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EDI
How storytelling builds resilience: Informing EDI frameworks with AIA’s Guides for Equitable Practice
November 8, 2025

Brittany Hodge, AIA, shares examples of storytelling’s power and ways to incorporate it in your firm’s EDI efforts.

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EDI
How NOMA supported my professional journey
October 10, 2025

The president of AIA New Jersey credits the National Organization of Minority Architects for his career success. 

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EDI
Redesigning the rules of early practice
July 21, 2025

How embedding equity frameworks upstream is helping to rewire architectural education. 

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EDI
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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EDI
Five high-impact quotes from WLS 2024
October 14, 2024

Over 800 women gathered in Chicago last week for AIA's 15th Women's Leadership Summit. 

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EDI
Nine Hispanic and Latinx architects you should know
September 26, 2024

To mark this year's Hispanic Heritage Month, we're honoring the work and contributions of nine Hispanic and Latinx architects. 

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EDI
Why should women in the AEC industry attend WLS?
September 23, 2024

A construction manager tells us why she's attending this year's Women's Leadership Summit for the first time. 

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Career and the profession
Join AIA, She Built Foundation to share architecture and design with K-12 students
April 8, 2024

AIA Architecture Week 2024 is April 14-20. Learn how a popular children’s book could be the tool you need to inspire K-12 students to learn about architecture...

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EDI
Three key ways HBCUs impact the profession
April 2, 2024

By Kathy Denise Dixon, FAIA, NOMAC

Kathy Denise Dixon, FAIA, NOMAC, principal, K. Dixon Architecture in Maryland, outlines the valuable role historically Black…

Nine Arab American architects you should know
EDI
Nine Arab American architects you should know
April 1, 2024

For Arab American Heritage Month we highlight the extraordinary work and careers of nine architects, designers, and academics whose paths from disparate parts…

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How Project Almost Architect is lowering hurdles to licensure
February 9, 2026

Savannah Sinowitz, AIA, discusses the pilot licensure-support program she started with AIA Oregon.

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Want a healthier firm culture? Start with these 5 steps
February 3, 2026

Firm leaders reveal their tips for more inclusive workplaces.

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Inside GCAD, AIA’s inclusive headquarters renewal
January 27, 2026

Learn about the welcoming design ethos behind the AIA Global Campus for Architecture & Design® in Washington, D.C.

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Lori Apfel Cardeli, AIA, on how authors shape early design literacy
February 2, 2026

Cardeli continues her series on children’s architecture books by talking with authors about what makes their work impactful. 

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Get to know 2026 AIA President Illya Azaroff, FAIA
January 19, 2026

In this interview, Azaroff discusses his formative experiences, what he envisions for AIA members, and why “leadership can’t wait.”

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7 Questions with AIA’s new EVP/CEO
January 13, 2026

Read our interview with Carole Wedge, FAIA, to learn about her excitement for her new role, her favorite projects, and more.

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Business activity at architecture firms remains stagnant
December 17, 2025

The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for November was 45.3, marking the 13th consecutive month of declining billings at architecture firms…

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Career and the profession
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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Design specialty
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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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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