AIA Northeastern Pennsylvania

10/06/2026

10/03/2026

Don't miss these upcoming Continuing Education opportunities with AIA Pennsylvania!

🛗 Sept 30 | Elevators & Platform Lifts for Safe Accessibility 2 — Dive into ADA requirements, codes, and vertical transportation solutions for barrier-free design. (1 LU | HSW)

📈 Oct 13 | Beyond Referrals: A Practical Strategy for Winning the Right Projects — Build a stronger business development strategy that goes beyond word-of-mouth. (1 LU)

📐 Oct 14 | 3D Laser Scanning — Explore how advanced surveying tech is transforming how we document and analyze existing conditions. (1 LU)

🪨 Oct 21 | Stone Repair and Restoration — Learn the science behind stone deterioration and best practices for treatment and repair. (1 LU | HSW)

All sessions are virtual for your convenience! Register now 🔗 https://aiapa.org/events/ or via the link in our bio.

10/03/2026

Join us for the 2026 AIA Tri-State Conference, hosted by AIA New Jersey, AIA New York State, and AIA Pennsylvania. We'll gather at the Hyatt Regency Princeton from November 4-6, with pre-conference intensives on November 3. It's a chance to connect in person with architects and design professionals from across the region.

🎤 Keynotes from Lora Wilson BC-DMT, Amy Yurko, AIA, and Joshua Ramus, FAIA
📚 Innovative sessions and Spec Academies, with up to 69 AIA credits available
🚶 Architectural tours around Princeton, including the new Princeton University Art Museum, the Nakashima Woodworkers campus, and more
🏆 Tri-State Design Awards celebrating outstanding work across NJ, NY, and PA
🤝 An Expo Hall and plenty of time to connect with colleagues

Registration is OPEN! Find all the information at aiapa.org/events/aia-tri-state-conference.

10/03/2026

10/03/2026

Here is your monthly economic update, courtesy of the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index ® (ABI).

Nationally, architecture firm billings continued to decline in August, and the score for the month was 47.2 (a decline is below 50).

However, the Midwest region reported modest growth, along with firms with a commercial/industrial specialization. More data here: https://www.aia.org/resource-center/abi-august-2026-architecture-firm-billings-continue-decline?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-social

10/03/2026

Concrete is the most widely used building material on Earth — and for decades, we've treated it as a static, passive material.

Concrete Consciousness: The Rise of Agentic Architecture flips that idea on its head, using concrete as a lens to explore what happens when materials become active participants in a building's performance — sensing, adapting, and responding over the structure's entire lifespan.

Join Frank Mruk, FAIA, FCSI, FSPS, RIBA + Hessam AzariJafari, PhD for a 3-hour deep dive into material intelligence, AI, digital twins, and regenerative design.

📅 Tuesday, November 3 | 1:00–4:00 PM
📍 Pre-Conference Intensive | 3.0 HSW/LUs
💵 $65 — Early-bird pricing ends September 21!
🔗 Register now to lock in your spot: https://aiapa.org/events/aia-tri-state-conference/ or via the link in our bio.

09/11/2026

09/01/2026

Join us for an immersive pre-conference tour of two remarkable sites in New Hope, PA, where architecture, landscape, and craftsmanship converge: the Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts and Design and the Nakashima Woodworkers campus. 🔗 https://youtu.be/cIlIxN6MRzg?si=58gllV2qpvLWIh2s

🏡 Raymond Farm Center — Once the home and summer studio of architects Antonin and Noémi Raymond, this 18th-century Quaker farmhouse was transformed through their signature fusion of modernist and Japanese design. Known as "the New Hope Experiment," the farm was a live/work atelier rooted in close-to-the-earth living, art, and craft.

🪵 Nakashima Woodworkers — A short distance away, explore the studio and residence George Nakashima designed and built himself, drawing on the same Japanese-modernist design language he learned working alongside the Raymonds. The campus remains a living testament to his legacy of woodworking and organic design.

Together, these sites offer a firsthand look at adaptive reuse, historic preservation, passive design strategies, responsible material selection, and site-responsive planning — lessons architects can carry directly into contemporary practice. 🌳

📅 Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 | 4 HSWs | Lunch included
🎟️ $215
🔗 Register now — https://aiapa.org/events/aia-tri-state-conference/