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Are You Ready to Transform the Way You Practice, Design, and Lead?

AIA|LA has two upcoming conferences designed to directly support and strengthen your practice — keeping you at the forefront of emerging technologies while advancing the critical conversation around technology and sustainability.



These events will equip you with practical insights, forward-thinking strategies, and the knowledge you need to stay current, competitive, and responsive to a rapidly evolving profession.

On Friday, March 13, 2026 please join the AIA Los Angeles TAP + Professional Practice Committees for the 2026 Technology Conference: AI: Architectural Intelligence.

In Los Angeles, resilience is not an abstract idea, it’s a lived experience. Our hillsides still bear the marks of wildfire, our communities rise from ash and drought, and our studios are filled with people determined to design a more hopeful future. As architects, we’re reshaping more than rebuilding—confronting scarcity, loss, and systemic vulnerability. Technology is enabling it all, embedding intelligence into design and delivery, accelerating housing recovery, addressing resource shortages, and keeping firms agile amid shifting talent and climate pressures.



AI: Architectural Intelligence calls us to redefine what intelligence means in architecture—moving beyond tools to create systems that learn, anticipate, and evolve with the communities they serve. This year’s conference explores a new paradigm: not technology shaping architecture, but architecture shaping the intelligence of technology.

On Friday, April 17th, 2026, the AIA Los Angeles Committee on the Environment (COTE) is proud to host the 9th annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change. This year’s symposium shifts the conversation from policy to practice, and from intention to action.



In a time of political uncertainty and climate urgency, this event asks: How can individuals, firms, and communities drive real, tangible change? The 2026 Symposium will explore how climate action is scaled across projects of every size, within firms of every structure, and across sectors often siloed from each other.

From small-scale pro-bono efforts to market-driven green development, the event will celebrate and elevate practical, resilient, and replicable strategies Attendees will engage with Southern California–based impact projects, sector-specific insights, and a network of collaborators reimagining what’s possible. Our goal is to democratize knowledge, strengthen cross-sector connections, and accelerate a just transition in the built environment.

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects