The California Architectural Foundation promotes healthy and sustainable communities through support of research and education.

Bridging the academic and professional worlds, CAF facilitates public programming, including exhibitions, workshops, competitions and symposia; shares knowledge through publications, forums, and diverse media; supports scholarship through research and dialogue; builds strong partnerships and collaborations; and awards academic and professional excellence.

CAF’s Programs

	1990 Melton A. Ferris Scholarship established as a fund for architecture students honoring the contributions Mel Ferris made during his 25 years as Executive Vice President of the AIACC… Read more.
	1997 To support the efforts of teachers and architects in the classroom, an online edition of the BEEP handbook is published…Read more.
	1998 William Turnbull Jr., FAIA Environmental Education Grant is initiated. This program has evolved into a biannual ideas design competition…Read more.
	2008 Nathaniel A. Owings Award moves from AIACC to CAF to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the preservation of nature in relation to the built environment.
	2009 CAF enters into its first partnership agreement with an academic program, the Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University
	2009 CAF began participating with Savings By Design to provide scholarships to students who demonstrate serious investigation into alternative energy sources and energy conservation integrated with outstanding design…Read more.
	2011 Paul W. Welch, Jr. ARE Scholarship Award created to recognize the significant contributions of California interns at early stages in their careers…Read more.
	2011 CAF and AIACC’s Academy of Emerging Professionals (AEP) host a strategic planning Architectural Education Summit.
	2012 Nathanial A. Owings Award is re-purposed to recognize environmental excellence and those who work collaboratively on a larger, community scale in a spirit of meaningful cooperation with nature as well as with one another…Read more.
	2012 CAF expands its Built Education Environment Program (BEEP) to include the identification of all environmental design programs across the state directed at youth from K-12…