ARCHITECTURE WEEK 2025 – APRIL 13 – 19, 2025
Architecture Week 2025 is a nationwide celebration of K-12 architecture and design education and outreach. Its intent is to inspire K-12 students to become future architecture and design professionals. The focus on K-12 provides AIA with a great opportunity to showcase the outreach being done throughout the year, encourage others to get involved in a myriad of ways, and share new K-12 resources.
Architecture Week celebrates the profession of architecture and invites everyone—especially K-12 students—to explore architecture and design.
An ever-evolving resource map and hundreds of resources for students, educators, parents, and professionals live on AIA’s K-12 webpage. This page is designed to share architecture and design initiatives, from Design Competitions to Summer Camps to Workshops, to an audience ranging from AIA members who wish to duplicate efforts locally to students looking for opportunities near them.
AIA K-12 Pathway Initiatives
https://www.aia.org/resource-center/aia-k-12-pathway-initiatives
Last year’s Architecture Week was the first of its kind focused on K-12 outreach. In its inaugural year, more than 10,600 students in 94 schools were introduced to architecture and design. AIA’s “What is the value of an architect?” video was viewed 1.7M times! In 2025, the goal of Architecture Week is to directly impact over 15,000 students across the nation.
Students sketch buildings during a neighborhood walking tour led by AIA DC.
This year, a grant sponsored by AIA’s College of Fellows helped provide financial resources to 20 AIA chapters for their Architecture Week plans. Activities range from book drives to school visits to gallery exhibitions, all focused on K-12 students.
During Architecture Week, there are numerous ways we are encouraging our 100,000 members to get involved, including:
- Sharing our social media posts or creating their own #architecture-week
- Contributing to an Amazon wish list for those seeking materials for their initiatives
- Inviting students to visit their firm
- Sending a letter to local schools or libraries educating them about Architecture Week
- Actively engaging with students during Architecture Week
- Signing up to volunteer for a K-12 outreach program like ACE Mentor or Project Pipeline
A student creates her own animal dice based on AIA Kansas City’s Animal Dice Game.
We would love to hear what has inspired you to become interested in architecture and design as we develop ideas to reach our future generation of design professionals. Reach out to me at devondavis@aia.org anytime!
Devon Davis, Sr. Manager of K-12 Initiatives & Engagement
After serving students directly in schools for the past two decades as a school counselor, principal, and developer, Devon Davis recently transitioned to her new role with the AIA. She has enjoyed learning about the many programs available to students across our nation and to consider how we will build upon the existing foundation and continue to inspire future generations to consider a career in the field of architecture.