Video Library
AIA East Bay Programs
FOR STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
- A Day in the Life of + Ask Me Anything with Tim Nystrom (10/09/2020)
- A Day in the Life of + Ask me Anything with Ashley Rybarczyk (02/10/2021)
- A Day in the Life of + Ask me Anything with Tyler Kobick (03/10/2021)
- A Day in the Life of + Ask me Anything with Lauren Jordan (03/24/2021)
- SketchUp – Beyond the Basics! (05/13/2021)
- Diversity in Architecture for Young Architects (12/13/2021)
- Knowing the Process of Licensure & ARE Study Tools with Parva Markiw (02/23/2022)
- Women Architects of the Past, Present, Future (03/22/2022)
- Advocacy in Action: Guides for Equitable Practice (03/16/2023)
- Housing Advocacy: YIMBY Action (05/18/2023)
- Prepare to Crush the ARE’s (03/27/2025)
FOR WORKING ARCHITECTS AND LICENSED PROFESSIONALS
- Working from home for Architects and Designers a 101 Workshop (04/8/2020)
- DDX Workshop, Getting Across the Finish Line in 2020 (04/15/2020)
- Architecture in the time of Covid19: Thoughts for an Uncertain Future – Town Hall with UCB (05/1/2020)
- Black Lives Matter & Architecture Town Hall (06/30/2020)
- Introducing the AIA’s v3.0 COVID-19 Re-occupancy Assessment Tool (08/20/2020)
- Case Studies at the Intersection of Purpose, Profit & Portfolio (08/26/2020)
- Working with the California Architect Board (10/22/2020)
- 2020 AIAEB Design Awards (11/12/2020)
- RYSE Center Design Tour (11/16/2020)
- Disaster Planning for Architects (01/14/2021)
- Timber Tech – Wood is Good! (06/29/2021)
- Shelter
- Home Tours I (08/14/2021)
- Home Tours II (08/21/2021)
- Shelter: Innovations in Housing (08/26/2021)
- 2021 Design Awards + Pre-Ceremony Judges Panel (11/11/2021)
- The Architect, Civil Engineer & The Land Surveyor: Working Together (02/24/2022)
- Aligning Budgets and Energy Conservation Goals (06/15/2022)
- Starting Your Own Firm: A Roundtable Panel (07/21/2022)
- As-Built Surveying – Best Practices for Field Measurements (09/15/2022)
- California Building Codes Update 2022 (11/30/2022)
- 2022 California Title-24 Energy Code (01/17/2023)
- Minimalist Leadership for Maximum Results (02/02/2023)
- High Performance Insulation for Woodframe Construction (03/01/2023)
- Launching Your Practice as a Design Project (05/09/2023)
- Professional Practice – In Conversation with Small Firm Leaders (05/11/2023)
- Profit Motive & The Business of Design – The A+D Leader’s 101 of Firm Financial Management (05/16/2023)
- Designing Low Slope Roof Drainage for Climate Change/Severe Rain Events (07/18/2023)
- Starting Your Own Firm (10/12/2023)
- Rethinking Net-Zero: Designing for Energy Balance in Architecture (06/26/2024)
- Carbon Accounting: Inside BCCA & CalGreen (08/20/2024)
- SEO for Architects: Expanding Beyond Word-of-Mouth (08/20/2024)
- Skin in the Game: Pathways to Ownership (10/01/2024)
- Material Considerations for Plumbing Systems (11/19/2024)
- Introduction to Passive House Standard (03/04/2025)
- High Performance Roof Daylighting (04/16/2025)
- Smoketight Foam Free High Performance Building Enclosures (05/01/2025)
- Getting In Ahead of the Fellowship Cycle (05/07/2025)
- Advancing Building Decarbonization Through High Performance Measures (06/11/2025)
2023 LECTURE SERIES: LEADERS SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY
- Renovations / Interiors (02/23/2023)
- History of Bay Area Architecture (03/07/2023)
- Planning / Urban Design (03/21/2023)
- Institutional (04/25/2023)
- Civic (05/25/2023)
- Higher Education (06/15/2023)
- Affordable Housing (07/13/2023)
- Multi-Family Housing (08/22/2023)
- Single Family Housing (09/14/2023)
2024 LECTURE SERIES: ARCHITECTS + THEIR CLIENTS
- Education (04/09/2024)
- Housing (07/18/2024)
- Social Benefit (08/28/2024)
- Single Family (10/17/2024)
2025 LECTURE SERIES: THE CONSULTANT'S ROLE IN ARCHITECTURE
- Historic Preservation (05/15/2025)
- Lighting (06/17/2025)
Regional & Urban Design (RUD)
- Learning from and Planning for a Post-Pandemic East Bay: Streets and Public (4/16/2020)
- Housing as Intervention (7/16/2020)
- Learning from Bologna: Heritage Planning in Italy (9/17/2020)
- Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America (11/19/2020)
- The New Old Oakland Waterfront (3/04/2021)
- Spanning the Rails: BART Transforming Oakland (05/06/2021)
- Oakland Public Library: Serving In and Surviving a Pandemic (06/03/2021)
- Youth Spirit Artworks Case Study (08/05/2021)
- The Future of the I-980: Decking over the Freeway (10/07/2021)
