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...
Climate action
AIA’s final week at COP30
December 8, 2025
AIA 2025 President Evelyn Lee, FAIA, led AIA’s delegation during COP30’s second week.
Design specialty
How AI is changing site evaluation for architects
December 15, 2025
Despite new tools, architects still matter in an AI-assisted process.
Best Practices
Five ways to maximize the value of value engineering
October 3, 2024
Despite high estimates and construction bids for your projects, value engineering can help keep your efforts alive. Here are five ways to make the most of the...
Career and the profession
Beyond the handshake: Building meaningful professional relationships
August 11, 2025
Growth in the profession rarely happens alone.
Social impact
7 Key issues on the ballot for architects and AIA this election season
October 28, 2024
AIA is ensuring that architects have a powerful voice in shaping policies that impact the profession and the planet.
Design specialty
Claire Dickey, AIA, on helping her clients age in place
July 9, 2024
“For me, it has always been about helping people.”