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09/15/03 Gehry’s New Tech Initiative This month Frank Gehry launched Gehry Technologies, a new venture to pursue technology and building industry initiatives.
09/15/03 Vision: The Ability to Really See William J. Schwarz
09/15/03 Pace-setting Commissions: September, 2003 sectors reported: Commercial/Retail/Offices, Corrections, Federal, Higher Education, Hospitality/Habitat, Medical, Sports/Entertainment, Transit, Zoos/Aquariums
09/15/03 Management by Design: Exploiting the Neglected Power of Form Designers have often been encouraged to learn about management, but equally true, managers need to learn about design. As a broad-ranging discipline with centuries of history, design adds to the professionalism of management. Dr. Richard Farson
08/15/03 Architects’ Concrete Contributions While we can converse in great detail about the significant buildings and designers of this age, how many of us know the details of those architects whose lives and careers were directly shaped by political and civic events? Richard Swett, FAIA
08/15/03 Intelligent Reads In his new book, The Creative Community, DFC member Vernon Swaback brings an almost religious zeal to explaining the influence of architecture upon the human spirit. Lisa Ashmore
08/15/03 Will Architects and Engineers Survive California’s Crisis? Regardless of how bleak California’s current economic woes make the future appear, the demand for A/E services will increase. Kerry Harding
08/15/03 KieranTimberlake’s SmartWrap Getting Attention Imagine bricks and mortar being replaced by “smart” walls that are made of an ultra-thin polymer-based film—the same material used in a plastic soda bottle. And the technology used is applied by a printing process.
08/15/03 Will “Made in China” Lead to “Designed in China?” Today’s visionary firms are growing their services and expanding their value proposition. They understand that it is good design ideas (in form and process) that are in truth turning the AEC industry on its head. James P. Cramer
08/15/03 Aquarium as Urban Savior: Is it Time to Redesign the Aquarium Model? Have we reached burnout on penguins, sharks, piranhas and otters? And what makes an aquarium that doesn’t tank two years after the splashy opening gala? Lisa Ashmore

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