Dami Lee encouraged architects to harness the power of storytelling at AIA25
June 16, 2025
The architect and YouTube creator demonstrated the value of narrative and emotional connection.
Career and the profession
Thinking of returning to school? Four designers share their journeys
October 20, 2025
Reentering higher education is a big decision. Learn about the unpredictable, rewarding paths of designers who did it.
Materials
The benefits of specifying appliances early
October 23, 2025
Prompt engagement with manufacturers can help architects avoid last-minute compromises on their designs. AIA partner Fisher & Paykel explains.
Affordable housing
Designing affordable housing with compassion and resilience
October 28, 2025
Learn how three organizations use regulatory expertise and creative problem-solving to make affordable housing happen.
Social impact
AIA Housing Summit seeks solutions to the U.S. housing crisis
October 27, 2025
AIA convened industry leaders last week to address one of the nation’s most challenging problems.
Career and the profession
Designing for tribal communities with Tammy Eagle Bull, FAIA
October 20, 2025
Eagle Bull advocates for tribal communities to have agency in their built environment.
Materials
Design for the future: Flexibility for tomorrow’s needs
October 29, 2025
Three projects reveal the adaptability and versatility of pre-engineered metal buildings. AIA partner BlueScope Buildings North America gives a tour.
Firm Management
Why ESG and CSR reports matter—and how your firm can start making them
November 3, 2025
ESG and CSR reports help firms attract clients, employees, and partners. Three firms offer lessons from launching theirs.
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.
Career and the profession
Graciela Carrillo, FAIA, on why she attended AIA’s Women’s Leadership Summit
November 12, 2025
Learn about Carrillo’s work supporting immigrant architects, the new book she coauthored, and how WLS helps people say, “I can do this.”
Climate action
Our shared journey: AIA engagement at COP30 and the future of climate action
November 10, 2025
Our profession is central to navigating the complexity of a changing climate.
Sustainability
The new materials toolkit simplifying sustainability decisions
November 17, 2025
Recently unveiled, the Common Materials Framework Implementation Toolkit aligns many sustainability standards for design, manufacturing, and construction.
Best Practices
How to choose the best type of paper for your print job
November 13, 2025
Whether you’re printing business cards, a firm brochure, or a client presentation, the paper can make a good impression—or a bad one. AIA partner FedEx shares...
Climate action
Emissions reductions and threats to climate action: AIA at COP30
November 18, 2025
It’s AIA’s fifth year sending a delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference to advocate for global climate action.
Career and the profession
The benefits of a mid-career mentor
July 10, 2025
You may be far enough along in practice to mentor other designers, but you can still benefit from being a mentee.
Design specialty
Integration and expression: Appliances as architecture, not separate objects
November 26, 2025
The Arclinea Contemporary Kitchen project demonstrates how style and integrated appliances support spatial harmony, human-centered design, and expressiveness...
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.
Materials
Ceiling solutions that bring energy savings and tax credits
November 25, 2025
New phase change material technologies may deliver up to 15% in energy savings and up to 50% in tax credits, explains AIA partner Armstrong World Industries.
Resilience
Designing for disaster: How architects are building a resilient future
May 23, 2025
Three case studies exemplify a holistic approach to resilient design.
Materials
6 Strategies for specifying structural steel with low embodied carbon
December 8, 2025
A new publication from AIA partner AISC provides strategies for specifying structural steel with less embodied carbon, helping you achieve sustainability and...