You’ve got big plans for your future. Scholarships and grants can help you reach them. Explore undergraduate, graduate, and ARE scholarships and grants to…
Best Practices
Assembly-based design advantages for better project delivery
November 29, 2023
Author: Deltek
Explore the three key advantages to assembly-based design—offering project team members a better line of sight into design intent and the…
Career and the profession
AXP resources
November 29, 2023
Browse Architectural Experience Program (AXP) resources to help you become a licensed architect and prepare you for a successful career in architecture.
Best practices for enhancing drawings & specifications
March 15, 2023
Author: Deltek
Accurate design specifications help prevent delays associated with RFIs, change orders, and rework. Explore best practices for clear and concise…
Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice
December 6, 2023
Use this definitive guide to understand life cycle assessments, methods, and tools, then explore guidelines for integration in building design and evaluation…
Business Intelligence
Business Opportunities & Sustainability Trends Amidst a Pandemic
November 28, 2023
The Business Opportunities & Sustainability Trends Amidst a Pandemic research report provides key insights on the pandemic’s impact on the architecture industry…
Business Intelligence
Calculating the architect’s fee: Is there a better way?
November 29, 2023
How does an architect calculate fees based on costs that are still unknown? AIA’s B101-2017 agreement can help bring clarity to the murky world of percentage…
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…
Sustainability
The Charred Barn project delivers bright aesthetic and flexible living
March 11, 2024
When a family was ready to build their dream home, they turned to MaMo Architects for a design that was rooted in place but not a reproduction of the past. AIA…
Firm Management
Charging for services
August 12, 2024
Contributed by David B. Richards, FAIA. Excerpted and adapted from The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th edition.
Chapter 15.02 Services and…
Career and the profession
Championing Chief Architects
February 15, 2024
By Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC
Five ways a Chief Architect can support a mayor’s vision and equip a city's future
The challenges of ceiling design in open plenum spaces
February 13, 2024
Open plenum ceilings create an industrial chic aesthetic—but not without some drawbacks. AIA partner USG explores the issues and solutions.
Celebrating innovative projects that prioritize health and wellness
January 11, 2024
A look at a variety of innovative projects that focus on health and wellness.
Climate action
Climate change adaptation design resources
November 29, 2023
Explore climate change design resources and projection tools to help buildings and communities handle and adapt to climate change effects like extreme heat and…
January 2023 AIA Consensus Construction Forecast
November 30, 2023
Despite inflation, rising interest rates, and weak consumer sentiment scores, the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast panel projects nonresidential spending to…
Design specialty
Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified Product Standard
April 13, 2018
Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified Product Standard
The Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified™ Product Standard rates consumer products, ranging from toys and personal…
Best Practices
Creating equitable communities: Construction administration
November 29, 2023
Upholding community principles through construction helps to ensure the community gets direct economic and workforce development benefits from the project.
Firm Management
Creating a Sustainability Action Plan that works!
November 28, 2023
A Sustainability Action Plan is your firm’s unique strategy for prioritizing and meeting sustainability goals. This guide shows you how.
Best Practices
ROI: Healthier, more productive occupants
November 28, 2023
Our indoor environments have a direct impact on our health and wellness. High-performance design elements, such as air quality, thermal comfort, and daylighting…
Business Intelligence
Women in architecture
November 30, 2023
AIA supports women in architecture through leadership development, career resources, and a highly engaged peer network. Explore all the ways you can benefit and…
