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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

  • 1.  What do you wish CMs and GCs had learned in school?

    Posted 09-19-2016 10:40 AM

    What do you wish CMs, GCs, and subcontractors knew about architects, the design process, and the practice of architecture? I have the opportunity to propose a new elective graduate course for the Construction Management program at Central Connecticut State University. Please send me your thoughts and ideas.

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    Linda Reeder FAIA, LEED AP
    Principal
    Linda Reeder Architecture, LLC
    New Haven CT
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    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 2.  RE: What do you wish CMs and GCs had learned in school?

    Posted 09-20-2016 05:34 PM

    I have been invited to panel discussions in the past by contractors and I have given this some thought. As architects we are in the business of creating something that may be new and never drawn before. Perhaps provide an explanation of the need for a creative process and how that is required to get to a solution that can then be drawn and documented for construction.

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    William Halter AIA
    Principal
    Cooper Carry, Inc.
    Atlanta GA

    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 3.  RE: What do you wish CMs and GCs had learned in school?

    Posted 09-20-2016 05:37 PM
    The construction process is linear!  The design process is not!  This represents a huge difference in how architects and builders process information and complete work.  Designing a building is like writing a novel.  One does not start writing the beginning of the book and write in linear form until the end.  No, there are drafts.  Oftentimes different parts of the novel are developed which then INFORM the other parts of the novel.  i.e. the author just refined the ending, and now has to revise the middle and beginning. The design process is similar to this.   

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    Edward J. Shannon, Architect
    T.515-779-9050



    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 4.  RE: What do you wish CMs and GCs had learned in school?

    Posted 09-20-2016 07:38 PM
    I wish CMs would take responsibility for the construction instead of passing it to the subs. They may be subs that are low bidders and have never done such projects.

    I wish CMs would remember or learn how to be a (real) General Contractor which has respect for the Architect (and vice versa), carried a big "club" to get the subs in line, and worked
    as a team with the Architect.


    2024 HRC Taliesin West