The World Around is 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. Together, they share urgent ideas, emerging practices, and built work that meaningfully expands the field’s social, cultural, and ecological impact.

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.

Thanks to the generous support of our partners and Circles members, attendance at the Summit is free and admission is first come, first served. The World Around Circles members receive reserved preferred seating, along with tickets to the afterparty.