Joann Gonchar

Architecture NewsInterviews 2027 AIA President-Elect/2028 President Joyce Owens. The American Institute of Architects selected new board officers last week at the organization’s annual conference, held this year in San Diego. The elections were notable for the number of candidates vying for the position of 2028 president. Six people put their names forward, compared to two or three in a typical year.

Not so long ago, Boston’s Seaport District was an expanse of abandoned warehouses, surface parking lots, and crumbling piers. Now the once desolate landscape has been replaced by a neighborhood of shiny office buildings and glittering apartment towers. But there is a predictability to this development, at least according to some critics.

ProjectsBuildings by TypeInterior DesignResidential ArchitectureRecord Interiors Room in Front of the Closet. Architects & Firms Deciding what objects to hide or reveal, what possessions to store or put on display is a conundrum faced almost universally by design-minded clients. However, it is a dilemma experienced most acutely by those who inhabit small urban spaces.