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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 …

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…

Hanbury’s Rob Reis and Tom Powers share honest admissions about their firm’s journey to a sustainable culture Slow and Steady We started slo…

Wight & Company’s sustainability director Lois Vitt Sale urges us to re-educate ourselves in our quest to solve wicked problems. 2020 has be…

Don Davies shares a chronology of one group’s progress towards a climate-conscious future —the development of the Embodied Carbon in Constru…

Ellen Mitchell-Kozack challenges us to redefine purpose and restore balance. These days our social media feeds are full of clever memes desc…

DLR Group’s Applied Research Leader, Premnath Sundharam, AIA, identifies new business models for design innovation. The recent Design Future…