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Design
United States, Australia and New Zealand Remove Obstacles to Practice Internationally
The nations’ architectural boards sign a new agreement to eliminate certain criteria, making it easier for newly licensed architects to gain global experience.
1 MIN READ
Practice
Imagining Abundant Futures.
7 MIN READ
Practice
Building a Greener Tomorrow: Six Transformative Strategies for a Nature-Positive Circular Economy
3 MIN READ
AIA Feature
The Evolution of Architecture in 2023
8 MIN READ
The Dark Matter Issue
Transforming the Future of Professional Practice
4 MIN READ
The Dark Matter Issue
Context: A Subversive Act of Communing
4 MIN READ
Sustainability
Meet 10 Experts Leading the Charge on Sustainable Design
Press Release
AIA Publishes 2023 “Compensation & Benefits” Trends Report
1 MIN READ
A Critic's Notebook
Will a Recent Supreme Court Ruling Change the Practice of Architecture?
9 MIN READ
Community
10 Ideas for Nurturing Thriving Connections Inside and Outside Your Firm
9 MIN READ
Press Release
HOK Publishes Suggestions for Inclusive Design Practices
2 MIN READ
Opinion
Mona Johnston Zellers: Fostering a Supportive Community for Women Architects
4 MIN READ
Press Release
AIA Publishes Justice Supplement to Guides for Equitable Practice
2 MIN READ
Business Matters
Hiring for ‘Culture Add’ Vs. ‘Culture Fit’
5 MIN READ
AIA Perspective
Showing, Not Telling
4 MIN READ
Business Matters
During the ‘Great Resignation,’ Your Employee Net Promoter Score is More Vital Than Ever
5 MIN READ
Business Matters
CMG Surveys AEC Employers and Employees on Remote and Hybrid Work
4 MIN READ
The Near Future
The Architecture of Social Media
10 MIN READ
Business Matters
IT Agility and Security for a Hybrid Workforce
7 MIN READ
Introduction: The Equity Issue
Why Equity Matters
2 MIN READ
Podcast
What Does DEI Have to Do with Architecture?
1 MIN READ
One Year Later
Lisa Servon: I Am Effecting Lasting Change Today
8 MIN READ
Business Matters
7 Tips for Managing Teams and Productivity in a Hybrid Workplace
7 MIN READ
One Year Later
Quilian Riano: Question the Status Quo
8 MIN READ
One Year Later
Rosa Sheng: We Can’t Turn Back Now
8 MIN READ
One Year Later
Patricia Acevedo Fuentes: I Want People to Know My Name
7 MIN READ
One Year Later
Ming Thompson: Our Differences Can Make Us Better
5 MIN READ
Business Matters
How to Design People Frameworks that Foster Workplace Trust
7 MIN READ
One Year Later
Cruz Garcia: Everyone Wants to Be a Savior—Without Giving Up Power
12 MIN READ
One Year Later
Joyce Hwang: Enough with Incremental Change
6 MIN READ
One Year Later
Kimberly Dowdell: Pursue Societal Change Through Design
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Start Your Firm’s DEI Initiatives
6 MIN READ
Business Matters
How to Cultivate a Values-Based Culture and Improve Business Resiliency
4 MIN READ
Business Matters
The Key to a Successful Hybrid Practice Is Firm Culture
4 MIN READ
Business Matters
Architecture Needs More Emotionally Intelligent Leaders
5 MIN READ
The Near Future
How Architects Can Transition to Buildings as Products, Not Projects
7 MIN READ
Business Matters
Why Architects Need to Build an Email List and Newsletter
4 MIN READ
Equity
Be Part of the Change
2 MIN READ
Business Matters
What Now? Repositioning Your Business, Your Career, Yourself
5 MIN READ
Design
Architecture in Unusual Times
3 MIN READ
Education
Educators Adapt to the Restrictions Imposed by COVID-19, and Find Pedagogical Opportunity
10 MIN READ
Podcast
MASS Design Group Is Using Design to Fight Infection
1 MIN READ
Design
COVID-19 Should Change Us
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Maintaining Business Continuity with a Remote Workforce
7 MIN READ
Practice
How Architecture Firms Are Responding to COVID-19
21 MIN READ
Best Practices
Disclosing Your Disability at Work
5 MIN READ
Business Matters
Five Ways to Grow a Stronger Business in 2020
6 MIN READ
The Carbon Issue
Eight Questions You’ll Hear When Proposing Zero-Carbon Design
9 MIN READ
The Carbon Issue
Aim Higher: How to Transition Your Firm to Zero Net Carbon
7 MIN READ
The Carbon Issue
It’s Time to Quit: A Call to Action on Climate, Carbon, and the Built Environment
6 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Find Work During a Recession
6 MIN READ
Business Matters
Create Your Own Path Forward—and Perhaps Away from Architecture
4 MIN READ
AIA Perspective
Well Done Is Better Than Well Said
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
Retirement Planning During a Recession
6 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
2019 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Business
2 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
2019 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Sustainability
3 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
2019 Architect 50: A Deeper Dive Into the Data
1 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
The 2019 Architect 50
1 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
2019 Architect 50: Methodology
4 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
2019 Architect 50: The Top Firm Overall
3 MIN READ
2019 Architect 50
Top 50 Architecture Firms in Design for 2019
3 MIN READ
Self-Improvement
Put This Publication to Work
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
Integrating VR and AR Into Design Workflows
5 MIN READ
Business Matters
Is Your Firm Culture for Real?
