AIA California Calendar

AIA California 2025 Awards Celebration at University of California Berkeley
2025-11-21 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | UC Berkeley Department of Architecture, Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
Join us for the 2025 AIA California Awards Celebration, a dynamic in-person event that celebrates excellence in architecture. And, connects renowned architects with students who will be next generation designers.
This year’s celebration comes with new features that deliver special insights into awarded projects, visionary firms, and outstanding professionals, alongside special participation from students of the Department of Architecture, University of California Berkeley.
Event Highlights:
12:00P – 1:00P | Hard Hat Tour of UCB Gateway (Limited tickets, FREE)
Join us for an exclusive hard hat tour of the UCB Gateway project at 12PM on November 21st, led by Wendy Hilles, Campus Architect, in collaboration with the AIA CA Awards Celebration at UC Berkeley. This unique opportunity allows architecture and construction enthusiasts to experience firsthand the innovative design and construction excellence of this remarkable structure located at in Berkeley.
Don’t miss this rare chance to walk through an active construction site and celebrate architectural excellence with the UC Berkeley community—space is limited and safety waivers will be required for all attendees.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE HARD HAT TOUR »
3:00P – 4:30P | (Stand on) Ceremony, The Inside Stories of the 2025 AIA California Award Recipients | Bauer Wurster Hall Room 112
An awards ceremony with a special touch. Each recipient will share a brief inside story, not readily available in project descriptions, about the celebrated work—including Design Award, Urban Design Award, and Residential Design Award recipients. The program also honors individuals and firms celebrated through California and Maybeck Awards.
Open to all (firms + students, region-wide) For details, Click Here.
4:30P – 6:00P | Meet the Firms, An Opportunity for Students and Firms to Connect | Bauer Wurster Hall First Floor
A unique opportunity for professionals and students to connect 1:1. Explore the innovative projects, see renderings and models, and meet the renowned firms.
6:15P – 7:30P | Reception | Bauer Wurster Hall First Floor
Celebrate together. Relax among friends, colleagues, and peers. Enjoy tasty treats and refreshments. Open to students, of course, for free.
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The 60-Minute MBA for Architects
2025-12-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Being a brilliant architect rarely translates into having a successful business. With all the years of education and training to make us experts in our profession, the skills needed to have a successful business were conveniently overlooked. This webinar will fill the void and provide you with the business management highlights that every firm needs to apply to achieve their full potential.
In this session, we will learn the fundamentals of all successful AE firms and provide the basis for making well-grounded business decisions. We will learn how firms can transition from being professionals providing services, to highly tuned businesses that can identify the needs of the marketplace and create services and products that are appropriately priced and yield consistent and greater profits.
Rather than seeking out new projects that merely build upon your current skills, you will start from a business-thinking mindset, where processes that are critical to building a thriving firm are examined and constituted in your firm. We will explore the importance of data within an architect firm and demonstrate how careful collection and interpretation can lead your firm into more exciting and profitable territory.
Join us for an engaging, live webinar presented by Steven Burns, FAIA, as he shares lessons learned over 35 years working with over 1,300 architecture firms.
Speaker:
Steven Burns, FAIA | Founder | The Well-Designed Firm
FREE registration for this webinar, brought to you by BQE, will end at 12:00 pm PT on Thursday, December 4th.

From Policy to Practice - Understanding the 2025 CA WUI Code Provisions and Wildfire Zone 0
2025-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
This session qualifies for 1 LU/HSW (live webinar attendees only, pending AIA approval).
Registration for this webinar will close at 10am PT on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Registrants will receive their Zoom link no later than 10:30am PT the day of.
2025 WUI updates and revisions have been adopted but are subject to the standard 6-month delay in activation. These revisions include a reorganization of information, helping to clarify provisions that were previously scattered in different places and difficult to follow.
In this webinar, our panelists will review these changes, providing an overview of the newly established 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface (CWUI) Code, now Part 7 of Title 24. This summary will show how the CWUI Code consolidates wildland-urban interface requirements from three separate California codes into a single, comprehensive document for clarity and consistency. This important webinar will also cover potential future developments to continue to support building design, construction, and code enforcement, addressing broader wildfire risk reduction goals in California.
Speakers:
Pamela Brief, PLA, ASLA | President Pamela Studios & Instructor at UCLA Extension
Paul Armstrong, PE, CBO | Regional Manager, American Wood Council

2025 Code Breaker: Nonresidential Overview of Energy Code Changes
2025-12-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
In this course, we will review the 2025 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6 or Energy Code) Mandatory and Prescriptive requirements for nonresidential envelope, mechanical, covered process, photovoltaic, and battery storage systems, in addition to the new electric-ready and performance compliance metrics introduced in the 2025 Energy Code.
Earn 1 LU/HSW for attending live.
Registration for this FREE webinar, brought to you by Energy Code Ace, will close at 12:00 pm PT on Thursday, December 11th.
Speaker:
Gina Griffiths Rodda, CEA, LEED AP
Principal/Owner, Gabel Energy
