Committee (WiA)

Committee on the Environment (COTE)

Membership Committee

Email Linda B. Hewitt, Hon. AIANYS

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Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee

JOIN US on Feb 17th at 12pm

Please join Trevor Harrison, AIA as he chairs our chapter's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee!

The next meeting is February 17th at noon and will be held virtually. Join this new committee by emailing Trevor Harrison, AIA for a link!

A’23 Conference on Architecture

A’23 is the architecture and design event of the year! Join us as an exhibitor at the Architecture Expo June 8-9, where you’ll connect with thousands of architectural decision-makers looking for technical expertise, new products, and project solutions.

With so many opportunities to network and meet new architects and buyers, you’ll have ample opportunity to showcase your company’s thought leadership and create relationships that get your products specified across the world.

Click HERE for more details.