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AIA Re-occupancy Assessment Tool v2 (5.28.20)

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Recovery Readiness a How-To Guide for Reopening Your Workplace (v1) - CW

The Safe Six: Workplace Readiness Essentials - CW

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AIA NATIONAL - COVID-19 RESOURCES FOR ARCHITECTS

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Practice of Architecture (SF, CA)- This living document was started on Monday, March 16 2020 in response to a simple tweet asking firms to share policies that they have already shared with their staff and clients. (THIS IS UPDATED DAILY)

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**Updates made specifically adding resources and a section looking at opening-up offices.**

Architecture Firm Best Practices, Resources & Templates for Communications and Temp Policies in Response to COVID-19

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Articles & Editorials from Practice of Architecture: 

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• AIA issues tools for reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission in buildings - Peter Fabris, Building Design + Construction 6.10.20

• How School Buses Could Become COVID Testing Labs - Rebecca Baird-Remba, Commercial Observer 6.9.20

• New LEED Guidance Addresses COVID-19 Reopening Strategies - Facility Executive Magazine 6.9.20

• How Architecture Could Help Us Adapt to the Pandemic - Kim Tingley, New York Times 6.9.20

• 10 Creative Office Space Fixes to Keep Workers Safe After COVID-19 - US Chamber of Commerce 6.8.20

• AIA updates pandemic re-occupancy design tools - Anthony Pacheco, Archinect 6.1.20

• Why the Future of Restaurants is a Design Problem - Elizabeth Fazzare, Cultured Magazine 6.1.20

• COVID-19 Info - RJ Dean & Assoc, 6.1.20​ (also provided the Recovery Readiness & The Safe Six above)

• New Methods for Back-to-School Planning, Facilities Redesign - Natalie Dolce, Globe St.com 6.1.20

• How should L.A. be redesigned for coronavirus? Are doorknobs out? We asked the experts - Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times 5.29.20

• Practicing Architecture in a Pandemic- Robin Pogrebin, New York Times 5.28.20

• How will Covid-19 change the design of health facilities? - R.Waite, G. Pitcher, Architects’ Journal (UK) 5.28.20

• Alternative Healthcare Facilities: Architects Mobilize their Creativity in Fight against COVID-19 - Christele Harrouk, ArchDaily 5.28.20

• THE ARCHITECTS' MENTAL WELLBEING FORUM

• Coronavirus pandemic causing "significant decline" in UK architects' mental health - India Block, Dezeen 5.27.20

• COVID-19 forces architects to rethink designs amid requests for touch-free amenities - Lauren Linder, NBC Milwaukee 5.26.20

• The Dotted Line: How will clients approach contracts post-pandemic? - Kim Slowey, Construction Dive 5.26.20

• A Conversation With St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman: Reopening the City - Trinity Simons, Common Edge 5.20.20

• How Architects Are Already Planning the Future of Offices - Fred Bernstein, Wall Street Journal 5.22.20

• As Cities Re-Open, These Visionary Architects Will Help Improve Supply Chains And Disease Prevention - Jonathon Keats, Contributor Forbes 5.22.20

• Architects design COVID-19 mobile testing labs for underserved communities - Lucy Wang, Inhabitat 5.21.20

• LEED, other building certification systems, look to adjust to COVID-19 era - Nicole Norfleet, Minneapolis Star Tribune 5.20.20

• Architecture of Healing: Post-Emergency and Recovery- ArchDaily - Eric Baldwin 5.21.20

• An inspired plan to help restaurants reopen: Let diners eat al fresco - Lilly Smith, Fast Company 5.21.20

• Architectural Billings Reveal Continued Decline in Business - Gail Kalinoski, Commercial Property Executive 5.21.20

• Hospitality After COVID-19: An Architect’s Perspective - Bruce Greenfield, Hotel Business 5.18.20

• When We Return to the Office, It Should Look Like This - Studio Ma, Commercial Property Executive 5.18.20 

• Infection control in office buildings: Preparing for re-occupancy amid the coronavirus - John Caulfield, Building Design + Construction 5.18.20

• Goodbye, Open Office? How Workspaces Will Change After Coronavirus - Gabe Bullard, WAMU/NPR 5.19.20
  State COVID-19 Executive Order Exemptions and Plans for Reopening - Updated 5.19.20

• AIAU 5.27.20 Supporting Parents Working from Home During COVID-19 and Beyond - FREE for Members 

