Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 12 min readThe Eagle Has LandedIn March 2022, the Federal Reserve began raising the target for the Federal Funds rate, the interest rate that banks charge each other for o…
April 2024BHBob Hughes
Article · 6 min readCollaboration: Winners Without LosersCollaboration is an odd word. It has overtones of defeat and an unholy alliance with conquerors — for example, what happened in France after…
April 2024PFPaul Finch
Article · 8 min readEmbracing ResponsibilityThroughout our lives, significant events can have tremendous impacts on our values and purposes in life. For me, and perhaps for many of you…
April 2024EHEsperanza Harper
Article · 6 min readContext-ConnectionThe profession of architecture has long been referred to as “frozen music.” As we turn the calendar year in 2024, DesignIntelligence’s edito…
April 2024MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 6 min readLike It or Not …Everywhere you look, AI is in the news. There is no shortage of prognostications of its likely impact on economics, politics and society at …
April 2024SSScott Simpson
Article · 13 min readAll for IntelligenceI’m all for intelligence. Most of the time we need all we can get, in many forms: emotional, collective, even military varieties to keep us …
March 2024MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 5 min readA Gathering IntelligenceEditor’s Note: In January 2024, in a Design Futures Council rite of passage that has now spanned 30 years, industry leaders converged on an …
March 2024DGDave Gilmore
Article · 5 min readShifting Decisions: Incorporating Embodied Carbon Emissions in Early DesignThe building sector currently contributes nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions (World Green Building Council, 2023), highlig…
March 2024MSMaisie Sargent Auld
Article · 15 min readRethinking Architecture Education (Learning from Practice)By interrogating the nature of architectural education, we can investigate opportunities for the discipline of architecture to engage cultur…
February 2024JKJulie Kim
Article · 21 min readHigher PurposeDesignIntelligence (DI): We’re talking with Craig Goldblatt, an inspirational keynote speaker and international guru on reaching human poten…
February 2024CGCraig Goldblatt
Article · 11 min readLife at the EdgeDesignIntelligence (DI): We’re honored to have Dena Prastos, AIA, a woman driven to transform the built world at the water’s edge. As founde…
February 2024DPDena Prastos
Article · 23 min readChanging the GameDesignIntelligence (DI): We’re delighted to have Roger Krulak, president and founder of FullStack Modular (FSM), a man determined to solve t…
February 2024RKRoger Krulak