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Tips for Fostering Community Engagement
4 MIN READ
Business Matters
What Meaningful Networking Requires and Offers in Return
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Entering Design Competitions While Protecting Profit Margins
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Implementing Pay Transparency
5 MIN READ
Press Release
AIA Releases More Chapters of its Guides for Equitable Practice
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
Tips for Making a Name for Yourself
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Expand Your Firm Into New Markets
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Avoid a Toxic Work Culture
4 MIN READ
Elevating Architecture
AIA Guides for Equitable Practice Offer More Than Workplace Strategies
2 MIN READ
ProSales
Succession Planning Does Not Happen Overnight
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Supporting an Aging Workforce
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Navigating Family Ties in the Office
4 MIN READ
Press Release
AIA Issues Climate Change Call to Action
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
Working with Interns (the Other Kind)
5 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
2018 Architect 50: A Deeper Dive Into the Data
1 MIN READ
Infrastructure Imperative
Three Business Growth Secrets Known to Concrete Builders Who Do This One Thing Every Year
6 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
2018 Architect 50: Methodology
4 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Sustainability
3 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Business
3 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
2018 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Design
3 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
2018 Architect 50: The Top Firm Overall
2 MIN READ
2018 Architect 50
The 2018 Architect 50
1 MIN READ
2018 MFE Concept Community
Better Energy Design Tomorrow Is Here Today
7 MIN READ
MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE
Design that Prevents Social Isolation
7 MIN READ
MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE
Challenging Design to Respect Minds and Bodies
9 MIN READ
Best Practices
When Architecture Firms Need a Chief Technology Officer
4 MIN READ
MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE
The Lasting Effects of Pet Ownership on Health
2 MIN READ
Public Works
The EPA Settles with California Sanitation District
1 MIN READ
Practice
Events Calendar
1 MIN READ
Best Practices
Media Training for Architects
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Public Relations for Small Firms
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Public Relations for Small Firms
5 MIN READ
Opinion
Imani Day: Let’s Get Real About Diversity
3 MIN READ
Briefs
Mark Rea to Chair UL Task Group on Circadian Lighting
2 MIN READ
Response
Emily Grandstaff-Rice and the AIA on Sexual Misconduct in Architecture
4 MIN READ
Opinion
Beverly Willis on Sexual Misconduct in Architecture
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Establishing a Sexual Harassment Policy
4 MIN READ
Equity
We Have to Try Harder
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Tips for Rebranding Your Firm
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Are You Ready to Teach?
4 MIN READ
#MeToo
Men of Architecture
3 MIN READ
Cybersecurity
How to Secure Your Firm from Cyberattacks
6 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Prepare for Speaking Engagements
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
End-of-Year Giving Tips for Architecture Firms
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Moving? What to Consider When Relocating Your Firm
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Convince a Client to Go Green
4 MIN READ
Lighting Research
Rethinking Exposure to Saturated Colored Light
1 MIN READ
Climate Change
What It Takes to Go Net-Zero
14 MIN READ
Best Practices
Should Your Firm Establish a Hiring Budget?
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
How Compliance Can Protect Your Firm
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Healthcare Plans for Smaller Firms
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Mission Statements: Do Architecture Firms Need One?
4 MIN READ
Better Ways
MASS at Scale
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Avoid Employee Burnout
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Transitioning to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan
4 MIN READ
Ethics
What Won’t You Build?
