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Who We Are

The mission of the AIA Small Firm Exchange (SFx) is to advance the mutual interests of architects practicing in small firms. The objectives of the AIA SFx are three-fold:

1. Advocate the value of small firms, the national SFx, and local SFx groups, both within the AIA and to the public.

2. Curate and disseminate the most pertinent resources and information, from the AIA & elsewhere, that benefit small firms.

3. Inform the AIA of current issues facing small firms and areas in which current resources/information are lacking.

Approximately 75% of all firms within the AIA are small firms (less than 10 employees), which equates to 14,459 small firms within the organization.

~26.8% = sole practitioners = 5,173

~33.5% = 1-5 employees = 6,459

~14.7% = 5-10 employees = 2,827

For context, small firms share of staff is 16.0% and share of billings is 12.0%

We need to find ways to leverage that size for collaboration and influence, just like the individual large firms do.

   

  

2014 Design and Health Summit Call for Abstracts

  • 1.  2014 Design and Health Summit Call for Abstracts

    Posted 12-20-2013 05:09 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Small Firm Round Table and Academy of Architecture for Health .
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    The AIA, AIA Foundation and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture will host a summit in April 2014 titled The Value of Design: Design and Health. In anticipation of that event, the AIA Design and Health Leadership Group has prepared a Call for Abstracts which invites the submission of abstracts of ongoing or recently completed design and research projects that address the intersection of design and human health. The submission deadline is February 12.

    Feel free to pass along this Call for Abstracts within your own network so that we may reach a larger audience and curate a one-of-a-kind summit featuring the best work across a myriad of academic, professional, and scientific fields.

    You can find the Call for Abstracts and more information on the Design and Health Summit here: http://acsa-arch.org/resources/faculty-resources/curriculum-research/design-and-health

    You are also invited to read the final report from the first year of the CGI/AIA/MIT "Decade of Design" project: http://cau.mit.edu/news/report-state-health-urbanism


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    Anne Tyler Feldmann
    AIA Knowledge
    Washington DC
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