AIA UK hosts a wide range of social and professional events throughout the year - from talks, building tours, bike tours, pub quizzes, conferences, and technical lectures, to movie nights, networking events, city excursions, and student programmes. We also run a series of annual Signature Events: the AIA UK/ RIBA Keynote Lecture featuring a leading progressive contemporary architect; our prestigious Excellence in Design Awards celebrating the best of contemporary architecture in the UK; our renowned one-day all-manual London Student Charrette for Part 1 students from all over the UK; the Noel Hill Student Research Award funding Part 2 students to undertake innovative architectural research; and our ever popular Summer Gala for a party at a significant central London location. Everyone is welcome to attend all events.
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Upcoming Events
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AIA UK Annual General Meeting 2026
Location: MillerKnoll Showroom, Floor 1, 20 St John's Sq, London EC1M 4AH
Save the date for the AIA UK's 2026 Annual General Meeting, to celebrate the year just gone by and to look to the year ahead.
AIA UK Virtual Building Tour - The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities by Hopkins Architects
Join us for a very special online tour of the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities by Hopkins Architects - the largest Passivhaus project in England!
AIA UK Pub Quiz
Join AIA UK for a relaxed social evening at the pub and compete with your friends!
AIA UK / RIBA 2024 Keynote Lecture – Lina Ghotmeh
We are excited to announce the 2025 AIA UK/ RIBA Keynote Lecture with Lina Ghotmeh!
AIA UK 2025 Student Charrette
If you are a student enrolled in the second or third year of a RIBA-accredited Part-1 course, join our one day Student Charrette!
AIA UK + AIA Continental Europe Study Trip: Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
Join us on an immersive 2 day trip to the Venice Architecture Biennale, exploring the theme “Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective".
AIA UK Movie Night: Radical Landscapes
Location: BFI Screening Room, 21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN
Our popular Movie Nights continue with Radical Landscapes, a personal exploration of Florence's Radical Design scene of the 1960s and the legacy of Gruppo 9999.
AIA UK Movie Night: Aldo Rossi Design
Location: BFI Screening Room, 21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN
Our popular Movie Nights return for the autumn season! Join us for a screening of Aldo Rossi Design.
AIA UK Student Workshop
Location: ONLINE
We are inviting all Part 1 students to join our online drawing masterclass, which dives into the different forms of visualisation in architectural representation.
AIA UK Building Tour Series 2025 - Urbanest Battersea by AHMM
Location: 5 Palmerston Way, Nine Elms, London SW8 4AQ
Join us for an exclusive in-person tour of Urbanest Battersea by AHMM, the first major PassivHaus student housing development in London.
AIA UK EDI - Designing for Everyone: from Intent to Impact
Location: MillerKnoll London, Floor 1, 20 St John's Sq, London EC1M 4AH
Join us for a special talk on inclusive design, preceeded by drinks and networking, hosted at longtime AIA UK sponsor Herman Miller's showroom!
AIA UK Summer Soiree 2025
Location: Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, Parliament Sq, London SW1A 0PW
You’re Invited to the AIA UK End-of-Summer Soirée at the House of Lords
AIA Toledo - Designing the Design Process: Advanced Automation in Architecture
Location: Online
How is advanced automation reshaping the way architects design—and even define “good” design?
AIA UK Super Saturday - Windsor and Eton College Campus Tour
Meeting Point: 9:00-9:30, meet at Nimia, 58 High Street, Windsor SL4 6BD
Our popular weekend excursion returns, and this year we invite you to join us on a tour of the scenic town of Windsor and Eton College.
Roca in association with AIA UK - Journey to Net-Zero: Planning for Decarbonisation in Hospitality Design
Location: Roca London Gallery, Station Court, Townmead Rd, London SW6 2PY
We are excited to join AIA UK chapter sponsor Roca at their Roca London Gallery for a panel discussion about sustainability in hospitality, followed by drinks and networking!
AIA UK Building Tour Series 2025 - Design District
Location: Design District, 13 Soames Walk, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 0AX
Join us for an exclusive in-person tour of the Design District led by Hannah Corlett and Alex Howard.
AIA UK Bike Tour 2025 - Hampton Court / Richmond / Kew
Meeting Location: 11am at Waterloo Station (for train at 11:20)
Our annual bike and sketching tour is back, exploring the architecture of west London from Hampton Court to Kew.
AIA UK Building Tour Series 2025 - Urbanest City by Hopkins Architects and APT
Location: Urbanest City, 35 Vine Street, London, EC3N 2PX
We invite you to join us for an exclusive in-person tour of Urbanest City by Hopkins Architects and APT, an AIA UK Design Award winner in the Professional - Large Projects category!
AIA25 - Shaping the Future of Design Across Borders: a Global Architecture Workshop presented by AIA International
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 153ABC
AIA International is delighted to be hosting TWO EVENTS as part of AIA25 in Boston, including this full day workshop.
AIA25 - AIA Conference on Architecture & Design® 2025
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 153ABC
The premier AEC industry event
AIA UK Building Tour Series 2025 - Collège Amadou Hampaté Bâ by Article 25
Location: Online
Join us for an online tour of Collège Amadou Hampaté Bâ by Article 25, a winner in the Professional - Medium Projects and Exemplary Performance in Sustainability categories at the 2024 AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards.
Iris Ceramica Group - AIA UK Design Awards Insights Night
Location: ICG Gallery, 61-67 Old Street, London EC1V 9HW
Following the announcement of the Design Awards, you are invited to a special event hosted by our Design Award sponsor, Iris Ceramica Group!
AIA UK Sustainability Series - Circularity in Practice: A Roadmap to Harvesting and Reusing Structural Concrete in London
Location: Online
Join AIA UK for the latest lunchtime talk in our Sustainability Series, focusing on exciting research into the structural reuse of concrete.
AIA UK 2025 Design Awards Gala
Location: Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE
Join us for our Gala and Summer party at the Royal College of Physicians on Regent’s Park, to celebrate the winners of this year’s AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards!
AIA Continental Europe and AIA UK Spring Conference - Cork
Location: Cork, Ireland
Come join the AIA Continental Europe and AIA United Kingdom Chapters as we explore the lively city of Cork on Ireland’s south coast.
AIA UK Sustainability Series - Understanding the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
Location: Online
Join AIA UK for the latest lunchtime talk in our Sustainability Series - a guide to using the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
AIA UK Movie Night: Green Over Gray
Location: BFI Screening Room, 21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN
Next up in our popular Movie Night series - a documentary that explores the green architecture revolution through four projects designed by Emilio Ambasz.