AIA Continental Europe Conference Berlin - The Phoenix: Upheavals and Rebirths
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We are pleased to announce the upcoming AIA CE Spring Conference in Germany!
When: Thursday 07 May - Sunday 10 May 2026, with optional Monday and Tuesday extension
Where: Berlin, Germany
Description
Berlin - an international city of significance importance in architecture and politics that has transformed and reinvented itself since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War into the German capital - again - of a united Germany. A city where urban planning, architectural design and sustainability play a key role. A city of building reuse and re-purposing for sustainability. A city where architects and urban planners play a key role in the transformation.
We will showcase it´s vibrancy and its constant evolution through the imagination of its architects. local citizens and planners. This showplace of history, architecture and culture includes many UNESCO World Heritage sites, some of which we will visit as well on our Dessau and Potsdam extension tours. And, 2026 is the 100th Anniversary Year of the Bauhaus! Walking tours by architects will emphasize history, urban planning and design including the City Models, Museum Island, DZ Bank (AXICA), Libeskind Jewish Museum and the Hansaviertel where in the 1950s famous International Architects designed housing. Many local architects will present their work that shaped the city and Europe and participate in interactive panel discussions. The President of the Federal German Chamber of Architecture, Andrea Gebhard is our keynote speaker. Our 2026 AIA President, Ilya Azaroff, FAIA, is presenting and participating in our speaker panels.
Join us as we explore the transformation from a divided city – both by a wall and politics -into a united, integrated, multi-cultural European centre with sustainability as its model.
Preliminary program can be found here.
Registration will open in February.
