A three-day national convention for architects will be held here from December 10 to 12. This was announced by the Indian Institute of Architects, Karnataka chapter, on Thursday.

Some of the participants are Will Alsop, Alsop Architects, London; Gary Lawrence, Urban Strategies; George Ferguson, former president, RIBA; James Law, Cybertect; Paul Lukez, founding principal, Lukez Architecture, USA; Cengis Bektash, architect, planner and poet from Turkey; Kenneth Yeang, architect and environmentalist; Peter Stutchbury, Peter Stutchbury Architecture, Australia; Dickson Deshpommier, professor, environmental sciences, Columbia University, USA and Thomas J Campanella, assistant professor, University of North Carolina, USA.