Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.

From the United Kingdom, Paul Hyett reflects on three challenges facing RIBA’s new president and Britain’s architectural profession: Brexit,…

HKS’ Director of Organizational Development, Stevi McCoy, discusses control, emotional intelligence, acedia, punctuated equilibrium, segment…

In this candid conversation, Barbara Heller reflects on the profession and speaks the truth about risk, reward, and default behaviors Design…

In this candid conversation, Jason Schupbach, new Dean of Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, reflects on transcending discipl…

Sasaki CEO James Miner reflects on a 70-year firm evolution, a 10-year transformation, understanding history, expanding disciplines, the que…

Feb 4, 2021rnThe challenges we discussed in Part I, though daunting, can be met rationally and strategically with the right information. Her…

Feb 4, 2021rnIn Part 1 of this report, DesignIntelligence Research offers a clear, focused summary of the global economic shocks resulting f…

Different concepts about urbanism are apparent in every culture, climate, place and landscape. The ideas informed by precedents are often mo…

This all happened in twenty days. Perhaps we’re continuing to build in places that we shouldn’t be. Or maybe our infrastructure is taxed bey…

The 2030 Challenge established by the non-profit Architecture 2030 tasks the global architecture and building community with implementing in…

Jensen Hughes President and COO Pankaj Duggal discusses his firm’s innovative initiatives to manage and mitigate risk — and transform custom…

As humans, we are hard-wired and socialized in such a way that it makes it difficult for us to team up with other people to do great things,…
