Center for Architecture & Design Kansas City

Put this on your calendar! Next Wednesday, 11/20, join us for a fun night of networking, trivia, and bingo -- all focused on the KC design community! Register with a team of 5, or come solo to join a team. Link in comments, or visit cfadkc.org. AIA Kansas City AIGA Kansas City ASLA - Prairie Gateway Chapter KC APA - Kansas City Section American Planning Association IDSA KC IIDA Mid-America

Drumroll, please ?????? We are excited to announce the WINNERS of our "Raise Your Voice" poster contest! Students’ competition: Hannah Hulse?|?Overland Park, KS Professionals’ competition 1st place:?Chandler Johnson?|?Kansas City, MO 2nd place:?Allyson Farley?|?Overland Park, KS 3rd place:?Daniel Warner?|?Manhattan, KS Special thanks goes to our panel of judges who selected this year's winners: ~ Cybelle Jones, CEO of Society for Experiential Graphic Design SEGD ~ Meghan Arnold, Senior Community Manager, Adobe Adobe ~ Jackie (Kolpek) Dietz, PLA, ASLA, Territory Manager, Forms+Surfaces;?and President-elect, Center for Architecture & Design? Forms+Surfaces All poster entries are currently displayed at our office located at 18th and McGee in the Crossroads Arts District. They will be on view through Election Day, 11/5. MAKE SURE YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE in the upcoming election!

DEADLINE is TOMORROW 10/8 to submit your poster design and be eligible to win a CASH prize for best design! Link in comments to find all the details. Our panel of judges includes: Ann Willoughby, AIGA Gold Medalist and Founder Emerita of Willoughby Design Cybelle Jones, CEO of SEGD and D7 National Design CEO Retreat panelist Meghan Arnold, Senior Community Manager, Adobe and more to be announced soon!

We loved reading this spot-on article written by our 2019 board president Julie Sayers, IIDA. She continues to make an impact in our design community and the community at large! IIDA Mid-America International Interior Design Association encompas

We want you to RAISE YOUR VOICE and be part of our get-out-the-vote POSTER CONTEST! This is a nonpartisan poster design contest with cash prizes. DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 8! All entries will be on display in the window of our Center HQ in the Crossroads, 18th and McGee. More details in the comments. OPEN TO ALL DESIGNERS AND NON-DESIGNERS FREE to enter! AIA Kansas City AIGA Kansas City IIDA Mid-America Chapter IDSA KC KC APA - Kansas City Section American Planning Association

It takes a dynamite team of design professionals to present KC Design Week each year. Our August kickoff meeting brought together new volunteers and seasoned experts to launch our planning for April 2025 KCDW! Big shout-out to our co-chairs in their 2nd year: Peggy Bennett, GastingerWalker& (IIDA Mid-America Chapter co-chair) Brooke Craig, Populous (AIA Kansas City co-chair) Maggie Newlin, HDR (AIGA Kansas City co-chair) Mark your calendar now for April 22-30, 2025 for our 16th year of must-do design events! ASLA - Prairie Gateway Chapter KC APA - Kansas City Section American Planning Association IDSA KC SEGD KC encompas Clark & Enersen KEM STUDIO HOK HJM Architects Inc Hoefer Welker Hufft Kansas City Design Center Premier Lighting & Controls Olsson Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers and Architects

Our Summer Scavenger Hunt for new grads and summer interns is more than a fun social event. It's an incubator for new career networks that will benefit young architects and designers in all 7 of our Center disciplines for years to come. This week's event featured some impressive numbers: This year: ~ 53 people registered. ~ 26 are from the metro. ~ 11 different states are represented. ~ 4 different countries are represented. ~ 29 local firms employ these young professionals. ~ 20 different universities are attended by the attendees. All of these measures are an increase from last year's event (our first Scavenger Hunt), which is exciting! We believe in building a community of architects and designers as soon as they arrive in KC. These business and professional networks are gold! Thanks to our Center board members (pictured below) for producing this event. AIA Kansas City KC APA - Kansas City Section American Planning Association IIDA Mid-America Chapter IDSA KC ASLA - Prairie Gateway Chapter AIGA Kansas City P.S.: the winning team was from BRR Architecture, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, DLR Group, PURE Workplace Solutions, and FORWARD Design | Architecture!

Be a leader in a leading local design organization! Check out this opportunity, AIGA Kansas City members!

We're ready to welcome new design professionals to KC and have some fun! Grab a new friend and be ready to make more at our Scavenger Hunt and happy hour, expressly for new grads and summer interns working in design offices around the metro. Registration is FREE, so sign up in advance to help us plan for you. Link in comments.

Donté P. Shannon, FASAE, CAE really captured the excitement and possibilities of the first-ever D7 National Design CEO Retreat.