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2024 Year In Review

AIA PA 2024 Virtual Year in Review Town Hall

Celebrate AIA Pennsylvania’s remarkable achievements in 2024 and listen as our leaders will unveil goals for the year ahead. February 11, 2025
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January 2025 – Special Winter Update

January 14, 2025
Mary McClenaghan, AIA, NCARB, Leads First Meeting as President of PA State Architects Licensure Board On Thursday, January 9th, Mary McClenaghan, AIA, NCARB, presided over her inaugural meeting as President of the Pennsylvania State Architects Licensure Board. AIA Pennsylvania’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Amal Mahrouki, attended the meeting and provided an update to the board. Amal highlighted that while Act
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2025-2026 Legislative Survey Open until 1/31/2025

December 20, 2024
YOUR VOICE MATTERS! Let us know what is most important to your practice and to the profession of future architects as we prepare for the upcoming legislative session AIA Pennsylvania, the voice of the architecture profession at the State Capitol, is seeking your perspective on key issues that promote the value of architecture, combat climate change, design equitable communities, and
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Architects and Interior Designers Pass Historic Legislation

November 20, 2024
New Bill Demonstrates Collaborative Industry EffortsHARRISBURG, Pa. (November 20, 2024) – The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA PA) together with the Interior Design Legislative Coalition of Pennsylvania(IDLCPA) are pleased to announce the passage of Senate Bill 1319, which amends theArchitects Licensure Law to advance both professions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Senate Bill 1319, signed into law
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Mahrouki Named Power Lobbyist for Second-Year Running

June 20, 2024
She is one of only three lobbyists dedicated to an association’s interests Join us in celebrating AIA Pennsylvania’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Amal Mahrouki. For the second year in a row, the Central Penn Business Journal has named her to its Lobbyist Power List. Mahrouki is one of only three lobbyists dedicated to an association’s interests named to the list
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Shaking Up Small Cities at AIA24

June 20, 2024
Design’s role in community development and revitalization highlighted at the AIA Conference on Architecture On Wednesday, June 5th, AIA Pennsylvania presented the 6th installment of its highly successful “Shaking Up Small Cities” program at AIA24, the American Institute of Architects’ national conference, in Washington, D.C.  “Shaking Up Small Cities” started in 2021 as a virtual series highlighting small cities and
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Celebrate and Elevate Your Work with the 2024 Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards

June 13, 2024
Submissions accepted through Thursday, August 8, at 11:59 pm AIA Pennsylvania annually recognizes and celebrates the great work that Pennsylvania’s architects are doing to affect positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes for their clients and communities in the Commonwealth and beyond. The Architectural Excellence Design Awards celebrate the exemplary design achievements of members and the impact of architecture regardless of
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Architects Take Action to Champion a Blueprint for a Better Pennsylvania 

April 23, 2024
On Tuesday, April 9th, AIA Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania chapter of The American Institute of Architects, held its Architects Action Day. The annual lobby day brings chapter leadership to the State Capitol to meet with lawmakers to share architects’ expertise, offer AIA Pennsylvania as a resource, and advocate for the chapters’ policy positions. This year, the meeting schedule and format marked
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Designing Policy: Q+A with State Representative P. Michael Sturla

March 22, 2024
Originally published in the Winter 2024 edition of Context, the journal of the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter Representative P. Michael Sturla represents District 96, serving part of Lancaster City and its northern suburbs. He is the Majority Chair of the Housing and Community Development Committee.   EDUCATION AND PRE-POLITICAL CAREER  Where did you go to architecture school, and how
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Designing Policy: Architect and Senator Tim Kearney shares how design and policy go together like brick-and-mortar

March 22, 2024
By Senator Tim Kearney, AIA. Kearney serves the 26th District, largely representing Delaware County, is a former mayor of the Borough of Swarthmore, and is also a registered architect. Originally published in the Winter 2024 edition of Context, the journal of the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter As one of approximately five architects in state legislatures across the US,
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