Achieving an architectural license is a significant milestone, marking the continuation of a journey filled with accomplishments and growth. As an architect stands at this pivotal point in their ...

As this year’s Arab American Heritage Month comes to an end, we sat down with Rania Qawasma to discuss her pathway to architecture as a third-generation Palestinian refugee and how she transformed her ...

Passive design—or design that takes advantage of the climate to maintain a comfortable temperature range—has been used to heat and cool living spaces throughout human history, but the practice saw a ...

Explore AIA and NCARB resources to help you prepare and pass the Architect Registration Exam (ARE), one of the primary requirements for becoming a licensed architect in the United States.

Women’s Leadership Summit (WLS), founded by AIA, is a premier leadership experience that brings together the industry’s largest network of women who are breaking down barriers, making themselves ...

Despite spending years working closely with clients on a project, many architects never linger after the ribbon-cutting to learn which aspects of their design age well. This is a missed opportunity, ...

AIA is proud to announce the reimagining of the organization’s headquarters as the AIA Global Campus for Architecture & Design, serving as a new home base for the world’s architects and designers.

“Architecture was more of a handcrafted object, like [during] the Renaissance, when I first emerged,” said the late architectural pioneer Beverly Willis, 95, during a phone call in the fall of 2023 as ...

Discover how to address historical harms, engage communities, and prioritize civic investments to ensure that the benefits of development are shared equitably. Promoting diversity, equity, and ...

When starting our firm, Placework, almost 15 years ago, my partner and I agreed that grounding our practice in our values was essential. We imagined we would adopt aspects we had most appreciated ...

AIA is defining what excellent design means in the 21st century through the AIA Framework for Design Excellence, nearly 30 prestigious awards, and innovations that are transforming how we design for ...

Nearly half of firm leaders think that negotiating project design fees is more challenging now than it was 4–5 years ago Business conditions at architecture firms softened in March, as the AIA/Deltek ...