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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 power of co-benefits thinking in design

  • 1.  the power of co-benefits thinking in design

    Posted 07-26-2021 12:17 PM

    The time to think differently is now. One person with some wisdom about how (and why) is architect (and public health scholar) Adele Houghton. Check out this great Q&A with Adele and Martin Pedersen in Common Edge:


    Houghton: "The co-benefits framework can help the design team and project stakeholders map out the reason each analytic tool is being used, what outcome it's benefiting, and how. From my perspective working in public health, this is a great benefit. It makes it easy for me to show team members how prioritizing a public health endpoint (like reducing outdoor air pollution) connects back to energy modeling, landscape design, and decisions about … operable windows. 


    https://commonedge.org/how-a-small-set-of-strategies-can-benefit-the-greatest-number-of-outcomes/ 



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