⟵ Advocacy
Mission:
AIA Austin Staff Liason:
In addition to the members-only Commercial Advocacy Roundtable and Residential Advocacy Roundtable, the AIA Austin Board Advocacy Commission meets regularly to discuss topics of importance to our members and the community. Some of these meetings are open to AIA Austin members and Allied members in an effort to address issues of importance. If a member has an issue they would like the Advocacy Commission to address, please review this diagram and contact AIA Austin.
Advocacy Roundtable November 18, 2024
Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Slides
- Density Bonus 90 (DB90)—City of Austin Planning Dept—Paul Ray Books, Senior Planner
- Aer Lamar—Urban Foundry—David Carroll, AIA
ADVOCACY INTAKE FORM
Please tell us what you are concerned about in local government and the built environment. This 1-page form will go directly to the advocacy leadership team. We will let you know if and how we can help and offer you an opportunity to be involved in the solution-making. We hope this shortens the path for issues to become resolutions and for community engagement to spread.
VOTER GUIDE
As we gear up for the upcoming November elections, the AIA Advocacy Board has taken an important step to engage with our future leaders. We crafted a comprehensive questionnaire addressing key issues for our community, and sent it to all candidates running for Mayor and City Council. Our survey covers essential topics such as Growth, Affordability, Density, Zoning Regulations, Public Realm, Environment, and Mobility. We believe that by asking the right questions, we can foster meaningful dialogue and help shape a better living environment for all. Together, let’s work towards a community where everyone can thrive!
Mayor: Kirk Watson | Kathie Tovo | Carmen Llanes-Pulido | Douglas Greco | Jeffrey Bowen
District 2: Vanessa Fuentes | Robert Reynolds
District 4: Jose “Chito” Vela | Monica Guzman
District 6: Mackenzie Kelly | Krista Laine
District 7: Pierre Nguyen | Mike Siegel | Edwin Bautista | Adam Powell | Gary Bledsoe
District 10: Idona Griffith | Ashika Ganguly | Marc Duchen
Hot Takes on Housing: A Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum | On September 5, 2024, Austin Housing Coalition, HousingWorks Austin, and AIA Austin gathered community members at Assembly Hall for an in-depth discussion on housing issues with Austin’s mayoral and city council candidates. Videos for the insightful conversations on how to address housing challenges in our city are here and here.
View AIA Austin Advocacy Letters
2024 Board Advocacy Commission
Commercial Advocacy Roundtable
Residential Advocacy Roundtable
Urban Design Committee
Committee on The Environment (COTE)
Housing Advocacy Committee
Interested in how downtown Austin came out of recession in the early 90’s? Check out this video created by AIA National about Austin’s Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT), or watch a video here created by our Advocacy Commission and KUT.
Upcoming Events
Committee Content
Commercial Advocacy
AIA Austin’s Commercial Advocacy Roundtable’s mission is to actively engage with the City of Austin, the construction industry, and the commercial development community on behalf of architects in reporting and addressing issues that affect commercial architecture in Austin. Specifically, the committee acts as a liaison between the different entities to encourage and enhance commercial architecture … Continued
Residential Advocacy
AIA Austin, through its Advocacy Commission, is actively engaged with City of Austin staff to keep updated as to zoning and building code changes, specifically including the Residential Review and Inspections Departments. The purpose is to inform AIA Austin members of various code changes and City of Austin staff interpretations affecting architects and their practice. … Continued
LDC Advocacy Roundtable
In October of 2013, AIA Austin assembled an advocacy group to focus on the City of Austin’s initiative to revise Austin’s Land Development Code and align it with the principles and priorities of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan. As this is the single most important regulation affecting architects in Austin today, the Land Development Code … Continued