Carbon dioxide causes global warming. Buildings emit almost half of the carbon dioxide in the U.S. That has to stop. Read more
Climate Change
Insurance and Climate Change: Risk too Great to Ignore
Washington state insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler discusses how regulators, policy providers, and architects can work together to prepare and protect the built environment. Read more
Climate Change
Attaining the AIA 2030 Commitment Benchmarks
ARCHITECT spoke with five signatory firms about how they attained such energy savings—and why it matters. Read more
Next-generation material approaches must increasingly address material effects both within and beyond an architectural project. Read more
Climate Change
Education and the Performance Imperative
Ali Malkawi and Gordon Gill discuss their recent Harvard GSD studio and the need for heightened climate awareness in architecture schools. Read more
Climate Change
The Proven Value of Resilient Design
Houston's recently completed Buffalo Bayou Park weathered the flooding of Hurricane Harvey with limited damage, thanks to the foresightedness of Page and SWA Group. Read more
Arizona State University’s campus architect explains the Tempe, Ariz., institution’s sustainable development process. Read more
Architects share their experiences in net-zero building, from persuading uncertain clients to dealing with extreme weather. Read more
Climate Change
A Brief Climate Change Reading List
Six books that present the truths and consequences of our global addiction to fossil fuels. Read more
Critique
The Past (and Future) of Housing
Studio Ma's Lakeside project at Princeton recalls an early modernist ethos. Read more
Exhibitions
The Return of Pacific Standard Time
Christopher Hawthorne on what the latest iteration of this exhibition series reveals about the hall-of-mirrors cultural relationship between L.A. and Latin America. Read more
Equity
The High Line Network Tackles Gentrification
Can a group of urban park projects around the country inspire equitable development instead of displacement? Read more
Best Practices
How to Convince a Client to Go Green
Architects discuss techniques for promoting sustainability and building performance in a project. Read more
Innovative Detail
Detail: Essex Business School Geodesic Dome Roof
The timber structure designed by BDP tops a 60-foot-diameter theater for the Essex Business School in Colchester, England. Read more
Next Progressives
French 2D
These sisters were inspired by their shared lack of depth perception when selecting a name for their Boston-based firm. Read more
Products
Three Potentially Game-Changing Product Prototypes
Manufacturers propose material innovations using sustainable practices. Read more
Product
Clopay's Modern Garage Doors Both Shield and Impress
These energy-efficient garage doors are elevated through sleek design. Read more
Exhibitions
A Reflection on Moshe Safdie’s Uncompleted Habitat Puerto Rico
Artist David Hartt created an exhibition exploring the stopped housing experiment, currently on view at Chicago's Graham Foundation. Read more
AIA Feature
Planning for the Inevitable
Why architects need to both slow global warming and prepare for sea level rise. Read more
AIA Feature
Why Can’t We Understand Water?
It’s time to think about water before catastrophe strikes, not after. Read more
AIA Feature
Transforming a Metropolis
Miami’s unique opportunity to revolutionize how Americans handle climate change. Read more
AIA Feature
Water as a Basic Human Right
Our relationship with water can be either life-enriching or life-depleting. Read more
AIA Feature
Connecting Global and Local Solutions
Water is life, which means its risks are our world’s risks Read more
Books
John Cary Releases New Book, "Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone"
Published this month, the book features 20 recently built projects, from healthcare to religious spaces, by firms such as MASS Design Group, Perkins+Will, and Sharon Davis Design. Read more
Exhibitions
Mark Lamster's Exhibition "The Island That Nobody Knows" Opens in Boston
The photography show curated by the architecture critic explores the industrial architecture of the city's waste management plant. Read more
Critique
Columbus Reconsidered
Can Exhibit Columbus help spur a renewed appreciation for this Midwestern epicenter of Modernism? Read more
Awards
Laurie Olin Announced as the 17th Laureate of Vincent Scully Prize
The Philadelphia-based professor, author, and landscape architect will be recognized for his profound spaces and scholarship. Read more
Education Projects
AIA Announces Winners of 2017 Education Facility Design Awards
The institute's Committee on Architecture for Education recognized 12 projects in eight states and China. Read more
Exhibitions
A More Focused Chicago Architecture Biennial
This second iteration of the design-centric, city-wide exhibition learns important lessons from the first, but still there's further to go. Read more
Exhibitions
A Reflection on Moshe Safdie’s Uncompleted Habitat Puerto Rico
Artist David Hartt created an exhibition exploring the stopped housing experiment, currently on view at Chicago's Graham Foundation. Read more