• Ten Thoughts on the Future of Practice - Phil Bernstein, Arch Daily 5.12.20​

• The fraught return of working at home - Eliza Brooke, Curbed 5.20.20

• Hometown Heroes across New Mexico - Martin Heinrich Blog 5.19.20

• CU Denver Students Use Pandemic To Better Their Architecture Class Project - Michael Abeyta, CBS Denver 5.17.20

• Five Architects Sketch Views On Post-Pandemic Residential Design - Jeffrey Steele Contributor Forbes 5.16.20

• Coronavirus shutdown offers opportunity to rethink how we live - Mark Ferenchik, Columbus Dispatch 5.18.20

• The International Code Council hosts virtual discussion on the effects of COVID-19 on the building safety industry for Building Safety Month - Markets Insider 5.18.20

• How post-pandemic office spaces could change corporate culture -  Jen Geller & Riley de Leon, CNBC 5.18.20

• Updated Alternative Care Site tool developed by AIA to be distributed internationally by US Department of State - Antonio Pacheco, Archinect 5.11.20

• Will we ever work in the company office again? Inga Saffron, Philadelphia Inquirer 5.13.20

• How will hotels change after the coronavirus? - Lloyd Alter, Treehugger 5.13.20

• April Unemployment Data Shows Significant Job Losses in Construction, Manufacturing, and Retail - Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest 5.13.20

• As Death Toll in Nursing Homes Climbs, Calls to Redesign Them Grow - Jane Margolies, New York Times 5.12.20

• Architect Rem Koolhaas Says Redesigning Public Spaces Was Necessary Before the Pandemic - Belinda Luscombe, Time Magazine 5.14.20

• More pandemic-related competitions and grant opportunities for architects and designers - Alexander Walter, Archinect 5.8.20

• Workplace reimagined: COVID-19 to reshape the modern office experience - New York Real Estate Journal 5.7.20

• Chris Craiker's Architex Angle: Surviving a pandemic and a pending recession - Chris Craiker, Napa Valley Register 5.8.20

• How designers are remaking spaces for our new socially distanced lives - Starr Herr-Cardillo, NPR Philadelphia 5.9.20

• AIA outlines how people can safely return to offices post pandemic - Bridget Cogley, Dezeen 5.7.20 (Link on our main web page and above)

• Scared to Return to Work Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic? These Federal Laws Could Grant You Some Protections - Madeline Carlisle, TIME 5.6.20​

• Firms Open Up About Pandemic-Induced Layoffs, Furloughs, and Pay Cuts - Laura RAskin, Architectural Record 5.6.20

• How co-working spaces could succeed in the post-pandemic world - Jennifer Liu, CNBC 5.4.20

• One Firm's Response to COVID-19 Is to Create a Mazelike Park - Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest 5.4.20

• Cooped Up Indoors? There’s a Reason You Don’t Feel Well - Tim McKeough, New York Times  5.5.20

• Keeping Equity a Priority During the COVID-19 Crisis - Mary-Margaret Zindren, CAE, AIA Minnesota 5.2020​

• Converting Columbia’s “Bubble” To a Coronavirus Field Hospital - Rebecca Baird-Remba, Commercial Observer 5.2.20

• Architects and designers contemplate the post-coronavirus future - Tim Jimenez, KYW Newsradio Philadelphia 5.3.20

• Sensor taps and no door handles: Covid-19 shows it's time to rethink public toilets - Elias Visontay, The Guardian (UK) 5.3.20

• Goodbye to open office spaces? How experts are rethinking the workplace - Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic (requires email address) 4.30.20

• Updates on Practice of Architecture (see above): 

  • Returning to the workplace after COVID-19: What Boards should be thinking about - a great list of things owners should think about as well

  • Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 - The official PDF from OSHA

  • Maintaining a Comfortable, Healthy Workplace, solutions for safely navigating COVID-19 - WeWorks guide to what they are doing in their spaces

• Is This Eco-Friendly “Smart Office” the Way of the Future? - Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest 4.30.20

• Pandemic Unlikely to End Construction in 2020 - Barbara Murray, Commercial Property Executive 5.1.20

• Billings Are Down, But Architects Are Planning Ahead Of The Pandemic - Joseph Pimentel, Bisnow Los Angeles 4.30.20

• The Importance of Antibacterial Surfaces in Healthcare Architecture - José Tomás Franco,  Archdaily 4.29.20

• Communication And The Right Software Are The Keys To Designing At A Distance - Regina Cole, Forbes 4.29.20

