Now more than ever, architects are called to design high-performance buildings. This renewable energy starter guide provides architects with the tools to meet…
Business Intelligence
AI in practice: Strategic insights from The Architect’s Journey to Specification
February 10, 2025
Author: Deltek
Explore how architects are not just adopting AI but strategically shaping its role to enhance design while preserving human creativity.
Building science and technology
Resilience Building Coalition
December 4, 2023
Preparing to Thrive reviews work by the Resilience Building Coalition putting the Statement into action. It outlines a series of concrete steps Coalition…
Energy
AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects
November 29, 2023
Explore a three-part resource designed to empower and provide architects and designers with the necessary steps to take to reduce embodied carbon in their…
Business Intelligence
Business Opportunities & Sustainability Trends Amidst a Pandemic
November 28, 2023
The Business Opportunities & Sustainability Trends Amidst a Pandemic research report provides key insights on the pandemic’s impact on the architecture industry…
Climate action
Climate Action Plan
November 29, 2023
AIA’s Climate Action Plan provides architects with actionable steps, tools, and resources to achieve climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and decarbonization…
Climate action
Climate change adaptation design resources
November 29, 2023
Explore climate change design resources and projection tools to help buildings and communities handle and adapt to climate change effects like extreme heat and…
Design specialty
Three winning strategies for smart building design
November 28, 2023
Author: Deltek
September 30, 2021
Smart buildings use automation to optimize the processes that occur inside a building—benefiting the environment, tenants, and…
Business Intelligence
Economic & industry resources
November 28, 2023
Explore economic and industry resources on the built environment and beyond. Compare architecture industry trends from a number of primary data sources for…
Design specialty
Modular & off-site construction guide
November 30, 2023
Design for Modular Construction is a starter guide for architects interested in learning the value and opportunities of modular design and examining case…
Business Intelligence
Shaping the future: Six key benefits of AI in specifications
October 4, 2024
Author: Deltek
Explore how AI can transform specifications, enhance decision-making processes, allow architects to concentrate on the creative and strategic…
Building science and technology
Partners in Education & Research
November 28, 2023
AIA is proud to partner and collaborate with numerous education and research organizations, including ACSA, AIAS, NOMA, NAAB, and NCARB.
Sustainability
Putting sustainability into practice
November 28, 2022
Author: Deltek
Explore five architecture firm best practices for implementing sustainable designs and specifications and staying on top of evolving…
Best Practices
ROI: Codes, standards, & reporting on resilient design
November 28, 2023
Designing beyond building codes and standards provides significant resilience benefits to both building owners and occupants.
Climate action
ROI: Designing for reduced embodied carbon
November 30, 2023
Architects play a pivotal role in reducing embodied carbon—a significant contributor to global annual emissions—within the built environment to address…
Sustainability
The role of specifications in sustainable design
September 9, 2020
Author: Deltek
Research from AIA uncovers the perspectives of architects on working with manufacturers, clients, and contractors to specify sustainably. AIA…
Building science and technology
Technology, Culture, & the Future of the Architectural Firm
December 8, 2023
Technology, Culture, & the Future of the Architectural Firm closes the knowledge gap between architects and the building products industry, so firms can better…
Sustainability
TEOP for Architects
November 28, 2023
The TEOP for Architects guide introduces how architects can use the Tenant Energy Optimization Program (TEOP) to harness the energy-conservation potential of…
