2022 Programs | Year-at-a-Glance

Continuing Education, Design Awards & Member Events — Click to Open

Program	Best Time to Sponsor	Call for Submissions	Program Dates	Description
Committee Programs	Various	Various	Ongoing	AIASF committees address a wide variety of design, advocacy, and practice issues in their programs.
Symposium Series	Various	Various	Ongoing Housing Symposium: June 16+17 (Virtual) Indigenous Architecture Symposium: October 2022	The Symposium Series provides ongoing conversations about specific practice areas within the design-built communities — from equitable and sustainable innovations to affordable housing and technological tools for change.
ARE Programming	February-October	Pact enrollment: January - March	Annual suite of classes: March - November	The ARE Pact program offers the perfect incentive to get licensed: take all exams required by NCARB within a set timeframe and receive a refund of the $1,000 enrollment deposit. Enrollment includes a peer study group, team leader and coach, and free admission to class lectures.
Design Awards	Jan- March	Jan-Feb	28-Apr-22	The Design Awards recognize the outstanding achievements in architecture and design of Bay Area individuals and organizations and celebrates the distinguished work of architects and related professionals from afar who contribute to the framework of our local built environment.
EQxD	Summer	Summer (TBD)	Fall (TBD)	The EQxD Symposium collaboratively engages attendees in critical discourse on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels of architectural practice, to create better architecture and actively shape new systems for a better society.
Design Lecture Series	Summer	Various	Fall (TBD)	The Design Lecture Series features internationally renowned architects, multi-disciplinary designers, and theorists. This series of lectures has provided a forum for the exchange of new ideas about architecture and design for over four decades.
Small Firms Great Projects	January (TBD)	May-June TBD	September (TBD)	Open to architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and architectural lighting firms with 19 or fewer employees, Small Firms, Great Projects creates a platform for small firms to feature their best work in print, online, and in a companion exhibition.
Annual Business Meeting	Fall	N/A	Late November – Early December	Annual Business Meeting + Member Party, where all AIASF members gather to celebrate the year’s accomplishments and welcome the incoming Board of Directors.

Community Events, Tours, and Architecture + the City Festival — Click to Open

Program	Best Time to Sponsor	Call for Submissions	Dates	Description
Fresh Brew	Various	Various	Ongoing	Fresh Brew is a series of online morning conversations covering a variety of topics in architecture and multi-disciplinary design. Fresh Brew aims to provide the public and industry professionals with engaging dialogue and a space for inspiration.
Architecture + the City Festival	May-July	January- March	Month of September	Since 2003, the annual Architecture and the City Festival has celebrated the Bay Area’s unique built environment and design community. The month-long event takes place every September and features a wide variety of programs including behind-the-scenes walking tours, films, exhibitions, lectures, and more.
Festival Home Tours (Formerly San Francisco Living: Home Tours)	May-July	January- April	September weekend(s)	The Festival Home Tours is the first series of its kind in the Bay Area to showcase a variety of architectural styles, neighborhoods, and residences in an open house format — all from the architect's point of view.
Community Alliance Awards	Fall	Summer TBD	Fall (TBD)	Since 2015, the Community Alliance Awards has honored 100+ individuals, firms, and organizations whose overall work, leadership, and dedication have shaped the character and vibrancy of our communities and the future of our built environment.
Walking Tours	Various	Various	Ongoing 3/31/2022: Nolli Walking Tour	Led by a corps of local architects, native San Franciscans, and veteran tour docents, the Center's walking tours offer attendees a variety of perspectives that provide a deeper appreciation of the City's historic narratives, as well as an opportunity to engage in dialogue about the Bay Area's most distinctive neighborhoods, architecture, and urban spaces.
Exhibitions	Various	Various	Ongoing	Gallery Exhibitions showcase unique local and international perspectives where architecture meets at the intersection of art. These exhibitions are complemented by programs that provide a space for engaging conversations with thought-leaders, innovators, and multi-disciplinary designers.