• Architects and Designers Weigh In on the Future of Work - Jennifer Baum Lagdameo, Dwell 4.29.20

• From ‘officles’ to giant sneeze guards: How COVID-19 will change your open office - Mark Wilson, Fast Company 4.30.20

• 5 Ways To Achieve A Healthier Work Space Now And After COVID-19 - Rachel Bannon-Godfrey, workdesign.com  4.5.20

• MASS Design Offers Guidance for Adapting Hospitals on the Fly - James Russell, FAIA, Architectural Record 4.29.20

• After coronavirus: The office of the future is the office of the past - Jane Wells, CNBC 4.27.20

• Nashville architects crank up 3D printers, create 1,000 face shields for medical workers - Adam Sichko, Nashville Business Journal 4.27.20

• Cities That Heal: How The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change Urban Design - Adam Waller and Meghna Chakrabarti, NPR – On Point 4.28.20

• Where Should Seniors Live? We Need More Silver Architecture - Bart Astor, Forbes 4.29.20

• How cities are reshaping streets to prepare for life after lockdown - Adele Peters, Fast Company 4.27.20

• 9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen - Anya Kamenetz, NPR 4.24.20

• Phil Bernstein Shares Ten Thoughts on the Future of Practice - Architectural Record 4.24.20

• Sports arenas could require ‘necessary renovations’ for social distancing, architect firm says - Jabari Young, CNBC 4.26.20

• COVID-19’s effect on mental health, future design - Colorado Real Estate Journal 4.27.20

• AIA commends Congressional approval of COVID-19 economic relief bill

• FREE Webinar 4.30.20 - The Future of Architecture, Our Places, & Our Culture  - AIA CT

• AIA index points to major downturn in commercial construction - Jenn Goodman, Construction Dive 4.23.20

• Buildings Closed by Coronavirus Face Another Risk: Legionnaires’ Disease - John Shiffman, Reuters 4.24.20

• AIA Commends Approval of COVID-19 Relief Bill - Building Enclosures 4.24.20

• "A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a hospital" - Jason Schroer, Dezeen 4.22.20

• What comes next? A surgeon’s 3 predictions for the future of healthcare design - Andrew M. Ibrahim, Fast Company 4.22.20

• Are you lonesome, tonight? – how some architects are tackling loneliness - Edited by Branko Miletic, Architecture & Design (UK) 4.23.20

• Ensure That Your Customer Relationships Outlast Coronavirus - Ted Waldron and James Wetherbe, Harvard Business Review 4.1.20

• On Earth Day, We Reflect on Architecture's Relationship with the Planet - Niall Patrick Walsh, ArchDaily 4.22.20

• AIA: Billings Fell Dramatically in March - Katherine Keane, Architect Magazine 4.22.20

• Past pandemics changed the design of cities. Six ways COVID-19 could do the same - Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times 4.22.20

• How to improve your home during lockdown - Caroline Thorpe, Financial Times 4.21.20

• 5 Insights as Architects Lead Hospital Conversion for COVID-19 Response - Zach Mortice, Autodesk Redshift 4.21.20

• Silver Linings: Amid Lockdown, Architect Andrew Franz Glimpses the Future of Live/Work - Architizer, Andrew Franz 4.20.20

• How architects can stop COVID-19 from spreading indoors - Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Leslie Dietz & Mark Fretz, Fast Company 4.20.20

• Architecture Does Not Lead: It Follows - Duo Dickinson, Common\Edge 4.20.20

• The Pandemic Pivot: How Coronavirus Might Shape Our City - San Diego News, KPBS , 4.19.20

• The Post-Pandemic Style - Vanessa Chang, Slate 4.19.20

• Architecture & Design Film Festival Offers Online Lineup - Kara Mavros, Architectural Record 4.16.20

• Stimulus isn’t enough. Our cities need a post-pandemic New Deal- Patrick Sisson, Curbed 4.16.20

• Economic Development Department Ramps Up Public Outreach: Agency Provides Ongoing Webinars to Help Businesses and Communities - 4.14.20

• For Developers and Owners: How COVID-19 Is Affecting Construction Projects and Actions You Should Consider - Robert C. Epstein, National Law Review 4.15.20

• Negative pressure rooms save lives. Why aren’t there more of them? Mark Wilson, Fast Company 4.16.20

• How will coronavirus change offices? Think new seating, more cleaning and hands-free tech - Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News 4.16.20

• Architects Forecast Change For Design In Wake Of COVID-19 - Jeffrey Steele, Forbes  4.16.20

• FREE Live Streaming this Friday @ 11:00 AM MST: Supplying The Front Line: Tips for 3D Printing of Medical Components - The Architect's Newspaper - Registration Required

• STO - 1 HSW - Achieving Performance and Aesthetics with Engineered Building Enclosure Solutions 4.16/4.23  - Registration required.

