AIA Responds to White House Memo on GSA Guiding Principles for Federal Projects
January 21, 2025
AIA supports freedom in design and is extremely concerned about any revisions that remove control from local communities or mandate official federal design…
Business conditions decline to conclude 2024, ABI December data shows
January 22, 2025
Architecture firms reported a decline in billings in December as the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell to 44.1.
Business Intelligence
ABI December 2024: Business conditions end the year on a weak note
January 22, 2025
More than one-quarter of firms report that significantly delayed projects are increasing
Firm Management
How to be an exemplary mentor
January 22, 2025
You can help emerging professionals via several types of mentor roles, explains Jack Whalen, AIA.
Equity and the Future of Architecture Committee
Dedicated to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the architecture profession.
COTE® Top Ten Award
Casa Adelante 2060 Folsom
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of Casa Adelante 2060 Folsom in San Francisco takes advantage of the walkable and transit-rich site to create…
Demand for smaller, simpler homes in walkable neighborhoods expands
January 28, 2025
The Home Design Trends Survey for the fourth quarter of 2024, focusing on community and neighborhood design trends, is now available.
AIA response to executive orders that affect our profession
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Medal for Academic Excellence
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Awarded to the top graduating students with a Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, or Doctor of Architecture from schools accredited by NAAB or…
"I had never been in a space like that": The impact of the Diversity Advancement Scholarship
February 3, 2025
Architecture student Rachel Wiggins on how the Architects Foundation's support is helping her to realize her dream.
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Whitney M. Young Jr. Award
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Given to an architect or architectural organization that embodies social responsibility and actively addresses a pressing social issue.
Time’s running out to slow down global warming. With climate change-related natural disasters increasing in size and frequency, the role architects play in…
This policy prohibits all harassing and discriminatory behavior or practices and applies to AIA members, AIA employees, partners, sponsors, vendors, and others...
Education Facility Design Award
Kent State University, Design Innovation Hub
April 10, 2023
The award-winning education facility design of the Design Innovation Hub at Kent State University creates a flexible, egalitarian environment for students to…
Climate action
Climate Action Plan
November 29, 2023
AIA’s Climate Action Plan provides architects with actionable steps, tools, and resources to achieve climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and decarbonization…
Career and the profession
Federal court sides with architect in payment dispute
November 29, 2023
May 31, 2017 | Updated: August 30, 2019
A noteworthy federal court case upheld an architect’s right to terminate a license to use its drawings. The right to use…
Business Intelligence
The AIA Code of Ethics & ethical practice
November 29, 2023
Excerpted and adapted from The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th edition
AIA members lead the way in maintaining the highest standards of…
Career and the profession
Diversity in the Profession of Architecture
November 29, 2023
Diversity in the Profession of Architecture builds off a 2015 survey to analyze the impact of race, ethnicity, and gender on success in the field of…
Business Intelligence
ABI July 2023: Architecture firm billings remain flat
November 29, 2023
Billings at architecture firms remained flat in July with an ABI score of 50.0—meaning the share of firms that reported a decrease in their billings equaled the…
Disaster Assistance Program
AIA's Disaster Assistance Program trains architects to help communities mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, aligning their disaster...
