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January 2020 Advocacy Newsletter: Legislative Session Week 3

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AIA|WA’s December Newsletter is available for download HERE.  In it you’ll find information about the first three weeks of the 2020 Legislative Session in Olympia, including our work on bills related to contracting, architect licensing, the B&O tax, C-PACER, embodied carbon, the State Building Code Council, housing and more. For…

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November 2019 Newsletter

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AIA|WA’s November Newsletter is available for download HERE.  In it you’ll find information about: November election results AIA|WA’s work on the state’s commercial energy performance standard AIA National’s Zero Code Appendix to the IECC and more! If you have comments or suggestions, please let us know.

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2019 Civic Design Award Winners

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The AIA Washington Council held its Civic Design Awards celebration on Sept. 26, honoring design excellence in publicly funded projects located in Washington State. These awards showcase projects with the highest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance and overall integration with the client and surrounding communities. This year 12 projects…

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July 2019 AIA|WA Newsletter

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Our inaugural issue of the AIA Washington Council Newsletter is available for download HERE.  In it you’ll find information about: AIA|WA’s new Executive Director The 20 x 2020 Building Challenge The architect newly appointed to the state House of Representatives An opportunity for residential architects to serve on a State…

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