The annual AIAS FORUM meeting for 2011 will take a break from the snow of the past two years (2009 Minnesota, 2010 Toronto) and be held in sunny downtown Phoenix, Arizona. FORUM is the annual meeting of the AIAS and the premier global gathering of architecture and design students. The conference provides students with the opportunity to learn about important issues facing architectural education and the profession, to meet students, educators, and professionals with common interests, and to interact with some of today’s leading architects through keynote addresses, tours, workshops and seminars, last years FORUM was attended by over 1,000 young and ambitious architecture students and AIAS members. This years Keynote Speakers will be Jeffrey Inaba, founder of C-Lab and former project manager with Rem Koolhaas and OMA, Brad Lancaster, author of www.harvestingrainwater.com, and University of Californa, San Diego architect and professor Teddy Cruz.
This years FORUM 2011 is in part sponsored by The Design School at Arizona State University, the College of Architecture and Design at The University of Arizona and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin West. These sponsors will also play host to some of the events taking place at this years FORUM Conference. Some of this years events will include personal and in-depth tours of Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West, Peter Eisenman’s design of University of Phoenix Stadium, and also local architecture in both Phoenix and Tucson by Debartolo Architects, Architekton, Will Bruder, Rick Joy, Line and Space and Jone’s Studio.
