Courses
SHLTR Spotlight Series
AIA Seattle 2025 Housing Forum: Transformative Housing - From Policy to Practice (New!)
Local & Statewide Housing Policy: Updates, Outcomes and What’s Ahead
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Middle Housing: The Promise of Expanding Neighborhood Access & Homeownership
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Transit Oriented Districts: A Catalyst for Integrated Communities
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Social Housing: I-35 & Prop 1A, What’s Next?
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Platform MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99%
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Accessibility and Universal Design – 2025
Accessibility 2025: Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2025: Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground and Clubhouse Renovation
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2025: Accessibility, Historic Preservation + Adaptive Reuse
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Accessibility 2025: UC Berkeley – Equitable Campus Planning, Universal Design
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Healthcare
AIA Seattle 2025 Climate Summit: Fostering Our Ecosystems (New!)
AIA Seattle 2024 Housing Forum: A Stage for Life
Coming Down the Pike: Navigating City & State Policy Changes
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.25 LUs
Living in Seattle: Community Perspectives on Housing
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.25 LUs
Case Studies in Responsive Housing Design
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.25 LUs
Closing Keynote | A Holistic Approach to Housing
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility and Universal Design – 2023
Accessibility 2023: Designing for People with Sensory Challenges - Sweetwater Spectrum
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Accessibility 2023: Universal Design - <br>Tom and Ruth Harkin Center at Drake University
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2023: Accessibility in Education and Community Facilities
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Accessibility 2023: Innovative Accessibility Solutions to Challenging Sites
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility and Universal Design – 2021
Accessibility 2021: Accessible Hotels and Restaurants
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2021: The Trouble with Accessibility
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2021: Urban Accessibility & Inclusiveness
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2021: Building an Inclusive Community Engagement Process
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
AIA Seattle 2024 Climate Summit: Future Forward (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
Zero Carbon Multi-Family Buildings Part 1: Lessons from the Field
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Zero Carbon Multi-Family Buildings Part 2: Lessons from the EPIC Challenge
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Future Forward – Seeking Climate Solutions
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Fostering Green Infrastructure
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Building for Well-Being
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
AIA Seattle 2023: Decarbonization for Health Equity & Community Resilience
Decarbonization for Health, Equity & Community Resilience
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Community Engagement: Air Quality & Positive Health Outcomes
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Community Assets: Existing Buildings & Equitable Infrastructure
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
Accelerating A Community of Practice: Celebrating Climate Smart Solutions
AIA/CES (HSW), 2.0 LUs
AIA Seattle 2023: Housing Forum
Accessibility and Universal Design – 2019
Accessibility 2019: Accessibility and Historic Buildings - San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Accessibility 2019: Design Beyond ADA & Compliance
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Accessibility 2019: Accessibility for Persons with Visual Impairments - The New San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility 2019: Persuading Clients - Where Life Safety & Accessibility Overlap
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Accessibility and Universal Design – 2017
Accessibility 2017: Accessibility in the Public Realm -- Spend a Day in My Wheelchair
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Accessibility 2017: Observations From an Accessibility Inspector
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Accessibility 2017: Universal Design in Single-Family Homes
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Accessibility 2017: Universal Design in Multi-Family Homes
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
AIA Seattle 2022: Transforming Residential Practice
Transforming Residential Practice: Architecture in Northern Landscapes
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Transforming Residential Practice: Designing Your Own Home
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Transforming Residential Practice: The Possibilities of Innovative Residential Practice
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Transforming Residential Practice: Hardworking Home: Innovation, Exploration, Cross-Pollination
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Transforming Residential Practice: Case Study--Stillaguamish Village
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Transforming Residential Practice: Traditions of Residential Architecture in the Pacific Northwest Region
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
AIA Seattle 2022: Practicing Equity & Advocacy in Rapid Decarbonization
Rapid Decarbonization: Power + Place
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Rapid Decarbonization: Advocating to Eliminate Embodied Carbon
AIA/CES (HSW), 2 LUs
Rapid Decarbonization: Equitable Life-Cycles in Healthy Materials Sourcing
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Rapid Decarbonization: The Value of Responsible Building
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
CALGreen Embodied Carbon Series (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
CALGreen Embodied Carbon Series: Understanding the 2023 Embodied Carbon Amendments
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
CALGreen Embodied Carbon Series: Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment for Code Compliance
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
CALGreen Embodied Carbon Series: Implications of Material Procurement for Design Professionals
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
CALGreen Embodied Carbon Series: Building Reuse for Decarbonization and Compliance
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
