Design
Three Pavilions that Make the Most of the Summer Sun
These shade structures by Digsau, Dream the Combine, and DeLeon & Primmer Architecture Studio were made for enjoying the warm weather. Read more
CEU
A Visual Imprint of Moving Air
Methods, Models, and Media in Architectural Sound Photography, ca. 1930 Read more
Best Practices
Incorporating Drone Imagery into Design Workflows
Photos and videos from unmanned aerial vehicles give both architects and the public new ways to understand their sites and structures. Read more
Innovative Detail
Patch22's Timber Structure Faces the Weather
In Amsterdam, exterior glulam trusses augment the striking façade of this seven-story, net-zero energy tower by Frantzen et al Architecten. Read more
Next Progressives
I-Kanda Architects
This Boston-based practice prioritizes purpose and sculpture in its designs. Read more
Products
Six Applications for Glass
The following products illustrate the range of uses and looks that glass can assume. Read more
Opinion
Esther Sperber: To End Abuse in Architecture, Start with the Lone Wolf Myth
From Howard Roark to Richard Meier, the design profession has been fed stories of great white men who work—and excel—on their own. Nothing can be further from the truth. Read more
Architectural Lighting
2018 Lightfair Innovation Awards
New products push lighting technology to the next level. Read more
AIA Voices
Whose Architecture?
Strengthening communities, both inside and outside the firm. Read more
AIA Now
Postmodernism, Post-Criticism
The oft-maligned architectural style has developed an ardent following. Read more
AIA Feature
Fast, (not) Cheap, and Out of Control
Is infill the solution to San Francisco’s housing affordability crisis? Read more
AIA Practice
Making the Invisible Visible
How can architects and planners elevate the perception of infrastructure as an art form? How can we begin to think of buildings that house infrastructure as assets, instead of eyesores? Read more
AIA Future
Digging into BIM Data
As building information modeling software has evolved, firms are looking beyond the visualization elements to the data within. Read more
Dialogue
Design Thinking from the Fifth Century
What architects can learn from the founder of Western monasticism, Benedict of Nursia. Read more
In Memoriam
Space Habitats Architect Constance Adams Dies at 53
Designer of the Transit Hub for the International Space Station and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Adams died in Houston last week. Read more
Gateway Arch Museum and Visitor Center
Cooper Robertson, James Carpenter Design Associates Read more
Exhibitions
Utopian Brutalism
“Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980” runs through Jan. 13 at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Read more
