Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex helps shift the typology toward environmental stewardship to…
COTE® Top Ten Award
John W. Olver Transit Center
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of the John W. Olver Transit Center is the first net zero energy transit center constructed in the United States.
AIA Knowledge Communities
Join one of AIA’s 21 Knowledge Communities, where the architecture and design communities connect to share information and network in a variety of interest…
COTE® Top Ten Award
RIDC Mill 19: Buildings A & B
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of RIDC Mill 19: Buildings A & B transforms a former steel mill to welcome the sustainable future of advanced manufacturing…
State & local issues
When architects work with state and local elected officials, they influence positive outcomes on state and local priorities like school safety, housing, more.
COTE® Top Ten Award
Science and Environmental Center
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of the Science and Environmental Center creates a net zero carbon learning center to foster social acuity and environmental…
COTE® Top Ten Award
UC San Diego North Torrey Pines Living & Learning Neighborhood
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of the UC San Diego North Torrey Pines Living & Learning Neighborhood is the most substantial project in the higher…
COTE® Top Ten Award
Watershed
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of Watershed is a regenerative seven-story office building that cleans more than 400,000 gallons of highly polluted water…
COTE® Top Ten Award
Westwood Hills Nature Center
April 20, 2023
The award-winning sustainable design of the Westwood Hills Nature Center creates a community teaching tool for St. Louis Park, MN shaped by the city’s forward…
ArchiPAC
AIA's political action committee, ArchiPAC, supports pro-architect candidates for federal office who will shape policies on design, practice, and the economy.
Resilience
Home is where the resiliency is
August 3, 2024
Empowering communities to thrive in a warming world.
Career and the profession
Practicing architecture overseas
August 6, 2024
AIA’s Global Practice Committee chair discusses the advantages and challenges of working internationally and offers three tips to consider before making a move.
Affordable housing
Politics and architecture: Advocacy through design
June 17, 2024
Christian Solorio Acuña, AIA, NOMA, combines his design skills and public service to tackle low-income housing. Jordan Kravitz, AIA, from the Young Architects...
Statement From the Leadership of the AIA and NCARB
August 12, 2024
The National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) has recently issued a proposed schedule for directly invoicing architectural programs to cover all or part…
AIA Receives 2024 Power of Associations Silver Award for online learning platform
August 7, 2024
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) received the Power of Associations Silver Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for its…
Revisions to fee limitations for federal design and construction projects now final, AIA Commends DoD for Increase
June 28, 2024
Architects welcome the finalization of a revision to the fee limitations for architects working on construction projects within the purview of the Department of…
Firm Management
Starting a firm: Basic financial principles
July 12, 2024
Contributed by Peter Piven, FAIA, and Bradford Perkins, FAIA. Excerpted from Architect’s Essentials of Starting a Design Firm
Chapter 7.02 Financial Management…
Firm Management
Leadership in practice
March 12, 2024
Excerpted and adapted from an article originally published in Practice Management Digest by Hugh Hochberg, AIA.
Chapter 5.05
Hugh Hochberg has identified…
The AIA 2030 Commitment
The AIA 2030 Commitment is an actionable climate strategy that gives us a set of standards and goals for reaching net zero emissions in the built environment...
Business Intelligence
The AIA Code of Ethics & ethical practice
November 29, 2023
Excerpted and adapted from The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th edition
AIA members lead the way in maintaining the highest standards of…