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

A systematic approach to integrated design, construction, manufacturing and strategic partnerships. An interview with Skender’s Stacy Scopan…

Craig Curtis speaks on supply chains, scale, platforms and mass customization in a design-quality-focused organization

Rapid-response and long-term strategies require granular, client focus. Opportunities abound. Ken Sanders shares post-pandemic market thinki…

Renée Cheng was recently named dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. She spoke with DesignIntelligence …

Where does the push for data-driven projects come from? How does a global firm collaborate, innovate and use data?? In this discussion, thre…

In a call to create opportunity from crisis, Barbara Bryson challenges academic leaders. From The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 19, 2…

In this personal retrospective of applied research in United Kingdom design firms, Paul Hyett cites ground-breaking work resulting from rese…

In a world full of data, designers, owners and builders can no longer rely solely on intuition: we need to know what has come before — and u…

In challenging times, being connected is more important than ever. Relationally, we bounce back. Resilience is a matter of time in the recov…

Blaine Wishart Taylor Hahn Research Directions For the Built Environment by Blaine Wishart Software Architect based in Berkeley, Ca. and Hai…

As a partner at KieranTimberlake, Billie Faircloth leads a transdisciplinary research team to better understand questions around the built e…

The design, construction and ownership communities are overdue for adoption of data-informed processes. When will we join the rest of the bu…
