On the heels of the recent IDP Outstanding Firm Award, the AIA published an article looking at what some of the winning firms are doing that set their IDP programs apart. From mentorship that partners interns with more experienced architects, like at SS&L to offering incentives for earning one’s license like at EDR, Erica Malouf’s article explored the value of an Intern Development Program. At PAYETTE we pride ourselves on the long history of our Young Designers Core (YDC), started in 2000 as a leadership and development network. Our philosophy behind in the YDC is that elevating interns elevates the practice as a whole. By offering a variety of settings ranging from the entire staff to small group events, interns can forge connections and build natural mentoring relationships with a network of individuals, providing mentorship on a range of levels.
How do you engage, train and retain your interns and young architects? Read the full article.
We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
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