Join the Fellows Challenge and advance architecture

Share your influence. Shape the future of architecture.

Join the Fellows Challenge and help bring Elevating Architects: 75 Years of the AIA College of Fellows® to life at The Octagon. Create a personal fundraising page, add a note about why the exhibition matters to you, and invite your network to give.

Fellows advance architecture through design, leadership, vision, and service—contributions that inspire the next generation of practice. Historic photographs, archival documents, models, publications, medals, certificates, and other artifacts tell the stories of Fellows’ contributions to architecture and the built environment.

Visitors will encounter work in design, practice management, service to the Institute, education, public service, and literature. The exhibition follows milestones including the College’s first women and African American Fellows, notable professional partnerships and family legacies, and the contributions of Fellows today, including books by current Fellows.

The VIP opening reception with the College of Fellows is December 10, 2026. The exhibition opens to the public on December 12 and remains on view through summer 2027.

This is a friendly, voluntary challenge. Invite colleagues and friends, follow the collective progress, and help more people discover how Fellows enrich public life. Gifts made through this challenge will be tracked to the exhibition. A gift of $75 or more includes a limited-edition anniversary pin.

To get help setting up a peer fundraising page, email Olivia at oliviahutto@aia.org.

Cover photo: S. R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. Library of Congress.

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