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The Committee on Design (COD) was founded to promote design excellence among members of the AIA, the broader design community, and the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

2024 COD Conferences

Arkansas

April 3-7 | 21c Hotel | Bentonville and Eureka Springs - Registration is sold out.

Brazil

Thu, Oct 17 - Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Sao Paulo > Brasilia > Rio de Janerio.  Registration will open in late April.

2024 Sponsorships

Download the prospectus for Arkansas and Brazil opportunities.


2023 COD Conferences

Last year, COD held two domestic design conferences investigating The Authenticity of Place.  The first conference was held in New Orleans, LA.  View the short video of the venue tours and download the conference program book. The second conference was held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, September 21-24, 2023. Download the Minneapolis guidebook and view the conference video

The Other Architect From Vladimir Tatlin to Zaha Hadid

  • 1.  The Other Architect From Vladimir Tatlin to Zaha Hadid

    Posted 04-04-2016 05:09 PM

    The Other Architect - From Vladimir Tatlin to Zaha Hadid

    Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016 (Photo Steve Double, taken from ArchDaily)
    This article asking "what is architecture"  had been almost complete when news about Zaha Hadid's sudden death broke. She had approached that  question so deftly, unafraid, and exuberantly. She created visionary avantgarde drawings that later became three dimensional to touch and walk through. Whether there was a building or not was not her initial concern. In a way she was the incarnation of "The Other Architect", persisting in an architecture world then still dominated by men.
    Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein (Germany). Hadid's Big Bang.

    What is architecture? 

    This question is probably not one that that would keep many people awake at night. Nevertheless, it is interesting how little agreement there is about what it is and what it isn't. Naturally, then, the same uncertainty befalls the architect as well.
    Notre Dame Cathedral rose window, Paris France

    An architecture center seems like a good place to explore the issue. The Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA), was founded in 1979 as a research centre and museum based on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. CCA is about to close an exhibit it was running in Montreal since October that is...
     
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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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