We are excited to extend a warm invitation to the upcoming ACSA Annual Meeting, a global gathering that unites educators, practitioners, and students in the fields of architecture, design, and allied disciplines. Situated in the city of New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, this year’s conference theme, “Repair,” challenges us to reflect on repair in practice, repair in teaching, and the ethics of repair in engagement, especially in schools of architecture. Taking place from March 20-22, the 113th Annual Meeting promises to be an enriching experience for all participants.

Registration is now open for the 2025 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference. Attendees will gain an increased awareness of research happening in both academia and design practice as they explore housing as a process, a product, and a place. This in-person conference will take place January 9-11, 2025, in Austin, Texas, and will speculate on, advocate for, operate within, and struggle with new housing paradigms.

Registration includes opportunities to explore Austin and the surrounding area through educational tours, engage with attendees at the opening & closing receptions, attend extraordinary keynotes, and more.

‘Where Are My People? Queer in Architecture’ chronicles both societal and discipline-specific metrics to highlight the experiences of LGBTQIA+ designers, architects and educators. Central to the mission of this research series is the importance of giving voice and space to people from backgrounds who have been historically discriminated against. Part I encompasses numerous intersections with queer identity, recognizing the pluralistic and dynamic nature of gender and sexuality in architecture.

The focus area for this issue seeks to explore inventive topics from different aspects of the built environment. Innovation captures new ideas, methods, strategies, products, forms, designs, etc. Innovation is the action or process of innovating, introducing, or presenting novelties and modifying what is established by introducing new elements or forms. It is a change introduced to an existing product. Imaginative ideas include improvements that capture how components or processes are modified or configured in designs, systems, or domains, like building materials, data processing, digital fabrication, computation, history and theory of innovation. Innovation is critical to the success of any endeavor, such as an organization, enterprise, field or discipline, or industry. Invention is the primary driver of advancement in the built environment and other sectors, as it provides approaches, resources, and concepts generated and realized, leading to a better and more sustainable built environment. Invention guides all disciplines, and inventive ideas involve various players with diverse incentives.