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04/30/07 1 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.
04/30/07 File Tracking for Todays AEC Professional With speed the “critical value for clients,” AEC project managers must maintain timely, efficient access to myriad project related data required in the execution of key process decisions. Daniel Downey
04/30/07 Awaken Your Inner Architect Successful practice management in the architecture, design, and construction marketplace is not dependent on firm size alone. It is about leveraging talent and resources to give clients what they really want. In a word, it’s about strategy. James P. Cramer
04/30/07 Who’s Worried About Technology? Physical boundaries have never been a hurdle when it comes to team collaboration, so what if this same team, now playing computer games, grows up to be architects, engineers, and construction managers?
04/30/07 Community-Based Tech Ubiquity in the Built Environment Many individuals already have on-the-go access to unprecedented amounts of real-time information through a variety of hand-held, satellite-linked devices such as cell phones, global-positioning systems and tablet personal computers. The prevalence of these technologies and the emergence of tech-ubiquity have the potential to drastically improve the richness and accessibility of our built environment. Synergy between our actions and electronically mediated interactions will inevitably influence human interaction and use of public spaces. Information Communication Technology will be both mobile and built into the environment, essentially ubiquitous. But will people be able to effectively use it? Leigh Lally, et al.
10/20/06 Building in the Fifth Dimension Re-visioning building design with Building Lifecycle Management Lonnie Cumpton
09/08/05 Soliciting Readers’ Opinions The MP3 player, digital cameras, Blackberries, the Internet. The last 25 years have seen a myriad of new innovations. We at DesignIntelligence are asking you to submit your choices for the most important innovations that have most shaped the profession of architecture in the last 25 years and why you think so.
09/08/05 Carpet Giant Uses Alternative Fuel Source to Run Plant Shaw Industries is opening a $10-million power plant in the carpet capital of the United States, Dalton, Ga., which will be fueled by 16,000 tons of the company’s own carpet scraps and 6,000 tons of sawdust from its wood flooring operations.
05/26/05 Why the Future Won’t Need Today’s Architects What’s next for successful architecture, engineering, and design practices? This is the question we will explore more deeply in the upcoming months in DesignIntelligence. We believe that firms will not only be faster and smarter but also wiser and more independent. James P. Cramer
05/26/05 Who’s on the Team? Rapid Role Changes in Design Ed. note: This is Gerry Hammond’s perspective on how design roles have changed in the past decade. Gerald S. Hammond

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