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Apr 27, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn COTE + WIA

Celebrate Earth Month: Passive House Tour with Jane Sanders

6:00 pm–8:00 pm

Park Slope, Brooklyn

This Earth Month, experience first hand how skillful design and construction can save the planet. This 1870’s Park Slope row house was retrofitted in 2015 to achieve Passive House EnerPHit certification.

The house is airtight, well-insulated, and has a constant supply of fresh filtered air through its energy recovery ventilator. Other energy saving components include triple glazed high performance windows and skylights, solar hot water, induction cooking, and an ethanol burning fireplace.

Architect Jane Sanders will walk us through the design principles of Passive House Construction and reveal how they were implemented in this retrofit by sharing construction photos and details.

Note: The house is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The exact address will be shared with registrants.

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May 6, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn

RESCHEDULED! Presentation Skills Workshop: Bring Your Presentations to Life!

6:00 pm–8:30 pm

FXCollaborative Architects
235 Duffield Street, Brooklyn

AIA members, firm leaders, business developers and marketers! — Here’s a rare opportunity to learn from a premier communications coaching team.

Want to feel more confident when you speak in public?
Want to nail your next interview?
Want to command the room as you share your design vision?
During this fun and highly interactive 2.5-hour workshop, the legendary Graceworks offers us a strong foundation for presenting and communicating in large and small spaces.

In this workshop, you will:
• Discover how to gain self-confidence as a presenter.
• Learn to connect with audiences of any size.
• Experience a warm-up technique that whacks your jitters.
• Get the 7 practical Human Connection Must-Do’s.
• See demos of super-smart ways to use your slides.
• Experience how powerful your body language is – game changer!
• Walk away with A Preparation Process that WORKS!

After laying this foundation, you’ll get to see the principles in action! Two or three volunteers will get a chance to be coached through a short, on-the-fly presentation (no need to prepare anything!).

To wrap things up, Graceworks will want to know your biggest takeaways, and as time allows, open up to any unanswered questions. Come ready to have fun and walk away with valuable tools to make The Human Connection!

Sign up early – registration closes at noon on may 5th.
2.0 AIA Learning Units

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May 14, 2026 • BKEP

AIA Brooklyn "Ask Me Anything": Leadership

6:30 pm–8:30 pm

FXCollaborative, 235 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join AIA Brooklyn’s BKEP (Emerging Professionals Committee) to learn about models of mentoring and opportunities for connection.

In this session, emerging professionals and seasoned architects will explore how leadership and service shape meaningful professional growth

Join AIA Brooklyn at an “Ask Me Anything” Event on Leadership – Serve to Emerge at FX collaborative office on May 14, 2026. This event is credited for 1.5 LU.

In this session, emerging professionals and seasoned architects will explore how leadership and service shape meaningful professional growth and long-term success. This session features five distinguished leaders whose diverse experiences offer valuable insights for every stage of your architectural journey. Topics to be discussed include understanding core leadership principles, burnout, internal and external challenges, and resources. Arrive early to enjoy light refreshments and snacks before we dive into an engaging conversation on leadership and career development.

Learning objectives include:

1. Understand core leadership principles
2. Leadership and burnout prevention
3. Internal and external challenges for emerging leaders
4. Resources and support that help open doors for career opportunities

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask anything and take away everything you need to enhance your architectural leadership journey. AIA Brooklyn’s AMA series connects experienced architects from diverse backgrounds with professionals at all career stages to share insights on mentorship, career development, and navigating the pathways for sustaining the built environment. All tickets are first-come first-served basis.

Registration ends at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, May 13.

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Upcoming Events

April
Apr 30, 2026 • Urbanism Committee

AIA Brooklyn Urbanism Committee Sketch & Chat

5:00 pm–7:30 pm

Prospect Park Boathouse

Celebrate Earth Day and get to know the AIA Brooklyn Urbanism Committee at our first event!
Bring a blanket, a snack, and your drawing materials!

Click here to RSVP and check out the Urbanism Committee on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/aiabkurbanism/

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Apr 30, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn

Exhibition Closing & Practicing Brooklyn NOW! Panel

6:30 pm–8:00 pm

L10 Arts & Culture Center, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Second Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Practicing Brooklyn NOW! Panel: Working Locally in a Global City

Thursday, April 30 · 6:30–8:00 PM

Brooklyn Public Library – Library for Arts & Culture

10 Lafayette Avenue, Second Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

1.5 AIA CEUs (pending)

What does it mean to build a practice rooted in Brooklyn? This panel highlights architects and designers whose work is deeply embedded in Brooklyn’s neighborhoods. Speakers will discuss building a local practice, working with community clients, and balancing local impact with broader professional pressures.

