News
Trump Call for “Traditional” Buildings Could Stifle Innovation, Architects Say
The President issued a memo reviving his controversial 2020 ordinance limiting government structures to the “classical” styles.
American Institute of Architects
Art
The Unsettling Implications of the American Institute of Architects’ Memo Supporting Trump
After the CEO of the American Institute of Architects stated the organization promised to work with Donald Trump, many architects — both AIA members and not — were pissed.
In Brief
American Institute of Architects Memo in Support of Trump Sparks Backlash from Members
The American Institute of Architects' post-election memo promising to work with President-elect Trump has been met with messages of protest from its 89,000-strong membership.
Opinion
When Architecture Causes Suffering
The city of Buckeye, Arizona, recently got a glittering new supermax prison.
News
Folk Art Museum Architects Denounce Demolition, MoMA PS1 Proposed as Possible Site for Facade
With scaffolding now shrouding its embattled façade, the architects behind the ill-fated American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) have broken their silence over the demolition of the acclaimed building, denouncing the "senseless and unnecessary act of destruction" in a brief statement posted online yesterday
News
First Ever Woman Wins American Institute of Architects Prize … Posthumously
The American Institute of Architects has announced the winner of its 2014 AIA Gold Medal, and for the first time in over a century, the recipient will be a woman: Julia Morgan. It just so happens that Morgan died in 1957, but you know what they say: better late than never!