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Sustainability
The new materials toolkit simplifying sustainability decisions
November 17, 2025

Recently unveiled, the Common Materials Framework Implementation Toolkit aligns many sustainability standards for design, manufacturing, and construction.

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Sustainability
Sustainability Action Plans: How four firms are setting goals and taking action
August 8, 2025

Creating an SAP pushes firms to do better while holding them accountable. 

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Sustainability
When progress stalled, LPA doubled down on performance
July 7, 2025

After posting disappointing 2023 results in the AIA 2030 Commitment, LPA president Keith Hempel, FAIA, explains the firm's efforts to do better. 

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Sustainability
A regenerative college campus from the ground up
June 16, 2025

Des Moines University embarked on an ambitious campus relocation project that does more with less.

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Sustainability
The Hayward Library is a win-win for a Northern California city and its residents
April 21, 2025

This COTE® Top Ten-winning project forms the center of a downtown revitalization. 

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Sustainability
Architects see building performance standards as a business opportunity
March 5, 2025

Firms are leveraging their sustainability expertise to deliver results for clients. 

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Resilience
How design adapts to the Sonoran Desert
February 20, 2025

HK ASSOCIATES' Barrio Historico House is a case study for sustainable desert living. 

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Sustainability
How residential design offers opportunities for sustainability
December 17, 2024

Sustainable home projects can directly benefit both homeowners and architects. 

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Sustainability
What the White House's new National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building means for architects
October 16, 2024

How will it impact the way architects design? 

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Sustainability
How biocentric architecture can help architects hit climate goals
August 15, 2024

Three projects show how architects are designing to prevent the loss of biodiversity. 

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How AI is changing site evaluation for architects
December 15, 2025

Despite new tools, architects still matter in an AI-assisted process. 

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Illya Azaroff, FAIA, inaugurated as AIA’s 102nd President
December 8, 2025

Illya Azaroff, FAIA, was inaugurated as the 2026 AIA President on Friday, December 5, at the Global Campus for Architecture and Design in Washington, D.C.

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AIA’s final week at COP30
December 8, 2025

AIA 2025 President Evelyn Lee, FAIA, led AIA’s delegation during COP30’s second week. 

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Meeting in the middle to reimagine bridges
December 1, 2025

A new wave of bridge projects finds architects and engineers in unique collaborations.

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An architect shares her unconventional path to licensure
November 24, 2025

"Becoming an architect isn't a straight line," says Christiana Copper, AIA. 

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Emissions reductions and threats to climate action: AIA at COP30
November 18, 2025

It’s AIA’s fifth year sending a delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference to advocate for global climate action. 

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Business Intelligence
ABI October 2025: Billings continue to decline at architecture firms
November 19, 2025

Firms expect modest revenue declines in 2025 and 2026.
 

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Career and the profession
How America's youngest licensed architect thinks about the future
August 4, 2025

Emily Almloff, AIA, speaks on health care architecture, improving licensure, and more.

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Social impact
The new purpose of design contests
October 6, 2025

Can ideas contests for cities have concrete value for architects trying to break through and not go broke?

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What you should know about LEED version 5
September 19, 2025

Three LEED experts catch you up on the sustainability framework’s latest update.

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Resilience
L.A. architects are reimagining resilient homes
September 15, 2025

In wildfire-scarred sections of L.A., rapid rebuilding and resiliency are both complementary and in competition.

 

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Best Practices
5 Ways architectural epidemiology redefines design impact
September 8, 2025

See how a new methodology can help projects better serve their communities.

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Career and the profession
Amplification, not automation: What AI really means for architects
September 4, 2025

Engaging with AI empowers architects to shape the future of the profession.

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