2017 Progressive Architecture Awards
The Winners of the 64th Progressive Architecture Awards
The jury recognized 12 projects in the 2017 program. Read more
Historic Preservation
Re-Creating Wright's Lost Projects
The Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative has an ambitious and potentially fraught goal: to construct the architect's unbuilt and demolished buildings. Read more
Culture
Houston's Museum Boom
Can projects by Steven Holl, Michael Maltzan, and Johnston Marklee bring a progressive urbanism to a city that loves the automobile? Read more
Best Practices
Applying Crowdsourcing in Architecture
From pre-design consulting to post-occupancy evaluations, these are the best ways to collect data and improve design research. Read more
Innovative Detail
Parkhotel Jordanbad Sauna Village Wall
Despite the perpetually damp environment, the buildings utilize wood for their interior and exterior finishes. Read more
Next Progressives
CityDeskStudio
Ben Awes’ designs emphasize the connection between objects and their environments with a modernist flair. Read more
Products
Six Products for Kitchen and Bath
These fixtures and finishes combine technology with streamlined aesthetics. Read more
Real Estate
Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #21 Hits the Market
The iconic midcentury modern home, also called Bailey House, is for sale in the Hollywood Hills. Read more
Products
Four Environmentally Responsible Hardwood Floors
Guilt-free, reclaimed, and sustainably sourced flooring options that will keep you grounded. Read more
Installation
The Office for Creative Research Wins Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition
The New York firm's installation, "We Were Strangers Once Too," will open on Feb. 7. Read more
Technology
This Week in Tech: Data Showing Urban Inequality Takes Shape as Stunning Prints
Plus, Christmas trees are put to good use after the holidays, solar energy goes cheap, and more design-tech news from this week. Read more
Competitions
Toronto’s 2017 Winter Stations Design Competition Winners Revealed
Five winning submissions by design professionals and three local student projects will transfigure Lake Ontario's East End beach into temporary art installations. Read more
Exhibitions
A New Model of Architecture
Bureau Spectacular installs a series of conceptual tower models at SFMOMA that expand upon a 2014 drawing by the studio's founder, Jimenez Lai. Read more
Waste
Design Programs Targeted Under the New Administration
Remember that $436 hammer? While the Pentagon just squashed a report identifying $125 billion in bloat, the rumored template for the Trump administration's budget cuts or kills many architecturally, urbanistically, and environmentally important programs. Read more
AIA Feature
Access for All
The ADA has forever changed how architects practice. Now architects are changing the ADA’s application. Read more
AIA Collaboration
Redesigning a School District
How the largest urban school district in Minnesota reinvented its facilities plan and embraced its diverse populace. Read more
AIA Knowledge
Biology by Design
Researchers are using the AIA’s Upjohn grants to probe the natural sciences. Read more