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Applying Crowdsourcing in Architecture
5 MIN READ
Helping Hand
Open Architecture Collaborative’s New Priorities in Public Interest Design
4 MIN READ
Practice
Future-Proofing Your Firm: Picking and Preparing Your Successors
5 MIN READ
Practice
Future-Proofing Your Firm: Surviving the Good and Bad Times
4 MIN READ
Design
Ten and 2,000 Years Later
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Engaging in Architect-Led Design/Build
3 MIN READ
HIVE
Advocating for Fresh Air in Homes
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
What to Consider Before Making a Monograph
5 MIN READ
Practice
The AEC Industry’s Deadly Problem
14 MIN READ
Practice
NCARB: The Number of Architects in the U.S. Continues to Rise
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
Hacking Charrettes to Improve Collaboration
3 MIN READ
Podcast
Pierluigi Serraino on Creativity in Architecture
2 MIN READ
Leadership
Q+A: CannonDesign CEO Brad Lukanic
6 MIN READ
Practice
The AIA Encourages Advocacy at its Inaugural SpeakUp Event
2 MIN READ
Practice
Olson Kundig Launches External Residency Program
1 MIN READ
Podcast
Rosa Sheng on Work, Life, and Balance
1 MIN READ
Firm Culture
Q+A: Craig Dykers on Snøhetta’s Culture of Collaboration
6 MIN READ
Education
Four Architecture Programs added to NCARB’s Integrated Licensure Initiative
2 MIN READ
Editorial
Give the Women a Raise
3 MIN READ
Practice
NCARB: More Women Entered the Architectural Profession in 2015
2 MIN READ
Podcast
Art Gensler on Business Management
1 MIN READ
Professional Development
Why Local Governments Need an Architect At the Table
3 MIN READ
Practice
Q+A: HOK CEO Bill Hellmuth
8 MIN READ
Best Practices
Managing Your Materials
3 MIN READ
Podcast
Charlie Klecha on Acing the Architect Registration Exam
1 MIN READ
Education
A Road Map for Planning Your Architecture Degree
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
How to Navigate a PR Crisis
5 MIN READ
Practice
NCARB Shares More Details About the New Architect Registration Examination
2 MIN READ
Practice
AIA San Francisco and the Equity by Design Committee Announce the 2016 Equity in Architecture Survey
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Best Practices: Designing for the Future with Augmented and Virtual Reality Tools
5 MIN READ
Best Practices
Developing a Game Plan for Giving Back
4 MIN READ
Best Practices
The Unexpected Profitability in Work Abroad
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
Handling a Breakup With Your Business Partner
5 MIN READ
Women in Architecture
Carve Your Own Path and Other Takeaways From AIA WLS 2015
6 MIN READ
AIA Practice
Change Orders
3 MIN READ
Best Practices
When Architects are Also Caregivers
4 MIN READ
Q+A
Q+A: Peter Busby on Architecture’s New Edges
6 MIN READ
Best Practices
Best Practices: How to Retain Emerging Professionals
3 MIN READ
Web Design
Best Practices: Manage Your Firm’s Website
4 MIN READ
Titling
Let’s Go Further: Answering NCARB’s Call to Action
3 MIN READ
Competitions
#ArchitectChats: Architectural Competitions
1 MIN READ
Q+A
Q+A: Author Peter Hendee Brown on How Real Estate Developers Think
6 MIN READ
Best Practices
Best Practices: Gain Appreciation for Your Work
3 MIN READ
Practice
Equity by Design: The Missing 32% Project Releases Complete Findings on Women in Architecture
6 MIN READ
AIA Convention 2015
The ARCHITECT Live Schedule at the 2015 AIA Convention
2 MIN READ
Best Practices
Best Practices: Closing the Gender Gap
3 MIN READ
Practice
NCARB Hosts Panel on Women in Architecture
1 MIN READ
Best Practices
Energy Performance–Based Contracts
3 MIN READ
Editorial
A Renewed Purpose for ARCHITECT in Print
3 MIN READ
AIAfeature
Future Proofing the Past
7 MIN READ
Q+A
Q+A: Four Questions with McDonald’s Sustainability Manager John Rockwell
4 MIN READ
Green Building
USGBC Task Group Announces Deliverables from Google’s $3M Grant
2 MIN READ
News
Morning News Roundup: San Francisco Building Safety
2 MIN READ
Technology
A New Tool to Evaluate Commercial Buildings’ Energy Performance
1 MIN READ
Technology
A New Tool to Evaluate Commercial Buildings’ Energy Performance
1 MIN READ
AIAdesign
Energy Bank
3 MIN READ
News
