AIA South Dakota is the professional non-profit membership association of architects, future architects, and partners in the building and design industries, and the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) AIA South Dakota advances the mission that design matters in every South Dakota community.
The renovation of the H.P. Gerber Building reverses 120 years of enclosure by removing a bearing wall, cutting the floor, and inserting an entry-facing stair, becoming the building’s first renovation to subtract enclosure rather than add it.
This project transformed a declining former neighborhood grocery store into a vibrant neighborhood bistro and commercial kitchen with law offices above.
On the corner its oldest building held for a century, Northern State rebuilt in the historic quad’s own language of datum lines and window rhythm and opened the campus gateway outward as the Business and Health Innovation Center.
Here’s a recap of Friday’s sessions at the 2026 AIA SD Annual Convention.
Here’s a recap of Thursday’s sessions at the 2026 AIA SD Annual Convention.
South Dakota architecture firms captured two American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota Honor Awards and three Merit Awards Wednesday evening during the 2026 Celebration of Architecture and Design Awards Ceremony kicking off this week’s AIA South Dakota annual conference.
There are just two days left to register for the AIA South Dakota’s 2026 Annual Convention at early-bird pricing.
Registration is open for the AIA South Dakota’s 2026 Annual Convention, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 30, through Friday, Oct. 2 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
Several AIA South Dakota members are featured in this Prairie Business Magazine feature on mass timber.
The submittal portals now are open for all divisions and categories in the 2026 AIA South Dakota Awards Program. Honorees will be announced live from the stage during the Celebration of Architecture and Design Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Tickets will be available soon here. Design Awards Deadline:…