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Across the country, architecture offices are developing toolkits for safely reopening educational facilities.

The AIA reports that the Architecture Billings Index, a leading economic indicator for nonresidential construction activity, moderated slightly in May 2020.

"We believe that removal may be necessary to achieve the greater good of ensuring racial justice and equality," said the organization in a statement.

With safety concerns at the forefront, architects are helping clients large and small to re-envision their open-plan, collaborative workspaces.

Breaking with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, the school says it will move to two sites in Arizona owned by the Paolo Soleri–founded Cosanti Foundation.

From modular solutions and retrofits to strategies used in health-care facilities, design firms are exploring how to keep diners and food-service workers healthy.

Resources for reading and viewing on race and architecture, compiled by Mario Gooden, with Mabel O. Wilson and the Architectural League staff

“You've got to do the reading, you’ve got to have the tears—by yourself," says the Chicago-based artist, who trained as an architect, about the long road ahead.

Four large, site-specific works of art have been installed in the New York airport's newly renovated terminal.

To fight structural racism, “Mentor someone who doesn't look like you," says the Detroit-based founder of 400 Forward—an initiative that encourages Black women to enter the profession.