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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

Architecture Biennale: Reports from the Front

  • 1.  Architecture Biennale: Reports from the Front

    Posted 06-23-2016 06:38 AM

    There seems to be so much that is more urgent than writing about the artistic joys of architecture, even when  this year's architecture Biennale in Venice itself conveys urgency with its rather breathless title "Reports from the Front".

    Not having visited the Biennale myself (I was only two-hundred  kilometers away when it opened) and going only by reports from a friend and what was published in the media, this isn’t a report from Venice nor is it my intend to write a critique. Instead, this article assumes that the front is everywhere, especially in Baltimore. The article, then, is intended as an exploration of the tension between artistic impetus, user participation, pragmatism, crisis management, social pragmatism and long-term visionary thinking. ....

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    Community Architect: Architecture Biennale: "Reports from the Front"

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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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