Design for Dignity 2026 – Day 1

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The 11th Annual AIA|LA Design For Dignity:

From Crisis to Construction — Building a “City of Yes”

The 11th Annual AIA|LA Design For Dignity Conference arrives at a moment of hard-won clarity. Los Angeles has spent years naming the crisis. This year, we are focused on the mechanics of the solution — the specific reforms, proven models, and courageous investments required to move this city, decisively and irreversibly, from managing homelessness to producing dignity.

Themed “From Crisis to Construction: Building a City of Yes,” the 2026 conference is structured around a single, urgent argument: that policy, capital, and design have operated in isolation for too long, and that the only path forward is what we are calling “The Great Realignment” — the deliberate, disciplined weaving of those three threads into a single operational fabric. Each of the eight panels across both days embodies a specific strand of that fabric.

To expand access and opportunity, we’re organizing the 11th annual Design For Dignity conference as a two-part conference held on two consecutive Fridays.

Friday, May 29th (8:00am – 12:30pm) and Friday, June 5th (8:00am – 12:30pm)

AIA Member – $100 per day or $175 for a 2-day pass

Non-Member – $160 per day or $235 for a 2-day pass

Students – $50 per day or $80 for a 2-day pass

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