Attending the 2018 AIA Conference? This year, we’ll be leading sessions on everything from resilient design to virtual reality. Below are more details on sessions where you can catch us. You can find the full schedule of conference events here.
International Project Delivery in a Changing World
As U.S.-based architects continue to work on award-winning projects around the world, and explore new markets in far-off places, project delivery is becoming more complex. This panel discussion will draw from the experience of world-class international architects from a management side, going in-depth in how these projects are delivered including use of technology and how sustainability targets are managed.
Details
Friday, June 22 │ 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
New York Hilton Midtown
1335 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Speakers
Sara K. Beardsley, Sr. Architect, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Alison Laas, Associate, PAYETTE
Steven W. Miller, FAIA, Managing Director, Planning And Design Consultants, LLC
Overcoming the Design Challenges of High Performance Building Envelopes
Three signature campus expansion projects. Countless obstacles. Resounding success. Join us at this session for a study of the design of high-performance envelopes—specifically, the need for early identification of energy targets combined with thermal and energy modeling. Presenters will walk you through their efforts to ensure envelope performance met project requirements at every step. Along the way, you’ll learn about an integrated process utilizing parametric modeling, daylight and glazing analysis, physical mockups, on-site testing, and a design assist delivery method. Don’t miss this firsthand look at wide-ranging, concrete solutions for issues that vex designers and architects alike.
Details
Thursday, June 21 │ 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
The New School
Speakers
Jeffrey Abramson, AIA, Associate, PAYETTE
Andrea Love, AIA, Principal / Director of Building Science, PAYETTE
Robert Pasersky, AIA, Associate Principal, PAYETTE
Wesley Schwartz, AIA, Senior Associate, PAYETTE
Resiliency Design Case Studies in the Developing World
In the developing world, designing for resiliency goes beyond considering future storm events or sea-level rise. Threats related to infrastructure unreliability and building operation and maintenance are immediate—and are pushing design to be responsive and creative. This session will explore such challenges and creative opportunities from the perspective of an architect, engineer, and urban planner working in different regions of the developing world. Through conversation and case studies, you’ll explore a range of issues that are increasingly pressing for architects and designers working in every community, including your own.
Details
Thursday, June 21 │ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
The New School
Speakers
Ching Hua-Ho, Principal, PAYETTE
Kostaras Kostaras, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Urban Development
Alison Laas, Associate, PAYETTE
Pedro J. Sifre, Senior Principal, Simpson Gumnpertz & Heger Inc.
We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
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