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Celebrate Excellence! Elevate Your Profession with the 2026 Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards

Submissions accepted through Saturday, August 1, 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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September 30th AIA National Government Affairs Update

October 2, 2026
AIA’s latest update highlights advocacy wins and national visibility across several fronts. On federal procurement, a proposed FAR Part 15 rule would restrict the 6% A/E fee limitation to cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts, addressing a longstanding AIA concern, while AIA also opposed an SBA proposal to raise the architectural services size standard from $12.5 million to $135 million, warning it would squeeze
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September 15th AIA National Government Affairs Update

September 16, 2026
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August 13th AIA National Government Affairs Update

August 17, 2026
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Celebrate Excellence! Elevate Your Profession with the 2026 Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards

June 4, 2026
Submissions accepted through Saturday, August 1, 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’ Action Day 2026

April 1, 2026
AIA PA board members and committee leaders hit the State Capitol for Action Day 2026, meeting with legislators and policy makers to talk about what architects do, why it matters, and what we need from Harrisburg right now. Action Day is one of those events that reminds you why advocacy matters. On March 24th and 25th, AIA PA board members
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Design Awards FAQ’s

July 10, 2025
Below are the most frequently asked questions regarding submissions to the 2026 AIA Pennsylvania Design and COTE Awards. If you have additional questions, please call us at 717-236-4055 x 4 or email klarson@aiapa.org. How do I resubmit a previously entered project? If you’ve entered a project in the AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards in recent years (2020-2024)
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Celebrate and Elevate Your Work with the 2025 Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards

July 9, 2025
Submissions NOW accepted through Friday, August 15, 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
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Architects Action Day 2025 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

March 28, 2025
AIA Pennsylvania at The Hill for Architects Action Day AIA PA’s Architects Action Day and our March meeting of the Board of Directors brought our leaders to Harrisburg on March 24th and 25th. We were honored to host legislators, legislative staff, and agency officials at our reception, Board dinner, and Action Day breakfast and luncheon. We met with legislators and
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2025-2026 Legislative Survey Insights

March 19, 2025
Ranking the Profession’s Priorities 2025-2026 Legislative Survey Insights Every year, AIA Pennsylvania conducts a legislative survey to gather insights from our members on the most pressing issues affecting the architecture profession and the built environment. This year, we polled our over 3,000 members to better understand their priorities and concerns, ensuring that our advocacy efforts align with the needs of
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AIA Pennsylvania and Component delegates hold meetings on Capitol Hill

February 28, 2025
Delegates of AIA PA, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Central PA, and Northeastern PA visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to engage with legislators on key policy issues affecting the architecture profession and the built environment. Advocating for design freedom, sustainable design, fair tax and fee policies, equitable development, and investments in public infrastructure, architects met with lawmakers to emphasize the critical role of
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