Snapshots from my first day at the AIA 2012 Convention in Washington, D.C....

Well over a 1,000 people—many with coffee in hand—attended this morning’s plenary session at the AIA convention...

The AIA's chief economist, Kermit Baker, revealed that approximately 60,000 (!!) payroll jobs have been eliminated at U.S. architecture firms since the recession began...

Friday was another whirlwind day! In addition to blog posts by Architectural Record editors, be sure to visit our Facebook page and check out our AIA 2012 photo gallery. 

While exploring the expo floor at the AIA Convention on Thursday and Friday, I checked in with several exhibitors involved in making data on the environmental and health impacts of building products more readily available to the architecture community. I stopped by UL Environment, a division of Underwriters

Walking the show floor in the brief time alotted by this year's convention host (just 10 am to 4 pm on the first two days) it was clear that companies are raising the bar on their offerings to comply with increasingly stringent sustainability and energy requirements—not to mention the high performance and aesthetic

Netherlands-based DyeCoo's pioneering waterless dyeing process wins top honors.

Marlon Blackwell speaking with Record Assistant Editor Laura Raskin. Photo by Alanna Malone.On Friday morning, Marlon Blackwell stopped by RECORD’s booth at AIA to chat about some of his recent work (his firm, Marlon Blackwell Architect, won an AIA Honor Award this year for the Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion). 

This morning, the AIA released the results of the second year of projected energy use data from firms participating in the 2030 Commitment Program. The 2030 Challenge was initially established by Ed Mazria to set a timeline for net zero use for all new construction by the year 2030. The AIA endorsed the challenge, but

The man who designed the Washington Convention Center is still busy designing convention centers.