BOND Custom
Networking with America's Leading Luxury Residential Architects
October 23-26, 2025
FL, USA
1-on-1 Meetings and Networking with America’s Leading Luxury Residential Architects.
BOND Custom is the exclusive annual business retreat that connects North America’s top-end luxury residential architects and designers with the premium product suppliers they need.
It is three whole days and nights of 1-on-1 meetings and relaxed, natural networking where you can get to know the Principals, Founders and Owners directing the most prestigious luxury custom home projects in North America.
The quality of attendees, the mind-blowing projects they’re working on and the access you get are guaranteed.
Manufacturer places are strictly limited and sell out quicker every year. If you want to know who’s coming, what they’re working on and how to get yourself and your products in front of them, get in touch right now:
America's Top Luxury Residential Architects and Designers. Guaranteed.
Every single architect and designer you’ll meet at BOND Custom has a portfolio of confirmed luxury residential projects and the authority to influence (and protect) spec.
If the very top-end of luxury residential projects are important to your business, these are the people you need in your life and you will not get this quality of access to them anywhere else.
To make this more real, take a look at who comes…
BOND Custom regular attendees include:
Bob White
Owner
Forest Studio
James LaRue
Principal
LaRue Architecture Design
Natalie Ellis
Sr. Vice President of Design
Denton House Design Studio
John Rowland
Director - Maui Studio, Project Manager
De Reuss Architects
Tobi Adamolekun
Principal
TADA
Andrea Caicedo
Partner
Reagan & André Architecture
Brian Pinkett
Partner
Landry Design
Bruce Nagel
Managing Partner & Founder
Bruce Nagel & Partners
Luxury Residential Projects Throughout America
Scroll down for a tiny sample of the 100s of luxury residential projects our architects and designers are bringing to the table in October.
BOND Custom is not like any other luxury custom home event because of who attends, what they’re working on and the quality of access you get.
Every single architect and designer that’s invited must:
- Be at Principal level, or above
- Work nationally in scope
- Evidence a portfolio of live, confirmed luxury residential projects throughout America.
That’s how BOND delivers an unmatched event experience and the best ROI in the luxury residential design event space.
BOND has done a masterful job of bringing us together to discuss innovative, cutting-edge materials and products in a comfortable environment.
Quncie Williams
So much more than a trade show
You know who’s going to be here before you arrive and you will have a guaranteed number of 1-on-1 meetings with the architects and designers of your choice.
And that’s just the start:
You are all together for three days and nights at a luxury resort, away from the office, so you can get to know each other properly and this is where the magic happens. Because there’s a real community feel here where everyone’s more relaxed, open and helpful so any conversation can light up opportunities from totally unexpected sources – you’ll see!
> 18 pre-arranged 1:1 meetings
+ 72 hours of networking in a luxury resort
= a proven formula for success.
We will deliver America’s true luxury residential project influencers with time and space to get to know each other on a personal level.
What happens from there is your story…
Save your place
By the 3rd top-notch Architect we met on the 1st day we knew it was absolutely worth the investment! A BOND Event is not like a sales presentation. It is set up in a way that truly helps you develop a “BOND” with the Architects you meet.
John Finley
Program
Seminar timings and/or content may be varied at our discretion.
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Thursday, October 23
Friday, October 24
Seminar - Architecture Unplugged: Passive-Active Mechanisms for Architecture
Doris Sung | Founder & Principal Architect, Dosu Studio Architecture
Synopsis
Doris Sung brings passive-active systems to sustainable design far beyond the simple “greening” of a building. Through grant-funded research, she is utilizing smart materials, such as thermobimetals, to self-ventilate, self-shade, self-structure, self-assemble, and self-propel in response to changes in climatic temperatures—all with zero-energy and no controls. More recently, she is rethinking the liminal surface of the façade as a part of a city’s infrastructure and designing innovative building products that will improve public health for pedestrians outside while retaining “comfort” for interior occupants using a full range of biomaterials.
Biography
Doris Sung is an associate professor at USC School of Architecture, sole principal of DOSU Studio Architecture, and co-founder of TBM Designs. She publishes, lectures and exhibits, internationally while managing to bring her patented inventions to the market. With two TED talks under her belt, Doris’ long list of awards includes a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, a ‘Time Magazine’ Best Invention, a Falling Walls Break-through-of-the-Year Award, and the [next idea] award from ARS Electronica. She has been named a fellow of Google’s R+D for the Built Environment, the U.S. Artist, the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, the Bogliasco Foundation, and the Headlands Center for the Arts.
Seminar - Design the Creative Leadership You Love: Your Biggest Project
Ayse Birsel | Co-Founder, Designer & Author, Birsel + Seck LLC
Synopsis
Have you ever thought about using your design superpowers for leadership? What if the same creative process you use for amazing architecture and design could transform how you lead?
I’m Ayse Birsel, and I’ve spent 15 years teaching leaders to design the creative leadership they love. In this interactive session, I’ll show you how the same process I use to design award-winning products for Herman Miller, Toyota, and Moroso can revolutionize your leadership approach.
