Insights

TIDI065: Valerie Jacobs specializes in looking forward and is Chief Growth Officer at...

by Alyson Watson
Chief Executive Officer, Woodard & Curran
November 9, 2022 | 5 min read

Alyson Watson calls for convergent thinking to yield greater impact.

November 9, 2022 | 4:12

by Jenna Knudsen, AIA
Managing Principal, CO Architects
November 2, 2022 | 12 min read

Excerpts from a This is DesignIntelligence Podcast published in September 2022
In this interview with DI’s Bob Fisher, CO Architects’ Jenna Knudsen discusses how to build firm culture broadly for greater impact

TIDI064: Pete Johnson is an award winning Executive Creative Professional who has led creative teams at iconic and beloved brands such as  ...

by Sandeep Ahuja
Co-Founder and CEO, cove.tool
October 26, 2022 | 18 min read

cove.tool co-founder Sandeep Ahuja discusses luck, timing, persistence and grit in enabling widespread change

October 26, 2022 | 4:22

Washington, DC, September 12-13, 2022

by Patrick MacLeamy
CEO Emeritus, HOK; Chairman, buildingSMART International
October 19, 2022 | 10 min read

HOK’s CEO emeritus and buildingSMART International’s chairman discusses his new book and podcast and advises how architects can have greater impact through smart cities, shifted curves and open-source BIM.

TIDI063: Matthew Kahn is a leading educator in the field of environmental economics and...

by Paul Finch |  October 12, 2022 | 5 min read

October 12, 2022 | 4:09

by Scott Simpson
FAIA, Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
October 5, 2022 | 3 min read

How Design Propagates Long-Term Value

TIDI062: Richard Swett is a former Ambassador to Denmark and holds the distinction of...

September 28, 2022 | 4:17

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
September 21, 2022 | 7 min read

As world-builders — creators of real and imaginary environments — are we prepared to lead when conflict occurs?

by Gordon Beckman
Principal, Sr Vice President and Director of Design Portman Architects
September 14, 2022 | 7 min read

Originally published on December 1, 2017. For many of today’s architects, working globally has become the norm.

September 14, 2022 | 3:42

by Drew Wensley
CEO, Moriyama & Teshima Planners
September 7, 2022 | 3 min read

Perhaps we’re continuing to build in places that we shouldn’t be. Or maybe our infrastructure is taxed beyond its resources.

TIDI061: Jenna Knudsen is the first female and youngest Managing Principal of ...

by Paul Hyett
Past President, RIBA, Hon FAIA Vickery Hyett Architects, Founder—Partner
August 31, 2022 | 7 min read

Paul Hyett examines the responsibilities of place-making and world building on human development — at two scales

August 31, 2022 | 3:51

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
August 24, 2022 | 3 min read

The case for an emerging global language of design

TIDI060: Martha Schwartz is a landscape architect, urbanist, artist, educator and climate activist with a ...

by Amale Andraos
Principal and Co-Founder, WORKac
Professor and Dean Emerita, Columbia University
August 17, 2022 | 4 min read

Amale Andraos considers the potential of integrating practice and the academy

August 17, 2022 | 3:51

by Phil Bernstein
Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct, Yale University
August 10, 2022 | 12 min read

A DesignIntelligence conversation with Phil Bernstein about his new book, “Machine Learning: Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”

TIDI059: Natalie Campos Goodman is the founder of IncentiFind, a real estate technology start up that is radically increasing...

Melanie Fessel (left)
Principal, TerreformX
Mitchell Joachim (right)
Co-Founder, Terreform ONE
August 3, 2022 | 5 min read

Urban design in the expanded field

August 3, 2022 | 4:06

by Paul Finch | July 27, 2022 | 5 min read

TIDI058: Tom Spahn is an investor and operating partner in the built environment industry...

by Ed Mazria
Architect, Author and Educator
July 20, 2022 | 7 min read

The 2021 AIA Gold Medal winner calls for transforming the architectural sector

July 20, 2022 | 3:21

by Mark Wight
Chairman and CEO, Wight & Company
June 13, 2022 | 10 min read

Wight & Company’s chairman and CEO discusses the firm’s culture of collaboration and how its integrated design led-design build model challenges the profession

TIDI057: Scott Gwilliam co-founded Keystone Capital in 1994 and serves as a Managing Partner of the firm...

by Erin Peavey
Architect and Design Researcher, HKS
July 6, 2022 | 3 min read

HKS’ Erin Peavey shares a story of transformation

July 6, 2022 | 4:35

by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO, DesignIntelligence
June 29, 2022 | 4 min read

Knowledge Is One Thing, Knowing Is Another

TIDI056: Martha Thorne is Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid and former executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize...

by Steven McKay
Global Design Leader, Managing Principal, DLR Group
June 20, 2022 | 10 min read

Commitment to sustainable design is fundamentally a change management issue

June 22, 2022 | 7:44

by Kathy Wardle
Principal & Director of Sustainability Perkins&Will
& Mary Dickinson
Associate Principal & Director of Sustainability, Perkins&Will
June 15, 2022 | 7 min read

Perkins&Will leaders urge bold collaborative change

TIDI055: Volker Buscher serves as Chief Data Officer at Arup...

June 8, 2022 | 3:56

by Paul Hyett
PPRIBA, Hon FAIA Vickery Hyett Architects, Founder—Partner
June 8, 2022 | 3 min read

Paul Hyett examines duties that transcend contractual obligations

by Lauren Della Bella
President, SHP
June 1, 2022 | 4 min read

SHP CEO Lauren Della Bella issues a challenge to the profession

TIDI054: Guy Reid is an award winning director, speaker and photographer ...

by Wendy Rogers
CEO and CTO, LPA, Inc.
May 25, 2022 | 5 min read

LPA CEO Wendy Rogers shares proven practices for preserving firm leadership

May 25, 2022 | 3:50

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
May 18, 2022 | 15 min read

In a challenge to architects, DI’s managing editor considers monkey brains, budget busts, planning flops and panoptics

TIDI053: Steve Morriss, President, Engineering Services, at SNC Lavalin has over 30 years' experience and expertise...

by Paul Finch | May 11, 2022 | 3 min read

May 11, 2022 | 3:46