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Explore IA’s latest thinking on design, sustainability, and the future of the built environment. Browse blog articles, webinars, research reports, published features, and project videos, among other notable content

Design That Moves: Global Firm IA Interior Architects is Now IA

Driving Into the Future

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The Experience Engine: A New Playbook for Commercial Destinations

Kendi Sparks Promoted to Managing Director of IA’s Austin Studio

A School Shaped by Its Students

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Workplace Beauty and Belonging

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Experience is the New Commercial Capital: Why ROX is the Missing Metric in Real Estate Value

Retail From the Ground Up

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Decarbonization Starts Before the Lease

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Spark Fellowship 2025

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In a Tenth of a Second

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The Intentional Sip

At Its New Seattle Office, IA Aims for Harmony

Place Your Bets?

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Celebrating the Six Recipients of the Eighth Annual Diversity in Design Scholarship

Four Westlake Transformed

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An IA Studio Designed for Experimentation

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Unexpected Outcomes: Building Reuse

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The Sustainability of Experiential Design

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The Creative Assistant

The SCIF: Balancing Security and Wellbeing

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How IIDA’s Student Mentoring Program Shaped a Career at IA

The Harmony Exchange: Creating Great Places

IA Continues Strategic Expansion of Its Hospitality Practice with Two Key Leadership Appointments

IA’s Journey to Sustainability: A Milestone

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The Harmony Exchange: The Economics of Biophilia

Inside Tecovas’ SoHo Store: A Case Study in Experience-Led Retail Design

AI & Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Environmental Responsibility

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The Harmony Exchange: Performance by Design

Designing for Humanoids and Advanced Technologies

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Driving Thru Speedee Labs

Heritage & Design in London

The Store That Works: Design-Driven Profitability in Grocery Retail

The Business of Creativity

Archival Displays: Resonance and Preservation

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The Geography of Landlord Services

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The Circular Economy: A Business Case

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Award-Winning NEMS PACE Center in San Jose, California, Highlights Culturally Responsive Design

On Our Radar: Tecovas, New York

Festival: Transformation & Celebration

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Reclaiming the Wellbeing Room

Productivity Aware Harmonic Design

IA Announces Winners of 2025 IAct Awards Program

The Office Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Badly Designed for Today’s Workers

Moving to Austin's Beat

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The Evolution of the Airport Lounge

Tom Kasznia Joins IA as Managing Principal of Chicago Studio

Light Show: Lab Science

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Retail Futures: A 2026 Outlook

Elevating the Everyday, United Airlines

Just Like Home?

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The Great Transition: Wealth Management

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Sustainable Design in Real Time

Elevating Brand Values as Artwork

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The Most Outrageous New Hotel Designs At The Radical Innovation Awards

Presence as the Product: The Future of Entertainment

Bar None the Best

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Embodied at SHRM: Building Legacy and Belonging

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Cultural Immersion for State-of-the-Art Community Healthcare

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Compliance with Ease (USE IT Act 2025): Making it Happen

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Experiential Storytelling

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Places to Go and Things to Do

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On the Wall

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Julie Maggos Honored with Interior Design Magazine’s 2025 HiP Award

United, A Workplace with Lighter Carbon Footprint

Built to Feel: AI Beyond the Screen

Art That Remembers: Creating Evolving Installations That Capture Experience

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Authenticity and Luxury Hotel Design

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Profitable Property, A Philadelphia Story: The Repositioning of an Icon

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Tapestries of Trust

Designing Well-Topia: The Big Opportunity for Medical Aesthetics

Full-Spectrum Participation: Designing Art for Every Engagement

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Igniting the Innovation Spark

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Optimizing Lighting Budgets

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Designing for a Disconnected World: The New Role of Physical Space in Retail

Designing for Under the Radar

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The Alluring Spec Suite

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Valerie Jardon Appointed as Managing Director of IA's Strategy Studio

IA Announces Winners of 2024 IAct Awards

The Aesthetic Evolution: Designing for a New Era of Consumers

CarGurus Unveils New Office High Above Back Bay

IA Announces the Appointment of Andres Navia as Co-Managing Director of the New York Studio

Modern Restaurant Management Asks, Are We at a Culinary Crossroads?

Culinary Crossroads: How Societal Shifts Are Defining Tomorrow’s Dining

The Information Interviews IA's Agnes Pietraszek

Congratulations to the Sixth Annual Diversity In Design Scholarship Winners

The Future of Jewelry Retail: Unlocking Gen Z

IA Announces Brett Gardner as Director of Sustainability

A Bank Relocates Its Office to an Unlikely Location – The Mall

Beyond ADA: Designing Accessible Wayfinding for the Visually Impaired

IA Announces Winners of 2023 IAct Awards Program

IA Welcomes Marcos Terenzio as Senior Director, Digital Experience

Conversation with Burning Man's Art Department Director

This Historic Hotel in Rome Just Got a Modern Italian Makeover

Jim Camp Promoted to Managing Director of IA’s New York Studio

This New Hotel in Rome Is Breathing New Life Into One of the City's Most Iconic Streets

Richelle Nolan Rejoins the Firm as Managing Director of IA’s San Francisco Studio

Winners of the IA Fifth Annual Diversity in Design Scholarship Announced

Nancy Heywood Promoted to Co-Managing Director of IA’s Seattle Studio

IA's Dropbox Dublin Awarded Best of Year

Design in 30 Minutes of Less

Winners of the IA Fourth Annual Diversity in Design Scholarship Announced

IA Opens Sacramento Location

Creative and They Know It

Winners of the IA Third Annual Diversity in Design Scholarship Announced

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