ZNCD: Overview Courses (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
New
Adaptive Reuse: Unlocking Sustainable Conversions
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Low Embodied Concrete Strategies
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Carbon Accounting Part 1: Terminology and Metrics
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Carbon Accounting Part 2: Measurements and Tools
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Understanding Carbon Analysis for Existing Building Renovation
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Material Selection: Embodied Carbon + Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment
AIA/CES (HSW), 2 LUs
Free New Tools for Planning Low-Carbon Buildings
AIA/CES (HSW), 2 LUs
Understanding and Reducing Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Museums
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
ZNCD: Case Studies (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
Architecture at Zero – Design Solutions for School Decarbonization
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Reuse and Transform
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
New
Salvaged Lumber Reuse in Federal Center South
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Case Study: California Air Resources Board Headquarters Building
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Standard of Care: A Decade of Passive House Projects in California
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
ZNCD: All-Electric Solutions (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
Designing for ZNCD | Case Studies of All-Electric Affordable Housing Projects
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Designing for Zero Carbon - Three Case Studies of All-Electric Buildings
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
All-Electric Buildings – UCI Medical Campus
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Induction Cooking: The All-Electric Kitchen of Today and ZNCD for Food Service
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Climate Action Standard for ZNCD All-Electric ADUs and Residential Projects
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Cooking up Solutions: All-Electric Commercial Kitchens
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
ZNCD: Resiliency (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
New
New LEED v5 Resilience Assessments
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Zero Net Carbon Design and Wildfire Resilience
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Using Microgrids for Resilience
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Opening Keynote: Embodied Carbon, Why Now?
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Circular Economy & Embodied Carbon
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Can We Grow Carbon-Storing Buildings?
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Financial Feasibility (De-Risking) of Low-EC Construction
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Heading Toward Zero
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
The Role of Government in Addressing Embodied Carbon
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
Building Materials and Climate: Constructing a New Future
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
ZNCD: Design Culture & Excellence (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
Re-Designing Design Excellence
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Introduction to Zero Net Carbon Design: Transforming Design Culture
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Shifting the Paradigm to Carbon Neutral Buildings with Equity in Mind
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.75 LUs
Design for Decarbonization: New Materials / Old Buildings
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Marketing & BD
Growing a Small Firm: Marketing
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Public Design Opportunities
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Elevating the Role of Women
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Teaming with Larger Firms
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Diversifying Your Practice and Entering New Markets
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Creating Successful Partnerships
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Online Media and Social Networking
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
Growing a Small Firm: Developing Your Identity and Building Your Reputation
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
ZNCD: Carbon Analysis | Embodied Carbon Courses (Qualifies for ZNCD portion of CA License Renewal)
Practice Management
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Architectural Practice
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
BIM: Leveraging Level of Development & BIM Execution Plans
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Starting Your Own Firm
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
New
The Future of Work with AI
AIA/CES, 1.25 LUs
Insights from Art Gensler, FAIA
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
Navigating the COVID-19 Economy: Insights from Firm Leaders
Insights Only, 0 LUs
Sustainable Restoration of Paul Revere Williams’s Mid-Century Legacy at UCLA
AIA/CES, 1.75 LUs
Equity in Design: Architecture and Spatial Justice
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
Financial Management
Sustainability
Keynotes from 2024 Monterey Design Conferences (New!)
MDC – Brad Cloepfil, AIA, and Chelsea Grassinger, AIA: Sense of Investigation
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Fuensanta Nieto, Hon. FAIA & Enrique Sobejano, Hon. FAIA: Transformation and Discovery
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Tatiana Bilbao: The City, My Living Room
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Go Hasegawa: Ambitious Ambivalence
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Frederick Fisher, AIA: Four Pillars
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Kerstin Thompson - What Architect?
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
MDC – Refik Anadol: AI in Art and Architecture
AIA/CES, 1.5 LUs
MDC – Enabling Abundance – Housing California
AIA/CES (HSW), 1 LUs
MDC – Reflections with Chuck Davis, FAIA
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
Climate Action
How to Design and Procure Low Carbon Concrete
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Design Excellence and Climate Change – Bay Area Case Studies from AIA San Francisco COTE
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Climate Action Part 1: Overview
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Climate Action Part 2: Implementation Strategies
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Emerging Talent Presentations from Monterey Design Conferences (Includes new from 2024!)
