Roy Decker and Anne Marie Duvall Decker built a practice in a place other architects left. Twenty-eight years later, it earned the highest honor their...
Affordable housing
Avanzando: Border thinking and the future of architecture at AIA26
May 8, 2026
MASS's Katie Swenson highlights the border-defying and community-shaping work of Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, Calif.
Sustainability
What it means to save a brick: Sustainability in Texoma
May 11, 2026
Ellen Mitchell, AIA, interviews Joe Ross, AIA, about what sustainability in rural Texas can tell us.
AEC Cares Project San Diego: Empowering women and building futures
May 11, 2026
During the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026, the architecture, engineering, and construction communities will once again give back through AEC Cares...
Design and health
How specifications impact water quality
May 14, 2026
Many buildings still provide occupants with unfiltered water. AIA partner Zurn Elkay explores the risks—and why architects are uniquely positioned to lead the...
Design specialty
Designing for living: Integration, sequence, and the evolving kitchen environment
May 13, 2026
This year’s EuroCucina kitchen exhibition showed a shift toward spatial systems that support daily life. Design consultant Aaron Schiller, AIA, reveals what...
How one firm navigated a large urban project in Rochester, N.Y.
May 18, 2026
The Neighborhood of Play in Rochester's Inner Loop East was an exercise in juggling multiple stakeholders.
Firm Management
Will AI change billing forever?
May 18, 2026
AI’s efficiency gains may cause firms to move away from hourly billing—and provide an opening for architects to show off their value.