PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Drop in for CFAD Play Lab anytime today between 1:00 - 4:00 PM at the Center for Architecture & Design

This opportunity is free and perfect for ages 5-9 with aid of a chaperone.

Explore the newest AIA exhibit at the Center for Architecture and Design: Because it Rains, and build your own space! Rain is a big part of living in the Pacific Northwest. When it rains we  instinctively shield ourselves from it in the form of coats, boots, umbrellas, and roofs ... See more

Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1980, first African American woman- Norma Merrick Sklarek.

As one of the first African American women architects in the US, Norma Merrick Sklarek (1926–2012) has been called the “Rosa Parks of architecture.”

SAF tour guests are treated to a beautiful quad full of blooms today! Check out this live cam, or even better visit this weekend!

The iconic UW Quad features gothic architecture, brick pathways and green lawns and is surrounded by six buildings that house the arts, humanities and social...

Join our Art Deco tour tomorrow and see how Northwest imagery was incorporated into the design of these architectural gems.

Featured stops Exchange Building, the Seattle Tower and Washington Athletic Club ... See more

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s. Following the horrors of World War I, architects began fusing modern structural advances with beautiful, lively, organic designs to create the style known as Art Deco. On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial b ... See more

"Many Art Deco and Bauhaus architects and designers found inspiration in Gray's unique style." Designer, architect, and artist Eileen Gray created and lived by her own accord.

Born August 9, 1878, Eileen Gray is considered one of the most influential designers of modern times. Overlooked for years, today she rules. Why?

Julia Morgan- from craftsman to castles. She was the first woman to earn an architect’s license in California and a prolific designer of hundreds of buildings.

Morgan, who was the first woman to earn an architect’s license in California, was a prolific designer of hundreds of buildings, namely the Hearst Castle at San Simeon.

To end Women's History Month with a bang, we'll take the rest of the week to focus on groundbreaking women in architecture. First up- Marion Mahoney Griffin and her impact on American Prairie School.

Reyner Banham once described Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) as “America’s first woman architect who needed no apology in a world of men.”

Join our upcoming Art Deco tour on March 30th!
On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial buildings to learn how technology, archeology and French design influences some of Seattle’s most impressive buildings. ... See more

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s. Following the horrors of World War I, architects began fusing modern structural advances with beautiful, lively, organic designs to create the style known as Art Deco. On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial b ... See more

Join us tomorrow for CFAD Play Lab at the Center for Architecture & Design

Explore the newest AIA Seattle exhibit "Because it Rains", and build your own space!

Rain is a big part of living in the Pacific Northwest. When it rains we instinctively shield ourselves from it in the form of coats, boots, umbrellas, and roofs that deflected it away from buildings. What would it look like if you designed something that embraced the rain?

This opportunity is free and perfect for ages 5-9 with aid of a chaperone.

Drop in between 1-4:00 PM and all supplies are provided. ... See more

Explore the newest AIA exhibit at the Center for Architecture and Design: Because it Rains, and build your own space! Rain is a big part of living in the Pacific Northwest. When it rains we  instinctively shield ourselves from it in the form of coats, boots, umbrellas, and roofs ... See more

Don't miss this tour of the current exhibit at the Center for Architecture & Design!

Recipient of AIA Seattle’s 2018 Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship, Laura Bartunek Assoc. AIA explored the concept of rain as a creative catalyst within design. Rain, so often approached as a universal foe to be deflected away from buildings, became the focus as both an ecological and cultu... ... See more