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AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The Dust Is Settling

AIA CEO Lakisha Woods vindicated of allegations by law firm hired to conduct independent investigation

a body of water in Jonathan Dickinson, a Florida State Park
The Great Outdoors Initiative

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces plan to build golf courses, pickleball courts, and “glamping opportunities” at nine state parks

frank lloyd wright price tower
The Price Is Not (W)right

Controversy swirls around Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Lawyering Up

AIA leadership addresses misconduct claims with independent investigation by Miller & Chevalier, a Washington D.C. law firm

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Say It Ain’t So

Moriyama Teshima Architects and Toronto politicians slam Ontario Science Centre’s closure and say it can be saved

Israel Pavilion in Venice
A Noticeable Absence

Israel will not participate in 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale due to “budget constraints imposed by the war”

Tremaine Barn by Philip Johnson in Madison, Connecticut
The Curious Case of Emily Hall Tremaine

Plans to convert home with Philip Johnson–designed addition into cultural center divide quiet Connecticut town

ETH Zurich at night
Call to Action

ETH Zurich students, faculty, and alumni sign letter of support for Dr. Samia Henni after she received a death threat

AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Trouble at HQ?

AIA leadership criticized over recent staff retreat, alleged financial mismanagement, cronyism, nepotism, and FAIA jury controversy

protest at Washington University in Tisch Park
“It Was Appalling”

Washington University professor Michael Allen suspended for connection to Gaza campus encampment

On the Record

PAU, COOKFOX, and ILA are the design team for NYCHA’s Fulton Elliott-Chelsea plan

Order in the Court

SmithGroup sues Pure Architects and regional pediatric hospital over copyright dispute in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Open Letter

Italy’s culture minister responds to petition that calls for the “exclusion of Israel from the Venice Biennale”

Crunching the Numbers

In Philadelphia, new 76ers arena could cost Pennsylvanians $1 billion in lost tax revenue, study finds

Non-Defamation Architecture

Judge sides with Valerio Olgiati in defamation suit brought by Markus Breitschmid over Virginia house—case over fees is ongoing

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Neri Oxman, wife of Bill Ackman, accused of plagiarism days after Claudine Gay resigns

Two low slung buildings on a palm tree island above blue waters, where Jeffery Epstein vacationed
“I hired architects”

Tom Pritzker of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and other benefactors named in Epstein-Maxwell court documents

“Astonishingly out of touch”

Big Oil–backed addition to London’s British Museum sparks outrage

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