Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
“Brace for impact!” Airline pilots are trained to say this command to protect their passengers and crew when a crash is imminent. “Architect…
Click here for the podcast series DesignIntelligence (DI): Let’s start with your professional path. How did you get to where you are today? …
I’ll start with a recent chat from my personal life regarding some great progress I’d made at work: “But are you finding the same caliber of…
Since time immemorial, technology has had a huge impact on the where and the what of architecture and building. From the earliest days of ur…
The design industry is at an inflection point. Current society is facing some of the greatest existential challenges in human history. We li…
DesignIntelligence (DI): Jenna, welcome to “This is DesignIntelligence.” Thanks for agreeing to spend some time with us. Jenna Knudsen (JK):…
DesignIntelligence (DI): We’re talking with Sandeep Ahuja, co-founder of cove.tool, a widely used, industry-leading building design and cons…
DesignIntelligence (DI): Patrick, congratulations on your new book, “Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm,” and your podcast, “Build Sm…
“Impact” is not a neutral word. It is not necessarily pejorative — think about the impact a great sporting star may have on a match or game …
When a pebble is dropped into a pond, it has immediate impact. First, there is that familiar sound — kerplunk! — as the stone hits the water…
In the Cold War era of my childhood, cinematic and literary themes were dominated by the inescapable fear of the unknown. Much of this artis…
In the post-World War II United Kingdom, a combination of overcrowding, damage from the bombing raids and decades of inadequate maintenance …
