Codes and standards are crucial for ensuring safety, accessibility and sustainability in the built environment.
Codes & Standards Committee
The AIA Codes and Standards (C&S) Committee is the leading voice in developing and adopting national codes and standards. The C&S Committee optimizes the…
Take Action
Use your voice to shape a better built environment—join AIA Advocacy in taking action toward policies that empower architects and strengthen architectural firms...
Materials
Low-carbon concrete solutions are showing high potential
May 5, 2025
Concrete, one of the most-used resources on the planet, is in the process of becoming more sustainable.
Building science and technology
5 HVAC trends influencing architecture and design
May 9, 2025
From smart systems to climate readiness, here are the product and design shifts AIA partner Midea is seeing in the HVAC industry.
Business Intelligence
Top priorities for AIA's Spring Into Action campaign
May 12, 2025
AIA's spring 2025 campaign is activating members to flood Capitol Hill on issues like taxes, resiliency, equity and housing.
Conference
AIA Leadership Summit 2026
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Save the date for AIA Leadership Summit 2026! Join us in Washington, D.C. for the premier advocacy and leadership training event for AIA chapter leaders.
Career and the profession
Building philanthropy into your firm's plan for growth
May 12, 2025
Cushing Terrell principal Shannon Christensen, FAIA, tells us about her firm's strategy of doing well by doing good.
Architecture Award
Lubber Run Community Center
February 27, 2023
The award-winning contemporary architecture of the Lubber Run Community Center in Arlington, VA replaces an aged facility in Lubber Run Park and connects the…
Career and the profession
Architects can strengthen their communities through strategic volunteering
May 12, 2025
Architects are uniquely equipped to support and lead community volunteerism, writes Rex Cabaniss, AIA.
Heidrick & Struggles Completes Listening Phase of AIA EVP/CEO Search, Prepares for Market Outreach
AIA, in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles (H&S), has completed the initial listening phase of its executive search for the Institute’s next EVP/Chief...
AIA Strategic Plan
Access the AIA Strategic Plan to empower architects to improve the world. The 2021–2025 Strategic Plan outlines how architects can deliver profound change.
Guide Test
May 18, 2025
Lower expectations
Business Intelligence
Architects are navigating tariff pressures in an uncertain market
May 19, 2025
The uncertainty caused by tariffs, as much as the increased costs, may spur significant redesigns for architects.
Congressional Fly-Ins
AIA advocates year-round on key policy issues impacting architects and the built environment, far beyond a single day of action.
Building science and technology
5 tactics for sustainable architectural lighting
May 19, 2025
How architects can thoughtfully integrate lighting to enhance a project’s beauty and functionality while also reducing carbon footprint.
Business conditions at architecture firms continues to decline
May 21, 2025
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropped to 43.2 in April, down from 44.1 in March. This decline reflects an accelerated decrease in billing…
Business Intelligence
ABI April 2025: Billings continue to decline at architecture firms
May 21, 2025
8% of architecture firms report billings from international projects in the last year.
Healthcare Design Award
Healthcare Design Award 2025
June 5, 2025
Celebrating innovative healthcare projects that solve design, civic, and social challenges with functional, sustainable solutions—from hospitals and clinics to…
