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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.  PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles

    Posted 11-02-2015 09:25 PM

    PLEA 2016 Conference – Los Angeles

    Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments

    Deadline for Abstracts is Nov 8

    A reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions to The Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles California, from the 11th to the 13th of July 2016 is coming soon.

    Since 1982 PLEA has organized international conferences and events across the globe. PLEA annual conferences are highly ranked attracting academia and practicing architects in equal numbers. Past conferences have taken place in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This is the first time since its inauguration in 1981 that the United States hosts a PLEA conference, and it is jointly organized by Cal Poly Pomona, the University of Southern California and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

    The theme of PLEA 2016 is Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments. Given that we at PLEA value both research and practice, each track will strive to combine exemplary case-studies and research papers. All papers will be considered with special consideration to papers addressing the following tracks:

    • Strategies, Tools and Simulation Methods
    • Passive Strategies for Resilient Cities
    • Carbon Neutral Design
    • Sustainable Design Education
    • Regenerative Design

    Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words. Selected abstracts will be invited to submit a final paper which will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

    Further details on the conference themes, templates and submission at PLEA2016.org or go directly to http://plea2016.uscarch.com/index.php/plea2016/plea2016papers

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    Pablo La Roche PhD Assoc. AIA
    Cal Poly Pomona University / CallisonRTKL
    USA
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    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 2.  RE: PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles

    Posted 11-05-2015 02:03 AM

    I am interested in attending the Conference

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    Ahmet Alp AIA, RIBA
    Founder & Principal
    Alp Mimarlar / Architects Planners, Ltd
    Istanbul

    2024 HRC Taliesin West