President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address during the 2015 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Atlanta on May 14th.
The theme of this year’s AIA Convention is Impact, focusing on how architects impact their communities both locally and globally. Through learning the essential skills to become successful entrepreneurs, the AIA Convention will provide attendees the skills to grow, sell and promote their firm’s business.
— aia.org
Last year, it was Pharrell Williams, artist and urban planner Theaster Gates, and Jeanne Gang. 2013's keynotes were a professionally diverse set, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair, and Blake Myoskie, founder of TOMS shoes. 2012's included a 6-piece set of architects involved in 9/11 memorials or rebuilding projects, along with the historian David McCullough and Hon. Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
2015's National Convention will take place May 14-16 in Atlanta, Georgia. The AIA has yet to announce whether it will flesh out 2015's keynote line-up with representatives from the architectural or urban planning professions.
11 Comments
Good lord the AIA has bad judgement.
Kanye West would be a better choice.
I wonder how much he is charging for this?
kayne west would have been good, but he probably costs too much.
clinton is a good pick. his global initiative is close enough to what architects might be able to impact. also, he's famous.
He's a good choice for the work he's done on the Clinton Global Initiative but I'd rather hear a roundtable discussion between top figures in politics, industry and architecture. More of a discussion with architecture instead of politicians talking at a room full of architects.
Do we really need to replay the Clinton Hit Parade again? That douchebag is responsible for more damage to this country than Reagan.
it's the keynote address, stupid.
Maybe they could get Cheney instead?
or james carville
I hear hes a big fan of hadids stadium.
Nice one, jla-x.
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