• ICC Webinar - Online Access to Codes and Standards - FREE 4.17.20​

• Designing at a distance: Coronavirus is changing how Philly architects work - Starr Herr-Cardillo, WHYY/ NPR 4.14.20

• How a virus will rewrite the rules of building design -  Daniel Overbey, Joe Yount and Stewart Whitcomb, Indianapolis Star / MSN 4.12.20

• Architects develop a COVID-19 screening booth for no-touch testing - Evan Nicole Brown, Fast Company 4.13.20

• The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities - Alex Davies, Wired 4.13.20

• Keeping Equity a Priority During the COVID-19 Crisis - Mary-Margaret Zindren, CAE, AIA Minnesota 4.10.20

• Sneeze Guards and Temperature Checks Are the New Normal for U.S. Retail - Jeff Green and Donald Moore, Bloomberg  4.10.20

• Architecture Firms Report Both Frustration and Success with Payroll Protection Program - David Sokol, Architectural Record 4.10.20

• How Infectious Disease Defined the American Bathroom - Elizabeth Yuko, CityLab 4.10.20

• AIA’s COVID-19 Task Force Creates Design Guide to Retrofit Buildings for Alternative Care -  Eric Baldwin, ArchDaily 4.10.20

• The architecture industry is getting slammed by COVID-19 - Evan Nicole Brown, Fast Company 4.10.20

• AIA’s COVID-19 Task Force publishes design guide for retrofitting buildings for hospital use -  Antonio Pacheco, Archinect  4.8.20

• First Aid From Architects - Associations Now

• Delay Claims (Republished with a pandemic update) - By William J. Schmalz FAIA, LEED AP, CCCA, Assoc DBIA 4.3.20

• Economic & Industry Resources; Economic, Industry, Outlooks, Customer Data, Sustainability, Global, Weekly

• March 2020 Special Report: Moving ahead, challenging times confront the design professions     PDF of Charts 

• FREE AIAU Live Series: Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic - AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker ​  - A  series of four 15 minute sessions; Non Residential, Residential, Employment Data, ABI - Recordings of Webinars are available.

• HDTS Special Report: Projected strength in residential markets set to be derailed by global pandemic

• Buildings that Last: Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction, and Reuse - In times of crisis, a guide for how to design buildings that last - PDF

• Three firm leaders describe how to survive an economic downturn - Steve Cimino - AIA National, 11.1.19

• "We are three recessions away from becoming extinct as a profession" – Evelyn Lee on Business Continuity During a Time of Crisis - Sean Joyner, Archinect 4.7.20

• How to build a hospital in nine days: emergency architecture in a pandemic - Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian 4.7.20

• 5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19 - Leilah Stone, Metropolis Magazine  4.6.20

• USC leads an army of architects making masks for medical workers using 3-D printers - D. Vankin, LA Times  4.7.20

• FREE Webinar April 9 @ 1 pm MST - Moving Permitting and Plan Review Online - International Code Council

• FREE Webinar April 9 @ 1 pm MST- Architecture in a Time of Pandemic: Professional Practice Issues & COVID-19 - AIA Austin

• How AIA contracts address issues arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic - AIA Contract Documents 3.25.20

• When Disaster Strikes How Do AIA Contract Documents Address COVID 19 Issues - AIA Contract Documents 3.27.20

• Many Masks Project - Update with Photos!

• COVID19 ArchMap Mapping COVID-19 related architecture projects - Maggie Brown, AIA National 4.4.20

• Newly-Formed AIA Task Force Launches Tool to Collect Coronavirus Alternative Care Site Designs - Kara Mavros, Architectural Record  4.3.20

• Introducing Archinect’s COVID-19 Guide for Architects & Designers - Sean Joyner, Archinect  4.3.20

• 3D Printing Surgical Mask Strap - Save the ears of health workers! - MakerBot Thingiverse

• 3D Printing Face Shield + Respirator Mask   

• Architects Share Best Practices for Working from Home - By David Sokol, Architectural Digest 4.2.2020

