Grant Honors Aspiring Architects for Their Dedication to the Field and Community Involvement The Emerging Professionals Committee of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA EPiC) is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Paula Maynes ARE Grant. Established in 2015, this grant recognizes exceptional architectural graduates on their journey to licensure, celebrating their contributions to

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

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

It is with great pride, and a tinge of sadness, that AIA Pennsylvania announces the departure of Amal Mahrouki, Director of Legislative Affairs, and her transition to her new role with AIA National as their Senior Director of State and Local Affairs. Since 2017, Amal served as the Director of Legislative Affairs for AIA Pennsylvania. In this role, she led

In its third year, the AIA Pennsylvania Women’s Leadership Summit Scholarship is supporting six members in attending October’s AIA leadership event in Chicago. These scholarship recipients have shown a deep commitment to architecture and the built environment, active involvement in the AIA, and strong advocacy for sustainability and social equality – aiming to enrich both architecture profession and their communities.

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

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

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