Head to the Heart

85 years after opening, this school remains a paragon of child-centered architecture

Climate Impact

Why these CEOs are embracing regenerative design

For the Love of People

Why are these healthcare professionals working in architecture?

Working Well

How do you design research labs for unknown technologies?

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

The high-tech tool behind Orlando’s makeover

With the right attention, old schools can unlock a brighter future anchored in tradition

Future of Design

The president of Illinois Tech discusses the future of technology education

Library info desk surrounded by comfortable furniture

Project Spotlight

Light and collaboration spaces revitalize a university library

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

What do artificial intelligence, athleisure attire, and specialty drinks have to do with electric vehicles?

Climate Impact

Can landscape design help communities promote social justice and climate resilience?

A stack of old photographs and drawings.

For the Love of People

Designed to foster diversity, this school leaves an enduring legacy

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Individuals and small groups of people socialize in an office reception area.

Working Well

Employees can reconfigure this office to support their needs

Illustration of people moving large abstract objects together.

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

This trailblazing leader envisions a stronger university with a smaller footprint

Head to the Heart

85 years after opening, this school remains a paragon of child-centered architecture

Future of Design

Building materials can help or hurt people and the environment. Here’s a guide to making smart choices.

Interior of elevator lobby with reception desk and view of mountain from floor to ceiling window

Project Spotlight

An international law firm brings the glory of nature inside

Climate Impact

Why these CEOs are embracing regenerative design

Aerial view of exterior of performing arts complex

Project Spotlight

Beijing’s new performing arts complex redirects the city’s cultural flow

For the Love of People

Why are these healthcare professionals working in architecture?

Working Well

How do you design research labs for unknown technologies?

An abstract view of a perforated metal sculpture.

For the Love of People

3 must-see places in the U.S. give voice to Black history, culture, and civil rights.

Climate Impact

How struggling malls became new destinations for health, fun, and learning

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

The high-tech tool behind Orlando’s makeover

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Abstract close ups of architectural model

For the Love of People

This mixed-income community is helping ease LA’s housing crisis

Future of Design

How does high-speed rail strengthen communities?

Working Well

Dog-friendly offices can be a big employee incentive. Here’s how to ensure a paws-itive experience for everyone.

Climate Impact

4 ways prefabrication benefits communities and the environment

For the Love of People

Public Health 3.0 is changing how we design for well-being

For the Love of People

Can university housing save downtowns? This law school is giving it a try

For the Love of People

Micro-hospitals bring crucial care to medically underserved areas

For the Love of People

How inclusive design can strengthen communities and improve lives

Future of Design

How street-level activation can transform cities and spark economic success

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

Digital twin technology promises greater efficiency, but it’s only as effective as the data that feeds it

For the Love of People

Everyday architecture shouldn’t be banal. It should elevate and enrich the human experience.

Head to the Heart

Living with muscular dystrophy, a renowned neurologist embodies resilience in his life and work

Climate Impact

If you think carbon reduction is just about the planet, you’re missing the big picture

Future of Design

Here’s why outdoor workplaces are in high demand

Future of Design

The U.S. federal infrastructure bill presents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to transform national transit

For the Love of People

5 design tips for helping everyone on campus feel like they belong

Head to the Heart

A Chicago hospital shows us time and again that good design saves—and improves—lives

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

A new tool makes it easy to tailor design to local health needs.

For the Love of People

Tiffany Haddish hopes to deliver food and culinary education to South LA

Project Spotlight

A new higher education building inspires wonder and learning

Project Spotlight

This London workplace supports a culture of choice and responsibility

Future of Design

5 ways an evolving market is compelling owners and developers to rethink their existing real estate

Project Spotlight

A creative community grows in an old San Francisco shipyard

Head to the Heart

What the next generation of innovation districts is all about

Head to the Heart

Hospital design should care for health workers and patients in equal measure

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

How digital innovations are breaking barriers and opening space

Working Well

As one global travel company shows us, transit options just might help bring employees back to the office

Climate Impact

As climate change continues, how can energy-intensive laboratories be designed more sustainably?

person walking down a corridor with a decorative ceiling

Future of Design

“Medtail” is making healthcare more accessible and rejuvenating commercial districts.

Working Well

7 ways to foster peer-to-peer learning

Climate Impact

Glass buildings are threatening the world’s most beautiful birds. These design moves can save them.

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

How a little robot helped rebuild a camp for the blind

Future of Design

Bridging academics and industry, researchers in UC San Diego’s ‘collaboratories’ tackle the biggest challenges of our time

Climate Impact

This new sustainability standard is a game-changer for sports and entertainment venues

Head to the Heart

A new generation of career and technical education is readying students for a rapidly shifting workforce

Future of Design

These research laboratories are positioned to attract top talent

Future of Design

3 ways prefabrication can keep public transit projects moving

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

How 3D printing helped transform Minneapolis’ iconic indoor public space

Future of Design

The city of tomorrow will have way fewer cars

For the Love of People

How to design sensitive, responsive environments that support everyone

Future of Design

For a glimpse into the future of design equity, look no further than today’s federal architecture

For the Love of People

He’s on a mission to create more inclusive architecture

For the Love of People

Inclusive design should never be a program. It’s a mindset.

Future of Design

From clinician to campus change manager

Head to the Heart

How innovative design transformed radiation cancer care at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Climate Impact

Green means business

Future of Design

The Future of Healthcare Design (Part 1)

Project Spotlight

A small Canadian coffee chain shows its flower power

Climate Impact

This old house: Rethinking the retrofit

Future of Design

5 trends in health education campus design

Future of Design

The Future of Healthcare Design (Part 3)

Future of Design

The Future of Healthcare Design (Part 2)

Video

Get a feel for life in the metaverse

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High Tech’s Higher Purpose

Can AI accurately interpret your facial expression? Try it here.

Video

See how a robot fabricated this timber pavilion

For the Love of People

Why it’s time to rethink everything you thought you knew about museums

Working Well

The most progressive organizations are using corporate real estate in bold new ways.

Climate Impact

So you think you know what ESG means?

Project Spotlight

China’s newest library derives meaning from the past to inspire the future

For the Love of People

On post-COVID city streets, what’s the right way to handle a right-of-way?

Future of Design

The Metaverse is coming. Here’s what that means.

Head to the Heart

A giant indoor lab that simulates life-size public spaces could hold the key to mobility equity

Project Spotlight

Like magic, a stadium canopy “floats” above the stands

Head to the Heart

These public schools support learning, health, and wellness by design

For the Love of People

Three cities, three ways urban design can create social equity

Project Spotlight

Norway’s capital unveils one of the most sustainable mixed-use developments of the last decade

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

Sensors that read your emotions at work? They may one day make the office a happier place

Line drawing depicting carbon reduction process

Climate Impact

The carbon-reducing design process, simplified

For the Love of People

Four ways to develop healthy, affordable homes

For the Love of People

Move over, density: equity and livability are the new urban design drivers

For the Love of People

This empathic design solution gives Angelenos without a home a dignified place to sleep

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

Robots designing human places? It’s not sci-fi.

High Tech’s Higher Purpose

Because of COVID, our hospitals are prepared for whatever public health crisis comes our way

Head to the Heart

Her passion for public health is making K-12 schools safer in the pandemic era

Line drawing showing benefits of carbon reduction

Climate Impact

Reducing carbon takes work, but new tools make it easier