A Sustainability Action Plan is your firm’s unique strategy for prioritizing and meeting sustainability goals. This guide shows you how.
Art, history, and religion
Brutalism & the AIA headquarters
May 19, 2021
Learn about the brutalism architecture style that influenced The Architects Collaborative (TAC) design of AIA headquarters in the early 1970s.
Best Practices
Architect’s Guide to Building Performance
November 28, 2023
Energy modeling early and often is the best way to improve building performance. The Architect’s Guide to Building Performance helps architects better integrate…
Business Intelligence
Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide
November 28, 2023
This authoritative guide walks you through the principles of Integrated Project Delivery so you can advocate for, set up, and deliver integrated projects.
Business Intelligence
Good Samaritan State Statute Compendium
November 29, 2023
Good Samaritan laws afford liability protection to architects providing disaster assistance. This resource explores the advantages of such laws, details state…
Best Practices
Spreading construction specifications firm knowledge
June 5, 2023
Author: Deltek
An experienced design professional's wealth of knowledge is critical to well-coordinated construction specifications. Learn how to increase and…
Career and the profession
Quality control: Preparation of working drawings
November 30, 2023
Contributed by Victor
Chapter 10.06 Construction drawings
The quality of working drawings is among the primary metrics clients use to assess the quality of an…
Career and the profession
Defining the architect's basic services
November 30, 2023
Contributed by the AIA Knowledge Resources staff
Chapter 15.01 Defining Project Services
Understand the common services of architectural design and the process…
Design specialty
Modular & off-site construction guide
November 30, 2023
Design for Modular Construction is a starter guide for architects interested in learning the value and opportunities of modular design and examining case…
Best Practices
Architecture as a value proposition
November 30, 2023
Contributed by Barry Lynch, AIA, CFM
Chapter 6.02
When selling your services to a potential client, it is important to sell the value of good architecture rather…
Materials
Declare: Increasing transparency in the building market
April 3, 2018
Declare is a building products ingredients labeling initiative designed to shape a greener, healthier, and more transparent environment for construction workers…
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.
Business Intelligence
AIA Global Practice Primer
November 30, 2023
Developed by the AIA Global Practice Committee, the AIA Global Practice Primer is a culmination of decades of international experience and work designed to…
Career and the profession
Standard of care: Confronting errors & omissions up front
November 30, 2023
Contributed by Dale L. Munhall, AIA
Chapter 16.01 Risk management strategies
Explore best practices on how to create an initial mutual understanding of the…
Materials
AIA Materials Pledge By the Numbers
November 12, 2024
New in 2024! Access the AIA Materials Pledge By the Numbers report—tracking firm signatory progress on positive material specification.
Energy
Architect’s Primer on Renewable Energy
November 29, 2023
Now more than ever, architects are called to design high-performance buildings. This renewable energy starter guide provides architects with the tools to meet…
Business Intelligence
Know Your Worth: Are you compensated fairly?
December 8, 2023
Know Your Worth is a group of resources and support for emerging and established architects focused on understanding your marketplace value. It opens a window…
Business Intelligence
Materials Pledge Starter Guide
November 30, 2023
The Materials Pledge Starter Guideis a resource on how your firm can holistically evaluate building products using the Architecture & Design Materials Pledge. …
Sustainability
TEOP for Architects
November 28, 2023
The TEOP for Architects guide introduces how architects can use the Tenant Energy Optimization Program (TEOP) to harness the energy-conservation potential of…
Climate action
Understanding resilience
December 12, 2023
This document defines mitigation, resilience, adaptation, sustainability and regenerative design, clarifying the characteristics of each strategy as well as the…
