Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
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
Article · 11 min readIn the MakingIn this article I offer some insights from my current work-in-progress, an urban anthology book entitled: “Keynote Conversations – 100 inter…
January 2024GMGustav Magnusson
Article · 12 min readThe Biological Paradigm in the Technological FutureArtificial intelligence and immersive technologies hold enormous potential to help practitioners design buildings that work in symbiosis wit…
January 2024DBDeeDee Birch
Article · 6 min readLetters From London Leaders Need FollowersI was once asked at a public meeting to define the different roles of architects and engineers (a more connected relationship in the U.K. th…
January 2024PFPaul Finch
ArticleCrushing AgendasEver since the early cave settlements, building was about protection from enemies and the environment. The Middle Ages saw the zenith of def…
January 2024PHPaul Hyett