Global Marketplace
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10/05/07
Top 30 United States Based Multinational Design Firm Rankings 2007
A majority of leading U.S. firms will be exporting design services at new record levels this year, and firms are bullish about opportunities for U.S. architects abroad over the three-year horizon.
James P. Cramer
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10/05/07
Global Growth, Design Demographics, and Business Success
Regardless of your niche in the design business, we all struggle with similar challenges. And these situations are often the drivers of change that influence our lives for better or worse.
James P. Cramer
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06/07/07
The Ephemera of Brand
Following several months of discussions, Foster and Partners has announced an ownership transition offering up a brand revolution of sorts. Lord Foster has agreed to sell a stake in his professional practice to 3i, a private equity firm that last year earned $1.6 billion.
James P. Cramer
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06/07/07
We Were the Camera: Re-Branding Berlin
The shift from a manufacturing- and transportation-based employment base to a modern, service-oriented economy has been awkward. Berlin simply hasn’t translated its undeniable cool factor into a reliable money magnet.
Nik Hafermaas and David Mocarski
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04/30/07
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Connectivity and Communication
The increasing ubiquity of global communications technology will have a significant impact on the way the profession works and the ways in which emerging communities and corporations leverage these technologies for populations. Regardless of whether we consider connectivity the panacea for global ailments, it behooves the design profession to consider developments in communications technology from a global perspective and to remain mindful of this increasing degree of global interconnectedness. Sooner than later, this connectivity between cultures, peoples and ideals will bear fruit through technological ubiquity. It is up to us to design preferable scenarios and decide whether this fruit is palatable.
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01/01/07
An Island of Opposition
The United States and United Kingdom may be two nations united by a common language, but when it comes to attitudes toward real estate development, their citizens are clearly an ocean apart.
P. Michael Saint
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01/01/07
Thirty-Five Trends to Watch in 2007
Each year The Greenway Group, a foresight and strategic management consulting organization in Atlanta, Georgia, slices and dices global design and construction trends in dozens of different ways. More than just trend spotting, they provide information on changes in technologies and behaviors and suggest ideas for translating the information into new management systems, processes, behaviors, and products – in essence, actionable ideas.
The Greenway Group
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08/10/06
The Global Architect Next Door
Architecture and design that can promise progress to the planet can also hasten abuse of the natural environment.
James P. Cramer
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08/10/06
And the World Gets A Little Flatter
June 2006 will mark a distinct turning point in the architecture profession, at least for firms looking to work on an international scale.
Daniel Downey
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08/10/06
Drivers of Change
There is no doubt that, as our built environment has transformed from a local phenomenon to a global one, we are now confronted with more pressing social, technological, economic, environmental and political change forcing us to a local mindset - on a global scale.
Chris Luebkeman
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