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{{Short description|Non-profit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}
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AIA Philadelphia is the second oldest AIA chapter after New York, having received its charter in 1869. The Chapter is a registered nonprofit with IRS 501(c)(6) status, designating it as a professional membership organization. The Chapter includes members from Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery Counties in southeast Pennsylvania.<ref name="AboutAIA">{{cite web|url=http://aiaphiladelphia.org/about-aia-philadelphia|title=About AIA Philadelphia|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> AIA Philadelphia has a history of community engagement, including helping to create [[Independence National Historical Park]] [1948],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/1950-1969|title=History {{!}} 1950 - 1969|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> the Community Design Collaborative [1991],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdesignc.org/about/history|title=History|website=Community Design Collaborative|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> the Charter High School for Architecture + Design [1999],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chadphila.org/about-chad/|title=About CHAD|website=Charter High School for Architecture + Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> and the Center for Architecture and Design [2002].<ref name="About" />
During John Claypool's tenure as executive director of AIA Philadelphia [2001-2014], the Center was established as a separate organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status, designating it as an educational non-profit. Its purpose was to support charitable and educational initiatives to benefit the community at large, on behalf of the architectural profession.<ref name="About" /> In its early years, it produced educational and fundraising programs to support that mission, most notably the annual [[Louis Kahn|Louis I. Kahn]] Memorial Award + Talk, which brings a famous architect to speak in Philadelphia while raising funds to support the Charter High School for Architecture and Design.<ref name="Kahn">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/louis-i-kahn-memorial-lecture|title=Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award + Talk|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
The Center purchased and renovated a physical space on the ground floor of the [[Smyth Young Field Company Building]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/news/congratulations-your-new-home-center-architecture|title=Congratulations on your new home: The Center for Architecture|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The building, at 1218 Arch Street, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhp nom">{{cite web|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/H052754_01H.pdf|title=Young, Smyth, Field Company Building|last1=McVarish|first1=Douglas C.|date=1992|website=Pennsylvania CGRIS|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Once its new home opened in May 2008 with a full-time staff member, the Center expanded its offerings to include walking tours, speaker series, workshops, film screenings, design competitions, exhibitions, children's programs, and a gift shop. The gift shop, the already established AIA Bookstore founded in 1976 by AIA Philadelphia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/1970-1989|title=History: 1970 - 1989|website=AIA Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> moved into the Center from its Rittenhouse Square ___location upon the Center's 2008 opening.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/4512-aia-philly-opens-a-center-for-architecture?v=preview|title=AIA Philly Opens a Center for Architecture|website=Architectural Record|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
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*'''Spooktacular''', a Halloween experience for families produced by young architects and students from the Charter High School for Architecture + Design (annually in October)<ref name="Spooktacular">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/Spooktacular|title=Spooktacular|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
The Center's largest signature event, DesignPhiladelphia, was founded independently by Hilary Jay in 2005. She was inspired by one of the first design festivals, in London.<ref name=":0" /> The DesignPhiladelphia festival moved with Jay: from its founding at the Design Center of Philadelphia University in 2005, to the University of the Arts in 2010, and finally to the Center for Architecture and Design in 2013, where it remains today.<ref name="Director">{{cite news|url=http://aiaphiladelphia.org/news/center-architecture-names-hilary-jay-director|title=Center for Architecture Names Hilary Jay Director|date=12 June 2013|work=AIA Philadelphia News|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref name="JayDown">{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/home/20150522_Center_for_Architecture_s_Jay_steps_down__DesignPhiladelphia_goes_on.html|title=Center for Architecture's Jay steps down, DesignPhiladelphia goes on|date=May 22, 2015|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>{{external media | width = 210px |
==Exhibitions==
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*'''''CANstruction PHL''''' food can sculpture competition and food drive (annually in spring)<ref name="CANstruction">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/competitions/canstruction|title=CANstruction PHL|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
* '''''Constructing Play''': Classic + Modern Building Toys'' (annually in winter)<ref name="Play">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/constructing-play|title=Constructing Play|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref name="Geekadelphia">{{cite news|url=http://www.geekadelphia.com/2014/11/20/philadelphia-center-for-architecture-launching-free-exhibit-full-of-lego-knex-omg-why-arent-we-there-right-now/|title=Philadelphia Center for Architecture Launching Free Exhibit Full of LEGO, K'NEX, & OMG Why Aren't We There Right Now?!|date=November 20, 2014|work=Geekadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
*'''''Degrees of Design''': Student Work from Local Architecture + Design Schools'' (annually in spring)<ref name="Degrees">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/degrees-design|title=Degrees of Design exhibition|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalphiladelphia.org/events/degrees-design-annual-exhibition-student-work-philadelphia%E2%80%99s-architecture-design-schools|title=Degrees of Design: An Annual Exhibition of Student Work from
* '''''On The Rise''': Emerging Firms + Young Architects'' (annually in winter)<ref name="Rise">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/on-the-rise|title=On The Rise: Emerging Firms + Young Architects|website=Center for Architecture and Design|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref name="Maule">{{cite news|url=http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/03/young-philadelphia-architects-take-center-stage/|title=Young Philadelphia Architects Take Center Stage|last1=Maule|first1=Bradley|date=March 15, 2013|work=Hidden City Philadelphia|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
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