Morning News Roundup: New York’s Tribute in Light
2 MIN READ
2014 Architect 50
The 2014 Architect 50
1 MIN READ
2014 Architect 50
The Architect 50: Best in Business
2 MIN READ
AIAperspective
The Long Haul
3 MIN READ
AIAdesign
Next Steps & New Models
3 MIN READ
Going Green
NIBS Releases a High-Performance Design Resource and the AIA Approves
2 MIN READ
Going Green
NIBS Releases a High-Performance Design Resource and the AIA Approves
2 MIN READ
Buildings
Edward P. Evans Hall, Designed by Foster + Partners
4 MIN READ
Technology
NIST Test House Ends its First Year with Energy Surplus
2 MIN READ
Energy Efficiency
NIST Test House Counts Down to Net Zero
2 MIN READ
2014 AIA COTE TOP TEN
Firm Profile: The Beck Group
3 MIN READ
Green Momentum
Postcard from Living Future UnConference 2014: Opening Keynote
3 MIN READ
Healthy Housing
National Healthy Housing Standard Released
3 MIN READ
Greenwashing
Anti-Greenwashing Group Launches With Letter to GBI
4 MIN READ
Resilient Design
Building Organizations Commit to Promoting Resilient Design
2 MIN READ
Resilient Design
Building Organizations Commit to Promoting Resilient Design
2 MIN READ
Resilient Design
Building Organizations Commit to Promoting Resilient Design
3 MIN READ
2014 AIA COTE Top Ten
Firm Profile: Lake|Flato Architects
4 MIN READ
Vision 2020
Health, Safety, and Welfare Also Includes Building Performance
11 MIN READ
technology
Setting a Standard in Building Information Modeling
9 MIN READ
Technology
What’s Driving Green Product Manufacturers: The Sherwin-Williams Company
5 MIN READ
Technology
What’s Driving Green Product Manufacturers: The Sherwin-Williams Company
5 MIN READ
Technology
Will Sustainability Literacy Be Required for Graduation by 2040?
3 MIN READ
Technology
Are Architects and Building Professionals Overlooking a Critical Role?
9 MIN READ
Practice
Are Architects and Building Professionals Overlooking a Critical Role?
9 MIN READ
2014 P/A Awards
Tianjin EcoCity Ecology and Planning Museums
1 MIN READ
AIAVoices
Next Best Practices
3 MIN READ
Practice
Meet the 2014 Hanley Wood Sustainability Council
2 MIN READ
Technology
Meet the 2014 Hanley Wood Sustainability Council
2 MIN READ
Technology
Meet the 2014 Hanley Wood Sustainability Council
2 MIN READ
AIAFeature
Intrinsic Values
6 MIN READ
2014 AIA/ASCA Topaz Medallion Award
Harrison Fraker Receives the AIA/ASCA 2014 Topaz Medallion Award
2 MIN READ
2014 AIA/ASCA Topaz Medallion Award
Harrison Fraker Receives the AIA/ASCA 2014 Topaz Medallion Award
2 MIN READ
Design
It is Time to be Disruptive
6 MIN READ
vision 2020
Vision 2020: Focus on the Outcome, Not Just the Design
4 MIN READ
vision 2020
Vision 2020: Time to Get Serious About Alternative Water Sources
6 MIN READ
vision 2020
Vision 2020: The Effects of Climate Change Should Be Seen as an Opportunity
6 MIN READ
AIAFeature
Higher Standards
6 MIN READ
LEED
What Architects Should Know About LEED V4, in Brief
3 MIN READ
LEED
What Architects Should Know About LEED V4, in Brief
3 MIN READ
Design
TNAH on Track for Emerald Certification
4 MIN READ
vision 2020
Vision 2020: Where We Go From Here
4 MIN READ
Technology
Builders Evaluate Value of LEED, as New Version Is Prepped
3 MIN READ
AIAFeature
Scalable and Sound
6 MIN READ
AIAFeature
Scalable and Sound
6 MIN READ
AIAFeature
Scalable and Sound
6 MIN READ
AIANow
Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
AIANow
Across the Institute: Scottsdale, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., Beirut, New York City
2 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
NIST and Argonne National Laboratory Scientists Discover A New Type of Solid
1 MIN READ
Professional Practice
Managing Scope-Creep
9 MIN READ
what's next
The Millennials
1 MIN READ
Practice
2012 IECC: Is Upgrading Really Worth It?
2 MIN READ
Practice
2012 IECC: Is Upgrading Really Worth It?
2 MIN READ
Technology
American High-Performance Buildings Coalition Calls for Consensus-Based Green-Building Standards
4 MIN READ
Technology
American High-Performance Buildings Coalition Calls for Consensus-Based Green-Building Standards
4 MIN READ
Practice
American High-Performance Buildings Coalition Calls for Consensus-Based Green-Building Standards
4 MIN READ
numbers
Sustainability: Are We United or Not?