• What to Do If Your Project Is Put On Hold or Canceled - By David Sokol, Architectural Digest 4.3.2020

• COVID-19: Confronting The New Normal - Debra K. Rubin and ENR Editors 4.2.2020

• Architect standard of care relative to site visits during the COVID-19 pandemic - AIA Risk Management, 3.27.20

• COVID-19 Impact on AEC Industry - Specific Issue Survey Results - Prepared by AEC Advisors LLC 3.24.20

• Worried About a Possible Recession? Here Are 6 Tips From Designers Who Weathered the Last One - Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest 4.1.20

• How to Deliver Thousands of COVID-19 Rooms in Weeks - James S. Russell, FAIA, Architectural Record 4.1.20

• Automotive, Motor Racing, Architecture, Design Unite In The Fight Against COVID-19 - Nargess Banks, Forbes 4.1.20

• Coronavirus Means Building Owners, Companies Need To Look At New Health Standards - Jarred Schenke, Bisnow Atlanta 3.31.20

• How Architects and Designers Can Respond to COVID-19 -Trinity Simons, Common Edge 3.31.20

• Virus Delays Hit Construction - William Morris 3.30.20 Finance & Commerce

• Architects and Engineers are 3D Printing Medical Gear During Pandemic - Isabel Ling  3.31.20 The Verge

• How Will the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package Affect Architects? Miriam Sitz Architectural Record  

• How Architects Are Making It Work from Home During COVID-19 - Lydia Lee Metropolis Magazine

• 2020 President, Jane Frederick, FAIA addresses COVID-19

• The Story of Vo, the Javits Ward, the Empty Streets of San Francisco, and More COVID-19 Architecture News from the Week -  Greig O'Brien Architect Magazine​

• Architects taking action to support COVID-19 response - New AIA task force will offer insights for adapting buildings into healthcare facilities - 3.26.20 AIA National Press Release

• 8 Architects on How the Pandemic Will Change Our Homes Forever - Duncan Nielsen DWELL

• How Businesses Can Help with COVID-19 Response - USACE  by Sam Marcum - AIA State Disaster Coordinator Network

• Health Care Designers Educate, Advise, Warn During COVID-19 Crisis - Nadine M. Post Architectural Record

• Obituary: Michael Sorkin, 1948-2020

• Boston Society of Architects (BSA)  - Featured Webinar Events Tuesday & Friday * past webinars available to view!

• AIA Letter to Membership 3.26.2020

• AIA praises Congress for advancing desperately needed COVID-19 relief

• Major Impacts of the CARES Act on Firms and Employees

• This Italian Architecture Firm Is Developing a Modular ICU That Can Fit Into a Shipping Crate - Robb Report

• The AIA Is Urging Congress to Safeguard the Future of Architecture—and America - Dwell

• Social Distancing in the Design and Construction Workplaces, Losses and Cancellations, and More COVID-19 News from the Week -  Architect Magazine Greig O'Brien

• 7 Ways to Make Your Business Thrive in Tough Economic Times - Susan Ward

• Competition Invites Architecture Students to Confront the Pandemic Through Design - Architectural Record

• Immediate Impacts on Construction Planning Mixed - Dodge Data & Analytics 

• Small architecture firms call for US government help amid the coronavirus crisis - Dezeen

• How Autodesk Is Helping Communities, Customers, and Employees Impacted by COVID-19 - Andrew Anagnost

• Scrambling to get your remote work operation set up? Check out this in-depth webinar from the Boston Society of Architects​ - Archinect News

• NCARB Updates Testing Policies Due to COVID-19 - Architect Magazine

• Shifting Focus During Radical, Unprecedented Change - We all know a lot has changed in the last week, that doesn't mean you still can't do business development, it just requires a different focus.

• Transitioning a Design Studio into a Remote Workforce - 5 great tips to help you jump in feet first and full steam ahead

• COVID-19 Should Change Us - editorial by Architect Magazine's, Editor-in-Chief, Ned Cramer

• Designers "preparing for a worsening situation and supply problems" due to the coronavirus - Slack has already seen this happening to some of our offices, what other impacts could we be seeing in the design sector

• Luxury resorts, tiny homes, RVs: How architecture is adapting in the age of coronavirus - quick adaptive reuse - turned quarantine sites

• COVID-19: Ultimate Guide to Free Video Conferencing & Collaboration

• FREE & Low Cost AIAU courses for AIA members

• ULI - Public Health and Real Estate: Resources on COVID-19

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