Certain types of buildings are targets for forced entry, active shooter events, and terrorist attacks, while others are at risk for opportunistic threats. Architects should consider specifying security glazing systems on projects ranging from schools and healthcare facilities to retail stores, stadiums, and religious buildings. This course will examine the different safety and security glass types, Forced-Entry Resistant Glazing Systems, industry-recognized testing standards, and design considerations for specifying security glazing in various applications.

National Preparedness Month is a reminder that effective disaster response begins long before the storm. This webinar explores the proactive role architects can play in developing temporary housing solutions that are ready to deploy when communities need them most.  Rather than waiting for catastrophe to drive action, this session explores how AIA chapters and their members can prepare before disasters and support communities through recovery afterward. Attendees will examine the frameworks, partnerships, and pre-approved design strategies that can help communities deploy housing and other solutions quickly and effectively when disaster strikes. From modular construction approaches that can scale rapidly in the wake of a disaster, to planning efforts that bring together universities and local emergency management agencies, the session will highlight what effective preparation looks like—and why it matters. Attendees will also gain insight into how design professionals can help communities navigate deployment, response, and recovery in the aftermath. The conversation also broadens beyond the post-disaster context to examine the intersection of emergency housing and the ongoing housing crisis — including how temporary solutions can sometimes become permanent ones, and how architects can advocate for and support their communities year-round. Part 2 of the Architect's Role in Disaster Risk Reduction Series.

Through a panel of an owner and architects acting as an owner advisor in the AEC sphere, the speakers will discuss the importance of the owner advisor, why architects are a natural fit in this leadership role, and how architects can develop additional revenue opportunities in a new market segment. The panel also will discuss potential conflicts of interest as architects choose between providing traditional services and owner advisor services. This panel will share real-life stories of owner-advisor practitioners to inspire the audience on the values that owner-advisors bring to the table in design-build delivery. 

This course explores how integrated digital workflows can support architects and designers in evaluating and reducing the carbon impact of building projects. Participants will examine how sustainability data, performance metrics, and benchmarking can be incorporated into early and ongoing design decision making using digital tools. The session focuses on understanding how carbon related insights can inform design alternatives, support regulatory and voluntary reporting requirements, and align project workflows with industry sustainability commitments, including the AIA 2030 Commitment. Emphasis is placed on practical application, data informed decision making, and the role of technology in advancing environmental responsibility within architectural practice. 

Rainscreen systems are designed to protect a building's exterior and interior from moisture, improve thermal efficiency, and enhance the building's durability in areas prone to high levels of moisture and wind-driven rain. This course will explore the importance of designing resilient buildings and the dangers of moisture intrusion for building longevity. It will examine how rainscreens manage moisture, their components, and climate specific considerations. It will demonstrate how fiber cement siding and horizontal steel furring can be used to create a rainscreen system, including important installation considerations. 

Join AIA Chief Economist Richard Branch for a quarterly conversation about the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI). The ABI is a leading monthly economic indicator that uses proprietary AIA data to predict nonresidential construction activity 9–12 months ahead. Get ahead of emerging challenges and opportunities and inform your strategic planning with key insights into the industry’s latest economic data and trends.

Designing inclusive justice facilities requires more than strong architectural intent or stakeholder consultation; it requires delivery models that embed collaboration into the structure of the project itself. Justice and public safety facilities are uniquely complex, balancing security, public access, long term adaptability, and community trust—often across multiple jurisdictions and stakeholder groups. This session explores how Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) can function as a practical collaborative methodology for addressing these challenges.  Using the West Shore RCMP Detachment Project as a case study, the session examines how IPD enabled early alignment between municipalities, justice stakeholders, designers, engineers, and trade partners to address long term growth, operational complexity, and evolving public safety needs. The project brought together multiple municipal owners and a multidisciplinary team within an IPD framework that emphasized early partner engagement, transparent cost modeling, and facilitated validation—allowing critical conversations about scale, flexibility, systems integration, and future readiness to occur when they could meaningfully influence outcomes.  The session focuses on how IPD shifts collaboration from isolated engagement moments to a continuous, integrated process. Participants will learn how early partner involvement supports shared understanding of justice operations, reduces disciplinary silos, and improves the translation of functional requirements into spatial and systems decisions. Rather than positioning IPD solely as a risk management or cost control tool, the session frames it as a collaborative methodology that supports more inclusive, resilient, and future ready justice environments.

Intended for licensed architects, engineers, or certified building inspectors, this training certifies attendees as Building Evaluators in the nationally recognized Safety Assessment Program (SAP). To register | Click Add to cart and complete the checkout process. Evaluator Field Manuals |  ATC 45 | ATC 20 | Participants are responsible for purchasing these texts from ATC. They are not included in the course cost. The program is managed by Cal OES with cooperation from professional organizations, including AIA. It utilizes volunteers and mutual aid resources to provide professional engineers, architects and certified building inspectors to assist local governments in safety evaluation of their built environment in an aftermath of a disaster. SAP is the training standard of the AIA Disaster Assistance Program, which provides leadership, advocacy, and training to architects who are interested in volunteering their professional skills in times of crisis. This workshop will teach participants to conduct rapid damage assessments of structures affected by earthquakes, wind, and water. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to consistently and safely assess structures for habitability and will receive a nationally recognized Cal OES registration ID card from the state of California. AIA SAP Training Program