“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”
Frank Gehry

Save the Date for Host Events

Plan ahead! Book your host chapter tours and events as soon as possible, as many of them have already started selling out!

In addition to the more than 800 exhibitors, galleries and Continuing Education courses…learn what makes DC the most powerful city in the world with exclusive events sponsored by the DC Chapter.

We have planned more than 100 educational tours and family events. Stay focused on one tract of connections, or mix and match tours that grab your interest.

Monuments, Institutions and Public Gathering – No trip to DC would be complete without a look at the Monumental architecture and unique governmental structures that the city has to offer.

  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Art and Architecture in the Federal Triangle
  • Baltimore Historic Tour
  • Committee on Architecture for Education Tour of High-Performance Schools
  • DeafSpace—Connecting Students, Campus, and Community: Innovative Design Strategies for Effective, Radically Inclusive Spaces
  • High Schools of Alexandria, Va.: Design Connects Public and Private Education
  • House of Sweden: An Architecture of Open Diplomacy—Connecting Scandinavia to the World
  • Howard/Shaw University Tour: Connecting a Historically Black University with Its Surroundings
  • Library of Congress
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • President Lincoln’s Cottage: Innovation in Historic Sites
  • Rebuilding and Remembering after 9/11: Pentagon Reconstruction and Memorial
  • The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: America's Catholic Church
  • The House of Hope: NIH and Its Role in Translational Medicine
  • The Mexican Cultural Institute: Connecting the Americas
  • The National Mall: Connecting a Capitol to its People
  • The U.S. National Arboretum: Connecting Gardens, Structures, and Space
  • U.S. Capitol and Visitors Center
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Washington Illuminated: Monumental Lighting Design
  • Washington National Cathedral: Connecting the Past to the Future

 

Sustainability and Preservation – We’ve assembled a diverse group of tours all focused on unique aspects of sustainability, historic preservation, reuse and revitalization.

  • Adaptive Use in Baltimore
  • Connecting Preservation and Urban Design: Historic Old Town Alexandria
  • Future Trends: LEED-Cl Platinum Offices Tour
  • Historic Preservation: St. Elizabeths West Campus
  • The Preservation and Interpretation of the Lorton Prison Site and Facility

 

Neighborhood Watch – Take a look at the mosaic of neighborhoods that is Washington, DC.

  • 14th Street: A Reemerging Neighborhood
  • Capitol Hill: Connecting Past, Present, and Future
  • Dupont Circle: Connecting Society from 1900 to 2012
  • Georgetown: Connecting the Gentility to the Grit, the Historic to the Modern
  • Historic Capitol Hill: Residential Fabric—Connecting Old and New
  • Shaw Neighborhood Tour: Filling the Void in the Urban Puzzle
  • The Capitol Riverfront: A New Neighborhood Built on Industrial Foundations
  • The District Architecture Center and Penn Quarter
  • U Street, Logan Circle, and Shaw: The Intersection of Race, History, and Planning

 

Transportation and Smart Growth – Enjoy a specialized focus on what it takes to move the masses through the District and surrounding areas.

  • Arlington County Redevelopment: Connecting Smart Growth and Architecture
  • Metro: Design and Development History, Present Status, and Future Developments
  • Residential Planning in the Nation’s Capitol: Connecting the New Deal with New Urbanism
  • Union Station: Intermodal Transportation Hub—Triumphant Return from Decades of Neglect

 

Residential Design – Enjoy in-depth looks at residential design in the DC Metro area, from a Frank Lloyd Wright work to an 18th Century Mansion.

  • Carbon Neutrality—Connecting Energy Efficiency and Affordability: LEED Platinum House Tour
  • Dupont Circle Mansions: An In Depth Look at the Anderson House
  • Historic Homes and Gardens of Georgetown: Connecting Neoclassical and Federal Historic Homes
  • Hollin Hills: A Mid-Century Modern Community
  • Mid-Century Connections: Hollin Hills and the Pope-Leighey House
  • Modern Residential Architecture
  • Monticello and Montpelier: Presidential Historic Sites Advance in the 21st Century
  • The Washington Estates of Marjorie Merriweather Post: Connecting Architecture, Art, and Landscape
  • Virginia Plantations: Mount Vernon and Woodlawn
  • Washington’s Turn-of-the-Century Domestic Architecture: The Heurich, Belmont, and Anderson Houses

 

Hospitality, Tourism and Entertainment – Examine the architecture of some of the oldest hotels and museums in the city, or learn about the “Bubble”, a potential game-changer for museum expansion in the 21st century.

  • Behind the Scenes at the National Gallery of Art
  • Connecting Art and Architecture: Philip Johnson's Kreeger Museum
  • Current Revitalization in Progress: Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building Hard-Hat Tour
  • D.C.'s Public Libraries: Connecting to Our Communities
  • Hospitality Connects: A Tour of Washington’s Hotel Architecture
  • Modern Productions in a Historic Theater: The Folger Shakespeare Library
  • National Building Museum: “Unbuilt Washington”
  • The Architecture of Air: The Bloomberg Seasonal Inflatable Structure and Center for Cultural Dialogue at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • The National Building Museum’s Historic Home: The Pension Building
  • The New Historic Theater: Renovating the Kennedy Center
  • U.S. Institute of Peace: Architecture and Light
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: An Architecture Honoring the Memories of the Past

 

Educational Facilities – Explore how students learn and teachers engage in areas with rapidly expanding populations or with an entire curriculum for deaf students.

  • Committee on Architecture for Education Tour of High-Performance Schools
  • DeafSpace—Connecting Students, Campus, and Community: Innovative Design Strategies for Effective, Radically Inclusive Spaces
  • High Schools of Alexandria, Va.: Design Connects Public and Private Education
  • Howard/Shaw University Tour: Connecting a Historically Black University with Its Surroundings
  • Historic Preservation: St. Elizabeths West Campus

 

Fun for All – Let’s not forget the amazing lineup of fun-filled events, including the Host Chapter Party at the Newseum, a night out at a Nats game and more than a dozen other family and guest-friendly events.

  • Host Chapter Party: Night at the Newseum
  • Connect with the National Symphony Orchestra
  • Cruise the Potomac
  • Play Ball!
  • Reconnect  with NOLA
  • Run around D.C.

 

Convention Floor Events – You don’t have to leave the Convention floor to get a taste of everything AIA|DC has to offer. We have a great line up of educational sessions at the AIA|DC Salon – booth 2627.

  • National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds: Some Day in the Park with George
  • Connecting our Past to our Future: The Impact of Development on Mid-Century Modern
  • Reconnecting our Urban Fabric: Neighborhood Renewal in D.C.
  • WaterShed: The University of Maryland's Entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011
  • Design Excellence in Washington, D.C., Public Architecture
  • Connecting the Academy and Practice: Perspectives of D.C. Regional Architecture Schools
  • Integrating Baltimore’s Sustainability Master Plan with Green Building Policy
  • Getting to the Job Offer: Applying the Design Process to Create a Better Résumé and Portfolio and Improve Your Interview and Negotiation Skills
  • Best Residential Architects: Seven x Seven
  • Future Practitioners and the AIA|DC Legacy Project: Phelps High School Architecture Curriculum Design Award Presentation

 

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