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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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Sustainability
Turning straw into gold: How to cut carbon in residential architecture
June 12, 2024

As architects and developers get serious about cutting carbon, single-family home construction offers untapped potential. 

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Sustainability
A look into the legacy of AIA COTE and COTE Top Ten Awards
May 15, 2024

Celebrating the impact of over 30 years of AIA COTE and the AIA COTE Top Ten Award 

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Materials
These sustainable homes embrace local materials
May 13, 2024

These four houses by Washington, D.C.-based firm BLDUS prioritize materials that are sometimes taken from right outside the front door. 

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Sustainability
Four decades of green design
May 3, 2024

Over the last 50 years, a once-nascent conversation about sustainability has evolved into a full-scale priority for the profession.

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Sustainability
D.C.’s largest mass timber project is coming to the new Bridge District
April 18, 2024

In addition to its net-zero design, the building will have an affordability component. 

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Architects are excited about the potential of AI, but concerns abound
March 3, 2025

A new AIA research study reveals that architects are evenly split in their enthusiasm and wariness about the new technology. 

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Tassafaronga Village a decade later
March 19, 2025

The enduring impact of Tassafaronga Village’s affordable, community-centered design

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Looking for a job in architecture? Here are tips from hiring managers
March 13, 2025

Leverage these tips to best position yourself to land your next role.

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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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Baratunde Thurston teaches AIA leaders “How to citizen"
February 28, 2025

At AIA’s annual Leadership Summit, podcaster and TV host Baratunde Thurston shared a vision for collective action. 

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10 Must-have leadership skills for running a successful architecture firm
February 7, 2025

Five firm leaders from Heaths Bridge, HGA, Ennead Architects, Olson Kundig, and Corgan share their top insights. 

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Business Intelligence
ABI January 2025: Architecture firm billings remain soft to start the new year
February 19, 2025

Nearly all responding firms report that they pay for AIA membership for eligible staff

Evelyn Lee, FAIA, NOMA, 2025 AIA President
Career and the profession
Articulating AIA's voice in 2025
January 6, 2025

Evelyn Lee, FAIA, NOMA, plans to address AI and housing solutions as 2025 AIA President. 

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Kaarin Knudson, AIA, brings housing and sustainability focus to new mayoral role
January 10, 2025

Knudson was recently inaugurated as mayor of Eugene, Oregon. Here's what she plans to focus on. 

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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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Affordable housing
Making homes attainable: How architects can help
August 9, 2024

The U.S. has long had a shortage of affordable housing. How can architects help in the collective effort to make housing attainable to more people? 

Legin Apartments at Portland Community College’s Southeast Campus, Bora Architecture & Interiors.
Resilience
Home is where the resiliency is
August 3, 2024

Empowering communities to thrive in a warming world. 

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Building science and technology
Who's afraid of artificial intelligence?
July 16, 2024

Not Matthias Hollwich, AIA, principal at HWKN, who is heading full bore into what he believes is a paradigm change.  

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