10 must-see architecture and design events to check out this June

With 2024's halfway mark quickly approaching, it's a good time to look ahead at some of the exciting festivals, conferences, and exhibitions the architecture and design community has in store for June.

From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on Bustler, here is our curated selection of recommendations worth checking out.

UPCOMING EVENTS

London Festival of Architecture | June 1–30, London

"The London Festival of Architecture is a month-long celebration of architecture and city-making, taking place every June across London. The Festival’s mission is to open up discussions around architecture, test new ideas and uncover and promote new talent. The Festival is for anyone with an interest in London’s architecture and built environment, bringing together the public and the profession."

San Francisco Design Week | June 3–12, San Francisco

"The 18th Annual SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN WEEK, is returning June 3-12, celebrating with the theme 'Attention: Commanding and controlling a precious commodity.' The festival showcases the intersection of ideas, design and entrepreneurism that promotes the Bay Area as the birthplace of the future. Highlights include talks, open studios, conferences, and tours with design leaders."

AIA Conference on Architecture & Design | June 5–8, Washington

"The most impactful, forward-thinking solutions result from a convergence of thought. Solving today’s environmental, social, and ethical challenges requires bringing together diverse perspectives across the multiple disciplines of the built environment. Enter the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA24), happening June 5–8 in Washington, D.C., home to AIA’s new global campus, several AIA chapters, and some of the most influential architecture, design firms, and manufacturers in the world."

NeoCon | June 10–12, Chicago

"NeoCon has served as the world’s leading platform and most important event of the year for the commercial design industry since 1969. With nearly 1 million square feet of exhibition space, NeoCon features game-changing products and services from more than 400 leading companies and emerging players as well as industry partners."

Perspective | June 21–22, Columbus, Indiana

"Architectural Photography Almanac presents Perspective: an international architecture and design festival set against the iconic architectural backdrop of Columbus, Indiana. With two days of talks from world-renowned architects, photographers, videographers, and designers sharing insight into their craft, Perspective brings together established mindsets and new interpretations to inspire and allow everyone to find their own meaning in architecture and design."

Los Angeles Design Weekend | June 21–23, Los Angeles

"A weekend-long grassroots celebration of design, highlighting the sprawling Los Angeles’ design scene in digestible nuggets. Organized throughout 3 days in clustered, neighborhood-centric activations, this event invites both locals and non-locals to easily navigate the city’s widespread design community and experience LA on foot, carpool, or via LA Metro."

ONGOING EVENTS

Melbourne Design Week | Until June 2, Melbourne

"Melbourne Design Week celebrates design in an annual 11-day program of talks, tours, exhibitions, launches, installations, and workshops across Australia’s design capital. The program is driven by ideas through providing a platform for designers, educators, enthusiasts, thinkers, and businesses to come together to share these ideas, show and sell new work, and consider how design can be used as a force for good in an increasingly complex and precarious world."

Los Angeles: A Model City | Until July 28, Los Angeles

"At the intersection of conceptual exploration and technical problem solving, lies the architectural model. Los Angeles: A Model City is a celebration of architectural imagination and the physical embodiment of ideas through the craft of model making, featuring works from schools of architecture in Greater Los Angeles."

Along the Line: Designing and Planning BART, 1963–1976 | Until August 31, Berkeley

"This exhibition presents a journey through BART's architectural history, adding context and dimension to current discussions about the system's future. It features the work of the architects, landscape architects, and planners who were involved in BART's initial design. Many of these, including Donn Emmons, Tallie B. Maule, Ernest Born, Vernon DeMars, and Lawrence Halprin, had connections to the College of Environmental Design, and most of the materials in the exhibition are drawn from the Environmental Design Archives."

Bauhaus and National Socialism | Until September 15, Weimar, Germany

"The Klassik Stiftung Weimar’s annual exhibition is the first to address the topic of 'Bauhaus and National Socialism.' Presented at three museums in the city of Weimar, the show unites some 450 works of art and design from private collections and renowned museums in Europe and the U.S. These works tell the story of the Bauhaus’s complex political history from its opening in 1919 until its closure in 1933, and the widely varying paths taken by various Bauhaus members under Nazism."

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