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What Millennials Want When They Visit Church

Like it or not, consumer culture has shaped people’s expectations for church, and this is more true for Millennials than any other generation. So what do they think of church? What pushes them away and draws them in? And when they do visit a church, how are they hoping to be approached?

Mr. Adam Moon

MR. ADAM MOON Physics, Science Olympiad and Engineering Club FAVORITE SC MEMORY Doing the science shows for the 5th graders at St. Wenceslaus with my AP Physics students. I REALLY MISS… Seeing the students and catching up on their day-to-day lives. IN MY EXTRA SPARE TIME I’M... We are building...

Where Are Lower-Income Renters Supposed to Live?

While more Americans across all income levels and in all cities are choosing renting over buying, apartments are increasingly only being built for high-income renters.

Are Mega-Buildings the Future of Our Cities?

Cities of the future will almost certainly need to be both larger and much more sustainable than they currently are. Due to this assumption, the logical solution is huge mega-skyscrapers, which are capable of producing their own power and handling their own waste. One such design was

What to Look for Before Hiring a Contractor

Learn about the right questions to ask when hiring a contractor and important things to look for before starting a project.

Self-Healing Asphalt Could Change Your Driving Experience [VIDEO]

Could potholes go the way of the Ford Pinto? Engineering professor Erik Schlangen may have created a way to make that happen with self-healing asphalt.

What Architects Want You to Know About Hiring the Right One

Learn from the pros how to find an architect who makes the most sense for you and your project

10 Things Architects Want You to Know About What They Do

Learn about costs, considerations and surprising things architects do — plus the quick route to pinning down their style

Architects Want to Print the Buildings of the Future

AIA study reveals architects want material manufacturers to step up their digital game

As any architect who has spent precious time trying to identify a chrome versus silver nickel plated kitchen faucet for a client can attest, outdated websites and their corresponding vague specifications from building products and materials manufacturers makes life unnecessarily tedious. This...

Ideas worth floating: architects adapt to rising sea levels

Instead of simply building flood defences, designers are beginning to create structures and buildings that embrace water

10 Architects That Forgot How To Architect

The fail — it's... it's everywhere! Most architects know that great software can mean a world of difference, so check out all the amazing things you can create with Autodesk’s free educational software. It’s free.

Amazing Things Architects Make When They Aren’t Architecting

Do Architects Draw Too Much?

Do architects draw too much? The amount of documentation that is going into our residential sets grows with every project, and I think it's a problem.

A guide to understanding architect lingo

Find out what a bumwad is, and why architects will ask you about your program.

Why Architects Don’t Get It

Contrary to popular belief, green building has not become mainstream-or even well understood.

Should I be an Architect?

The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. The tone of the questions I receive have shifted from “Should I become an Architect?” to “Why should I becom…

How to Become an Architect

Once again we return to the "So You Want My Job" series. Find out about what it takes to become an architect.

How Architects Are Innovating the College Dorm

A different approach to campus residences is designed to appeal to a new generation of students for whom work-life balance is top of mind