2 MIN READ
Practice
Bolder Standards, Boulder’s SmartRegs Ordinance
3 MIN READ
Vision 2020
ACEEE: The Savings Potential of Standards
3 MIN READ
Technology
Where Comfort Lies
1 MIN READ
Technology
Simulating Occupancy
1 MIN READ
Vision 2020 : Energy Efficiency + Building Science
Cost-Efficient GSHP?
2 MIN READ
Practice
GreenBlue’s Product Sustainability Ideas and Trends for the Next Decade
1 MIN READ
Vision 2020 : Codes, Standards and Rating Systems
Sam Rashkin on Codes, Standards, and Rating Systems
7 MIN READ
Vision 2020 : Energy Efficiency + Building Science
Research, Apply, and Refine
2 MIN READ
AIANOW
Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
AIANOW
Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
AIANOW
Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
AIAnow
News from Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
AIAnow
News from Across the Institute
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AIAnow
News from Across the Institute
2 MIN READ
Practice
IgCC Version 2.0 Public Comment Period Ends Aug. 12
2 MIN READ
Technology
IgCC Version 2.0 Public Comment Period Ends Aug. 12
2 MIN READ
Technology
IgCC Version 2.0 Public Comment Period Ends Aug. 12
2 MIN READ
Technology
The Week in Green: July 1-7
1 MIN READ
Technology
IBACOS-Led Lab Home Tests Approaches for Market-Rate Net-Zero Production Housing
6 MIN READ
Technology
IBACOS-Led Lab Home Tests Approaches for Market-Rate Net-Zero Production Housing
6 MIN READ
Technology
Product Review: Water-Efficient Washers and Dishwashers
6 MIN READ
Technology
Product Review: Water-Efficient Washers and Dishwashers
6 MIN READ
Technology
Forestry Group Aims to Boost Sustainability Practices
3 MIN READ
Technology
Forestry Group Aims to Boost Sustainability Practices
3 MIN READ
Technology
IGCC Public Version 2.0 Released
2 MIN READ
Technology
New Title 24 Residential Lighting Design Guide
1 MIN READ
Technology
NSF International Launches Sustainable Product Assurance Services
1 MIN READ
Technology
NSF International Launches Sustainable Product Assurance Services
1 MIN READ
Practice
USGBC’s Vote on Wood Certification Standards Starts Oct. 25
4 MIN READ
Technology
USGBC’s Vote on Wood Certification Standards Starts Oct. 25
4 MIN READ
Technology
USGBC’s Vote on Wood Certification Standards Starts Oct. 25
4 MIN READ
Technology
USFContract Bamboo Hues
Technology
Home Appliance Industry to Develop Sustainability Standards
2 MIN READ
Technology
Part 3: Getting the Most Out of a LEED Checklist Meeting
3 MIN READ
Technology
DOE Halts the Sales of Air-Con Air Conditioners
1 MIN READ
Design
New Standards In Development
1 MIN READ
Technology
Renewable Bamboo Decking From Cali Bamboo
Technology
Product Review: Insulated Concrete Forms
9 MIN READ
Technology
Sina Pearson Textiles Everywhere 370
1 MIN READ
Technology
Sina Pearson Textiles Everywhere 370
1 MIN READ
Design
Greenguard and NSF Announce New Chemical Emissions Standard
2 MIN READ
Technology
Zeftron Nylon Accepting Nominations For Sustainable Practices Award
1 MIN READ
Technology
The Week in Green: April 10-16
2 MIN READ
Technology
NAHB Conference Workshops to Offer Insights Into All Aspects of Green Home Building
7 MIN READ
Technology
Chaotic License
2 MIN READ
Technology
The Week in Green: March 27-April 2
2 MIN READ
Technology
One Source Group Sultra and Sultrex
Technology
January Legislative Update
2 MIN READ
Technology
California’s Green Building Standards Code Unanimously Adopted
3 MIN READ
Technology
December Legislative Update
2 MIN READ
Technology
UL Environment Focuses on Green Building Standards
2 MIN READ
Technology
October Legislative Update
2 MIN READ
Technology
UL to Offer Category-Specific Green Product Standards
1 MIN READ
Design
On the Front Lines: Monte Hewett, Monte Hewett Homes
3 MIN READ
Technology
The Week in Green: June 27-July 2
2 MIN READ
Happenings
Groups Work to Green Health Care
1 MIN READ
Happenings
Performance Standards for Foam Products

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