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.
Sustainability
A look into the legacy of AIA COTE and COTE Top Ten Awards
May 15, 2024
Celebrating the impact of over 30 years of AIA COTE and the AIA COTE Top Ten Award
Design specialty
Claire Dickey, AIA, on helping her clients age in place
July 9, 2024
“For me, it has always been about helping people.”
Business Intelligence
Post-occupancy services can improve your future design offerings. Here's how.
May 1, 2024
Three firms share how circling back on projects after handoff has benefited their design services.
Sustainability
What the White House's new National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building means for architects
October 16, 2024
How will it impact the way architects design?
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...
Career and the profession
Three rules for empowering early-career architects and professionals
May 2, 2024
The early years of licensure present myriad opportunities to explore different career facets. Explore the ways AIA's Young Architects Forum helps early career...
Career and the profession
The architect who combines public engagement with urban design
December 15, 2025
Licensure gave Atara Margolies, AIA, the freedom to ask, “What else do I want to do in the built environment?” See why in this Q&A.
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.
Career and the profession
How children’s books transform K–12 architecture outreach
January 12, 2026
In this first entry of a three-article series, Lori Apfel Cardeli, AIA, NCARB, discusses why books help kids realize architecture is an option.
Career and the profession
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.
Design specialty
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.
Sustainability
Turning straw into gold: How to cut carbon in residential architecture
June 12, 2024
As architects and developers get serious about cutting carbon, single-family home construction offers untapped potential.
Firm Management
6 Black firm owners share their leadership advice
February 12, 2025
Leaders from Self+Tucker, Evoke Studio, and more on what has helped them succeed.
Career and the profession
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.
Firm Management
Want a healthier firm culture? Start with these 5 steps
February 3, 2026
Firm leaders reveal their tips for more inclusive workplaces.
Career and the profession
Planting a seed: The impact of Architecture Week
April 14, 2025
Here's how two AIA chapters are bringing Architecture Week to their communities.