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Nick Hopson, Hopson Rodstrom Design
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Gary Lewis and Julia Lewis, ReGroup
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Valery Augustin, AIA, DNA Architecture + Design
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Aaron Forest and Yasmin Hobbs, Ultramoderne
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Dan Weber, AIA, LEED AP, ANACAPA
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Urban Works Agency
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Hackett
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Morgan Sykes Jaybush
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Ed Ogosta, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Edward Ogosta Architecture
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Dan Spiegel, AIA, and Megumi Aihara, ASLA, PLA, SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Chris Warren, AIA, WORD
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Heather Roberge, AIA, MURMUR
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Alan Tse, Associate AIA, Alan Tse Design
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Laura Crescimano, AIA, SITELAB Urban Studio
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
MDC Emerging Talent<br>Jimenez Lai & Joanna Grant, Bureau Spectacular
Inspiration Only, 0 LUs
Keynotes from 2022 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA: Social Acts
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Deborah Berke, FAIA: Current Work
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Yung Ho Chang, FAIA: Form and Content
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Liu and Idenburg: Form, Material and Light
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – James Wines: Architect and Artist
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Alison Brooks, RIBA: Context is Everything
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Sandra Barclay, Hon. FAIA: modus operandi
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Prof. Lesley Lokko: Building and Being
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Bijoy Jain: Environment and Materials
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
Keynotes from 2019 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Alberto Kalach: Architecture, Landscape and Urbanization
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Mark Cavagnero: Simple Volumes, Unapologetic Forms
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Gregg Pasquarelli: Thinkers and Makers
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Yvonne Farrell: The EARTH as Client
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Bob Harris: RESONANCE--Nature, Place, Craft & Restraint
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Brian MacKay-Lyons: The Wind and the Moon
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu: Obsessions and Disappearing Villages
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Paul Kephart and Marta Kephart: Lightened Footprints, Natural Landscapes
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Keynotes from 2017 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Sou Fujimoto: Between Nature and Architecture
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC - Julie Eizenberg, FAIA: Urban Hallucinations
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Marion Weiss, FAIA, and Michael Manfredi, FAIA: Expanded Territories
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Shohei Shigematsu, OMA: Light, Movement and Shadow
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Dominique Jakob: Jakob + MacFarlane
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Jeff Goldstein: Building Walls: Meaning + Mass
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Dorte Mandrup: Buildings and Conditions
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Keynotes from 2015 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Rand Elliott, FAIA: Stray Dogs
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Clive Wilkinson, FAIA: The Theatre of Work
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – The Work of Carme Pinós
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Junya Ishigami: How Small? How Vast?
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Frank Barkow: Spielraum
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Insights from Bernard Tschumi, FAIA
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Art Installations by Pae White
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
Keynotes from 2013 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Marlon Blackwell, FAIA: Transmutations
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Odile Decq: Horizons
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Kengo Kuma, Hon. FAIA: Age of Locations
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Marcio Kogan, Hon. FAIA: What Makes Your Heart Beat?
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Jennifer Yoos, FAIA: Material / Immaterial
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Anne Fougeron, FAIA: A Decade
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Thomas Phifer, FAIA: Outside In - Architecture, Landscape
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Keynotes from 2011 Monterey Design Conferences
MDC – Jeanne Gang, FAIA: Fish, Sticks, Birds and Bricks
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Tom Kundig, FAIA: Landscape, Community and Craft
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Borja Ferrater: Architecture and Geometry
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Michael Maltzan, FAIA: No More Play
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Peter Walker, FASLA: 9/11 Memorial and Its Precedents
AIA/CES, 1.0 LUs
MDC – Brigitte Shim, Hon. FAIA: Linking Light & Landscape
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
MDC – Dr. Dickson Despommier: The Vertical Farm
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Tribal Elder Dialogues from Monterey Design Conference
AIA Seattle 2021: Just Transitions
AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium
AIA Seattle: 2019: Housing - Density Done Right
Density Done Right - Social Occupation
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Density Done Right - Minneapolis 2040: Race, Place and Equity
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Density Done Right - The Roost: Micro Housing, Community and Cultural Space
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Density Done Right - Pax Futura: A High-Performance Community
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Density Done Right - Othello Square
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Density Done Right - Granny Pad & Big Mouth House
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Density Done Right - Lightning Talks
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
AIA Seattle: 2018 Housing Forum
Twelve Years, Seven Houses, a Thousand Experiments
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Housing Inspiration: Sawmill House and Karuna House
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Housing Innovation: Case Studies
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Making Room: Housing for a Changing America
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.0 LUs
Inspiration, Innovation, Impact: The Future of Residential Design
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.5 LUs
Design
Documents, Specifications & CA
Risk Management
Project Delivery
Project Delivery 2: Design-Bid-Build
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Project Delivery 3: Construction Management
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Project Delivery 4: Design-Build
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Project Delivery 5: Integrated Project Delivery
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs
Project Delivery 1: An Overview
AIA/CES (HSW), 1.25 LUs