Places are never static. They evolve through social change, technological innovation, climate challenges, shifting identities, conflict, development, and the continuous reinterpretation of heritage.
Places in Transition explores how architecture can respond to these transformations, not simply by creating something new, but by questioning, adapting, preserving, rebuilding, and reimagining what already exists.
TAF 2026 brings together architects, designers, urbanists, thinkers, institutions, and voices from beyond the profession to examine how our built environment changes and how we can shape that change responsibly.
Read the programme→Architecture begins with people. We explore how places shape identity, belonging, behavior, memory, and everyday life, bringing the human concept back to the centre of the architectural conversation.
Every place carries the past while facing a changing future. From heritage and adaptive reuse to urban transformation, displacement, reconstruction, and new development, we question how places can evolve without losing what makes them meaningful.
No single profession can shape the future alone. TAF connects local, regional and international professionals — architects, designers, urbanists, policymakers, cultural voices, researchers, and communities — creating dialogue where different perspectives meet and new collaborations begin.
The opening day transforms the forum from an event to attend into a space to participate.
Through interactive workshops, roundtable discussions, open conversations, and smaller collaborative formats, participants are invited to explore urgent questions shaping architecture and the built environment.
From AI and emerging technologies to professional ethics, regulation, heritage, reuse, identity, and the challenges rarely discussed openly within the profession, Day One creates space for experimentation, disagreement, shared knowledge, and unexpected connections.
The day concludes with an evening business reception hosted by the British Ambassador in Georgia, bringing together invited speakers, partners, institutions, and professionals in an informal setting for international exchange and relationship-building.
The second day brings the conversation to the Main Stage at Expo Georgia, connecting internationally recognized architects and thinkers with diverse voices from architecture and beyond.
Through keynote presentations, interdisciplinary conversations, and provocative panel discussions, the programme explores architecture in relation to some of the defining questions of our time — from transformation and technology to identity, heritage, displacement, reconstruction, spirituality, and the future of existing buildings.
Rather than presenting architecture as an isolated discipline, the Main Stage creates encounters between different perspectives, encouraging audiences not only to discover new work, but to question how and why we shape the places around us.
The final day moves beyond formal discussion and into direct connection with people, practice, and place.
Through curated B2B meetings, architects, studios, organizations, partners, and international guests will have opportunities to build professional relationships, explore future collaborations, and turn conversations initiated during the forum into tangible possibilities.
Alongside these meetings, curated city and architectural tours will offer participants a chance to experience Tbilisi through its architecture, exploring the layers of heritage, transformation, contemporary development, and urban identity that make the city itself part of the forum.
The forum concludes not with an ending, but with new relationships, ideas, and collaborations that can continue beyond TAF.
Co-Founder — Allies and Morrison
Co-Founder — Alcova
Partner and Head of Strategy and Innovation — Carlo Ratti Associati
Founder — Groupwork
Wei Yap Architects
Land srl
CEO — OAB - ELIA
Founding Director, COAC ARB — Myaa
Secretary General of Urban Agenda
Places are never static. They evolve through social change, technological innovation, climate challenges, shifting identities, conflict, development, and the continuous reinterpretation of heritage.
Places in Transition explores how architecture can respond to these transformations, not simply by creating something new, but by questioning, adapting, preserving, rebuilding, and reimagining what already exists.
TAF 2026 brings together architects, designers, urbanists, thinkers, institutions, and voices from beyond the profession to examine how our built environment changes and how we can shape that change responsibly.
How can we design through change while preserving identity, strengthening communities, and creating places that remain meaningful for generations to come?
Tbilisi Architecture Forum is a platform for open dialogue, shared knowledge, and meaningful collaboration across architecture and the wider fields that shape our built environment.
TAF brings together different professions, generations, institutions, cultures, and perspectives and creates a space where complex and often unspoken questions can be discussed openly, critically, and with mutual respect.
Instead of seeking for a single answer, the forum encourages us to listen, question, challenge ideas, and learn from one another, transforming disagreement into dialogue and dialogue into new possibilities for collaboration.
Through this exchange, TAF aims to strengthen professional culture, build lasting connections, and contribute to more thoughtful, inclusive, and responsible places.
Create a trusted space where different perspectives can meet, difficult questions can be addressed openly, and disagreement can become a starting point for constructive conversation.
Connect architecture with urbanism, design, technology, culture, psychology, policy, heritage, and other fields, encouraging shared knowledge and new ways of thinking.
Build meaningful relationships among local and international professionals, institutions, businesses, emerging talent, and international networks that extend beyond the forum itself.
Challenge assumptions about how we design, preserve, transform, and inhabit places by opening conversations about the most urgent questions that shape our built environment.
Turn dialogue into long-term value by strengthening professional culture, supporting emerging voices, and encouraging more responsible, inclusive, and human-centred approaches to the future of our cities and communities.
Architecture begins with people. We explore how places shape identity, belonging, behavior, memory, and everyday life, bringing the human concept back to the centre of the architectural conversation.
Every place carries the past while facing a changing future. From heritage and adaptive reuse to urban transformation, displacement, reconstruction, and new development, we question how places can evolve without losing what makes them meaningful.
No single profession can shape the future alone. TAF connects local, regional and international professionals — architects with designers, urbanists, policymakers, cultural voices, researchers, communities, and other disciplines — creating dialogue where different perspectives meet and new collaborations begin.
