The Hayward Library is a win-win for a Northern California city and its residents
April 21, 2025
This COTE® Top Ten-winning project forms the center of a downtown revitalization.
Resilience
Designing for disaster: How architects are building a resilient future
May 23, 2025
Three case studies exemplify a holistic approach to resilient design.
Business Intelligence
Higher insurance costs are increasingly shaping building design
May 27, 2025
Easier-to-insure designs are gaining a foothold among developers and architects.
Materials
Designing a companion home to the Frank Lloyd Wright cottage next door
June 3, 2025
When Imprint Architecture and Design landed a dream job, designing a new lake home to complement an existing Wright cottage on the same property, they found a...
Business Intelligence
2025 Annual Business Meeting addresses AI usage in architecture, Fellowship qualifications
June 5, 2025
Delegates passed three bylaws amendments and one resolution at the annual meeting.
Design and health
Deaf education design in the spotlight at AIA25
June 5, 2025
The chairman of World Deaf Architecture explores questions about inclusive and equitable design at AIA's 2025 Conference on Architecture & Design.
Business Intelligence
At AIA25, Allie K. Miller inspires architects to lead in the AI age
June 5, 2025
AI expert Allie K. Miller shared how architects can amplify creativity, boost productivity, and shape a more agile, human-centered future with AI.
Career and the profession
On Day 1 of AIA25, architects learn about AI, honor award winners, and more
June 5, 2025
Architecture's premiere industry event kicks off in Boston.
Resilience
The future is now: Designing for climate, risk, and resilience at AIA25
June 6, 2025
Presenters at AIA25 in Boston drew from the Resilient Design Toolkit to explore future-ready strategies from the earliest design phase.
Career and the profession
On Day 2 of AIA25, Pete Buttigieg talks urbanism, new board members announced, and more
June 6, 2025
See some of the day's highlights.
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.
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...
Sustainability
Four decades of green design
May 3, 2024
How a once-nascent conversation about sustainability evolved into a full-scale priority for the profession.
Building science and technology
Is AI a tool or a taskmaster?
May 3, 2024
Designers are confronting changes in practice and purpose wrought by sweeping technological shifts.
Materials
These sustainable homes embrace local materials
May 13, 2024
These four houses by Washington, D.C.-based firm BLDUS prioritize materials that are sometimes taken from right outside the front door.
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
How roof fasteners impact the R-value of roof designs—and what to do about it
May 16, 2024
A recent study by AIA partner GAF and others reveals just how much roof fasteners can decrease the R-value of commercial roof systems. Here’s what to know and...
Design specialty
Case study: The Professional Kitchen by Henrybuilt
May 22, 2024
From its roasted walnut timbers to its human-centered functionality, this experiential space prioritizes practical sophistication, design refinement, and craft quality.
Social impact
How architects are impacting rebuilding efforts in Hawaii
May 27, 2024
Architects have been instrumental in the efforts to rebuild in Maui following 2023 wildfires that caused immense damage on the island.
Design and health
Using the porch to connect people to place
May 29, 2024
Porches can also have health and wellness benefits.
