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10/05/07 1 Analysis: Women in Architecture In 2005, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects published a study on the career progression of women in the architectural practice in Australia. The premise of the study was to understand why women account for 43% of architecture students but less than 1% of the company directors of architectural practices in Australia.
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
10/05/07 1 Building Collaboration: Industry Collaboration and the Building Process What has the building industry done to promote collaborative development of the overall project scope, schedule, and budget ? H. Ralph Hawkins
10/05/07 1 Understanding Generational Leadership Styles Understanding the unique characteristics of each generation can guide our understanding of their perspectives and preferences. Vanessa Winzenburg and Ron Magnus
07/01/07 Re-designing Collaboration A rich discussion overflowed well into the adjournment period of our recent Design Futures Council Leadership Roundtable held at Seven World Trade Center in New York City. James P. Cramer
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 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.
01/01/07 All in Favor of Opposition: Study Reveals Overwhelming Opposition to Land Development No matter the type of project a developer wants to build in 2007, fiercely committed citizen opponents are almost certain to say, “NO.” P. Michael Saint
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
01/01/07 2007 Unfolding: Mastering the Future New, quite simply superior, project integration strategies and processes will be coming into full view in 2007. And with talent in short supply, those with scarce skills and intelligent strategies will be significantly redefining the design professions and influencing the entire real estate economy. James P. Cramer

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