Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
There are just 88 keys on a piano, but there is no limit to the variety of music a skilled musician can play using those keys, from classica…
It must have been fall 2019, at our first annual architecture faculty meeting when Bernard Tschumi, professor and former dean (1988-2003) of…
DesignIntelligence (DI): We’re here to talk about your new book, “Machine Learning: Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” jus…
We are experiencing turbulent times. World building in this context calls for “action thinking” — specifically, action-based thinking — of n…
A cry of pain might be the best description of the most thoughtful book by an architect I have read for many years. Richard Francis-Jones’ “…
DesignIntelligence (DI): Let’s talk about world building in the sense of building a movement. You, your organization, and your work are an i…
The sun beat down on our stiff black suits in the blistering midday Texas summer. Heat radiated from the sea of asphalt that surrounded us. …
A word about our current industry state of being: Busyness is the enemy of effective transformation. We have entered the next chapter of bus…
As we recover from a global health crisis, we must not lose sight of the urgent need to address climate change. In the wake of last year’s U…
DesignIntelligence (DI): We’re talking with Mark Wight, the chairman and CEO of Wight & Company, an 80-year-old, Chicago-based architecture,…
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln’s words have never been more appropriate. For the ar…
Several years ago, I had a conversation with one of my employees about how difficult it was for him to decide to pursue a career in architec…
