March 19, 2025

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AIA New Jersey Announces New Jersey Architecture Week Activities

 

BIG NEWS!! 

New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy has proclaimed April 6-12, 2025, New Jersey Architecture Week!

As Chairman of the NJ Architecture Week Committee, I’m pleased to announce our plans for 2025. This year we celebrate our state one week ahead of National Architecture Week, and recognize our 125th anniversary!  

According to The AIA: Architecture Week celebrates the profession of architecture and invites everyone—especially K-12 students—to explore architecture and design. We encourage all members to participate individually, as a firm, or with your local AIA Section in the activities and events they propose. We ask that you share your experiences with us via photographs, tagging @AIANJ @AIA #AIANational #ArchitectureWeek #AIANJ and #NJArchWeek25 in your social media posts or other means. Please publicize and invite clients, friends and family to all public events. 

EVENTS FOR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC

APRIL 6th: AIA Newark and Suburban Student Art Exhibition Reception at Montclair Library, 10am-1pm (Member, Press and Public event)

APRIL 7: AIA New Jersey Historic Archives Committee webinar of AIA NJ’s 125-anniversary history, Part 1, 12:30-1:30pm (Member, Press and Public event)

APRIL 7th-11th: AIA Central New Jersey Firm Open Houses

APRIL 8th: AIA Central New Jersey Design Awards Exhibition: 2024 Projects @ The Arts Council of Princeton (Member, Press and Public event)

APRIL 9th: AIA Architects League of Northern New Jersey Women’s STEAM Interscholastic High School Architecture Tower Challenge (Invitation Only. Member volunteers can apply to staceykliesch@gmail.com)

APRIL 9th: AIA South Jersey Tower Challenge; Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County (Invitation Only. Member volunteer can apply to joycescatuccio@hotmail.com)

APRIL 10th: AIA West Jersey and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards: Intro to Core of Architectural Licensure; Collingswood Community Center, 5:30-7:30pm (Member Event)

APRIL 10th: AIA Architects League of Northern New Jersey and AIA New Jersey Women in Architecture Committee FLOW Film Festival showing of Women of Carbon at 7PM at the Franklin Lakes Library (Member, Press and Public Event. All AIA NJ Members Invited)

APRIL: AIA Jersey Shore Guided Building Tour of Bell Works in Holmdel. Refreshments will be served.  (Member, Press and Public Event)

APRIL 12th: AIA South Jersey participates in the Clean Ocean Action 40th Annual Beach Sweep from the Ocean City Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226; 9:00am-12:30pm. Other Sections are encouraged to consider participating in their local community’s Beach Sweep event on the same date. Click here for sites and registration. (Member, Press and Public Event)

APRIL 12th: AIA Architects League participates in Clean Ocean Action 40th Annual Beach Sweep at the Englewood Picnic Area/Boat Basin at Palisades Interstate Park, Henry Hudson Dr, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 07632, 9AM – 12:30PM. 

APRIL 24th: AIA South Jersey Member Meeting highlighting the Cumberland County ACE Mentor Program and AIA South Jersey Past Presidents; Atlantic City Country Club, 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield, NJ 08225; 5:00-9:00pm.

Please share our link for PUBLIC EVENTS with your community! 

AIA NEW JERSEY INITIATIVES

New Jersey K-12 Kids Design Challenge

AIA New Jersey K 12 Education Committee Chair Joseph David, AIA, has created a virtual design challenge for children across the state! Introducing the AIA New Jersey Architecture Week 2025 K-12 Challenge: Future Home 2150! We encourage you to share this link with your local schools, your children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends. All New Jersey Children are encouraged to enter a design for a chance to win prizes in one of three categories, divided by grade.  

Architecture Reading Lists

Additionally, AIA-NJ has distributed recommended reading lists to New Jersey Libraries to encourage the public to read about Architecture and Architects.  You can access the lists here 2025 Architecture Week Posters Final. Please share with YOUR clients, friends, family, local schools and libraries for them to participate! 

Committee Content

The AIA New Jersey Committee on the Environment and the Historic Archives Committee are preparing special content to share in honor of the occasion and our 125th anniversary!

Member Social Media Promotion

Additionally, here in New Jersey, we have presented orchestrated content across our social media outlets each April in celebration of New Jersey architecture, our members, their work and their interests. Once again, we will be featuring a particular project type each day across our social media platforms:

 Sunday, April 6th Residential, all types
 Monday, April 7th Commercial, all types
 Tuesday, April 8th Adaptive Reuse/Renovations
 Wednesday, April 9th Educational, at all levels and types
 Thursday, April 10th Institutional/ Government
 Friday, April 11th Retail
 Saturday, April 12th Sacred

We are accepting submissions of your work for promotion.

 

 

This is the suggested sample format for 2025. 

Each submission should be attributed to an AIA NJ member. One submission is permitted per member. You can simply change out the information, switch out pictures and revise text. Don’t forget to change your section. When complete please SAVE AS A JPG and UPLOAD AT THIS LINK BY MARCH 31, 2025, with clarification as to what project type of architecture it is. We will do the posting, but encourage you to share your slides on your social media, too! Don’t forget to credit the photographer if it’s not your product photo. 

PHOTO COMPETITION

Finally, we are holding a Photo Competition with winners to be exhibited concurrently with the National AIA Architecture Week celebration. We are soliciting your photos to be judged by a group of your peers for their artistic quality and insights. The photographs must be of NJ Architecture.

Categories are Black and White and Color with prizes for the best in each, certificates for 2nd and 3rd place, and a single overall winner regardless of category. Entry forms and rules can be found HERE.

If you have questions about any NJ Architecture Week initiatives, please email Stacey Ruhle Kliesch, AIA, at staceykliesch@gmail.com. We look forward to your participation as without it there is no celebration.

Thank you,

Paul Tiajoloff, AIA
AIA-NJ NJ Architecture Week Chairman

By Stacey Ruhle Kliesch, AIA, AIA NJ Advocacy Consultant | Posted in AIA Central New Jersey, AIA Jersey Shore, AIA Newark and Suburban, AIA South Jersey, AIA West Jersey, AIA-NJ News, Architects League of Northern New Jersey, Architecture in NJ, Environment, Historic Resources, K12 Architecture Education, Women in Architecture | Tagged: #AIA, #AIAALNNJ, #AIACNJ, #AIAJS, #AIANJHARC, #AIANJWIA, #AIANS, #AIASJ, #aiasnj, #AIAWJ, #architects, #ArchitectureWeek, #NJArchitects, #NJArchWeek25, AIANJCOTE | Comments (0)