The American Institute of Architects (AIA) proudly announced the winners of its 2026 Awards during a gala held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. This highly anticipated event celebrated more than 100 award winners including the Housing Award, honoring the best home design that showcases how beauty, safety, sustainability, and comfort come together. See the winners here.Download the 2026 Housing Awards publication here.
On October 21, 2025, 8 advisory group members of the AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community (HCD) joined leaders at the AIA Housing Summit in Washington, DC, hosted by AIA President Evelyn Lee. The Summit brought together AIA National Leadership, senior leaders from approximately 20 national housing organizations, volunteer leaders, and AIA staff to advance coordinated housing advocacy and action within the AIA and beyond.
Over 20 years Portland Oregon tried to establish model community design standards for as-of -right approvals, workable "model" infill prototypes and has tried "competitions" for various dense single dwelling read more
Amy, I encourage you to reach out to the Michigan Historic Preservation Network and the Michigan Municipal League. Last year I attended a webinar about the Missing Middle Housing in Michigan entitled read more
So the city of Bend OR has issued 6 ADU plans that are "pre approved" but of course need the utilities specifically designed for the site. Our foundations here are not required to have a soils report as read more
Hello! Our local component's Advocacy team has been tracking interest from our local planning department in developing "pre-approved" housing typologies (pattern book) for missing-middle scale housing. read more
By Karen Kubey, Assoc. AIA On behalf of the AIA Right to Housing Working Group, I was happy to co-organize two tours for the AIA26 Conference with Casa Familiar, Inc. , an environmental justice read more
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