DESIGNING AGENCY: RACE, PLACE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

AIA Austin will be hosting NOMA National President Bryan C. Lee and Germane Barnes for a two-hour session at the2025 AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference! Join us for an open, unscripted conversation. Through stories, projects, and personal insights, this session will explore architecture as a tool for resistance, storytelling, and cultural affirmation—pushing beyond buildings to examine how space shapes, and is shaped by, race, memory, power, and identity.

WHERE: Austin Central Library, 710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701

WHEN: Fri, Aug 22, 2025 1:10 PM - 3:10 PM

NOMA members can register to attend the single session at the link below

NOMA Central Texas will be hosting a Happy Hour after the session with both Bryan C. Lee & Germane Barnes. We hope you can join us!

WHERE: Codependent Cocktails + Coffee | 301 West Ave STE 110, Austin, TX 78701

WHEN: Friday, August 22, 2025 6 PM - 7:30 PM

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We encourage our members and partners to attend the full Design Excellence Conference! Registration link below.

If you are not an AIA member, but would like to take advantage of NOMA member pricing, use discount code “NOMA” with the non-member registration