Our firm sponsors and co-hosts an annual event called The Design Colloquium.  
 
We created the Design Colloquia series in 2005 to fill an unmet need for high level dialogue across the design professions. Participants are leaders from architecture, engineering, interior design, urban design and planning, and landscape architecture firms. Attendance is by invitation only and limited to fifty people.  
 
We host events for two distinctly different types of design firms. One event is for large firms, with multiple offices and international practices. The other is for practices we refer to as ‘Design-First’ firms. By this term, we mean mid-sized firms that have achieved reputations for design excellence without relying on ‘black cape’ design superstars.  
 
Each type of firm is unique, and those who fit one category or the other have much in common.  
By coming together to share experiences and opinions, participants not only gain valuable insights for themselves, but also advance the design professions as a whole.  
 
Following the event, we publish a white paper that summarizes and highlights the presentations and discussions. 
 
Our co-sponsor of the Design Colloquia is Breuer Consulting Group, which provides search consulting to design professionals. Mary Breuer and Mark Cameron are long-time colleagues and friends.  
 
 
 
Large Firm Advisory Board 
 
Stephen Burrows, C.B.E. 
 
Clark Davis, Vice Chairman 
HOK 
 
Phil Harrison, CEO 
Perkins+Will 
 
Bob Pell, SVP Operations 
AECOM 
 
Scott Wyatt, Managing Partner 
NBBJ 
 
 
Design First Advisory Board 
 
Frank Grauman, Principal 
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 
 
Scott Kelsey, Managing Principal 
CO Architects 
 
John Ruble, Principal and Founder 
Moore Ruble Yudell 
 
James Timberlake, Principal and Founder 
Kieran Timberlake Associates