2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Gold Medal: James Polshek, FAIA
Because he makes architecture for people, not to satisfy his ego. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Architecture Firm Award: Snow Kreilich Architects
Because they elevate the ordinary. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Topaz Medallion: Jorge Silvetti, Intl. Assoc. AIA
Because he celebrates the art of architecture. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award: Tamara Eagle Bull, FAIA
Because she's not in it to win awards. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Edward C. Kemper Award: Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA
Because she champions the profession. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture: Stephen Ayers, FAIA
Because history requires careful tending. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Collaborative Achievement Award: Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute
Because affordable housing deserves better. Read more
2018 AIA Honor Awards
2018 Collaborative Achievement Award: Klyde Warren Park
Because parks create more value than freeways. Read more
Vol Walker Hall Renovation & The Steven L. Anderson Design Center
Marlon Blackwell Architects Read more
University of Washington Light Rail Station, by LMN Architects
A Seattle transportation hub clad in backlit perforated metal panels. Read more
Gohar Khatoon Girls’ School
Robert Hull, FAIA, University of Washington, Department of Architecture Read more
Cultural Projects
Memorializing an American Atrocity
How the Equal Justice Initiative and MASS Design Group designed the national lynching memorial in Montgomery, Ala. Read more
Books
The Future of School Design
A shiny new building isn't always the answer. Alexandra Lange on what makes a school flourish. Read more
Letter from San Francisco
Learning to Appreciate John Portman
Karrie Jacobs returns to the late architect's Hyatt Regency San Francisco and reconsiders his legacy. Read more
Next Progressives
Design, Bitches
This Los Angeles duo takes an irreverent approach to architecture and design. Read more
Innovative Detail
Soaring Trusses at the Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center
An elegant glulam truss system designed by MSR turns visitors' heads up at the outreach center for the University of Minnesota's Bee Lab. Read more
Opinion
Beverly Willis on Sexual Misconduct in Architecture
Here's what individuals and organizations, including the AIA, can do to rid the design profession of its rotten apples. Read more
Response
Emily Grandstaff-Rice and the AIA on Sexual Misconduct in Architecture
The AIA echoes Beverly Willis, FAIA's commitment to equity and diversity. Read more
Best Practices
Establishing a Sexual Harassment Policy
Architecture and design firms must evaluate legal and cultural implications while enforcing policies that cultivate inclusive environments. Read more
Products
Products: AIA Show Preview and More
From 150 submissions in our inaugural Product Call, ARCHITECT features 30 products below, many of which will be exhibited at the 2018 AIA Conference on Architecture. Read more
Illumination
Architectural Lighting: Daylighting in an LED World
How has the implementation of project daylighting strategies fared with the increasing ubiquity of solid-state lighting? Read more
The .01 Percent
Dirty Money, Shiny Architecture
Money laundering in real estate poses an ethical problem for architects. Read more
AIA Feature
New York City, Briefly
Seven architects and designers from elsewhere explain what the Big Apple means to them. Read more
AIA Future
Designing a Trash-Free Future
AIA New York’s Zero Waste Design Guidelines help the city devise a plan to meet ambitious sustainability goals. Read more
Hospitality Projects
James Beard Foundation Announces 2018 Restaurant Design Awards
Two projects in New York and San Francisco received top honors, and a 1970s project by Warren Platner was recognized with the Design Icon Award. Read more
Awards
AIA Announces the 11 Winners of the 2018 Housing Awards
This year's program highlights work by Alterstudio Architecture, Bates Masi + Architects, and Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, among others. Read more
Awards
Cooper Hewitt Announces the Winners of its 2018 National Design Awards
Neri Oxman, Weiss/Manfredi, and Oppenheim Architecture + Design are among this year's honorees. Read more
Awards
AIA San Francisco Announces the Winners of Its 2018 Design Awards
The jury recognized projects that demonstrated outstanding achievements in architecture and interior design. Read more
13 projects were recognized with awards of excellence, citations of merit, and a special award of restoration excellence. Read more
Exhibitions
Three Planned Communities that Helped Build the Atomic Bomb
A new exhibition at the National Building Museum examines three cities—Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Hanford/Richland, Wash.; and Los Alamos, N.M.—that the United States government built to support the Manhattan Project. Read more
