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Design



LESSONS FROM ARCHITECTURE

Julie Eizenberg, AIA: Elevating Everyday Architecture

The founder of the Southern California firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture explains why architecture isn’t just for special occasions.

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COMPONENT AWARDS

Civic Leaders Help Jury AIA Springfield Awards

Three out of the seven design awards were selected by a group of community leaders, arts professionals, and local academics.

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Business



WORK ON THE BOARDS

Architecture Firm Billing Losses Moderate, but Continue, in July

As the residential sector sees some growth, commercial and institutional new building billings remain sluggish.

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AIA FIRM SURVEY

Downturn Cut Architecture Firm Revenue 40 Percent, Employment by Almost a Third

In the wake of the Great Recession, architecture firms are smaller and more reliant on institutional sector work.

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Practice



SMALL FIRMS

Small Firm, Big Team: Collaboration for Sole-Practitioners and Small Firms

As information technology diminishes the need for traditional studio-based architecture practices, there is a renewed imperative for small-firm practitioners to find new allies and collaborators. One place to look is to fellow small-firm colleagues.

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WEB EXTRA

Marlon Blackwell Architect; Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion

2012 recipient of an AIA Honor Award for Architecture.

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Repositioning the Institute

Clients, the Public, and Architects on the Value of Architecture

Robert Ivy, FAIA, presents the latest round of research from the Repositioning the AIA initiative, which reaches out to our essential partners in the architecture profession: the people we build for and the individuals that live, work, and play in our buildings.

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News and Resources

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