AIA Resources for Students
JANUARY 9, 2025
Explore AIA resources to help you succeed in every aspect of architecture and design, including climate action, equity, firm management, business acumen, and best practices.
Connecting Freetown: People, Neighborhoods, Economy, & History
JULY 17, 2024
Freetown, Sierra Leone, is building a richer, more sustainable, and resilient city - empowering people and strengthening their neighborhoods, economy, and connections to their history. This report explores how a cable car mass transit system can connect the community and the people, neighborhoods, economy, and history. While the construction of the cable car system will take years, this foundational work can begin today and would be highly effective even if the cable car system is delayed.
Imagine Monteagle
JULY 17, 2024
Monteagle is located on the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Tennessee and boasts a fascinating history. Founded in the mid-19th century by John Moffat, Monteagle has been a draw for those who want to enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the surrounding area. Over the past six decades, Monteagle’s downtown has dwindled with many buildings being lost to fire and vacant lots remaining empty. Despite this, Monteagle townsfolk remain determined to find a way to rebuild their Main Street and restore their downtown’s special character, as both a hub for regional tourism, and a great place to live and shop for its residents and visitors alike.
Homes for Us!
JULY 17, 2024
The Windham Regional Commission heard from numerous towns within its region that the affordability of housing to residents and workers earning Vermont wages is one of the biggest challenges to their livability, quality of life, and the economy. The Center for Resilient Metro Regions, in partnership with the Communities by Design program at the Architects Foundation, conducted a three-day charrette, or intense design process, with community participation, to identify those potential housing opportunities which can be adopted at a town-by-town scale and at a regional scale.