Our Mission

Increase and promote the value of Architects by:
advancing the standard of the profession, and
promoting professional development, outreach, and fellowship
February 5 - 7, 2020 - Spokane and Seattle

MOD X Northwest will focus on an emerging offsite modular industry and region, the Pacific Northwest. Three areas of modular construction: multi-family, hospitality and innovations will be explored to discuss how a particular ecology delivers, trains, and transitions to a new method of construction.

Day 1 will include a visit to Katerra's mass timber factory and a job site tour of the new Catalyst mass timber building in Spokane, WA 

Day 2 will feature a job site tour of the citizenM Hotel and Cubix Othello multi-family modular project in Seattle, and

Day 3 will conclude with and day long symposium that will bring together practitioners and thought leaders in the industry including Gensler, Mortenson, Jackson Main Architects, Katerra, and others.
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Residential Architect Community

AIA Spokane & Spokane Coeur d'Alene Living magazine will team up again in 2020 to feature 6 disticntive homes (new or renovated) in 6 issues in the Magazines Home of Distinction section. 

Call for 2020 HOD Entries Open & Due January 17th @ 5pm.

Download the HOD Entry Form

The November issue features a unique home, designed by . This custom home located on Lake Pend Orielle and designed by Uptic Studios.  This rustic-modern home is designed with two "pods" ideally situated along the curved shoreline to maximize the lake views. 

AIA Spokane Chapter Headlines

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Advocacy

AIA Promotes Architects as Advocates...

AIA Spokane leaders, David Buescher, Becky Blankenship and Stephanie Aden were recently interviewed by the Journal of Business.  The article appeared on May 9, 2019

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BEC Spokane
AIA Spokane Announces the Formation of
​Spokane Building Enclosure Council 

AIA Spokane has been working with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to set up a chapter of the Building Enclosure Council in Spokane (BEC Spokane).  The chapter is being organized with the assistance of Phil Martinson (PE, PMP, DBIA, CDT), a Civil-Structural Engineer who has just relocated to the Spokane area.  Phil is working with BC Engineers in Hayden, Idaho which specializes in structural engineering design, structural forensic investigations, and civil engineering design. The "kick-off" BEC Spokane event is April 30th! 

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 ​​BEC Spokane Schedule

BEC Spokane Lunch 'n Learn - Testing the Building Envelope
Wednesday, January 8th, 12-1 pm
ALSC Architects
AIA Credit Pending & Sponsored by CSI
Presented by Michael Peak & Ed Simpson of TESTCOMM
FREE for BEC/AIA/ABC/ASHRAE members/$10 for non-members
More info and registration

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