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Sustainability
How residential design offers opportunities for sustainability
December 17, 2024

Sustainable home projects can directly benefit both homeowners and architects. 

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Sustainability
What the White House's new National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building means for architects
October 16, 2024

How will it impact the way architects design? 

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Sustainability
How biocentric architecture can help architects hit climate goals
August 15, 2024

Three projects show how architects are designing to prevent the loss of biodiversity. 

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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. 

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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 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Design specialty
How Wyoming architects are prioritizing historic preservation
April 2, 2024

Historic structures are vital to the evolution of a community. 

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Sustainability
A kit of parts: Making bamboo architecture accessible
February 29, 2024

Jack Becker of bldus doesn't want to gatekeep his firm's sustainable practices. 

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Can co-op development be a housing crisis solution?
November 7, 2024

Architects are taking a lead role in a cooperative housing surge. 

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Three university housing projects that tackle student loneliness
November 27, 2024

Moody Nolan is addressing rising rates of social isolation, one residence hall at a time. 

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Architects and designers gift guide 2024
December 2, 2024

We bring you 24 gift ideas sourced from the AIA Design Shop and architect recommendations. 

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Business Intelligence
ABI October 2024: Business conditions at architecture firms begin to moderate
November 20, 2024

Firms expect modestly higher revenue growth in 2025

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Sustainability
What the White House's new National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building means for architects
October 16, 2024

How will it impact the way architects design? 

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Affordable housing
Making homes attainable: How architects can help
August 9, 2024

The U.S. has long had a shortage of affordable housing. How can architects help in the collective effort to make housing attainable to more people? 

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Building science and technology
It's important for architects to help shape building codes. Here's why.
October 18, 2024

We spoke with Dierdre Leclair, AIA, chair of the AIA Codes & Standards Committee, about her role at this week's ICC 2024 Conference Expo. 

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Resilience
Home is where the resiliency is
August 3, 2024

Empowering communities to thrive in a warming world. 

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Building science and technology
Who's afraid of artificial intelligence?
July 16, 2024

Not Matthias Hollwich, AIA, principal at HWKN, who is heading full bore into what he believes is a paradigm change.  

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AIA leadership featured on Good Morning America
July 15, 2024

AIA CEO Lakisha Ann Woods, CAE and President Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, were on the program to discuss how they're working to make architecture careers accessible. ...

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Six must-know Olympic landmarks for architecture lovers
July 26, 2024

As the 2024 Summer Games kick off in Paris, we look back at Olympic venues that have stood the test of time.  

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