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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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