Advocacy
AIA Austin directs ongoing advocacy efforts with the general community on the value of design and the work of architects. AIA Austin actively promotes and leverages the expertise of its members to influence and shape the designed environment, as well as policies and legislation affecting that environment. AIA Austin Board of Directors established the President’s Board Advocacy Committee in 2009 to focus specifically on efforts to best address both internal and external advocacy efforts. The President’s Board Advocacy Committee meets monthly to assist Chapter leadership, AIA committees, and our membership in coordinating consistent and systematic efforts to promote the expertise of our membership and identify audiences, venues, and mediums to communicate and advance the values of our organization. If a member has an issue they would like the AIA Austin Advocacy Commission to address, please see this diagram and contact AIA Austin.
2023 President - Christy Taylor, AIA
Commissioner - Bryan Jones, AIA
Commercial Liaisons - Chi Lee, AIA, Chair; Kirk Kaszynsk, AIA, Chair-Elect
Housing Advocacy - Blair McKay, AIA, Chair; David Carroll, Chair-Elect
Residential Liaisons - Oren Mitzner, AIA, Chair-Elect; Billy Del Monte, AIA, Chair-Elect
Urban Design Committee - Peter Dufrene, Chair; Zerek Kroll, Chair-Elect
Committee on The Environment - Josh Leger, AIA, Chair; Ekta Khuller, AIA, Chair-Elect
Executive Director - Ingrid Spencer
For more information regarding current issues select one of the following categories.
- Residential
- Commercial
- LDC
- Urban Design
- Committee on the Environment
- Planning
- Advocacy Review Process Flowchart
- Matt Ryan's 27 Commandments of Architectural Services Contracts
Have an issue that you would like to have our Advocacy team address? View the structure of our advocacy efforts here. View the AIA's Citizen Architect Handbook here.
Recent letters from AIA Austin:
2023:
AIA Austin Letter to Members regarding I-35 and TxDOT 2_23_2023
2022:
AIA Letter about AIA at COP27 10_7_2022
AIA Austin Letter to Members regarding Prop A 10_25_2022
AIA Austin Letter to Mayor Resiliency 5_5_2022
AIA Austin Resiliency Resources 5_5_2022
AIA Austin Letter to Council Regarding DACC and Municipal Building
AIA Austin Letter to TxDot Regarding I-35
AIA Austin Letter Regarding Texas Fellowship Demographics
2021:
AIA Austin Letter Regarding Urban Design Principles for I-35
AIA Austin Letter Regarding Build More Housing by Transit Act
AIA Austin Letter to Mayor Adler Recommending Building and Construction Permit Extensions
2020:
AIA Austin Urban Design Letter with Recommendations for Downtown Recovery from COVID-19
AIA Austin Letter of Support for Historic Design Standards
AIA Austin Letter of Support for Austin Climate Equity Plan
AIA Austin Letter to Members Endorsing Propositions A and B
2019:
AIA Austin Letter to City of Austin Development Services Dept. regarding residential permitting privacy
AIA Austin Letter to Mayor and Council Regarding Convention Center Expansion
AIA Austin Letter to Mayor and Council Regarding LDC Code Rewrite: Transition Zone Mapping
AIA Austin Letter to Mayor and Council Regarding Land Development Code Rewrite
2018:
AIA Austin Letter Regarding Immigrant Detention Centers
2017:
2016:
2015:
AIA Austin/Coalition Lobbying Resolution
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)
Watch a video here created by our Advocacy Commission and KUT.
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