Thank You Sponsors!

Join us for the 2025 Design & Honor Awards Reception!

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Culinary Productions, Inc.
201 E Wright St
Pensacola, FL 32501

Reception begins at 6 p.m.

Program to begin at 7 p.m.

Individual Tickets: $70
5 Tickets: $300

Dress is Cocktail/Cocktail Casual

Registration closes September 16.

Sponsorships are available. Get more info HERE.

Calling all CANchitects and CANgineers! Assemble your build team and help us Demolish Hunger, Design Hope in this year's PensaCAN competition. 

PensaCAN is a competition where teams create impressive structures made entirely out of full cans of food. Following a week-long display of the structures and voting, all food is then donated to Manna for distribution to our neighbors in need in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

Registration is open to ANYONE...architects, intern architects, engineers, designers, contractors, local businesses, professors, teachers, students, or anybody, anywhere, that wants to form a team and help the local community.

Do not have a team but still want to build? Register as an individual and we will match you up with a team!

The display and on-site location is the Cordova Mall, but off-site and digital builds can take place anywhere (just follow the directions/requirements on the Info Packet Coversheet and Judging Guidelines). 

Awards will be presented in eight categories. 

Not a builder but still want to help? Great sponsorships are available, or you can make a donation HERE (use the "in honor of" field and type "PensaCAN").

Help us break 20,000 meals this year!

Build team registration is open!

GET MORE INFO AND REGISTER

CARBON 101: What It Is and How To Talk About It

Course Number

CE-U48782

As awareness about the impact of carbon emissions grows, companies in every sector and of every size are setting goals to reduce their climate impact. But how are those goals set, how do you track progress, where do you start, and why take on the challenge? This course defines and contextualizes carbon, explains the impact of human activity on the natural carbon cycle, and provides insight into how companies can measure and reduce their climate impact. Then the discussion turns to carbon emissions in the design and construction industry, and why they matter so much in the context of a changing climate. This course offers the building and design community opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and foster healthier human communities at the same time. This presentation closes with tools and resources for participants to learn more and act on the most urgent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment industry, the carbon impact of building materials.

 

1 HSW

Join us for our July CE lunches!

Tuesday, July 15

12 - 1 p.m.

Bowden Bldg, Room 1

120 Church St

Pensacola, FL 32502

REGISTER FOR PENSACOLA

Wednesday, July 16

12 - 1 p.m.

Bay County Chamber of Commerce Boardroom

235 W 5th St

Panama City, FL 32401

REGISTER FOR PANAMA CITY

Thursday, July 17

12 - 1 p.m.

DAG Architects

1223 Airport Road

Destin, FL 32541

REGISTER FOR DESTIN

CEU Lunch Meetings are a benefit of membership in AIA Florida Northwest

Any non-member attending will be charged $20 for cost of lunch. 

Registration for the event is required, any member who wishes to attend and did not register for the event will be charged $10 for lunch.

Please register by July 13 to reserve your lunch.

Join us as we fundraise to support the Florida Architects Political Action Committee and our professional advocacy efforts throughout the state. Form a corporate team, or one with your friends or family. All profits will be accredited to the AIA Florida Northwest chapter in the annual statewide FAPAC Challenge. Advocacy gives us a seat at the table, FAPAC gives us a voice!

Can't make it to Bowling Night this year? Donate HERE.

FAPAC Bowling Night

Thursday, July 24

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Cordova Lanes

2111 Airport Blvd

Pensacola, FL 32504

$300 for full lane (8 bowlers)

$150 for half lane (4 bowlers)

REGISTER

NCARB Live: Licensure 101

Click HERE to watch a video that is a great introduction for anyone starting the ARE process.

Visit the EP section on our Events page to keep to up date on ARE/EP events.

For more EP & ARE news and information, including ARE test prep materials, contact AIA Florida Northwest Associate Directors  Mike Noell, Assoc. AIA or Nico Camero, Assoc. AIA. 

Did you know that AIA Florida Northwest has funds available for scholarships to augment the participation costs in community leadership development programs that exist within our chapter region? Our intent is:  1) to increase the numbers of our members engaged in these programs, 2) to obtain tools, insights and relationships that will benefit our profession as a whole, and 3) to then create connections within our chapter communities demonstrating the value of architects in leadership roles. 

Download the AIA Florida Northwest Leadership Scholarship application HERE. 

Below are local leadership programs and their approximate application opening dates (please check the respective site for their dates & deadlines):

Leadership Pensacola - February 

Destin Forward - July

Young Professionals of Walton County - July/August

Leadership Okaloosa - August

Leadership Bay - August

Leadership Santa Rosa - September

Leadership Walton - September