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2020 Grad Series: Sophie Chien

MAY 1, 2020

Congratulations to our 2020 graduates! Read the first part of our series from our 2015-2020 Diversity Advancement Scholar, Sophie Chien. In my five years at Rhode Island School of Design, the most important thing I’ve learned is to care. I look at care in a broad sense: to care is to be thoughtful, to build […]

Panel Recap: Placemaking at HBCUs

MARCH 19, 2020

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) make up 3 percent of the country’s colleges and universities, enroll 10 percent of all African American students, and produce almost 20 percent of all African American graduates, making these institutions increasingly impactful and vital. While meeting admissions goals and improving retention rates are critical goals for any college, […]

In its 30th Year, the Richard Morris Hunt Prize Redoubles its Impact

JANUARY 1, 2020

PARIS- At a moment of global environmental concern, one organization is supporting greater scholarship in conserving the built environment — the Richard Morris Hunt Prize. Founded in 1990, the Richard Morris Hunt Prize awards two prizes each year to two laureates, a Fellow and a Scholar, practicing architects specializing in historic preservation. Grants are alternatively […]

The Architects Foundation’s 2019 Year in Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year, the Architects Foundation (AF) solidified its position as attracting, inspiring and investing in the next-generation design community. AF now runs eight different scholarship programs (attract/invest), is building out its museum programming at The Octagon through 2021 (attract/inspire), and has built a framework for a strategic planning process. Throughout 2019, the Foundation has interacted […]

Architects Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Scholarship Programs

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

WASHINGTON –The Architects Foundation, the philanthropic partner of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), is now accepting applications for five scholarships supporting students pursuing architecture degrees. Diversity Advancement Scholarship This multiyear scholarship supports high school and undergraduate minority students who are entering, enrolled in, or transferring into an undergraduate architecture program recognized by the National […]

Architects Foundation announces 2019 Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship recipients

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Scholarship recipients receive funds, a subscription to ArchiPrep® and study materials for the Architectural Registration Examination.  WASHINGTON –The Architects Foundation is awarding ten recipients with its 2019 Jason Pettigrew Memorial Architect Registration Examination (ARE) Scholarship. The Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship recognizes the significant contributions of emerging professionals at early stages in their careers and […]

Architects Foundation Executive Director Marci Reed is inducted into Institute for Georgia’s Environmental Leadership Hall of Fame

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Congratulations to our Executive Director Marci Reed for being inducted into IGEL’s Hall of Fame earlier this year! Read more about the honor here.

Graduation reflections from Architects Foundation Scholars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Orli Hakanoglu 2018 Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Scholar May 2019 Graduate, Yale University It has been [a few months] since I graduated with my M-Arch degree from Yale, and have had a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past three incredible years. When I started school, I had no idea what world […]

The Octagon is featured on Leaders and Legends in Government

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

On September 13, 2019, Octagon Manager Margaret Phalen and AF Executive Director Marci Reed were guests on Federal News Network’s Leaders and Legends in Government.  Listen to the episode >

AIA Custom Residential Architects Network endows Architects Foundation Diversity Advancement Scholarship

JUNE 3, 2019

AIA Knowledge Community becomes Foundation’s first donor providing support in perpetuity for the Foundation’s diversity initiative. WASHINGTON – The Architects Foundation is receiving a permanent endowment from The American Institute of Architects’ Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) to fund additional Diversity Advancement Scholarship recipients. Through its $150,000 gift, CRAN will support a minority architecture student […]