2026 Traditional Building Conference Series Sponsorship Opportunities

 If you sell products and services in the $170 billion market for historic restoration, renovation and traditionally inspired new construction, you’ll want to participate in the Traditional Building Conference Series 2026. Themed “Materials and Methods,” there are three in-person, two-day events throughout the year and six online education seminars all of which deliver AIA Continuing Education Learning Units. 

Current sponsors include the leading manufacturers, general contractors, specialty contractors and building artisans who serve the traditional building market. The Traditional Building Conference provides an education, networking, relationship building and sales opportunity for sponsors who will have meaningful conversations with customers and prospects across two days, including breakfast, lunch, cocktails, dinner and architectural walking tours. 

You will connect with architects, general contractors, custom builders, restoration/renovation specialists, building owners, facilities managers, interior designers and historic preservationists who buy and specify an estimated $50 billion of materials and services per year for the residential, commercial and institutional traditional buildings they design, build, restore, rehabilitate and renovate. Traditional Building Conference attendees build new period-inspired homes, restore, renovate and build additions for old homes; design and build or renovate schools, churches, museums, hotels, apartments and public buildings like courthouses, post offices and state capitols. This includes building types usually 50 years old or older. 

The professionals who attend the Traditional Building Conferences and web seminars have a particular interest in the education and building materials which are aimed at their specific needs: customization, historical accuracy, tax credit work, adaptive use, classical design, durable and sustainable materials of superior quality with good technical support and service. The Conference curriculum balances practical how-to information with broader issues like urban revitalization and architectural history. All seminars qualify for American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Credits, mostly HSWs. Additional CEUS from ASID, NAHB; and NARI can be accommodated. 

“The Traditional Building Conference Series is unique among conferences and trade shows aimed at architects; there’s nothing else like it. We see the right people, customers and prospects who buy and specify our “niche” high-end decorative ornamental metal stairs, gates, awnings, garden-houses and bronze doors. It’s the best ‘qualified’ conference attendee we know of, and we meet them in a relaxed setting where substantive conversations take place.” 

- Doug Bracken, WIEMANN METALCRAFT, Ornamental metalwork 

“We meet new customers and reconnect with past customers in a time and cost-efficient way. The other sponsors of the Traditional Building Conference are like us; we share the same kind of customers, and we give each other new business leads.” 

- Greg Bettenhausen, WILMETTE HARDWARE, New and restored period-authentic hardware 

“There’s no other trade conference where we can see as many qualified buyers in such a short, cost-effective time. At the Traditional Building Conferences, I can make 100 sales calls in two days.” 

- Steve Kamin, HARTSTONE, Cast concrete decorative stone 

Consiglia Construction 
Historical Concepts 
Peter Pennoyer Architects 
Shawmut Construction 
David M. Schwarz Architects 
Fairfax and Sammons Architects 
Glave and Holmes Architects 
Shope Reno Architects 
Barnes Vanze Architects 
Robert A.M. Stern Architects 
Harrison Design 
Schooly Caldwell Architects 
The Architect of the U.S. Capitol 
The National Park Service 
City of Denver 
General Services Administration 
U.S. Department of State 
Duke University 
Princeton University 
MIT 
University of Virginia
South Carolina Historic Preservation Office 
New York City Landmarks 
Schafer Buccellato Architects 
Quinn Evans Architects 
Morales Construction 
Bulley & Andrews 
Winchester Builders 

Display table at all 3 in-person events. 

• All registrant leads with contact information from all 3 in-person events. 

• All registrants contact info from web seminars throughout 2026 (estimated total sales leads for 2026: 1,500). 

• Invitations to present an approved AIA HSW LU program at one conference and for one webinar (AIA registered providers only). 

• Sponsor reception. 

• VIP networking reception or Palladio Awards ceremony (tickets included) on the evening of the first day. 

• 2 passes for your display staff. 

• 3 complimentary conferences passes for your clients & prospects (architects and builders only). 

• Your company profile on TraditionalBuilding.com and in every registrant’s on-site package. 

• Year-long recognition on all attendance promotion including PR, magazine advertising, social media posts, e-newsletters, podcasts, web banners and direct mail. 

• Before & after e-cast to current and past attendees which promotes your support for professional development and education. 

• NEW! Your project case study on traditionalbuilding.com and traditionalbuildingshow.com. 

• Podium time to introduce a speaker and to talk about your company. 

• Display table at one in-person event. 

• Registrant leads from event. 

• Sponsor reception. 

• 2 passes for your display staff. 

• VIP networking reception or Palladio Awards ceremony (ticket purchase required) on the evening of the first day. 

• 2 complimentary conference passes for your clients & prospects (architects and builders only). 

• Your company profile on TraditionalBuilding.com and in every registrant’s on-site package. 

• Networking throughout the 2-day conference with 20-minute intervals between seminars for attendees to “walk” the displays, shoulder to shoulder interaction on afternoon architectural tours, breakfast and lunch interaction on both days, cocktail reception. 

“The variety of technical AND artistic presentations is great! I really like the intimate format. I had much better connections with sponsors, speakers and fellow attendees.”

“Excellent speakers, informative, engrossing topics for a room full of builders, architects and building owners.”

“How-to about materials and methods, as well as ‘big-picture’ content.”

“One of the very best education events I have ever experienced. A real treat; it changed the way I think about design.” 

Carolyn Walsh
Director of Operations - Traditional Building Conference Series
cwalsh@aimmedia.com

Judy L. Hayward
Education Director - Traditional Building Conference Series
JHayward@aimmedia.com
(802) 356-4348

Jennifer Baldwin
Associate Publisher - Traditional Building
jenbaldwin1@msn.com
(718) 619-7645

Gina Martin
Marketing Coordinator
gmartin@aimmedia.com

Peter H. Miller, Hon. AIA
President
pmiller@traditionalbuilding.com
(202) 256-0694