Related Web Sites

Healthcare Architecture

American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)
Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA)
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
The Center for Health Design
FacilityCare Magazine
Facility Guidelines Institute
Health Facilities Management
The Joint Commission
Modern Healthcare
National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
Radiological Society of North America
Society for Neuroscience
International Union of Architects (UIA) Public Health Group

Architecture for Education

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCFE)
School Construction News Online
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
The Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI)
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
American School & University Magazine
DesignShare
Center for Cities & Schools
American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
American School Board Journal
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA)
ACRL/LAMA Guide to Planning Higher Education Library Spaces
American Architectural Foundation (AAF)

Committee of Corporate Architects and Facility Management (CAFM)

AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community
Construction and Real Estate Network (CoreNet)
Construction Users Round Table (CURT)
Buildings.com
FacilitiesNet
FM Link
Future Workspaces Research Centre
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
Metropolis Magazine
Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) BIM Resources

Justice Architecture

American Correctional Association (ACA)
American Jail Association (AJA)
Correctional News Online
Corrections Connection
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
National Association for Court Management (NACM)

Center for Building Science and Performance (BSP)

International Code Council (ICC)
National Evaluation Service Inc.
National Fire Protection Association
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Institute for Business and Home Safety
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council (BETEC)
Building Enclosure Council – Boston
Whole Building Design Guide
BuildingEnvelopes.org
Society of Building Science Educators
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Canadian National Building Envelope Council (NBEC)
Journal of Building Physics
BEC National

Committee on Design

American Planning Association (APA)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Architectural Record
Architecture Week
Arch News Now
Design Architecture.com
GreatBuildings.com
GSA Design and Construction Program
Harvard Design Magazine
International Downtown Association (IDA)
The Mayor's Institute on City Design
National Building Museum
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Pritzker Prize
Project for Public Spaces
Society of Architectural Historians
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

Sustainable Design


Design-Build

Design-Build Institute of America
Design-Build Magazine
Buildings.Com
Canadian Design-Build Institute

Design for Aging

Aging Research Institute (ARI)
American Assocation of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL)
Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center, Therapeutic Landscapes Database
Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Diversity and the AIA

Related AIA Groups
National Associates Committee
Practice Management Knowledge Community
Young Architects Forum
AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable

Ethnic & Gender-Based Organizations
AIA Denver, Women in Design Committee
American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers & Architects
American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers
Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects
Arquitectos Society of Hispanic Architects
Asian American Architects/Engineers Association of Southern California
Association for Women in Architecture - Los Angeles
Chicago Women in Architecture
Directory of African American Architects
Hispanic American Construction Industry Association
Houston Hispanic Architects & Engineers
International Archive of Women in Architecture
National Association of Women Business Owners
National Association of Women in Construction
National Organization of Minority Architects
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
Organization of Black Designers
Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals
Professional Women in Construction
Small Business Administration, Office of Women's Business Ownership
Society of Iranian Architects and Planners
Student Organization for Diversity in Architecture at University of Colorado at Boulder
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
Women in Architecture
Working Woman's Legal Survival Guide

Other Related Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineers: Promoting a Diverse Engineering Workforce
Society for Human Resource Management Diversity Forum
Society for Marketing Professional Services Diversity Task Force
ArchVoices
The American Institute of Architecture Students
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture


Additional Resources
ARCHcareers.org

Education

National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
NAAB is the sole agency authorized to accredit US professional degree programs in architecture.

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
ACSA is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

American Architectural Foundation (AAF)

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)

Housing & Residential Architecture

National Association of Home Builders
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fannie Mae
Enterprise
Center for Innovation in Affordable Housing Design
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
Grist Magazine

Historic Preservation

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (AHCP)
African-American Heritage Preservation Foundation
The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and the Octagon
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Association for Preservation Technology (APT)
ePreservation
GSA Historic Preservation
Heritage Emergency National Task Force
Heritage Preservation
Historic Preservation Booklist
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Mayors' Institute on City Design (MICD)
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) 
National Building Museum
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Park Service, Cultural Resources
National Park Service, HABS/HAER/HALS
National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services
National Preservation Institute
National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Community Partners Program
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Library Collection
National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Main Street Center
Preservation Action
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
Whole Building Design Guide
Sarasota Architectural Foundation

