Message from the AIA Oregon EVP/CEO

Heather Wilson
AIA Oregon EVP/CEO

A Legacy of Duality: The Octagon, AIA Oregon, and the Road to Inclusion

The AIA24 Conference on Architecture just finished in Washington DC last week. Hopefully, you were able to follow along on our social media while staff and AIA Oregon leadership posted updates and highlights, sharing inside moments from the only annual conference for architecture and design on a global scale. It’s always a good time to catch up with AIA friends from across the nation and for me, it is always an opportunity for education and deeper understanding of our members’ experience. This year, I was also able to tour the AIA Headquarters renovation - recently unveiled as the AIA Global Center for Architecture and Design. I was excited to see the renovations underway and get a sense of what was to come.

Message from an AIA Architect and Mayoral Candidate

Kaarin Knudson, AIA
Eugene Architect Running for Mayor

Kaarin Knudson, AIA, is an architect, educator, writer, and housing advocate—she’s also a candidate to be the next Mayor of Eugene. (Ballots are due by Tuesday, May 21 and Knudson is endorsed by nearly 300 community officials and organizations.)

Kaarin has been a leader on housing issues and sustainable urban design since founding her own firm and the housing advocacy organization Better Housing Together in 2017. She teaches the graduate workshop on urban design at the University of Oregon and recently co-authored The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook, a comprehensive textbook of best practices to address sustainability in cities. Over the past 20 years, she has served on numerous nonprofit boards and statewide advisory committees, and worked on architecture projects that have earned AIA design awards at the interior, building, neighborhood, and urban scales.