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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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Resilience

How design adapts to the Sonoran Desert

February 20, 2025

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

Sustainability

How residential design offers opportunities for sustainability

December 17, 2024

Sustainable home projects can directly benefit both homeowners and architects.

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?

Fab Tree Hab prototype by Terreform ONE in Windsor, Connecticut

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.

Exterior of straw bale house designed by architect Dylan Johnson

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.

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

Enclosed balcony at the Wide House by BLDUS

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.

Rendering of ODA mass timber project in Bridge District

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.

Exterior of Cheyenne, Wyoming, train depot

Design specialty

How Wyoming architects are prioritizing historic preservation

April 2, 2024

Historic structures are vital to the evolution of a community.

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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.

How to take advantage of this cross-cutting tool for architects

February 17, 2025

With the Integrated Design Process (IPD), architects can tackle complex problems and audacious goals.

Business Intelligence

Will the 2025 economy improve for architects?

January 16, 2025

AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker says firms think that the economy needs to course-correct before their workloads can rebound.

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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.

Sustainability

How residential design offers opportunities for sustainability

December 17, 2024

Sustainable home projects can directly benefit both homeowners and architects.

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.

AI rendering by HWKN of New York City skyline

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.

Many of the cross members in the suspended ceiling grid system were replaced with JLC Tech T-Bar Flex lights specifically designed to integrate with the Armstrong ceilings.

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