Think about it – designers are naturally optimistic, empathetic, collaborative, and playful. These aren’t just design skills; they’re leadership superpowers waiting to be unleashed!
Together, we’ll explore my signature “Heroes” exercise that connects you with your core values – especially crucial in today’s uncertain world of AI, climate change, and political shifts. You’ll discover how design thinking can break through mental blocks and help you navigate seemingly impossible contradictions.
Whether you lead a small team or a large organization, you’ll leave with practical design tools to transform challenges into opportunities and craft leadership that truly reflects who you are and what you value.
Join me to discover how designing your leadership can be as exciting and fulfilling as designing your best work. Design the Creative Leadership You Love!
Biography
Ayse (Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of the world’s leading industrial designers, recognized for her human-centered approach to design. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and was named one of The 25 Most Defining Pieces of Furniture From the Last 100 Years by The New York Times. She has designed hundreds of products—from toilet seats to office systems to concept cars—for brands like Herman Miller, Knoll, Target, and Toyota.
Named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Ayse was awarded Best Of Year Product Designer by Interior Design Magazine in 2020. Through her movement, Design the Life You Love, she has helped thousands of people apply her design thinking methodology to transform their lives and work. She applies the same principles and process to help organizations codesign experiences customers love.
Ayse co-founded Birsel + Seck, a woman and Black-owned innovation studio, with her partner Bibi Seck, a French-Senegalese automobile designer. She is the author of Design the Life You Love and Design the LONG Life You Love. Born in Turkey, she came to New York on a Fulbright scholarship, where she continues to live and work.
Saturday, October 25
Seminar - Innovative Approaches to AI
Tim Fu | Founder & Principal Architect, Studio Tim Fu
Synopsis
AI is rapidly transforming architectural design, offering new creative opportunities, optimizing workflows, and pushing the boundaries of bespoke design. From generative form-finding to real-time visualization and automation, AI is becoming an essential tool in shaping the future of high-end, highly crafted spaces.
This talk explores how AI can enhance personalization, accelerate ideation, and open new possibilities in parametric and data-driven design. Studio Tim Fu has been pioneering research in AI-integrated workflows, investigating how these tools can augment human creativity while maintaining design integrity and authorship. We’ll examine case studies where AI-assisted processes contribute to material exploration, adaptive spatial configurations, and high-fidelity concept development.
While AI is not a replacement for architectural vision, it offers a powerful extension of the designer’s toolkit. Attendees will gain insights into how AI can be leveraged for efficiency, innovation, and storytelling in architecture, setting the stage for future advancements in design.
Biography
Tim Fu is a renowned designer known for his use of advanced computation and artificial intelligence (AI). Emerging from Zaha Hadid Architects, he has since founded Studio Tim Fu, a
high-tech architectural practice pioneering in the integration of AI into visionary designs. As a prominent voice in the field, his work has been showcased at conferences and exhibitions worldwide. Leading a specialized team of architects and technologists, he undertakes projects around the globe. Through his design and technological insights, Tim has amassed a significant online following, establishing his influence as a thought leader in the industry.
Seminar - Evolving Luxury: How Trust is Changing the Landscape of Value in the Luxury Sector
Milton Pedraza | CEO, The Luxury Institute
Synopsis
In today’s environment, trust is highly critical across all aspects of business and society, as well as a fundamental element for success. High trust is coveted, universal, timeless, and highly profitable. Throughout this presentation, Milton Pedraza, CEO of Luxury Institute and co-author of High Trust Worth, will focus on the fundamental importance of trust in achieving business success and present High Trust Worth – an empirically proven system built on five key pillars: Authenticity, Expertise, Empathy, Kindness, and Creativity. Milton will provide a step-by-step approach and recommendations for empowering a High Trust Worth culture within your organization to achieve significant benefits such as increased engagement, higher productivity, improved customer loyalty, and dramatically better financial performance.
Biography
Milton Pedraza is the founder and CEO of the Luxury Institute. He is globally recognized as one of the world’s leading luxury industry experts, as well a leading private investor and entrepreneur in a new category he has coined as Creator Empowerment Technology. In the last 22 years, Luxury Institute has served over 1,100 luxury and premium goods and services brands with leading-edge research, consulting and training solutions developed by the best, most successful minds in the industry. Today, Luxury Institute has the largest global networks of top-tier luxury executives, experts, HNW and UHNW individuals and families. Milton is the co-author, with Erica Wertheim Zohar, of “High Trust Worth: The New Currency of Business is not Money, it’s Trust.” High Trust Worth is a revolutionary new system for measuring and mastering trust in all organizations that is taking the business world by storm. Milton has served on the boards of top-tier luxury brands, as well as tech startups. He is a member of the Advisory Board at The UHNW Institute and is a frequent speaker at corporate events worldwide. Milton is the most quoted global luxury industry expert in top-tier media. Prior to founding the Luxury Institute, his successful career included executive roles at PepsiCo, Colgate, Citibank and Cendant.
