The World Around was proud to collaborate with the Department of Architecture & Design at The Museum of Modern Art to present its annual Summit, a flagship convening dedicated to the now, near, and next of contemporary architecture and design. Now in its seventh iteration, the Summit has become a vital international platform, bringing together architects, designers, artists, thinkers, researchers, and community leaders from across geographies and disciplines.

Through a dynamic program of keynote talks, short presentations, and cross-disciplinary conversations, the Summit is a year of architecture in a day; a space for exchange across scales and contexts. The program highlights new modes of making, partnering, and organizing, with a focus on practices that challenge extractive systems and propose more just and resilient ways of living. Across the day, speakers and participants explore questions of equitable futures, climate intelligence, and cultural imagination, engaging projects that range from objects and materials to buildings, landscapes, and cities.

Summit 2026 took place on Saturday, May 9 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.