Anchorage
Design Week
Anchorage Design Week returns February 25–March 1, 2026, with a full slate of events in Anchorage — and some extended events in Fairbanks and Juneau brought to you by Alaska Design Forum.
Presented by the Anchorage Museum in collaboration with Alaska Design Forum, Anchorage Design Week brings together designers, artists, architects, planners, and community members to explore how design shapes life in the North — from public space and infrastructure to culture, landscape, and the future of our cities.
This year’s events include a Design Week kickoff, a multi-city film screening, architectural tours, a city design bus tour, and opportunities for community participation.
ALL THREE CITIES - ANC/FBX/JNU
FILM SCREENING
SiTTiNG STiLL
What does it mean to stay rooted in a place defined by movement, seasonality, and change?
Sitting Still is a visually stunning and quietly powerful film that invites Alaskan audiences to slow down and reflect on time, landscape, and the human desire to belong. In a state where travel, extraction, and growth often shape our identity, this screening offers a rare pause—an opportunity to experience a story that resonates with northern life, long winters, and the spaces in between action.
Join the Alaska Design Forum for an evening of film and conversation that explores stillness not as inactivity, but as a deliberate and meaningful way of seeing our communities, our environment, and ourselves.
DATES & TIMES BELOW
FAIRBANKS
ARCHITECTURAL TOUR
End of Line Food Truck Park
Thursday, March 5 | Noon
1243 Noble Street
Join us for an informal tour with the architect, and conversation over lunch.
JUNEAU
ARCHITECTURAL TOUR
Behind the Scenes at Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Museum
Thursday, Feb 26 | Noon
Join us for an informal tour with the architect and conversation over lunch.
Anchorage Design Week
Film Screening: Sitting Still
Wednesday, February 25 | 7:30pm
Anchorage Museum Auditorium
Presented by the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska Chapter of ASLA, with program partners Alaska Design Forum. Tickets: $5 via the Anchorage Museum.
Fairbanks
Film Screening: Sitting Still
Thursday, February 26 | 6:30pm
Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center – Theater (101 Dunkel Street)
We are thrilled to share this special screening of Sitting Still, a documentary on a notable American landscape architect who grew up in Alaska!
Learn more about Sitting Still >>
A casual discussion will follow at Humble Roots for those who’d like to continue the conversation.
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE DOOR
Choose your price:
$5 - Students, Seniors, & Starving Artists
$20 - General Admission
$50 - Super Supporter
Event sponsor: Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center.
Juneau
Film Screening: Sitting Still
Friday, February 27 | 5:15pm
Gold Town Theater (171 Shattuck Way, Suite 109)
We are thrilled to share this special screening of Sitting Still, a documentary on a notable American landscape architect who grew up in Alaska!
Learn more about Sitting Still >>
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE DOOR
Choose your price:
$5 - Students, Seniors, & Starving Artists
$20 - General Admission
$50 - Super Supporter
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NOTEABLE PAST SPEAKERS
Thom Mayne
Wolfgang Buttress
James Turell
Andy Goldsworthy
Peter Eisenman
Juhani Pallasmaa
Karen Finley
James Carpenter
Rick Joy
Peter Zumthor
Shigeru Ban
David Chipperfield
Karim Rashid
Yves Behar
Stefan Sagmeister
David Adjaye
Einar Jarmund
Claesson Koivisto Rune
Cameron Sinclair
Jakob Trollback
Jessica Hische
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