Friday 10.23.25 – Sunday 10.25.26 | On the Coast of Monterey
Some conferences inform. The Monterey Design Conference transforms.
Don’t miss this legendary conference featuring three days of exceptional talks from internationally acclaimed names set at the relaxing, Julia Morgan-designed Asilomar Conference Grounds on the coast of California.
What sets MDC apart? Beyond its mix of global architectural figures and the design focus, is the stunning setting…
…the naturally lit Merrill Hall–with its arched redwood trusses—where all talks take place. Everyone experiences them together.
The openness of the place leads to openings of the mind.
Attendees arrive tired and leave transformed, inspired, remembering why they chose to be an architect originally, buoyed by communal discussions during dinner together on the grounds.
This year’s international headliners:
- Marina Tabassum – Founder, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Mauricio Pezo + Sofia von Ellrichshausen – Founders, Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Yungay, Chile)
- Ma Yansong, Hon. FAIA – Founding Partner, MAD Architects (Beijing, China; Los Angeles, USA; Rome, Italy)
- Xu Tiantian – Founding Principal, DnA Design and Architecture (Beijing, China)
And this year, Billie Tsien, AIA, straight off of her extraordinary work on the Obama Presidential Center, as well as the the leaders of Duvall Decker this year’s AIA Firm award recipients also join us.
And, new this year, the Innovator Series presents some of Architecture’s most luminary change figures. (And will send you home with a slew of much needed learning units.)