This simultaneous, multi-city event showcased how KPF leverages technology to shape the future of architectural practice across sectors, scales, and continents, delivering projects that elevate cities through context, craft, and performance.
KPF Tech Week 2025 took over both the London and New York studios from May 12th to 16th, highlighting the firm’s commitment to technological innovation. In both offices, KPF’s global Design Technology team curated a rich itinerary, bringing together leading technologists, software providers, and KPF’s own experts to create an in-house conference. The agenda was packed with hands-on workshops, insightful panels, and interactive demonstrations, all focused on the state-of-the-art resources available to inform and enhance KPF’s design practice. Overall, the event reinforced how KPF’s work is increasingly defined by data-driven decision making, design, and delivery.
In London, immersive demonstrations allowed staff to experience the latest in visualization and climate-responsive design tools, while workshops led by KPF experts provided practical skills and new perspectives. The headlining session, “The Future of the Practice,” brought together industry leaders to discuss how technology is transforming the architect’s role—both now and in the years ahead.
Meanwhile, in New York, the week began with a presentation by KPF Principals Rebecca Gromet, Jeff Kenoff, and Bruce Fisher, which set the tone for the week by introducing diverse ways KPF’s design leaders leverage technology and data analysis to realize their projects. Workshops on visualization and coordination tools such as Enscape, Bluebeam, D5 Render, and Revizto revealed not only new features and software updates but also allowed KPF’s power users to provide direct feedback about their practical experience to these major software providers. A fireside chat with Cristobal Valenzuela, the CEO of Runway and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, capped the event series with a look at the future of AI, visualization, and designer-client relations.
Across both studios, learning sessions explored the impact of automatically connecting design decisions to cost, energy use, and carbon impact, fundamentally changing the way architecture is practiced. Machine learning and AI-driven analysis emerged as powerful allies, able to project environmental impacts and help teams innovate more efficiently. The potential for liberating architectural data from geometry was discussed as a possible future currency for generative AI, while workshops on computational documentation and 3D interoperability highlighted the importance of efficient workflows for successful project delivery, especially on large-scale projects.
Both studios wrapped up Tech Week with the Design Technology Awards—celebrating individuals leading the way in applying design technology across the firm.
