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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.  Preparing For Portland

    Posted 08-21-2016 06:07 AM

    As a part of the preparations for COD's Fall Conference in Portland, we'd like to initiate a discussion on what to read or movies/shows to watch about Portland before you go there. The TV show Portlandia will occur to many of you but are there other films, shows or books you would recommend to get some additional background on Portland?

    I can offer a few book titles to start:

    This Is Portland: The city you've heard you should like by Alexander Barrett

    Fugitives And Refugees: A Walk In Portland, Oregon by Chuck Palahniuk

    Jumptown: The Golden Years Of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957 by Robert Dietsche

    The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Heidi Durrow

    Lean On Pete by Willy Vlautin

    For bird-fanciers, Portland offers the annual Vaux's swift migration stop at the Chapman School chimney. Normally in the hour before sunset each evening in September. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNqso6VElE

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    Ann Thompson
    Essex Library Association/ COD Communications Chair
    Essex CT
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    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 2.  RE: Preparing For Portland

    Posted 08-22-2016 05:40 PM

    why don't the COD event show up in the Nat'l calendar?

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    Genevieve Holubik AIA
    Architect
    Genevieve V Holubik, AIA
    Anchorage AK

    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 3.  RE: Preparing For Portland

    Posted 08-24-2016 09:33 AM

    The COD Fall Conference is on the AIA.ORG Events page as a featured event:  http://www.aia.org/conferences/index.htm.  Scroll down to the Upcoming Events box and you'll see the conference information. 

    I'll find out why none of the KC Fall Conferences appear on the Calendar of Events.

    Let me know if you have questions.

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    Susan Parrish
    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington DC

    2024 HRC Taliesin West