Research

Design Research
Live Like a Modernist: Apply Now to Stay in Bruno Mathsson’s Iconic Glass House
In 2026, one international designer will be chosen to spend a month inside the legendary 1955 home—immersed in Sweden’s forests, factories, and design culture.
4 MIN READ
Technology
How to Make AI Your Creative Ally
Brought to you by Chaos3 MIN READ
Practice
Beyond Greenwashing: AIA Funds Radical Rethinks of Building Materials, Tools, and Public Space
3 MIN READ
Sustainability
Breaking the Mould
3 MIN READ
Buildings
Investing in R&D Innovation Is Critical To Creating a Low Carbon Future
Brought to you by Kingspan4 MIN READ
Press Release
New NIBS Report Examines Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Building Industry
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Press Release
National Institute of Building Sciences to Publish New DEI Report in May
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Design
How to Emphasize Nature for Client Wellness
Brought to you by Heat n Glo5 MIN READ
Design
What You Need to Know About Home Wellness Retreats
Brought to you by Heat n Glo5 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Tree Thieves: Who Owns the Forest?
4 MIN READ
Tech & Culture
Tech & Culture Review: Looted Objects and a Luxury Home
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Mind & Matter
How is Monkeypox Behaving in the Built Environment?
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2022 R+D Awards
The 16th Annual R+D Awards
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Awards
Harvard GSD Introduces Its 2023 Loeb Fellowship Class
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Competition
Entry Deadline Extended: ARCHITECT’s 16th Annual R+D Awards
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Opinion
Shirley Blumberg: Driven by Disease
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Editorial
Why R+D Matters
2 MIN READ
2021 R+D Awards
Award: ADALAC—Acoustically Diffuse & Absorbent Lightweight Aerated Concrete
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2021 R+D Awards
15th Annual R+D Awards
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One Year Later
Erica Cochran Hameen: A Half Dozen Students Can Lead a Revolution
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Awards
Harvard GSD Introduces Its 2022 Loeb Fellowship Class
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Best Practices
How to Start Your Firm’s DEI Initiatives
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Competition
Call for Entries: ARCHITECT’s 15th Annual R+D Awards
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AIA Now
The Power of Research
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Lighting
LRC Publishes Study on Potential Effects of Light Therapy on Brain Function and Alzheimer’s Disease
1 MIN READ
2020 R+D Awards
Award: Zippered Wood Twists the Standard 2×4 to Craft New Forms
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2020 R+D Awards
Award: InVert Self-Shading Windows Flip Energy Efficiency On Its Head
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2020 R+D Awards
Award: Empathic Design Process Aims to Identify Successful Environments Through Data
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2020 R+D Awards
Award: Walking Assembly Is Poetry and Structure in Motion
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2020 R+D Awards
14th Annual R+D Awards
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The Rules
Understanding the Research & Development Tax Credit
3 MIN READ
Press Release
Mariana Figueiro Appointed Director of Rutgers Institute for Health’s New Center for Healthy Aging
3 MIN READ
COVID-19
David Swartz: Let’s Find a Built Solution to Protect Our Future
4 MIN READ
Press Release
American Concrete Institute Foundation Awards Research Grants to Eight Projects
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Press Release
AIA Names the 2020 Upjohn Research Initiative Grant Recipients
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COVID-19
Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment
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Competition
Call for Entries: Architect’s 14th Annual R+D Awards
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Press Release
Two Designers Named MacDowell Fellows
3 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Architectural Education and the Future of Wood
4 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: A Floating LED Installation that Tracks Water Quality by +Pool
2 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Rewriting the Malthusian Catastrophe Through Architecture
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podcast
How After Architecture Balances Practice with Materials Research
1 MIN READ
2019 Studio Prize
Studio Prize: The Malawi Studio: Resilient Health Care Infrastructures in Low-Resource Settings