Learn more about additional events taking place during the Brooklyn NOW! Exhibition.

Brooklyn NOW! 2026, presented at the Brooklyn Public Library – Library for Arts & Culture, celebrates the design forces actively shaping our borough today. Opening in April 2026, the exhibition highlights how architects, builders, and visionaries are reimagining Brooklyn’s streets, homes, and civic spaces. The exhibition will be accompanied by five in-person public programs, including a gallery opening that invites visitors to engage directly with the ideas and people behind the work.

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May
May 5, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn + COTE

Sunset Park Solar at UPROSE Climate Justice Center

6:00 pm–7:00 pm

UPROSE Climate Justice Center
462 36th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Sunset Park Solar is New York City’s first Community-led solar project.

Sunset Park Solar is a 685-kilowatt solar project that will be built on the Brooklyn Army Terminal rooftop.

Community solar allows renters, homeowners, and small businesses to go solar without installing anything on their roof. Enrollment is completely free. Apart from bill discounts, the revenues UPROSE will receive from its ownership will help to fund a community resiliency fund that will be governed by community members.

Sunset Park Solar is committed to delivering clean, reliable, and affordable solar energy to the Sunset Park community.

directions: less than a block from the 36th Street D, N, R, W Station

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May 6, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn & City Tech

Lecture: Beside, Between, Beyond

6:00 pm–8:00 pm

City Tech
Voorhees Hall - 2nd Floor Lounge
186 Jay Street
Brooklyn

Michael Chen will present projects by MKCA studio that embrace community-engagement, advocacy and academic research.
The lecture will frame design and architecture as vehicles for or expressions of cultural values, and the role of identity in design and fabrication processes. Queerness and “queering” will be introduced as catalysts of disruption and incitement to “play”. Tensions of identity pertaining to client and professional relationships will be presented as impetus for “code switching”, which in turn may show up in design work as disciplinary slippage, multivalency, or genre-bending.
Michael Chen will present work by MKCA studio, community-engaged projects with Design Advocates, and academic research. Topics of identity, equity and representation will be discussed as relating to the work and the creative processes behind the work. Images will be analyzed as expressions of the studio’s values (and those of its clients), as well as expressions of identity and personal experience. Queerness as a disruptive device may be posited as a creative stimulus.
The lecture will be especially useful to the City Tech student body, who seek to find success in the field of architecture, and many of whom come from communities not well-represented in the field. Michael Chen represents an excellent example of successfully navigating disparate professional spheres while working in a manner that authentically reflects one’s values. Queerness in architecture is an important topic, and this lecture constitutes meaningful representation which will especially benefit queer-identifying students.
Speaker: Michael K Chen (MKCA)
Moderator: Will Fryer (Parsons School of Design, Will Fryer Interior Design)

Location: Voorhees Hall 2nd Floor Lounge

1.5 AIA Learning Units

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May 6, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn

RESCHEDULED! Presentation Skills Workshop: Bring Your Presentations to Life!

6:00 pm–8:30 pm

FXCollaborative Architects
235 Duffield Street, Brooklyn

AIA members, firm leaders, business developers and marketers! — Here’s a rare opportunity to learn from a premier communications coaching team.

Want to feel more confident when you speak in public?
Want to nail your next interview?
Want to command the room as you share your design vision?
During this fun and highly interactive 2.5-hour workshop, the legendary Graceworks offers us a strong foundation for presenting and communicating in large and small spaces.

In this workshop, you will:
• Discover how to gain self-confidence as a presenter.
• Learn to connect with audiences of any size.
• Experience a warm-up technique that whacks your jitters.
• Get the 7 practical Human Connection Must-Do’s.
• See demos of super-smart ways to use your slides.
• Experience how powerful your body language is – game changer!
• Walk away with A Preparation Process that WORKS!

After laying this foundation, you’ll get to see the principles in action! Two or three volunteers will get a chance to be coached through a short, on-the-fly presentation (no need to prepare anything!).

To wrap things up, Graceworks will want to know your biggest takeaways, and as time allows, open up to any unanswered questions. Come ready to have fun and walk away with valuable tools to make The Human Connection!

