Look forward to exciting venues, rigorous academic sessions held at the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture, off-site networking opportunities and social events, and architectural tours at world-renowned locations.

Schedule

See you in Los Angeles! Check out the 2026 IDC Schedule and Program below.

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  • 8am–2pm
    Registration
    USC SoA, Watt Hall Courtyard – enter from Bloom Walk

    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Icons of Innovation: Neutra and Wright in Bakersfield
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)

    10am–2pm
    Bus Tour A Day with Charles and Ray: Living and Working at the Eames House
    Depart from Watt Way

    2–6pm
    Walking Tour Mar Vista Tract Open House and Tea Ceremony

  • 9am–1pm

    • Bus Tour From Tradition to Tomorrow: The Architecture of Paul R. Williams
      Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)

    • Docomomo US Board Meeting
      Watt Hall, 850 Bloom Walk, Lindhurst Architecture Gallery

    10am–12pm
    Walking Tour Grand Ambitions on Bunker Hill: LA’s Civic & Cultural Spine

    10am–2pm
    Bus Tour A Day with Charles and Ray: Living and Working at the Eames House
    Depart from Watt Way

    12:30–2pm
    Student Workshop Project Presentations
    Watt Hall, Upper Rosendin Gallery

    2:30–4pm

    • Docomomo US Chapter Meeting
      Watt Hall, Lower Rosendin Gallery

    • ISC Meetings

      • ISC/Registers – Watt Hall, Room 212

      • ISC/Technology – Watt Hall, Room B1

      • ISC/Urbanism & Landscape – Harris Hall, Becket Board Room

      • ISC/Education & Training – Watt Hall, Lindhurst Gallery

      • ISC/Interior Design – Harris Hall, Room 125

      • ISC/Publications – Harris Hall, Room 102

    4–5:30pm
    Getty Grant Recipient Happy Hour (invite only)
    Drago Centro, 525 Flower St.

    5:30–7:30pm
    Registration
    LA Center Studios, 450 S. Bixel St.

    6:30–7pm
    Opening Remarks
    LA Center Studios

    7–8pm
    Opening Keynote: Thom Mayne in Conversation with Frances Anderton
    LA Center Studios

    8–10pm
    Opening Reception sponsored by Architecture Sarasota
    LA Center Studios

  • 8am
    Breakfast‍ ‍
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall, Room 125 – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    8am–4:30pm
    Registration Watt Hall Courtyard – enter from Bloom Walk

    9–10:45am
    Session 1
    USC SoA

    10:45–11:15am
    30min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    11:15am–1pm
    Session 2
    USC SoA

    1–2:30pm

    • Docomomo International Advisory Board Meeting
      Watt Hall, Lindhurst Architecture Gallery

    • Lunch
      Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    2:30–4:15pm
    Session 3
    USC SoA

    4:15–4:30pm
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    4:30–6pm
    Roundtable Discussions
    USC SoA

    6:30–8:30pm
    Sip and Spin: A Twilight Toast at the Bonaventure Hotel sponsored by USModernist (ticketed event)
    Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa St

  • 8am
    Breakfast
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    9–10am
    Mid-Conference Keynote: Hubert-Jan Henket
    USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center

    10–10:15am
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    10:15am–12pm
    Session 4
    USC SoA

    12–2pm

    • Docomomo International Council Meeting
      Seely G. Mudd Building, Room 101

    • Lunch
      Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    2–3:45pm
    Session 5
    USC SoA

    3:45–4pm
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    4–5:45pm
    Session 6
    USC SoA

    6:30–8:30pm
    Walking Tour Modern by Moonlight

  • 8am
    Breakfast
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    8am–2pm
    Registration
    Harris Hall Courtyard

    9–10:45am
    Session 7
    USC SoA

    10:45–11am
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    11am–12:45pm
    Session 8
    USC SoA

    12:45–1:45pm
    Lunch
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    1:45–3:30pm
    Session 9
    USC SoA

    4–6:30pm
    Getty Center Open Hours
    Getty Center, 1200 Getty Dr.

    6:30–7pm
    Closing Remarks
    Getty Center

    7–8pm
    Closing Keynote: Frida Escobedo
    Getty Center

    8–10pm
    Closing Reception sponsored by Getty
    Getty Center

  • 9am
    Bus Tour (Two Nights) Palm Springs Modernism in the Desert
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)


    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Beyond the Craftsman: Pasadena’s Modern Vision
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Claremont Modern: Postwar California Dreaming
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–2pm
    Bus Tour Moore and More: The Works of Charles Moore in Los Angeles
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–1pm
    Walking Tour Neutra: At Home in the Colony


    10am–1:30pm
    Bus Tour Lines and Light: Inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence
    Depart from Watt Way


    12:30–4pm
    Bus Tour Lines and Light: Inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence
    Depart from Watt Way


    3–5pm
    Walking Tour Cars to the Curb: The Radical Vision of Baldwin Hills Village
    Depart from Watt Way

  • 9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Killingsworth & Company: Modernist Mavericks in Long Beach
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.


    9am–1pm
    Bus Tour Cultivating Culture: Three R.M Schindler Residences
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–12:30pm
    Walking Tour Conjunctive Points: Deconstructivism in the Hayden Tract

  • 12–3pm (return)
    Bus Tour (Two Nights) Palm Springs Modernism in the Desert