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Mind & Matter
The Evolution of Hydrophobic Design
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2019 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Post Occupancy Data Device (PODD), a Hands-Free Way to Monitor Projects
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2019 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Moon Village, a Vibrant Hub in the Unknown
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2019 R+D Awards
13th Annual R+D Awards
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2019 R+D Awards
Award: Drywall Waste Block, a Green CMU
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Research
Harvard GSD Introduces the Class of 2020 Loeb Fellows
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Press Release
AIA College of Fellows 2019 Latrobe Prize Goes to Education Design Researchers
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Design
Value Engineering: Beyond Cost Cutting
Brought to you by Gordian3 MIN READ
Press Release
Architects Foundation Announces 2019 Scholarship Grant Recipients
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Press Release
Seven Designers Named MacDowell Fellows
3 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
A Lesson on People, Place, and Plants
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Research
AIA Announces Four Upjohn Research Initiative Grant Recipients
3 MIN READ
Briefs
Lighting Research Center to Develop New Plant Lighting Education Program
2 MIN READ
Remodeling
Houzz: Home Renovation Pros Confident About Q2 Business Activity
2 MIN READ
Press Release
Bentley Systems Names Nabil Abou-Rahme as Chief Research Officer
3 MIN READ
Remodeling
Construction Employment Increases in 232 Metros Since February 2018
1 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Future Strategies for Next Generation Energy Savings
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Remodeling
Construction Employment Increases in 37 States Over Past 12 Months
1 MIN READ
Remodeling
Demand for Metal Roofing Grows in States Threatened by Climate Extremes
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
The Urban Institute’s Mary Cunningham Talks Homelessness, Housing, and More
3 MIN READ
Remodeling
Construction Employment Increases in 275 Metro Areas Year Over Year
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
Housing Gap Continues for Most Vulnerable Renters
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Remodeling
Remodeling Industry in U.S. Expands Amid Lagging Homebuilding Industry
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Competition
Deadline Extended: ARCHITECT’s 13th Annual R+D Awards
2 MIN READ
Remodeling
Houzz Survey Finds Remodelers and Architects Are Cautiously Optimistic for 2019
3 MIN READ
Lighting
Architectural Lighting: The Case for More Research
6 MIN READ
remodeling
Construction Employment Up in 43 States, D.C. in 2018
1 MIN READ
Briefs
DOE SSL Technology R&D Workshop Registration Closes Jan. 18, 2019
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Briefs
DOE SSL Technology R&D Workshop to Take Place in January
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Research
Harvard GSD Announces 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship Winners
6 MIN READ
BUILDER
Harvard’s HouseZero is a Living Lab for Sustainable Design
3 MIN READ
Public Works
Report: The State of the Nation’s Urban Roads
2 MIN READ
Resilient Design
Resilient Design Strategies that Are Affordable or Free
7 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: A Bio-Digital Curtain that Combats Climate Change
2 MIN READ
Architectural Drawings
The Human Form in Architectural Drawings
2 MIN READ
Press Release
Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize Open for Applications
3 MIN READ
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
HUD and the VA Announce Decline in Veterans Homelessness
2 MIN READ
Professional Practice
AIASF Equity by Design Releases 2018 Equity in Architecture Survey Findings
13 MIN READ
Trends
Gensler Details the Future of Cities in Annual Design Forecast
3 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Antifragility: One-Upping Resilient Design
5 MIN READ
Public Works
Alaskan Researchers to Study Changing Wildfire Regimes and Subarctic Coastal Ecosystems
3 MIN READ
remodeling
Report Finds Remodeling Activity Spike Impacted By Busy Hurricane Season
1 MIN READ
Builder
MBA: Mortgage Applications Drop 7.1%
2 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: Amazon Invests $10 Million to Increase Recycling
2 MIN READ
Technology
The Remarkable Business Case for Human Centric Lighting
Brought to you by Lutron Electronics Co.4 MIN READ
Research
The 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship Is Now Taking Applications
Mind & Matter
Concrete, It’s Electric!
