Philadelphia Center for Architecture

the AIA Bookstore at the Center
1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia

Founded in 2003[1] by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA),[2] the Center for Architecture (a 501(c)3 non-profit) performs the charitable and public education work of AIA Philadelphia. The Center's physical location opened in 2008 and serves as the chapter's home as well as a venue for public programs on architecture, urban planning, and design.[3]

Major Programs

The Center produces annual and ongoing programs for the general public on the topics of architecture, urban planning, and design,[4] including:
     Emergence Of A Modern Metropolis: Philadelphia[5] walking tour (year-round)
     Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Award + Talk[6] for urban planning and design (annually in February)
     Building Philadelphia: Architecture, History, + Politics[7] 10-part speaker series (annually in spring)
     Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award + Talk[8] for architecture (annually in May)
     Park(ing) Day Philadelphia[9] a one-day festival in which on-street parking spots become mini public parks (annually in September)
     Better Philadelphia Challenge[10] an international urban design competition for university students (annually in October)
     DesignPhiladelphia[11] the oldest and largest festival of its kind in the U.S.[12] (annually in October)
     Spooktacular a Halloween village for the Children's Crisis Treatment Center (annually in October)
     Architecture in Education[13] in-classroom education program (ongoing)

Major Exhibitions

The Center hosts annual and ongoing exhibitions,[14] including:
     Degrees of Design: Student Work from Local Architecture + Design Schools[15] (annually in February)
     On The Rise: Emerging Architects + Firms[16] (annually in spring)
     CANstruction[17] food can sculpture competition and food drive (annually in spring)
     Sketch Showdown[18] sketching competition (annually in summer)
     Constructing Play: Classic Building Toys[19] (annually in winter)
     Iconic Philadelphia photographs of Philadelphia buildings (ongoing)
     Vintage Philadelphia Neon Signs (ongoing)

Organizations housed at the Center for Architecture

The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
Community Design Collaborative
AIA Bookstore & Design Center

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/76-0725828/center-architecture.aspx
  2. ↑ http://aiaphiladelphia.org/about-aia-philadelphia
  3. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/about
  4. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions
  5. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/events/emergence-modern-metropolis-philadelphia-0
  6. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/edmund-n-bacon-prize-lecture
  7. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/building-philadelphia-architecture-history-politics
  8. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/louis-i-kahn-memorial-lecture
  9. ↑ http://www.parkingdayphila.org/about
  10. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/competitions/better-philadelphia-challenge
  11. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/designphiladelphia
  12. ↑ http://hiddencityphila.org/2014/10/a-decade-in-reflecting-on-designphiladelphia/
  13. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/architecture-education
  14. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions
  15. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/degrees-design
  16. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/on-the-rise
  17. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/competitions/canstruction
  18. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/competitions/sketch-showdown
  19. ↑ http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/constructing-play

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