The WMAIA promotes excellence in architecture through professional development, community outreach, and the celebration of architecture in our region.
We want to engage the public in an ongoing, meaningful dialogue about architecture and the built environment: how does it affect you, your family, your workplace, and the world?
Many of our programs and events – such as our film series – are free and open to the public. The public is also welcome to attend our continuing education programs for a fee; check out our films, programs and other events at the links in our menu above.
We invite the community to download and read our quarterly newsletter, to sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter, or to join the WMAIA.
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UMass 2021 Graduate Architecture Thesis![]()
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Please join the Architecture Department at UMass on April 16, 2021, from 9am-3pm as they celebrate their Master of Architecture students as they present their thesis research and projects to a panel of reviewers, faculty, and peers. ![]()
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All are welcome to join. Please email architecture@umass.edu to receive a link to the review session on Zoom.
April is a busy month for WMAIA. Join us for these upcoming events!:![]()
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WMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECURE FILM SERIES![]()
Tuesday, April 13 | 6:30PM | Zoom 1.5 HSW![]()
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Waste is Food![]()
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Man is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in nations like China and India. The waste production worldwide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill. But there is hope. The German chemist, Michael Braungart, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make), production and consumption could become beneficial for the planet. A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle. A concept that is seen as the next industrial revolution. Design every product in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle the component materials become a new resource. Design buildings in such a way that they produce energy and become a friend to the environment.![]()
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Spring BCT Programs – conclude Monday, April 19th!![]()
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Monday, April 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom![]()
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The Least Cost Path to a Positive Energy Future - 1HSW![]()
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Bill Maclay FAIA![]()
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Bill Maclay will share a tested and proven financial methodology, which demonstrates that positive energy buildings are typically the least cost option on a cash flow basis when compared to fossil fuel code buildings. These projects also accrue long term financial, social equity, ecological, and health benefits. Maclay Architects has developed and successfully used this process for over 12 years to assist owners in evaluating financial performance of positive energy buildings. Commercial, institutional, and nonprofit and other residential case studies will illustrate the detailed and interwoven financial/energy analysis process, metrics, and templates used to guide positive energy projects from initiation to completion. This includes the design and financial analysis of a net positive energy, plus carbon storing, single family home design that meets the current need for cost effective operational and embodied energy buildings and design. ![]()
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Register here: e.sparxo.com/m/Spring-2021-BCT-Programs![]()
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WMAIA Women in Architecture (WiA) presents:![]()
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Tuesday, May 18| 5:00 PM | Zoom 1LU![]()
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Prized Design: WMAIA Women in Architecture Spring Program![]()
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The founders of WMAIA’s Women in Architecture Committee, Kathleen Lugosch FAIA/Ann McCallum FAIA / Margo Jones FAIA/ Sigrid Miller Pollin FAIA, present and discuss award-winning work of 2020 Pritzker Prize recipients Grafton Architects (Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara) and Studio Gang (MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang)![]()
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UMass Architecture Lecture Series![]()
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This series is free and open to the public. You must register to attend. You can self-report for learning units.![]()
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Wednesday, April 21 | 4:00PM | Zoom![]()
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Latoya Kamdang Lecture: Productive Collisions
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WMAIA : SPRING BCT ProgramsThese lectures and free and open to the public, however, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units.UMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register here for no fee.When registering, select the TOTAL # of program...
Tune in April 19thBCT Lecture: The Least Cost Path to a Positive Energy Future. Bill Maclay, Maclay Architects. April 19th, 4-5:15. For more info: umass.science/bctlectures instagr.am/p/CNTNwBwgQyJ/
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