Religious Architecture

The Center for Religious Architecture
Faith & Form magazine, the Journal of the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA)
Envision Church: Art, Architecture, Liturgy, and Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition

Interior Architecture

Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Interiors & Sources
International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
NeoCon®
Interior Design magazine
Architectural Record magazine
Blue Bolt - Tectonic Studio
Design Addict
Design4Design
Idea Magazine

International

Your Link to Associations Around the World: The 92 UIA Member Sections

UIA Professional Practice Commission

Professional Practice Standards and Criteria Around the World: The International Professional Practice Database of the Catalan Architects Association, developed on behalf of the UIA

Integrated Practice

Owners / Facility Managers

Construction Users Roundtable (CURT)
www.curt.org 

Construction Owners Association of America, Inc (COAA)
www.coaa.org

Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
www.boma.org

International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
www.ifma.org


Construction Providers • Project Delivery

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
www.agc.org

Construction Managers Association of America (CMAA)
www.cmaanet.org

Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)
www.dbia.org

Lean Construction Institute (LCI)
www.leanconstruction.org

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)
www.abc.org

American Subcontractors Association (ASA)
www.asaonline.com


Related Professions

American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
www.acec.org

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
www.asce.org

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
www.aisc.org


Construction • Advancement

ASQ Design and Construction Division
www.asq.org/design

Construction Industry Institute (CII)
www.construction-institute.org

International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)
www.cibworld.nl/website/

Construction Institute (CI)
www.constructioninst.org

Building Futures Council (BFC)
www.thebfc.com


Research • Technology • Standards

National Institute for Building Science (NIBS)
www.nibs.org

BuildingSMART Alliance
www.buildingsmartalliance.org

National BIM Standards
www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/ 

FIATECH
www.fiatech.org

Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE)
www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE

Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE)
www.oscre.org

Center for Communities by Design

We have compiled a list of useful links that include our partners, more sources of information on disaster assistance and a variety of other sites that deal with livability issues.

Partners
The Center for Communities by Design builds coalitions and works with many organizations to promote livable communities. Some of our partners include:

American Architectural Foundation (AAF)
The AAF's purpose is to help people understand the importance of architecture in their lives and then use that understanding to enrich their lives and transform their communities. Resources include a series of videotapes on the impact of good design on a community's quality of life: Block by Block: Reclaiming Neighborhoods by Design; Becoming Good Neighbors: Enriching America's Communities by Design; and Back from the Brink: Saving America's Cities by Design.

American Planning Association (APA)
The APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. The APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, promote the art and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society.

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
The ASLA is the national professional association representing landscape architects. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication and fellowship.

The Enterprise Foundation 
The Enterprise Foundation has partnered with the AIA, the Natural Resources Defense Council and others on the Green Communities initiative to ensure sustainable, smart and healthy homes and neighborhoods for Americans with limited incomes.
 
International Downtown Association (IDA)
The IDA promotes and guides the development of vibrant, healthy urban centers that anchor towns, cities, and regions, with information resources, news, case studies, legislation tracking, and other services.

Mayor's Institute on City Design (MICD)
The MICD's mission is to improve the design and livability of America's cities through their chief elected leaders: their mayors. The program is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), established in 1986 and now administered by the American Architectural Foundation in partnership with the NEA and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 
The NAHB is a federation of more than 800 state and local builders associations throughout the United States. This trade association enhances the climate for housing and the building industry and promotes policies that will keep housing a national priority. Chief among NAHB's goals is providing and expanding opportunities for all consumers to have safe, decent, and affordable housing.

National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) 
NAR strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the real estate industry. Working on behalf of America's property owners, NAR facilitates professional development, research, and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government to preserve the free enterprise system and the right to own, use, and transfer real property.