5 MIN READ
Research Funding
Call for 2018 Steedman Fellowship Research Proposals Open
1 MIN READ
2018 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Here East Gantry, a Medley of Studios From a Kit of Parts
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2018 R+D Awards
The Winners of ARCHITECT’s 12th Annual R+D Awards
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2018 R+D Awards
12th Annual R+D Awards
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2018 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Functional Façade, Made with a Robot for Cornell Tech’s Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center
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2018 R+D Awards
Citation: Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Aims to Save Communities Above and Below Water
3 MIN READ
2018 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Social Sensory Architectures Offers Comfort and Healing Through Design
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2018 R+D Awards
Citation: Thinness Redefines Lightweight Concrete
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2018 R+D Awards
Honorable Mention: Here East Gantry, a Medley of Studios From a Kit of Parts
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context in architecture
Winners of the 2018 MAD Travel Fellowship
1 MIN READ
Briefs
Mark Rea to Chair UL Task Group on Circadian Lighting
2 MIN READ
Briefs
The U.S. Department of Energy Announces $15 Million for SSL Research
1 MIN READ
Water Infrastructure
Benefits of Water Infrastructure Investment
3 MIN READ
Briefs
IES New York City Section Announces 2018 Thesis Prizes
3 MIN READ
infrastructure
U.S. Water Use to Reach 122 Trillion Gallons in 2022
1 MIN READ
Research
Introducing the Harvard Graduate School of Design Class of 2019 Loeb Fellows
7 MIN READ
Affordable Housing
Study Examines How Living in LIHTC Properties Impacts Residents
6 MIN READ
Beyond Buildings
Teach Your Children Well … but What Does that Mean?
7 MIN READ
Rome Prize
American Academy in Rome Names Rome Prize Winners
1 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
A Backwards Approach to Material Innovation
5 MIN READ
AIA Voices
What Is Research, Really?
2 MIN READ
Architectural Research
AIA Grants $100,000 to Four Upjohn Research Initiative Projects
3 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Would You Purchase a 3D-Printed House?
5 MIN READ
housing
Living Small(er): Are Floor Plans Shrinking?
2 MIN READ
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
U.S. Has Gap of More Than 7.2 Million Affordable and Available Rental Homes
4 MIN READ
Briefs
Registration Open for IES 2018 Research Symposium
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Competition
Call for Entries: ARCHITECT’s 12th Annual R+D Awards
2 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: Japanese Developer Wants to Build World’s Tallest Timber Skyscraper by 2041
2 MIN READ
Housing
Rents Rise 2.8 Percent Year-Over-Year Through January 2018
3 MIN READ
AIA Feature
How Many Architects Does Our Economy Need?
11 MIN READ
What's Next: Reprogramming Practice
The Polymath: David Benjamin Is Expanding The Definition of Architecture
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What's Next: Reprogramming Practice
The Lab Rats: Payette Champions Subject Matter Expertise
2 MIN READ
What's Next: Reprogramming Practice
The Capitalists: Thornton Tomasetti Bets on Innovation Through TTWiiN
2 MIN READ
What's Next: Reprogramming Practice
The 800-Pound Gorilla: Autodesk Sees a Digital Future for Architecture Firsthand
3 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: Rethinking Housing for the Homeless
2 MIN READ
Mind & Matter
Infrastructure is Failing—But These Roadway Material Innovations Could Help
5 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: Could Mindspace Give WeWork a Run for Its Money?
