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Our passion embraces the built environment & the future of the architecture profession through education & preserving the legacy of AZ architecture.

10/15/2026

Our 44th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament at Papago Golf Club wrapped another successful year for the Arizona Architecture Foundation.

We’re grateful to the sponsors whose continued investment funds scholarships and programs that support the education of future architects and the advancement of the profession across Arizona. Thank you to the volunteers whose work behind the scenes made the day run seamlessly, and to every golfer who joined us on the course.

This tournament remains AAF’s primary fundraiser and its continued success reflects the strength of Arizona’s AEC community.

Thank you for being part of it.

10/01/2026

Introducing this year's newest golf tournament addition: Beat the Pro! ⛳

We've teamed up with BackSwing Golf Events to bring a Beat the Pro challenge and we're thrilled to introduce the pro taking on all challengers: Stephanie Vallentine.

A University of Arizona golfer who joined BackSwing to help grow women's golf and raise money for causes like ours, Stephanie brings serious game — and even more fun — to the course.

Think you can beat her?

09/21/2026

From the Archives: Metrocenter Mall 🏛️

Take a look at this hand-drawn rendering of Metrocenter's interior — sketched during the design phase, before a single wall was built. You can make out the court leading to the Diamond's store, a drink kiosk, and shopfronts, all rendered in ink with little figures added to give a sense of scale and crowd.

If you grew up in Phoenix, there's a good chance the real thing was part of your story too: the ice rink, the food court shaped like an airplane, the sheer size of the place. When it opened in 1973, it was the first two-level, five-anchor mall built anywhere in the U.S., designed by Robert Fairburn of the Phoenix firm Flatow, Moore, Bryan & Fairburn. Fairburn gave the mall's entrances their signature look: bold, upswept concrete forms inspired by Le Corbusier's work in Chandigarh, India — a piece of international architecture reinterpreted for the desert.

Drawings like this one are exactly what AAF's Archives Committee works to preserve — because once a structure like this is gone, the design record is all that's left to tell the story of how Phoenix grew into the city it is today.

Did you spend time at Metrocenter? Tell us your favorite memory below.

09/18/2026

3 weeks to go. ⛳🏌️

Here's the lineup for October 8 at Papago Golf Club:

11:00 AM Check-in & driving range
12:00 PM Group photo
12:30 PM Sh***un start
5:30 PM BBQ & Awards at Evie's Pavilion

44 years of golf, networking, and giving back — don't miss this one. Spots are filling up.

Reserve yours → aafgolftournament.com

09/17/2026

The 2026 Curt Schafer Lecture featured architect Alberto Kalach's "Desert Dwellings," a look at architecture's relationship to landscape, infrastructure, and the city.

It was a thought-provoking evening on how design can respond to place and support the communities built around it — the kind of conversation the Arizona Architecture Foundation loves bringing to Arizona.

Couldn't make it in person? Here's your chance to catch the full lecture!

08/26/2026

Congratulations to Ally Kwan, on completing the Architecture Registration Exam!

Ally was the 2025 recipient of the Arizona Architecture Foundation's Architecture Record Exam grant, created to help ease the financial burden of ARE testing for emerging professionals on the path to licensure.

Seeing that investment carry her through to completion is a full-circle moment for us: it's the exact outcome our grants and scholarships are built to make possible.

This is also the second time this year we've gotten to celebrate Ally's leadership as she chaired the committee behind the sold-out 2026 AIA Arizona Associates Gathering.

Grant recipient, community leader, and now, a licensure candidate who has cleared every exam. That's the trajectory we invest in.

Congratulations, Ally, we're proud to have played a small part in this milestone.

08/18/2026

2026 Sean Murphy Travel Prize Recipient Dina Aldabbagh is off! Traveling for 5 weeks through the former Yugoslavia and studying the architecture of that space.

"I am particularly interested in how to create meaning as architects. Can we design to touch people’s hearts? Is that something we have power over? In pursuit of this question, I think it’s important to look at other areas of the world that have both achieved and failed at creating long-lasting meaning through architecture.

The former Yugoslavia serves as an incredible microcosmic case-study of many constraints and considerations US architects face: quickly urbanizing cities, construction costs, and aesthetic trends. How do you build something that’s “timeless” for others when needs are pressing, costs are high, and perspectives on what is necessary to connect someone to a space varies? This is what I’m asking as I embark on my study.

Utilizing my ability to speak Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, as well as my network of family and friends in the former Yugoslavia that will allow me to deepen my study — I am going back to the roots this summer! I’m extremely grateful that amongst a very capable and forward-thinking group of deserving applicants, the AAF entrusted me with this study."

We can't wait to hear all about it!

08/17/2026

Happy National Nonprofit Day! Today we're pausing to appreciate what it means to do this work as a nonprofit.

For the Arizona Architecture Foundation, that means every grant, scholarship, and dollar toward registration exam support goes directly toward helping emerging architects build their careers, not toward a bottom line.

It's also what lets us maintain our archives, preserving the drawings, photographs, and records that tell the story of Arizona's architectural history for generations to come. It's a model built entirely on people who care about good design, and about protecting its legacy.

We're thankful every single day for the community that makes that possible. If you've ever wondered how to get more involved with AAF, today's a great day to reach out — we'd love to have you.

If you're interested in donating, please visit: https://www.arizonaarchitecturefoundation.org/

08/14/2026

The Arizona Architecture Foundation welcomed two new members in 2026 whose professional leadership, advocacy, and commitment to the built environment strengthen the Foundation’s mission.

Their collective experience and dedication will help advance our efforts to educate, inspire, and preserve the legacy of architecture across Arizona.

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating Oscar Lopez and Nick Tsontakis!

Learn more about Oscar and Nick at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/strengthening-our-mission-welcoming-two-new-foundation-qp6ue

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