AIBD Corporate Industry Partner, Atlas Roofing, has published a design guide and wants to give it to you. The guide demonstrates how to achieve "the ideal wall." If you're a fan of Dr. Joseph Lstiburek (pronounced STEE-brek), you're familiar with the term. The ideal wall is a concept that combines thermal, moisture, vapor, and air management into a single, high-performance assembly. Why is a roofing company teaching us how to build walls? Atlas manufactures EnergyShield®, an advanced polyiso...
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Hello Reader, Congrats on surviving Monday and crushing Tuesday. Now, Wednesday beckons you to take a break and step into a pattern of discovery. Welcome to the Midweek Meander. Did someone forward this to you? Please consider subscribing. I go out of my way to avoid the news. However, I have even heard of the recent daylight robbery of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre. And because of reading those articles, the Google algorithms ensured I was aware of the museum heist in Oakland, CA,...
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Are you spending too much time on admin work and not enough on what you do best – designing great buildings? Join us for an exciting webinar on Wednesday, November 13 at 3:00 PM EST to discover how leading AEC firms are using artificial intelligence to transform their project workflows. How Leading Firms Use AEC-Specific AI to Streamline Project Work AEC professionals are spending too much time chasing emails, wrangling documents, and handling admin work that slows projects down. In this...
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November 3, 2025, Edition Ignite your mind and improve the way you are #CreatingWherePeopleLive This weekly newsletter is created by and for those designing homes in North America. Its editorial staff is the American Institute of Building Design, Inc., the premier association of residential design professionals. Here's what you get: Field Notes Nuts & Bolts Highlights Workshops & Gatherings What We're Up To Amazing sponsors who help keep this newsletter free for the industry. Let's dive in....
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve just about had your fill of hearing how "artificial intelligence will change your life." Everywhere you turn, someone’s selling a new way to automate, optimize, or revolutionize the world — whether you asked for it or not. It’s kind of like being told you’re doing laundry wrong after 30 years at the creek: “Sure, this soap powder works wonders!” they say… but all you can think is, "my clothes are already clean." So why are we writing another email about AI?...
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The Codes and Standards Committee achieved a significant milestone with the endorsement by the Code Administration Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Florida Building Commission of AIBD-sponsored modifications to the Florida Building Code. These modifications focus on updating section 107.1 of the FBC-Building code, introducing provisions to support digital plan submissions, removing the mandatory requirement for registered design professionals to prepare all construction documents,...
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Hello Reader, Congrats on surviving Monday and crushing Tuesday. Now, Wednesday beckons you to take a break and step into a pattern of discovery. Welcome to the Midweek Meander. Did someone forward this to you? Please consider subscribing. Going to be in New York City this week? You absolutely have to carve out time to start your Halloween festivities at the Center for Architecture's seventh annual Pumpkitecture competition. Leading architecture and design firms in New York go "goard to...
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TODAY, October 28, 2025 – 02:00 pm ET CE Watch Party - Navigating Historic Renovations(1.0 P3-CE)Cost: Free Are you interested in maintaining your community’s unique character while upgrading historic homes and buildings for energy efficiency? Discover why windows hold special significance in historic architecture and what makes the balance between preservation and performance so challenging. Learn how you can benefit from federal, state, and local guidelines—including the Secretary of the...
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October 27, 2025, Edition Ignite your mind and improve the way you are #CreatingWherePeopleLive This weekly newsletter is created by and for those designing homes in North America. Its editorial staff is the American Institute of Building Design, Inc., the premier association of residential design professionals. Here's what you get: Field Notes Nuts & Bolts Highlights Workshops & Gatherings What We're Up To Amazing sponsors who help keep this newsletter free for the industry. Let's dive in....
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