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Grant Winners
National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $12.8 million in Grants to 253 Projects
2 MIN READ
AIA Knowledge
A Rededication to Craft
3 MIN READ
Technology
This Week in Tech: A Two-In-One Window and Solar Panel
2 MIN READ
Exhibitions
How Material Experimentation Can Go Well and Go Wrong
5 MIN READ
Architect 50
2017 Architect 50: Methodology
3 MIN READ
Research
Bacteria-Activated Wallpaper that Generates Electricity
1 MIN READ
AIA Knowledge
The Value of Environmental Care
4 MIN READ
AIA Voices
The Methodologist
2 MIN READ
Technology
Rossetti Inc.’s Inverted Bowl Rethinks Stadium Construction and the Seating Hierarchy
3 MIN READ
Technology
Can Food Waste be Turned into Building Materials? Arup Thinks So.
1 MIN READ
Briefs
IES 2018 Research Symposium on Light and Health – Call for Papers
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Technology
This Week in Tech: The World’s First Floating Wind Farm Is Generating Energy
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Briefs
IES 2018 Research Symposium on Light and Health – Call for Papers
2 MIN READ
Awards
Landscape Architect Kate Orff and Designer Damon Rich Named 2017 MacArthur Fellows
3 MIN READ
Technology
Building the World’s Best Net-Positive Energy House
2 MIN READ
Lighting News
Trio of Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Circadian Research
4 MIN READ
Technology
Lava Tubes Could House Human Habitats in Space
2 MIN READ
Comment
Color Saturation
3 MIN READ
Technology
Rethinking Exposure to Saturated Colored Light
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Briefs
Registration Open for DOE SSL Technology R&D Workshop
1 MIN READ
Briefs
DOE Office of Science Awards SSL Research and Technology Grants
2 MIN READ
Technology
MIT Researcher Proposes Firebricks For Clean Energy Storage
2 MIN READ
Wearable tech
Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells Illuminate LEDs
1 MIN READ
Material Innovation
Reusable, Freeze-Dried Foam That Can Absorb Carbon Dioxide
1 MIN READ
Briefs
LRC Releases New Circadian Stimulus Calculator
2 MIN READ
Research
Design and Nanomanufacturing Collide for Solar Cells
1 MIN READ
Briefs
Mariana Figueiro Named New Director of the Lighting Research Center
3 MIN READ
AIA Future
Mixed Innovation
4 MIN READ
AIA Feature
Ahead of Their Time
9 MIN READ
AIA Voices
This Is Your Brain on Design
2 MIN READ
Briefs
Leukos Call for Papers
3 MIN READ
2017 R+D Awards
11th Annual R+D Awards
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Award: Dynamic ETFE Façade
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Award: Niamey 2000 Housing
3 MIN READ
2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Award: Round Timber Trusses
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Honorable Mention: CMU Fabrication and Construction in Haiti
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Award: Re: Lamp Lighting System
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Award: Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy Prototype
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Empathy Effect VR Study
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Trigeneration System
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2017 R+D Awards
2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Vacuum-Insulated Glass Tubes
2 MIN READ
Briefs
IES New York City Section Announces 2017 Thesis Prizes
2 MIN READ
Material Research
Neri Oxman 3D Prints Glass at an Architectural Scale
4 MIN READ
Innovation
Autodesk’s BUILD Space Highlights the Need for Research in the Design Community
6 MIN READ
AIA Knowledge
Indexing Sustainability
3 MIN READ
AIA Conference 2017
AIA Conference: More 2017 AIA Honor Awards and “Design that Overcomes”
1 MIN READ
Awards
Northeastern University Researchers Awarded the 2017 Latrobe Prize
2 MIN READ
Justice
The Rise of Forensic Architecture
15 MIN READ
Research Grant
AIA Announces Five 2016 Upjohn Research Initiative Grant Recipients
5 MIN READ
Material Innovations
Larvae Silk-Inspired Pavilion Constructed by Robots and Drones
2 MIN READ
Workplace
On the Habits of High-Performance Firms
5 MIN READ
Briefs
Osram Opto Semiconductors Launches FLINGO Project
1 MIN READ
Concrete Construction
Construction Employment Growth More than Double the National Trend
3 MIN READ

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