Project for Public Spaces (PPS) 
PPS creates and sustains public places with technical assistance, research, and education, for the benefit of communities. The Center for Communities by Design is working with PPS on the Transportation and Livable Communities Consortium and the Better Buildings partnership.

Smartgrowth.org 
This website is a service of the Smart Growth Network.  It includes summaries of and links to news articles, reports, calendar of events, and other resources.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Smart Growth Program
EPA's Smart Growth Program promotes smart growth through grants, publications, an annual Smart Growth Achievement awards program, and a database of state, regional, and local regulations.

Urban Land Institute(ULI)
ULI's mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. To increase its influence on land-use policy and practice, the Institute communicates best practices and provides relevant and current information about land use and real estate development to all its members and stakeholders.

Disaster Assistance

Best Practices in Natural Hazards Planning and Mitigation PDF 
Report from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Office of Smart Growth on best practices in reconciling new growth and development in areas that are prone to a variety of natural hazard threats.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 to provide the unifying core for the vast national network of organizations and institutions involved in efforts to secure the nation. DHS's Ready.gov website presents information on some of the things you can do to prepare for both a natural or man-made emergency.

Disaster Help
A portal where the public can easily access disaster information and services provided by government agencies and non-governmental organizations, part of the federal Disaster Management Egov Initiative. Comprehensive links and other excellent resources.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Reading Room
Includes: archives; FEMA facts; agency directives, forms and manuals; information technology; legal; maps; mitigation; National Flood Insurance Program; Office of Financial Management; preparedness and training; Project Impact; response and recovery; and other topics.

Firewise
Educational information for people who live or vacation in fire-prone areas of the United States to acquaint them with wildland fire protection.

Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University College of Architecture
Publications, research, education and outreach, links to state emergency management websites.

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities: Disaster Planning and Response
Disaster planning materials with an emphasis on school buildings.

National Emergency Management Association
Professional association of state emergency management directors; includes a resource library.

Small Business Administration (SBA)
Includes information about disaster preparedness plans, SBA disaster office locations, and loan information.

Other Useful Resources

Non-Profits

Association for Community Design
Supports community design centers with many resources, including a nationwide directory of community design centers, publications, and interactive discussions.

Community Associations Institute (CAI)
CAI is a nonprofit association that educates and supports America's 231,000 residential condominium, cooperative, and homeowner associations, as well as related professionals and service providers. The Institute is dedicated to fostering vibrant, responsive, competent community associations that promote harmony, community, and responsible leadership.

Local Government Commission (LGC)
This nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization provides technical assistance and networking to local elected officials and other dedicated community leaders who are working to create healthy, walkable, and resource-efficient communities. The LGC sponsors the annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference.

National Charrette Institute
Teaches and facilitates charrettes and encourages community involvement in debating, creating, and implementing development and design strategies.

Sustainable Communities Network
This website provides links to information sources related to healthy, vital and sustainable communities. Its goal is to increase the visibility of what strategies have worked for other communities, and to pormote a lively exchange of information to help create community sustainability in both urban and rural areas.

The Trust for Public Land
Includes links to federal, state, and local funding of conservation projects; the LandVote database of ballot initiatives in state and local elections addressing open space preservation; urban conservation information; and the economic benefits of designing development to protect open space.

News Sources

Knowledgeplex.org
Support the efforts of practitioners, grantors, policy makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or interested in the fields of affordable housing and community development. Sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Planetizen.com
Gathers news articles and reports on growth management, architecture, planning, and related subjects, updated frequently throughout the day. Also posts announcements, job listings, and a list of the top 50 planning, development, and design Web sites.

Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
Gathers best practices, research, news, and other resources and tools to inform all stakeholders in growth-management decisions.

Cyburbia
Offers an active message board, syndicated feeds of planning-related weblogs, and a selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning and urbanism.

Government

U.S. Department of Energy's Smart Communities Network
Information, assistance, and case studies on energy-efficient, sustainable development that strengthens local economies, protects the environment, and improves quality of life.

The National Conference of State Legislatures
Growth management page includes recent state and court actions, publications, and a link to a database of state incentive-based growth management laws.

