2024 Gingerbread Build-Off Winners
B.A. Riesner Grand Prize The Isle of Ginger-BerkKirksey Architecture First Runner-UpOogie Boogie Lair from The Nightmare Before ChristmasPowers Brown Architecture Second Runner-UpPrincess Peach’s CastleEnglish + Associates Architects Best High SchoolSaint Basil CathedralJordan High School (Katy ISD) Game On! Houston’s Game of LifeAce Mentor Program Houston Best Architectural IconFallingwaterTESSERE Best Houston-CentricWhataburger 2 amRDLR Architects Best Holiday ThemedVLK […]
2025 Houston x Design Week
The AIA Houston Interior Architecture Committee presents Houston X Design, a week-long series of events celebrating interior architecture and design from August 18 to 22. Through a variety of lectures, tours, and panel discussions, we bring together an array of disciplines and explore the current issues and disruptors influencing our profession. The Interior Architecture Committee advocates for […]
Home Tour Submission Guidelines
AIA Houston Home Tour to be held October 18-19, 2025 We seek to show the best new residential architecture by AIA members and we’re looking for a variety of architectural styles. New construction, renovations, and additions will all be considered. EligibilityEligibility is limited to homes located within the Houston metropolitan area, designed by an AIA […]
Residential Committee

The 2025 AIA Houston Home Tour to be held October 18-19, 2025 The AIA Houston home tour is a 2-day, self-guided tour featuring custom homes in the Houston area designed by licensed architects. We seek to show the best new residential architecture by AIA members and we’re looking for a variety of architectural styles. New […]
Professional Development Fund
AIA Houston Women in Architecture is proud to announce two new annual scholarship opportunities! These awards are funded through the generous support of our Education and Outreach programs as well as our tax-deductible WiA Professional Development Fund. WiA Professional Development Grant: Professional development programs, conferences, and career coaching are powerful tools for developing leadership skills, […]
Women in Architecture Committee

The AIA Houston Women in Architecture committee promotes equal opportunity and inclusion within the architecture, design, and construction industries of Southeast Texas. The committee’s planned networking, social, and educational programming efforts aim to: Increase cultural awareness of women’s contributions to the built environment
Provide a networking platform that encourages and celebrates women’s accomplishments
Champion […]
2022 Summer Speaker Series
Action on Resiliency In 2022 AIA Houston Urban Design Committee held a three part Summer Speaker Series, to understand sector roles, agency perspectives, and resident expectations as agencies pursue funding for resiliency projects in our communities.
Urban Design Committee

AIA Houston Urban Design Committee Mission IDENTIFY issues at an urban scale affecting the development, growth and the quality of life in Houston. Keeping sustainability at the center of our focus. EDUCATE our members and the greater community about these issues. SUPPORT and COLLABORATE by bringing the design expertise of our members to the community […]
Small Firm Roundtable Committee

Join the conversation! Join the conversation!The Small Firm Roundtable meets monthly on the fourth Thursday of each month at Noon. This group provides a closed forum for dialogue among peers and a venue to support architects who have recently branched out on their own, have a growing firm, or are considering starting their own businesses. […]
History
This educational outreach committee is dedicated to the memory of Michael G. Meyers, a prominent Houston architect who passed away in 1988 at the age of 36. At the time, he was president-elect of the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and managing partner of Kirksey-Meyers Architects. According to his friend and business […]