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Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 10 min readRe-educating Ourselves: Crossing BoundariesWight & Company’s sustainability director Lois Vitt Sale urges us to re-educate ourselves in our quest to solve wicked problems. 2020 has be…
July 2022LVLois Vitt Sale
Article · 13 min readCollective Action: Lessons LearnedDon Davies shares a chronology of one group’s progress towards a climate-conscious future —the development of the Embodied Carbon in Constru…
July 2022DDDon Davies
Article · 11 min readHow Purpose Drives BalanceEllen Mitchell-Kozack challenges us to redefine purpose and restore balance. These days our social media feeds are full of clever memes desc…
July 2022EMEllen Mitchell
Article · 16 min readSystems Thinking: Four Business Models to Accelerate Environmental ResponsibilityDLR Group’s Applied Research Leader, Premnath Sundharam, AIA, identifies new business models for design innovation. The recent Design Future…
July 2022PSPremnath Sundharam
Article · 12 min readCOVID’s Effects on SustainabilityAndrew Horning discusses how the pandemic will affect post-COVID environmental consciousness. The year 2020 has presented catastrophic world…
July 2022AHAndrew Horning
Article · 12 min readShifting Perspectives on SustainabilityDarryl Condon on embracing the journey of our time—dignifying people and the planet as one. Reflection Five years ago, I wrote an article fo…
July 2022DCDarryl Condon
Article · 6 min readA REVIEW: “Truth and Lies in Architecture”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’ “…
July 2022PFPaul Finch
Article · 9 min readThe Circular Economy: Why Not Us?Tarkett’s Roxane Spears shares parallel industry success stories and guiding principles. Changes and Research 2020 has witnessed significant…
July 2022RSRoxane Spears
Article · 17 min readDesign Will Not Change The WorldRoberto Ventura challenges conventional design thinking and problem solving to transcend boundaries. Collective Action Writing this title is…
July 2022RVRoberto Ventura
Article · 12 min readPlanetary Design: The Profound Importance of Our Embedded Nature“No house should ever be on a hill — or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together, each th…
July 2022GRGuy Reid- Article · 13 min readLife Cycle Assessment: A Changing Frame
Gensler’s Director of Design Resilience Rives Taylor shares the evolution and responsibility for perspective correction, along with 5 starti…
July 2022RTRives Taylor 
Article · 11 min readThe 10-Minute NeighborhoodAs the world continues to face unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, we should remain optimistic about global sustainability …
July 2022KSKen Sanders, FAIA