This three-day conference will include an engaging line-up of guest speakers, educational sessions, tours, vendors, awards programming, and networking opportunities to connect architects, design professionals, associates, engineers, contractors, interior designers, landscape architects, firm owners, owners/clients, emerging professionals, and beyond.  

Through the theme of Grounding, the conference will explore both architecture’s physical relationship to material flows and resources within ecological systems as well as architecture’s intangible relationship to history, memory, and lesser-acknowledged cultural contexts. The conference planning committee is endeavoring to curate a memorable set of experiences we hope you won’t want to miss. Please plan to join us as we gather to explore architecture from the ground up. 

Our conference will be held at Marriott Knoxville Downtown.

Located in historic Downtown Knoxville, Marriott Knoxville Downtown offers close proximity to the University of Tennessee, Gay Street, Market Square, Old City, Krutch Park, The Sunsphere, and more top attractions.

A special room rate is available to reserve now. Please visit the link below to book your room.

Become a Sponsor

AIA Tennessee Partners and Sponsors are professional companies with established reputations who are employed outside of architectural practice, but are affiliated with the field of architecture, such as contractors, insurance, education, planning, consultants, product manufacturers, and other industries who work closely with the architecture industry.

Please view the Sponsorship information packet for more information.