Letter from Lexington
The Uncertain Fate of TIGER
This Obama-era infrastructure program encouraged all types of progressive projects, including the Scape-designed Town Branch Commons in Kentucky. Now it might get cut. Read more
Letter from Chicago
UIC's Instagrammable Moment
How Bob Somol started a movement at the University of Illinois at Chicago that celebrates an architecture designed for the Internet. Read more
Best Practices
How Compliance Can Protect Your Firm
Business experts and design leaders discuss the benefits of compliance programs dedicated to determining legal and ethical standards in architecture firms. Read more
Innovative Detail
Château d'Hardelot Theater Curved Panels
As part of a design competition, Studio Andrew Todd designed this structure without a predetermined site from the inside out. Read more
Next Progressives
FreelandBuck
This bicoastal duo most recently made headlines with an installation at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Read more
Products
Three Chic, Teak Sectional Sofas for Outdoor Hospitality Spaces
These sectionals provide adaptable seating options for high-traffic areas to promote a relaxing atmosphere. Read more
Restoration
Harvard Reveals Richard Rogers’ Wimbledon House Restoration
Originally designed for the British architect's parents in the 1960s, the property is now home to Harvard Graduate School of Design's Richard Rogers Fellowship. Read more
Exhibitions
Vitra Design Museum Houses an Exhibition on Social Housing
On view until Sept. 10, the museum's new show explores new forms of living together. Read more
Products
Four Tiles That Represent the Elements of Nature
Handcrafted tiles inspired by earth, air, fire, and water, bring organic forms into indoor and outdoor residential spaces. Read more
Technology
This Week in Tech: A Magnetic Elevator for Future Buildings
Plus, how air pollution hinders solar panels, an urban farming module concept, and more design-tech news from this week. Read more
Awards
AIA 2017 Small Project Award Program Winners
This year, the AIA announced 11 winners of the program that celebrates great design in smaller packages. Read more
Exhibitions
Ettore Sottsass Exhibition to Open at The Met Breuer
The radical designs are juxtaposed with objects that inspired the artist as well as works created by his contemporaries. Read more
Obituaries
Remembering the Groundbreaking Architect Peter Pran
The Norwegian architect, who died in July, integrated a radical Modernist design sensibility to corporate firms. Read more
AIA Voices
This Is Your Brain on Design
Turning high building performance into high human performance. Read more
AIA Feature
Ahead of Their Time
The recipients of the 2017 Latrobe Prize will help ensure that the buildings of today are adaptable enough to become the buildings of the future. Read more
AIA Future
Mixed Innovation
Blending engineering and architecture through an art installation and an AIA research grant. Read more
Designers Without Borders
Architecture and Globalization
Ned Cramer considers the ramifications of the profession's entrenchment in a global elite, and the moment he began to realize his own role in it. Read more
