The Mobile Architecture Center

Spread from Ireland to Russia and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, our European AIA chapter meets just twice each year—once every six months in a different city. This year, it's Lyon and Düsseldorf. In 2014, we're headed back to the big ones: Paris and London.

This video of our Stockholm conference tells the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRey9cQTsw

AIA Europe has become a mobile architecture center for American design. Every conference is about: 

Influence: We connect US-based AIA members and firms with members based in Europe. We connect clients with US architects. We connect US officials with the AIA (watch two senior US Ambassadors discuss why architecture matters).

Focus: In the public eye, we address issues of the most pressing public concern: urban transit systems, disaster mitigation planning, heritage conservation and more. We take up the issues that matter to the cities we're visiting.

Innovation: We attract the most influential members of the building and design industry. In Lyon, the mayor and the president of the region will welcome us, along with the head of the local construction industry federation and the president of the French Ordre des Architectes.

The best news: Our counterparts want to learn from US knowhow and expertise, and they’re looking for ways to collaborate. AIA members from chapters in the US regularly travel to Europe for our meetings, and we are always very happy to welcome new faces — please join us: www.aiaeurope.org