South Dakota Housing Development Authority (SDHDA) was created by the South Dakota Legislature in 1973 with a stated mission to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing to low and moderate income South Dakotans. SDHDA is a self-supporting, non-profit entity. SDHDA utilizes housing bonds, tax credits, and other federal and state resources to fund housing programs which provide…
First created during the New Deal of the 1930s, the heritage documentation programs of the National Park Service have been recording and archiving our national architectural history for over 85 years. The three programs are the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS). Their…
Each mid-July since 2011, designers from across South Dakota come together to celebrate and elevate the design work happening in the Black Hills. The Call for Presentations for 2019 is now open.
Commercial interior designer and furniture vendor Pigott is inviting AIA SD members to the grand opening of its new Sioux Falls showroom at 301 S. Minnesota Ave., Suite 2, on Thursday, Jan. 17 from 4-7 p.m.
What will education look like tomorrow? In five years? In twenty? What students need to learn and how they are being taught are adapting to a world that is changing faster than ever before. Teachers are faced with the challenge of preparing students for careers that don’t exist yet. We don’t know for certain what…
Last week the SDSU Department of Architecture (DoArch) hosted a ribbon cutting at PH01:BRK, the first custom designed single-family passive house in South Dakota. The event culminates almost three years of work, and has introduced passive house principles to students, initiated research and training, and most visibly, resulted in the construction of a certified, student…
Architecture firms submitted 21 projects from across the state for consideration for the 2018 AIA South Dakota Design Awards. Winners will be announced on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at the AIA South Dakota Design Awards Ceremony and Dinner. (You can buy a ticket for the event here.) Our previously announced service awards will also be…
AIA South Dakota’s Annual Convention 2018 kicks off Sept. 13-14 at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls.