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: Bill Segrest, AIA

Williams Blackstock Architects (Birmingham, AL)

Past President: John Sorrell

Alabama Concrete Industries Association (Montgomery, AL)

President-Elect: Cody Smith, AIA
Seay, Seay & Litchfield (Huntsville, AL)

Treasurer: Sharon Deep Nelson, FASLA

Secretary: Barrett Penny, AIA
Foshee Architecture (Montgomery, AL)

Board Members

Kaylee Cofer

Seay, Seay & Litchfield (Montgomery, AL)

Nic Gray, AIA

Watermark Design Group (Mobile, AL)

Dennis Madsen

City of Huntsville (Huntsville, AL)

Robert Thompson, AIA

Thompson Architecture, Inc. (Birmingham, AL)

Les Tillery, AIA

Fuqua & Partners Architecture (Huntsville, AL)

Joshua Vick

Spire (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.

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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

  • Nola Van Peursem

  • Webster Henry

  • Risk Strstegies

Firm Membership: 26+

  • Davis Architects

  • Fifth Dimension Architecture & Interiors

  • Fuqua & Partners Architects, P.C.

  • GA Studio

  • Goodwyn, Mills, & Cawood Inc.

  • KPS Group

  • Sherlock Smith and Adams

  • Poole & Company Architects

  • Williams Blackstock Architects

Firm Membership: 16-25

  • Birchfield Penuel Architects

  • CCR Architecture & Interiors

  • Christopher Architecture & Interiors

  • Matheny Goldmon Architecture & Interiors

  • Nequette Architecture & Design

  • Seay Seay & Litchfield

Firm Membership: 6-15

  • Aho Architects

  • ArchitectureWorks

  • Arcspace Studio

  • Barrett Architecture 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

  • AG Gaston
    Adams Gerndt Design Group

  • B-Group Architecture, Inc.

  • bDot Architecture

  • Blackmon Rogers Architects, LLC

  • Carey Hollingsworth Architect

  • David Brush Landscape Architecture

  • Foshee Architecture

  • Karma Management Inc.

  • MONUMENT

  • Revolutionary Architecture

  • Stick Architecture

  • Studio C Architecture

  • Taylor Plosser Davis, Architecture + Design

  • TGP Architecture

  • Thompson Architecture, Inc.

  • Watershed Architecture