Research

Active Living by Design
This project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores how community design can affect public health. Includes many links to other sites.

Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program 
Provides decisionmakers cutting-edge research and policy analysis on the shifting realities of cities and metropolitan areas. Topics include Community and Neighborhood Development, Competitive Cities, Metropolitan Growth, among others.

Miscellaneous

Silicon Valley Network Joint Venture Photo Simulations
Photos illustrating how uninviting, inefficient urban streetscapes could be transformed into vibrant, attractive areas using livable communities principles.

Smart City
A weekly radio program exploring various aspects of urban life through interviews with city leaders and policy experts. Shows are archived and can be listened to online.

Fellowships

Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania
This program trains and supports the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs who will transform neighborhoods and cities. Ten highly motivated individuals are selected each year to become CURExPenn Fellows and receive knowledge and skill development from leading experts in the field and on-the-job experience at top urban redevelopment organizations nationwide.

Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship
The Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship was established in 1999 by The Enterprise Foundation, a national nonprofit housing and community development organization. The Fellowship creates partnerships between new architects and community-based organizations to direct the skills and passions of the architects in the service of low and moderate-income communities. The Fellowship is designed to promote architectural and community design in low-income communities and encourages architects to become lifelong leaders in public service and community development.

The Loeb Fellowship
This fellowship offers ten annual postprofessional awards for independent study at Harvard University. It is a unique opportunity to nurture the leadership potential of the most promising men and women in design and other professions related to the built and natural environment.

Public Architects

AIA D.C.
Building Owners and Managers Association International
Design-Build Institute of America
General Services Administration
International Facility Managers Association
National Association of State Facilities Administrators
Society for College and University Planning

Practice Management

Society of Design Administration

Retail and Entertainment

Institute of Store Planners
www.ispo.org

International Council of Shopping Centers
www.icsc.org

Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org

National Retail Federation
www.nrf.com

Retail Design and Visual Presentation
www.retailreporting.com

Building Security Through Design
Society for Marketing of Professional Services

Small Project Practitioners

Bankrate.com site on Business Planning for small businesses 
MSN House & Home improvement calculators
Residential Property valuation site
National Association of Home Builders 
National Association of the Remodeling Industry 
Architosh
www.energycodes.gov/ - Energy Code Calculators
Residential Architect online
Technology in Practice

Building Information Modeling (BIM) White Paper—Nemetschek North America has released the white paper, "VectorWorks ARCHITECT: A BIM Application Tuned for Architectural Design." The white paper explains VectorWorks Architect's BIM technology and how it is used in architectural design.

Free Trade Publications—Stay current on the latest trends and opportunities with The Career News. You can subscribe online to almost every leading industry and business publication free of charge because the publisher needs qualified subscribers in order to sell advertising. To qualify for a subscription, fill out a short online survey to verify that you have been professionally involved in some aspect of the industry the magazine discusses. Construction, engineering, and small- to medium-size businesses are just some of the target groups represented, with several publications available under each category.

Small Business Profiles—This page on the Apple Computer Web site explains how various business owners use their Mac systems to keep their businesses running efficiently and profitably. One of the profiles features architect Giorgio Borruso, Assoc. AIA, whose organic, unconventional designs for retail projects have won numerous awards.

Design Community Forum— This site features links for design tools, the environment, new products, 3D design tools, and other online resources. Information categories include Green Design, Local Environment, Grassroots Democracy, Community Discussion, Drafting Aone, and AEC Marketplace.

Technology in Practice

Architectural Record: Digital Practice
Architecture Week - Digital Tools
TenLinks CAD Directory: Practical Technical Information
Lachmi Khemlani's AEC Bytes
Jonathan Cohen's Newsletter
Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate: Building Data Models
CAD for Principals: System Requirements and Software Evaluation
CUMINCAD Research Paper Index
3D Animation Workshop: Illustrated Articles with Modeling & Rendering Basics
Jeremy Birn's Digital Lighting and Rendering
Doors of Perception Magazine on Design of Information Technologies