Return to office: How it started and how it's going
April 11, 2024
In the wake of the pandemic's remote work boom, firms continue to assess next steps for their practice.
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.
Best Practices
How to run a values-driven firm
April 29, 2024
New paradigms for practice that support social and environmental responsibility.
Design specialty
How Wyoming architects are prioritizing historic preservation
April 2, 2024
Historic structures are vital to the evolution of a community.
Sustainability
Four decades of green design
May 3, 2024
Over the last 50 years, a once-nascent conversation about sustainability has evolved into a full-scale priority for the profession.
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.
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.
Social impact
Rania Qawasma’s story of displacement and design
April 29, 2024
She discusses how she transformed her passion into a non-profit to support other displaced and unhoused people in the U.S.
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.
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.
Career and the profession
AIA’s Conference on Design & Architecture returns to Washington, D.C.
June 6, 2024
View AIA’s Photo Diary as AIA24 begins, uniting more than 10,000 members of the greater AEC industry to network, learn, and celebrate architecture.
Climate action
AIA24 to measure sustainability efforts
June 7, 2024
This year, AIA is taking its sustainability efforts one step further at the 2024 Conference on Architecture & Design.
D.C.'s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a local symbol in a national city
June 6, 2024
Planners and designers aimed to make the bridge a model for innovative infrastructure.
Design and health
Five key takeaways from Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Day 2 keynote at AIA24
June 7, 2024
Dr. Gupta sat down with Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC, to discuss the intersections between design and health.
Sustainability
Turning straw into gold: How to cut carbon in residential architecture
June 12, 2024
As architects and developers get serious about cutting carbon, single-family home construction offers untapped potential.