Throughout the year, nationally and internationally known architects, architectural scholars, and artists are invited to participate in the school’s weekly lecture series. The series is open to the public and is free of charge. The school also hosts a wide range of speakers invited by the Ph.D. programs, student groups, faculty, and in association with exhibitions. In fall 2025, speakers included:

Sandra Barclay
Patrick Bellew
Jean Pierre Crousse
Serena Dambrosio
Katia Sei Fong
Hal Foster
Norman Foster
Jeanne Gang
María González Pendás
Joyce Hsiang
Gabriel Kozlowski
Ana Labrador
Roz Li
Mae-Ling Lokko
María Marín de Buen
Bimal Mendis
Irina Podgorny
Francisca Rivero-Lake Cortina
Luciana Saboia
David Sadighian
Amin Taha
Takaharu Tezuka
Yui Tezuka
Carla Verea Hernandez

In spring 2026, speakers included:

Esra Akcan
Sven Blume
Peter de Bretteville
Irene Cheng
David Gissen
Jenny Jones
Nathaniel Kahn
Momoyo Kaijima
Izzy Kornblatt
Fabiano Kueva
Anne Lacaton
Michael Maltzan
Yael Melamede
Anita Naughton
Sheila O’Donnell
Joan Ockman
David Serlin
John Tuomey
Jim Venturi
Denise Zmekhol