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The AIA offers research resources for Economics and Market Research and the Practice of Architecture.
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Economics and Market Research

The Business of Architecture: 2012 AIA Survey Report on Firm Characteristics
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2012 State Economic Profiles

2011 AIA Compensation Survey Report
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Press Release
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2009 AIA Environmental Scan
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Monthly Architecture Billings Index (ABI) Updates
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2007 AIA Client Perception Study
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Economic and Construction Outlook in the Gulf States After Hurricane Katrina (2006 to 2008)
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Practice of Architecture (AIA-Funded Research)

• AAH Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design

• AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) (view all COTE reports)

Deep Green Renovation: Broad Scale Strategies for Achieving Deep Energy Savings in Existing Buildings (2011 AIAS | AIA COTE Research Fellowship Report)

AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice (2010)

Ecological Literacy in Architecture Education Report – This report looks at the degree to which ecological literacy and sustainability are playing a role in American architecture education.

Performance by Design – This study by the 2009 AIA/COTE Research Scholar investigates the energy performance of past Top Ten projects.

• Delano and Aldrich/Emerson (reports from recent recipients)

• Latrobe (2009 Growing Energy/Water: using the grid to get off the grid; 2007 On the Water | Palisade Bay; 2005 Developing an Evidence-Based Design Model that Measures Human Response: A Pilot Study of a Collaborative, Trans-Disciplinary Model in a Healthcare Setting)

• Report on University Research – volume 5

• Research for Practice Research Program (RFP) (2008; 2007; 2006; 2005)

• Upjohn Research Initiative (2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007)

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Economics and Market Research

Practice of Architecture

• The Academy Journal (AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH))
The Academy Journal publishes articles of particular interest to AIA members and the interested public involved in the fields of healthcare architecture, planning, design, research, and construction. Its goal is to promote awareness and educational exchange between architects and healthcare providers and to broaden our base of understanding about our clients. View the archives.

• CAE Trends Reports
Research conducted by the committee, including interviews and results from the past several year’s CAE Design Awards recipients, is featured here in a resource designed to provide members with support for including some of the most effective and innovative educational design trends in their work.
2009 
Buildings that Teach | Buildings In Context | Environmental Sustainability | Innovation | Layers of Connection | Multiple Uses | Social and Cultural Significance
2008 
The Community Within | Innovative Strategies | Community Partnerships | Learning Spaces | Sustainability

• Design for Aging Review (DFAR) Data Mining Reports
The purpose of these research projects are to describe patterns and statistics from the data; and share the findings with architects.  A second part of the projects is to assess the submission form questions and the quality of the data received to determine how to improve the DFAR Design Competition submittal process to produce usable and informative data in the future.
Design for Aging Review 10 Insights and Innovations: The State of Senior Housing (2010, December)
The second consecutive design competition analysis performed by the Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative, the DFAR10 Insights Study evaluated over 90 leading-edge senior living projects from around the country, as well as several international projects. The study identified commonalities that reflect larger-scale trends and unique features that challenge those trends.
Design for Aging Review 9 Data Mining Findings (2008, October)
The DFAR9 Data Mining study was conducted by the Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative; and analyzed data collected by DFA’s first web-based submission process for their ninth biennial Design for Aging Review design competition. The study took into account all 72 projects submitted to the design competition, with particular attention paid to the 36 award recipients at different times during the analysis. The study received the AIA/AAHSA Design for Aging Publication Award for research in 2009.

• Research & Design – The Quarterly of the AIA Research Corporation
Research & Design v1 n1 (1978, January) – Solar Architecture
Research & Design v1 n2 (1978, April) – Seismic Design
Research & Design v1 n3 (1978, July) – Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Research & Design v1 n4 (1978, October) – Baseline
Research & Design v2 n1 (1979, January) – Passive Technology
Research & Design v2 n2 (1979, Spring) – Climate and Architecture
Research & Design v2 n3 (1979, Fall) – Passive Cooling
Research & Design v2 n4 (1980, Spring) – Researching the ‘80s
Research & Design v3 n1 (1980, Summer) – Energy Conscious Redesign

• 2010 recipients of AIA/AAH Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design, AIArchitect. (September 10, 2010)
• “Upjohn Research Grant Winners Investigate New Sustainable Materials.” AIArchitect. (October 22, 2010)
• “Upjohn Research Initiative: Renewable Energy Generation on an Industrial Scale.” AIArchitect.

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• 2010 ARCC/EAAE International Conference on Architectural Research – final papers
• 2009 Designing Learning Environments to Rebuild Urban America (report from the 2009 CAE Fall Conference, New York City)
• 2008 AIA AAJ Fall Conference (presentations on justice architecture)
• 2007 AIA Research Summit

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• AIA COTE Top Ten Projects and Metrics
• The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects
  A new online resource guide to finding information about U.S. architects who practiced from the 1800s to the 1970s, the AIA Historical Directory of American Architects helps you locate information in published, online, or archival resources from the AIA and elsewhere across the U.S.

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Practice of Architecture

• AIA Residential Knowledge Community Web seminar series (free): explores the ways that architects use research to enhance the health, safety, social, economic and environmental performance of buildings as well as the experiences of housing residents. Replays and resources from Webinars are available.

1. Research in Practice

2. Greening Housing Research

3. Researching Resiliency

4. Affordable Housing Research

5. Healthy Homes Research

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