This year’s AIA Regional & Urban Design Award recipients illuminate creative approaches for environmental and social well-being.
Materials
Designing stylish civic spaces to serve communities
August 7, 2026
AIA partner BlueScope Buildings North America explores five ways architects have used PEMB and hybrid steel solutions to create community spaces that are as...
Career and the profession
The most important room in the building
August 10, 2026
“We are training young architects to be excellent designers and, at the same time, training them to defer,” writes Jeff Seabold, FAIA.
The firm that stayed
May 7, 2026
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...
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.
Firm Management
Meet AIA Chief Economist Richard Branch
August 17, 2026
Branch discusses how to leverage economic data, how your firm can prepare for multiple future scenarios at once, and why housing is a “silver bullet for the...
Sustainability
D.C.’s largest mass timber project is coming to the new Bridge District
April 18, 2024
In addition to its net-zero design, the building will have an affordability component.
Design specialty
A 50-year client relationship sustained through change
August 10, 2026
Learn about the unique bond between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Centerbrook, the lab’s architecture and planning firm.
Design specialty
One building, many lives
August 24, 2026
Architects share wins and lessons learned from three vertical mixed-use projects in New York; Toronto; and Austin, Texas.
Social impact
This improviser is designing a theater he’ll perform in
August 25, 2026
D. Matthew Alexander, AIA, is helping Washington Improv Theater find its way home after a nomadic 28 years.
How the Robert Ivy scholarship is supporting the next generation of architects
August 20, 2026
Supporting students financially matters, but so does helping them feel that they belong.
Sustainability
At these award-winning schools, inclusion meets sustainability
August 27, 2026
This year’s AIA Education Facility Design Award recipients showcase innovative examples of supporting equity and climate action through the built environment.
Sustainability
Rethinking the ROI of existing buildings
September 1, 2026
Retrofits are playing an increasingly important role in decarbonizing the built environment.
Design specialty
Updating the design canon
July 20, 2026
These 10 outstanding projects and bodies of work belong in today’s list of need-to-know architecture.
Social impact
Can real estate be a tool for social change? Adre says yes
June 26, 2025
How one real estate developer is prioritizing social and environmental ROI.
Firm Management
Knowing when to walk away
August 17, 2026
Jeff Seabold, FAIA, writes that too often, “The work comes first. The client comes second. The architect comes last. That hierarchy produces beautiful buildings...
Affordable housing
When affordable housing becomes a community investment
September 8, 2026
Nonprofits, healthcare systems, schools, and foundations are putting new resources into housing—and giving architects more room to design projects that serve...
