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  GETTING STARTED WITH THE ARE WHAT: Getting Started with The ARE is all about beginning your journey toward being a licensed architect, including how to avoid pitfalls, and how to take first steps. Mike Riscica, AIA, CSI share valuable insights from his own failures and mistakes, as well as what he has learned by helping over 300 ARE Candidates get started on this process. WHEN: Tuesday, May 22th 6pm to 8pm  COST: FREE! Emerging professionals, Associate AIA members, AIA members and non-AIA members are all welcome to attend. Please RSVP by May 20th for the venue's headcount. LOCATION: Kitchen & Assocaites 756 Haddon Avenue Collingswood, [...]

Do you want to integrate resilience into the design services your firm offers? AIA West Jersey members, many of our clients and communities reside in regions that are affected by resilience and adaptation issues.   Learn more about these topics and better serve the public and your clients by registering for the new AIAU Exclusive Resilience & Adaptation Series of courses.    This exclusive ten-course series covers mitigation, resilience and adaptation, technical design application, and design process application.  Take all ten courses to learn best practices for mitigating risk for hazards, shocks, and stresses and adapting to changing conditions.  Perfect for midcareer architects. [...]

AIA West Jersey will host a General Membership Dinner on May 10th.  This event will feature a code seminar by Robert Austin from NJ Department of Community Affairs on the Rehabilitation Subcode.  RSVP today to reserve your spot.  Pre-register for this event via TicketLeap and save Thank you to our event sponsors: Garland Industries, Inc. and Diversified Lighting Associates,Inc.  Learn more about these companies and all our Allied Members at our website.

Getting Started with the ARE: Michael Riscica, AIA of YoungArchitect.com When: MAY 22, 2018 Where: Kitchen & Associates. 756 Haddon Ave, Collingswood RSVP: by MAY 20, 2018 to lauren.m.harris@outlook.com  After working 40 hours a week, raising the kids, and managing life’s responsibilities, who has time to study 8+ hours a week for the Architect exam?! The most valuable resource for every ARE Candidate is time. Often, the hardest part is just getting started and taking the first steps with taking the ARE, which can feel overwhelming. Getting Started with the ARE Lecture is a beginner/intermediate ARE lecture, which is designed to: Bring [...]

Be a part of Your AIA.   Make a difference in Your Profession.   Add Your Voice to the conversation. AIA New Jersey is looking for members interested in serving as one of twelve At-Large Trustee positions for the 2019 year.  AIA West Jersey seeks local volunteers to represent our geographic region of the state on this board.  Please consider stepping up, giving back and working to make AIA better for you, the members. This is an excellent opportunity to have a voice in the workings of an organization that builds and sustains the VALUE OF THE ARCHITECT. Applications for the six (6) [...]

The 2018 AIA West Jersey Photography Competition is accepting submissions for it's 13th annual event.  This competition is open to the public, as well as AIA members.  Please share with friends and family.   Photo Credit: Robert Auld, AIA | Rio Maggiore Winning entries will be used in the AIA West Jersey 2019 Calendar that will be distributed to members and affiliates.  Images of the winning entries may be shown at AIA-WJ events held and online/social media channels. Three cash awards from the winning entries will also be presented. Full Photography Competition and Entry Form are available below.  2018 Competition and Entry [...]

Register today for three immersive days of what’s new and now in architecture and design, hosted in one of the most iconic cities in the world.  At A’18, some of the most creative architects, designers, and firms will share how they’re creating their own blueprint and making a difference in cities of every size all over the world. Get all the details at the A'18 website: http://conferenceonarchitecture.com/

Saturday April 14, 2018 at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey was the site of the NJ - “TSA (Technology Student Association)” High School Conference which included representation from High Schools from all over the State of New Jersey. The competitive event categories were: 3D Animation, Animatronics, Architectural Design, Biotechnology Design, Coding, Computer-Aided Design – Architecture, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Engineering Design, etc. In reference to the Architectural Design Category, the students were tasked with the design of a Tiny House that can be built using modern shipping containers as the basic shell for a structure. The project included [...]

AIA West Jersey will host a General Membership Dinner on May 10th.  This event will feature a code seminar by Robert Austin from NJ Department of Community Affairs on the Rehabilitation Subcode.  RSVP today to reserve your spot.  Pre-register for this event via TicketLeap and save Thank you to our event sponsors: Garland Industries, Inc. and Diversified Lighting Associates,Inc.  Learn more about these companies and all our Allied Members at our website.

On March 19, 2018, Emerging Professionals (EPs) from AIA West Jersey met at J. Randolph Parry Architects in Riverton, NJ for the ARE Success Teams Kick-Off Event. Representatives from AIA-NJ EPiC (Emerging Professionals Community) and NCARB simulcast information on Architectural Experience Program (AXP) and the Architect Registration Exam (ARE), across the state to the study teams in each of New Jersey's local AIA components. These teams will begin to meet monthly to support each other in their efforts to pass the ARE 5.0 beginning with an ARE Trivia Challenge in April and a lecture by the Young Architect, Mike Riscica in May. [...]