- Telegraph for People: A Student-Led Effort to Reimagine Upper Telegraph Ave. (02/03/2022)
- The Futures of Suburban Infill: Placemaking Battles on a Dynamite Factory (04/07/2022)
- “Building a Brighter Future”: Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club and Their New Facility (06/02/2022)
- Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption (08/04/2022)
- How to Integrate Affordable Housing Within Existing Communities (12/01/2022)
- Architecture in a Commodity Culture: Reflections during 50 Years of Practice and Teaching (02/01/2024)
Architectural Community for the Environment (ACOTE)
- Virtual DDX Workshop, Getting Across the Finish Line in 2020 (4/15/2020)
- Mass Timber: How it can SAVE the World! (6/25/2020)
- Introduction to 2030 Commitment (3/05/2021)
- DDx Hackathon (3/24/2021)
- Embodied Carbon 101: Basic Literacy for Architects (06/08/2021)
- Automated Energy Analysis in the Early Stage of Design (08/18/2021)
- Buildings as the Climate Solution: Partnering with Local Governments to Tackle Embodied Carbon (09/14/2021)
- “Visual Delight in Architecture” a Book Talk with Lisa Herschong (10/12/2021)
- Ins & Outs of Low Carbon Concrete (11/16/2021)
- Building Electrification and Decarbonization (04/27/2023)
- Towards a New Enclosure: Using the Building Enclosure to Decrease Operational Carbon in Buildings (05/31/2023)
- Energy Decarbonization Blueprint (07/20/2023)
Grid-Adaptive Microgrids: The Future of Energy Decarbonization and Resiliency (08/10/2023)
- Reducing Whole Life Carbon From Buildings – How And Why (10/24/2023)
- Whole Life Carbon – A Window Into The Full Impacts of Projects (11/07/2023)
- Sunnyvale 2.0 (02/06/2024)
- People Planet Design: A Book Talk with Corey Squire (04/16/2024)
- CALGreen 2024 Changes – How It Impacts Your Projects (11/19/2024)
Small Firms Forum (SFF)
- From Past to Present – The importance of Historic Resource Evaluations (6/4/2020)
- Heroes & Villians:Effective Communications with Clients and Contractors (8/6/2020)
- The New Title 24 for Residential Design: What You Should Know (9/10/2020)
- Chat Questions and Answers
- Slideshow available here
- January Show & Tell (1/14/2021)
- Architectural Detailing: Sharing What You and Others Know (2/11/2021)
- Slideshow available here
- AIR (3/11/2021)
- Slideshow available here
- Tile Installation Failures (07/08/2021)
- Overcoming Planning & Building Department Obstacles (08/12/2021)
- Faucet and Shower Trim Codes, Designs and Trends (09/09/2021)
- Outline Specs: Show & Tell (10/14/2021)
- January Show & Tell (01/13/2022)
- Risk Management for Design Professionals (02/10/2022)
- “No, That Fence is not the Property Line”: A Primer on Surveying (03/10/2022)
- ADU Laws & SB 9: An Overview on Local Implementation (04/14/2022)
- De-Carbonizing Buildings with Clean Electric Energy (05/12/2022)
- The 2022 Energy Code Preview for Small Projects (06/09/2022)
- Slideshow available here
- Requirements and Best Practices for As-Built Surveying, Drafting & Modeling (07/14/2022)
- The Passing of Time: A Meeting of Community (09/08/2022)
- Beyond Energy Efficiency: How to Address The Carbon Impact of Building Materials (11/10/2022)
- Small Firm Forum 2023 Annual Show & Tell (01/12/2023)
- Residential Lighting Design: Tips & Tricks (02/09/2023)
- CALGreen and the Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (03/09/2023)
- Taking Vacation (04/13/2023)
- The Juggling Act: Firm Management, From Day-to-Day to Long-Term (05/11/2023)
- Wildfire and Wildland Urban Interface (07/13/2023)
- Keeping a Travel Sketchbook (09/14/2023)
- As-Built Surveying Best Practices (11/08/2023)
- 2024 Annual Show & Tell (02/08/2024)
- Water! (03/14/2024)
- Poppies, Pollinators, & People! (04/11/2024)
- Wearing Too Many Hats Getting You Down? Ways to Reduce Stress and Boost Joy (05/09/2024)
- Making a House a Home (06/13/2024)
- WUI – What Makes It Critical? (08/08/2024)
- Small Firm Forum 2025 Annual Show & Tell (01/09/2025)
- Designing with Light: Terms, Techniques, and Best Practices (02/13/2024)
- Sealing the Deal: Understanding Waterproofing Risks for Design Professionals (04/10/2025)
- ADU Design and the Title 24 Energy Code Webinar (05/08/2025)
- Native Plants and Fire: Everything We Think We Know is Wrong! (06/12/2025)
Women in Architecture (WiA)
- Cultivating Inclusion (09/28/2023)
- My Path to Fellowship: Spotlight Session with Jill Bergman, FAIA (08/22/2024)
- Spatial Justice in Architecture (01/23/2025)