The Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified™ Product Standard rates consumer products, ranging from toys and personal…
Career and the profession
Engaging Future Architects
May 22, 2024
By Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC
Five ways architects can engage and inspire the next generation.
Business Intelligence
Economic & industry resources
November 28, 2023
Explore economic and industry resources on the built environment and beyond. Compare architecture industry trends from a number of primary data sources for…
Design and health
Inclusive restrooms & locker rooms in K-12 schools
June 11, 2024
Contributed by Cheryl Jacobs, AIA, Greg Louviere, AIA, & Benjamin Fields, AIA
AIA Best Practices
Inclusive restroom & locker rooms offer a more human and…
Business Intelligence
How to get funding & resources for equitable communities
November 29, 2023
Funding and resources are two of the biggest challenges architects face when building equitable communities. Explore information on impact investing and funding…
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…
Business Intelligence
ABI October 2024: Business conditions at architecture firms begin to moderate
November 20, 2024
Firms expect modestly higher revenue growth in 2025
Design specialty
America ByDesign Architecture Season 2
October 14, 2024
AIA has negotiated with ByDesign TV to provide members of the architecture community exclusive and early access to the extended Producer's Cut of each episode…
Guidelines for using the AIA member logo
November 19, 2024
Explore guidelines on how and when AIA Architect members and their firms can to use the AIA member logo on business materials.
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. …
Energy
AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects
November 29, 2023
Explore a three-part resource designed to empower and provide architects and designers with the necessary steps to take to reduce embodied carbon in their…
Sustainability
Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction, & Reuse
December 4, 2023
Good architecture accommodates change, withstands wear and tear, and serves as a flexible community asset in times of crisis. This guide explores how to design…
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…
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…
Business Intelligence
Renovate, Retrofit, Reuse
November 29, 2023
Prepare your firm to take advantage of the increasing number of retrofit projects with this guide uncovering the hidden economic, health, and environmental…
Materials
Healthier Materials Protocol
November 30, 2023
AIA’s Healthier Materials Protocol provides clear, practical methods and tools to help you track and integrate sustainable materials selection in your design…
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.
Climate action
Hazard and Climate Risk: A user’s guide and form for acknowledging risk
December 1, 2021
Empowering conversations on hazard and climate risk
EDI
50 years of Whitney M. Young Jr.’s historic 1968 AIA speech
November 28, 2023
Join AIA in commemorating the 50-year anniversary of Whitney Young Jr.’s historic keynote speech at the 1968 AIA National Convention and recognizing the…
Career and the profession
Diversity in the Profession of Architecture
November 29, 2023
Diversity in the Profession of Architecture builds off a 2015 survey to analyze the impact of race, ethnicity, and gender on success in the field of…
