Our Mission

The mission of the Alabama Center for Architecture is to advance the enjoyment of architecture and design through engagement, education, and collaboration.

Engagement

  • Bringing citizens in touch with their physical environment not only through exhibits, but also through active participation in competitions, symposia, press conferences, and workshops

  • Supporting communities in understanding the existing conditions and the future potential of their physical environments

  • Encouraging civic discourse and an open, transparent, and sustained public dialogue

  • Celebrating the design achievements of the region and presenting the design accomplishments of other parts of the world in a manner that raises our aspirations.

Education

  • Expanding our current educational programs for Kindergarten through 12th grade

  • Providing an exhibit space for high schools and colleges to exhibit their design-related work

  • Educating the communities through exhibits, lecture series, and charrettes

  • Providing a forum for professional and citizen dialogue about the importance of quality design, beautiful public spaces, good civic architecture, and sustainable, family-friendly neighborhood

Collaboration

  • Connecting professionals, community, and civic leaders to build high-quality environments

  • Fostering collegiality and exchange between industry professionals and providing professional development opportunities for them

  • Bridging the gap between the suburbs and city on regional issues such as the environment

  • Providing gallery space to exhibit projects related to good design

Meet the Team


  • Executive Director

    205-322-4386

    rhea@karmamanagementinc.com


  • Junior Account Executive

    205.322.4386

    erin@karmamanagementinc.com

Board of Directors

President: John Sorrell

Alabama Concrete Industries Association (Montgomery, AL)

Past President: John DeShazo

Webster Henry (Birmingham, AL)

President-Elect: Bill Segrest, AIA

Williams Blackstock Architects (Birmingham, AL)

Board Members

Nic Gray, AIA

Watermark Design Group (Mobile, AL)

Les Tillery, AIA

Fuqua & Partners Architecture (Huntsville, AL)

Dennis Madsen

City of Huntsville (Huntsville, AL)

Sharon Deep Nelson, FASLA

Renta Urban Land Design (Birmingham, AL)

Barrett Penny, AIA
Foshee Architecture (Montgomery, AL)

Cody Smith, AIA

Seay, Seay & Litchfield (Montgomery, AL)

Robert Thompson, AIA

Thompson Architecture, Inc. (Birmingham, AL)

AAF

The ALABAMA ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION, a non-profit organization formed in 1983, seeks to heighten the public’s appreciation and understanding of ARCHITECTURE and to promote good design among the public and within Alabama Communities.

Thank you to our member firms:

Corporate Titanium Membership

  • AIA Alabama

  • AIA Birmingham

  • AIA North Alabama

Corporate Gold Membership

  • AIA Montgomery

  • Alabama Concrete Industries Association

  • Bill Whittaker, Architecture

  • CREATURE

  • Spire

Corporate Steel Membership

  • Nequette Architecture & Design

  • Nola Van Persem

  • Risk Strategies

  • Wester Henry

Firm Membership: 26+

  • Davis Architects

  • Fuqua & Partners Architects, P.C.

  • Goodwyn, Mills, & Cawood Inc.

  • Poole & Company Architects

  • Williams Blackstock Architects

Firm Membership: 16-25

  • CCR Architecture & Interiors

  • Christopher Architecture & Interiors

  • Seay Seay & Litchfield

Firm Membership: 6-15

  • Aho Architects

  • ArchitectureWorks

  • Arcspace Studio

  • Brown Studio Architecture

  • Chambless King Architects

  • Charles Williams & Associates

  • David Baker Architects

  • Ghafari Associates, LLC

  • Gresham Smith

  • Lambert Ezell Durham Architecture, LLC.

  • Studio 2H Design, LLC

Firm Membership: 1-5

  • Adams Gerndt Design Group

  • B-Group Architecture, Inc.

  • bDot Architecture

  • Blackmon Rogers Architects, LLC

  • Carey Hollingsworth Architect

  • Foshee Architecture

  • Karma Management Inc.

  • MONUMENT

  • Revolutionary Architecture

  • Studio C Architecture

  • Thompson Architecture, Inc.

  • Watershed Architecture