Day 1:
Global Architecture Futures
16 December 2025
Opening Ceremony
Hear from agencies and decision makers who shape the architectural landscape through setting policy frameworks, motivations for funding priorities, and development incentives. The session will consider innovative examples that foster good design and create well-loved places.
To make the future a better place, Practices need to be ready as businesses. Operating as a successful business is an essential to effect change. A development of RIBA’s thought leadership research programme, Horizons report 2034: connecting big picture to skills in practice series, this session will capture insight on the critical issues facing the profession today. We demonstrate the value of great architecture and promote its positive impact on people and our planet. This workshop will act as a live workshop session to inform the research programme.
To make the future a better place, Practices need to be ready as businesses. Operating as a successful business is an essential to effect change. A development of RIBA’s thought leadership research programme, Horizons report 2034: connecting big picture to skills in practice series, this session will capture insight on the critical issues facing the profession today. We demonstrate the value of great architecture and promote its positive impact on people and our planet. This workshop will act as a live workshop session to inform the research programme.
RIBA Asia Pacific Awards - Live Design Reviews
- Social Architecture
- Urban Regeneration
- Sustainability & Resilience
- Adaptive Reuse
- Mixed Use
- Design for Living
- RIBA Member Design Prize
- Future Projects
- Temporary Architecture
- AI Powered Design
Architecture Exhibitions
Building Stories - Inspiration Hour
Each day of RAFA will close with an inspirational session covering a design or approach that pushes the boundaries of architecture. This session will inspire, challenge and engage the audience with what might be possible for the future of the built environment.
Informal Networking
Day 2
Future Architecture and The City
17 December 2025
Technology, AI and Generative Design provocative talks on emerging technologies like AI and biomaterials, and the infinite possibilities and challenges they offer architects and place makers.
How does the urban environment impact on health? Speakers will focus on housing, health and density and how Asia vast cities can be retro- fitted to provide a human centric built environment that tackles climate change.
Architecture shapes how we live—but equally, how we live shapes architecture. Hear from speakers who have tackled We cover examples that have made a difference.
Workshops and panel discussions
The Future of Women in Architecture ‘She is an Architect’
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/\Architecture (UABB)
Asia 100 Designer
BIPV/ AI /BIM
Future Talent of Architecture and Dean’s Education / Academic Forum
Building Stories - Inspiration Hour
Each day of RAFA will close with an inspirational session covering a design or approach that pushes the boundaries of architecture. This session will inspire, challenge and engage the audience with what might be possible for the future of the built environment.
RAFA Gala Dinner and RIBA Asia Pacific Awards ceremony
The in-augural ceremony for these prestigious awards will honour outstanding achievements in architecture, recognising projects that embody innovation, sustainability, and social impact. From groundbreaking urban design to quietly powerful residential work, these awards celebrate the architects shaping the future of our built environment. The night will culminate in an elegant gala dinner, where industry leaders, rising talents,, and design enthusiasts come together for a night of inspiration, networking, and celebration.
Day 3
RIBA Architecture Tours
18 December 2025
