This year, the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Center invited researchers and practitioners to expand the recognized range of practices. The Center also encouraged individual women in architecture to uncover the diversity of singular contributions made by women in the profession and related disciplines — highlighting the impact that certain individual instances, efforts, or artifacts have had upon the architectural discipline. Now, the IAWA Center invites you to the 2021 IAWA Symposium on March 23-26, 2021. Register online.
More »Architectural Billings Continue to Contract
A slight improvement in business conditions has led to fewer architecture firms reporting declining billings, according to the January 2021 Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
More »Architecture Billings Continue to Lose Ground
Demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms took a pointed dip last month, according to the December ABI report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
More »Architecture Billings Lose Ground in November
Architecture firm billing activity is contracting once again after two months of a slowing decline, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
More »ABI Remains Stalled in October
While architectural billings failed to show much progress during October, signs of improving business conditions at firms have emerged, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
More »Norfolk Architects Develop Tool Kit to Reopen Businesses
Virginia is starting to reopen, but this effort has some small business owners scratching their heads about the practical realities of navigating each phase of the governor’s plan. In an initiative called OpenNorfolk, Work Program Architects (WPA) is teaming with the City of Norfolk and the Downtown Norfolk Council, as well national tactical urbanism leaders at Team Better Block and Yard & Co. to develop a tool kit to help restaurants and small retail businesses reopen safely with increased outdoor space.
From Paris to Milan, from Lima to Seattle, cities are implementing “Stay Healthy Streets,” closed to through-traffic, pop-up bike lanes called “coronapistes,” “Gastro-Safe Zones” to separate walkers from diners, and even maze-like walking routes separated by three-foot hedges.
More »Wellness and Design for Sea Level Rise
Wellness is a timely topic in the midst of a global health crisis. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, human and planetary health have been prominent in popular and scholarly publications. Faculty in several disciplines at the University of Virginia School of Architecture focus on wellness and the School’s Center for Design + Health showcases our diverse efforts. My scholarship at UVA and built work with Crisman+Petrus Architects develops sustainable design strategies for buildings, landscapes, and cities confronting climate change and sea level rise. While coastal Virginia experiences significant sea level rise that threatens human well-being, the creative and technical expertise of Virginia’s architects is needed to holistically imagine and integrate buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure in unprecedented ways.
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