AIA Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference

This year’s theme focuses on architecture as the practice of optimism, even when the outcome is not yet fully clear.

The future rarely appears as a complete picture. It reveals itself in pieces through early ideas, sketches, and evolving conversations. Architects work within this uncertainty, assembling fragments into something meaningful and enduring.

We imagine how people will live, work, and gather in the years, decades, and centuries ahead. Our designs anticipate change and respond to emerging needs, technologies, and expectations.

The Work of Tomorrow explores how architects are navigating this uncertain, yet optimistic space. Through projects, practices, and evolving tools, the Practice + Design Conference highlights the ways the profession is shaping what comes next. 

Sponsor this year’s conference and connect with the architects and industry leaders shaping what comes next. Sponsorship offers a meaningful opportunity to align your brand with innovation, collaboration, and the future of the built environment.

Thank You to our sponsors!

The open floor plan of AIA Colorado’s Practice + Design Conference Expo Hall has been a huge success year after year, allowing architects and exhibitors fantastic opportunities to create genuine connection and shared learning.

Booth registration for 2026 is now available and we invite you to secure your place at this year’s conference. Booths sell out every year, so don’t delay!

At the Keystone Conference Center, in Keystone, CO, over 500 AIA members, Allied Members, and industry professionals have immersed themselves in cutting-edge ideas and innovations at the past Practice + Design Conferences. Keynote presenters, representing the pinnacle of the architectural profession, have been truly fantastic, as were the concurrent speakers and breakout session presentations.

The Expo Hall, with its open floor plan, has served as a vibrant hub for energy and idea exchange. 50+ booths, hosted by knowledgeable industry vendors and associations, have offered valuable insights.

THE POWER OF • 2025 Practice + Design Conference

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Keystone for the 2025 Practice + Design Conference and to those who followed along from your studios across the state. Whether you were onsite or catching updates from colleagues, this year’s gathering made one thing clear: THE POWER OF is not just a theme, but a call to action for Colorado architects.

GENERATE • 2024 Practice + Design Conference

If you missed the GENERATE 2024 edition of the annual AIA Colorado Practice + Design Conference, catch up with recaps from the keynotes and Tech Connect presentations, see photos from the conference, and see the many sponsors and exhibitors who made this conference such a fantastic event!

ENGAGE • 2023 Practice + Design Conference

If you missed the 2023 edition of the annual AIA Colorado Practice + Design Conference, catch up with recaps from the keynotes, see photos from the Expo Hall floor, get links to the podcasts recorded live, and relive the learning and excitement from those three days in Keystone!