Clemson University, Lee Hall College of Architecture; Thomas Phifer and Partners; Photo Credit: © Scott Frances/Otto

Honors and Awards

AIA HOUSING AWARDS

At Home with Architecture: The Best of Residential Design

These single- and multi-family housing projects offer design for people to shape their daily lives around.

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AIA HOUSING AWARDS
At Home with Architecture: The Best of Residential Design
These single- and multi-family housing projects offer design for people to shape their daily lives around.
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AIA/HUD SECRETARY’S AWARDS

Affordable Housing: Design for All

This year’s recipients demonstrate that public funds spent on quality design are dollars wisely invested.

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Affordable Housing: Design for All
This year’s recipients demonstrate that public funds spent on quality design are dollars wisely invested.
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SUSTAINABILITY Q&A

An Eco-Friendly House Divided: Lance Hosey, AIA, on What Sustainable Architecture Should Look Like

Your new building is net-zero everything and located on a dense urban site. But if it’s ugly, is it still sustainable? A book by Lance Hosey, AIA, says that when you’re talking about sustainability, aesthetics isn’t a dirty word.

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SUSTAINABILITY Q&A
An Eco-Friendly House Divided: Lance Hosey, AIA, on What Sustainable Architecture Should Look Like
Your new building is net-zero everything and located on a dense urban site. But if it’s ugly, is it still sustainable? A book by Lance Hosey, AIA, says that when you’re talking about sustainability, aesthetics isn’t a dirty word.
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EMERGING DESIGN

Katherine Darnstadt, AIA: Trial by Public Interest Design

In the depths of the recession during an eight-month span, Katherine Darnstadt got licensed, promoted, married, laid off, and pregnant. That’s when she decided to start her own firm.

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Katherine Darnstadt, AIA: Trial by Public Interest Design
In the depths of the recession during an eight-month span, Katherine Darnstadt got licensed, promoted, married, laid off, and pregnant. That’s when she decided to start her own firm.
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NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE WEEKArchitecture is Awesome Photos
With the hashtag #archweek13, more than 1,400 Twitter and Instagram users entered the AIA’s social media photo contest during National Architecture Week last month.
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COMPONENT AWARDS

Simple Geometric Forms Prevail in Kansas City

A well-applied program in a simple, rational container never goes out of style.

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Simple Geometric Forms Prevail in Kansas City
A well-applied program in a simple, rational container never goes out of style.
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Special Issues:
2013 Awards Special (Dec. 6) | |
Back issues of AIArchitect: Mar. 8 | Mar. 22 | Apr. 12 | Apr. 26 AIArchitect Archive Component Photo Gallery Archive |


2013 AIA CONVENTION
Attend Awards Celebration, Enter Drawing to Win Trip to Menil Collection
Come to the June 20th Honors and Awards Celebration and enter a drawing for one round-trip ticket to Houston to visit AIA Gold Medalist Renzo Piano’s masterpiece art museum, recipient of the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
‘Architects Can Become the Developers of Their Own Future’
Cameron Sinclair, cofounder of Architecture for Humanity, offers a preview of his keynote speech at the 2013 AIA Convention.
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Submit Your Presentations for the 2014 AIA National Convention by July 1 >
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AIA LEADERSHIPTake Five
By Robert Ivy, FAIA
Choosing Architecture, Again
Some design inspiration, with AIA Continental Europe and AIA UK, brings us back to why we became architects.
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News and Resources
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Career Center | Featured Jobs | Navigating the Economy
- RFQ: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Architectural and Engineering Design Services
- RFQ: Downtown Raleigh, N.C., Master Plan
- Competition: 2013 Burnham Prize—Next Stop Bus Rapid Transit
- Competition: COLDSCAPES--New Visions for Cold Weather Cities
FROM THE AIA
- Advocacy: Architects Help Preserve Federal Green Building Measures in the Senate
- AIA KnowledgeNet: CRAN Book Deadline Extended—Submit Your Projects by May 17
- Check Out the May 21 Webinar: Liability of Construction Managers
- AIA Huron Valley and Univ. of Mich. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Announce Scholarships
- AIA.org Wins Webby Award
- 10 Members Declare Candidacy for AIA National Elected Offices
AROUND THE PROFESSION
- NYCxDESIGN Begins May 10
- Send BIMForum Feedback on BIM Level of Development Specifications
- GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee Recommends LEED for All Agency Buildings
- Help Design the Next National BIM Standard: Ballot Submission Period Begins June 3
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