How architects can thoughtfully integrate lighting to enhance a project’s beauty and functionality while also reducing carbon footprint.
Best Practices
How to run a values-driven firm
April 29, 2024
New paradigms for practice that support social and environmental responsibility.
Sustainability
Four decades of green design
May 3, 2024
How a once-nascent conversation about sustainability evolved into a full-scale priority for the profession.
Building science and technology
Is AI a tool or a taskmaster?
May 3, 2024
Designers are confronting changes in practice and purpose wrought by sweeping technological shifts.
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.
Design specialty
Case study: The Professional Kitchen by Henrybuilt
May 22, 2024
From its roasted walnut timbers to its human-centered functionality, this experiential space prioritizes practical sophistication, design refinement, and craft quality.
Social impact
How architects are impacting rebuilding efforts in Hawaii
May 27, 2024
Architects have been instrumental in the efforts to rebuild in Maui following 2023 wildfires that caused immense damage on the island.
Design and health
Using the porch to connect people to place
May 29, 2024
Porches can also have health and wellness benefits.
D.C.'s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a local symbol in a national city
June 6, 2024
Planners and designers aimed to make the bridge a model for innovative infrastructure.
Career and the profession
AIA Conference on Architecture & Design® returns to Washington, D.C.
June 6, 2024
View AIA’s Photo Diary as AIA24 begins, uniting more than 10,000 members of the greater AEC industry to network, learn, and celebrate architecture.
Design and health
Five key takeaways from Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Day 2 keynote at AIA24
June 7, 2024
Dr. Gupta sat down with Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC, to discuss the intersections between design and health.
Climate action
AIA24 to measure sustainability efforts
June 7, 2024
This year, AIA is taking its sustainability efforts one step further at the 2024 AIA Conference on Architecture & Design®.
Design and health
Study: How homeowners are spending remodeling design dollars
June 12, 2024
Data show a growing desire by homeowners to renovate and rejuvenate their homes. A study by AIA partner Marvin reveals some of the top design options they’re...
Career and the profession
Getting to know the Young Architects Award recipients
June 17, 2024
What makes architecture's future stars tick? We spoke with some of AIA's recent Young Architects Award recipients about what fulfills them, their dream projects...
Design and health
Uniting home and landscape in the woods of the Northwest
June 20, 2024
When a young architect decided to strike out on his own, the first project he took on served dual purposes — to test out new ideas and to create a rural retreat...
Firm Management
How strong collaboration simplified the merger of two small firms
April 4, 2024
Small firm heads Anthony Baker and Terrence O'Neal discuss the story of their merger, the biggest challenges they faced when merging firms, and the future of...
Materials
Five ways building materials impact society
August 13, 2024
Architects and designers can help improve the health of people and the planet by giving careful thought to how they evaluate building products and finishes.
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.
Career and the profession
Getting to know more Young Architect Award winners
August 19, 2024
In the second part of a series on getting to know Young Architect Award winners, we spoke with some recent recipients of the award about getting drawn to the...
Career and the profession
Four ways to protect profitability
September 3, 2024
Professional liability claims happen, and while only about one-third end in an insurer pay-out, all claims take a design firm’s time and can impair its...