Sign up early – registration closes at noon on may 5th.
2.0 AIA Learning Units

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May 6, 2026

FAIA Application Process – Challenges, Time Management, and Mentoring

6:30 pm–8:00 pm

East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

RSVP today – space is limited.
Let’s meet for casual conversation with four Fellows of the AIA – Laura Heim, FAIA, Sameer Kumar, FAIA, Vivian Lee, FAIA, and Lissa So, FAIA) and hear reflections on their experiences with the FAIA application process, recommendations for time management, and challenges. For those thinking about applying this year or next, set yourself up for success! And join us in an informal setting to learn from our colleagues and meet one another – which may help us to get through the rigorous process together.

The venue (a studio in East Williamsburg) will be shared with registrants. Refreshments will be provided.
Attendees earn 1.5 AIA LU.

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May 7, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn CRAN (Custom Residential Architects Network)

Mass Timber in the City: Opportunities & Challenges for Residential Design

6:30 pm–8:30 pm

The Bergen Condominiums
 323 Bergen Street
Brooklyn NY, 11217 
- 4th floor community room -

A practical look at designing and delivering multi-family residential projects with mass timber.

Mass timber projects are grabbing the spotlight in cities across the country. The dual appeal of sustainability and warmer aesthetics are pushing more residential developers to consider mass timber construction, but fire safety and building codes pose special challenges in locations like New York City.

Join AIA Brooklyn and event sponsor BQE as Kristin Slavin, from Conifer Advising, provides a brief introduction and overview of the Mass Timber market followed by a discussion with local architects who are meeting these challenges. Kristin will lead an interactive session, so questions will be encouraged from the audience. This event will also give attendees a glimpse of Taller Frida Escobedo’s nearly finished Bergen Condominiums

HSW CEU’s pending

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May 14, 2026 • BKEP

AIA Brooklyn “Ask Me Anything”: Leadership

6:30 pm–8:30 pm

FXCollaborative, 235 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join AIA Brooklyn’s BKEP (Emerging Professionals Committee) to learn about models of mentoring and opportunities for connection.

In this session, emerging professionals and seasoned architects will explore how leadership and service shape meaningful professional growth

Join AIA Brooklyn at an “Ask Me Anything” Event on Leadership – Serve to Emerge at FX collaborative office on May 14, 2026. This event is credited for 1.5 LU.

In this session, emerging professionals and seasoned architects will explore how leadership and service shape meaningful professional growth and long-term success. This session features five distinguished leaders whose diverse experiences offer valuable insights for every stage of your architectural journey. Topics to be discussed include understanding core leadership principles, burnout, internal and external challenges, and resources. Arrive early to enjoy light refreshments and snacks before we dive into an engaging conversation on leadership and career development.

Learning objectives include:

1. Understand core leadership principles
2. Leadership and burnout prevention
3. Internal and external challenges for emerging leaders
4. Resources and support that help open doors for career opportunities

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask anything and take away everything you need to enhance your architectural leadership journey. AIA Brooklyn’s AMA series connects experienced architects from diverse backgrounds with professionals at all career stages to share insights on mentorship, career development, and navigating the pathways for sustaining the built environment. All tickets are first-come first-served basis.

Registration ends at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, May 13.

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May 22, 2026 • AIA Brooklyn

Watermark Design: Breakfast and Factory Tour

8:30 am–10:15 am
Watermark Design
350 Dewitt Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Come to Watermark for the first Brooklyn Maker Tour of 2026

Watermark Design Breakfast and Factory Tour

Friday, May 22 8:30am – 10:15am

Brooklyn’s own Watermark wants to show us how it’s made. After a brief presentation on the special materials and machining processes that go into Watermark’s unique fittings, we will tour the R&D lab and factory with Watermark Director, Michel Perez.

Schedule
- 8:30-9:00 AM Breakfast & Welcome
- 9-9:15 AM Presentation
- 9:15-10:00 AM Factory tour
- 10-10:15 AM Q&A
Learning units applied for (probably 1.5 HSW pending)

Watermark Designs

350 Dewitt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207

It’s easy to get there: Watermark is a 7-minute walk from the New Lots Avenue “L” Station. Some on-street parking also available
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June
Jun 3, 2026

FAIA WORKSHOP: Led by Hausman Communications

6:30 pm–8:00 pm

FXCollaborative, 235 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Workshop on the art of distilling a career’s worth of impact into your FAIA application. Tami Hausman, a communications expert, will guide the group through crafting the defining zinger statement—everything from shaping and writing it to weaving this narrative though the entire portfolio to make a strong case for elevation to the FAIA jury.

Refreshments provided.

Attendees earn 1.5 AIA LU

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