Insights

by Steve McConnell
Managing Partner, NBBJ
May 4, 2022 | 2 min read

Clear eyes for climate change action

TIDI052: Thomas Vonier is the past president of the International Union of Architects and the past president of the American Institute of Architects...

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
April 27, 2022 | 2 min read

Scott Simpson challenges leaders to embrace risk

April 27, 2022 | 4:27

Dilip Choudhuri
President and CEO, Walter P Moore
April 18, 2022 | 5 min read

Walter P Moore CEO Dilip Choudhuri calls for P3 change

TIDI051: There is a delicate dance between economics and the climate that we are living in...

by Dan Noble
President, Chairman and CEO, HKS Architects
April 13, 2022 | 3 min read

HKS’ Dan Noble investigates the continuum of individuality, teams and structure

April 13, 2022 | 4:47

by Jerod Hoffman
Managing Director, Meyer Borgman Johnson
April 6, 2022 | 3 min read

What do we owe those we’re not contracted with? MBJ’s Jerod Hoffman explores limits on industry productivity

TIDI050: April is Earth Month, presenting an imperative opportunity to consider how we should act, innovate...

by Marianne McKenna
Founding Partner, KPMB Architects
March 30, 2022 | 19 min read

Winner of the DI Lifetime Achievement Award, KPMB’s Marianne McKenna discusses the stewardship of architecture.

March 30, 2022 | 4:16

by Ana Pinto da Silva
Co-Founder and CEO, Minka
March 23, 2022 | 12 min read

Ana Pinto da Silva examines leadership responsibilities and meanings.

TIDI049: March is Women's History Month, a time when we commemorate, observe and celebrate the vital role of women in American history. It's also...

by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO, Designintelligence
March 16, 2022 | 4 min read

Dave Gilmore reflects on stewardship and internal and external forces

March 16, 2022 | 4:08

by Paul Hyett,
Past President of the RIBA, Architect and Principal, HKS Architects
From the Archives | 8 min read

In this personal retrospective of applied research in United Kingdom design firms, Paul Hyett cites ground-breaking work resulting from research — and challenges current practitioners.

March 9, 2022 | 4:24

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
March 2, 2022 | 5 min read

Sustainability is a hot topic in the A/E/C industry these days, and for good reason. In a remarkably short time, we seem to have reached cultural consensus that the long-term success of homo sapiens requires wise stewardship of the resources at our disposal...

March 2, 2022 | 4:23

by Paul Hyett
PPRIBA, Hon FAIA Vickery Hyett Architects, Founder—Partner
February 24, 2022 | 6 min read

Paul Hyett writes about how HKS exemplifies stewardship through developing their leadership from within rather than bringing in outside forces, a core value that has served them well throughout their practice.

TIDI048: We’re wrapping up our series “Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill" with Will Nordwind...click for more

by Margarita Jover
Associate Professor of Architecture, Tulane University
February 16, 2022 | 16 min read

Tulane’s Margarita Jover urges for creation of the Federal Agency for the Built Environment to fund Climate Adaptation Plans drafted by urban labs...

TIDI047: We’re speaking with Jim Reilly for part 5 of our series “Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill...click for more

by Martha Thorne
Former Executive Director of the Pritzker Prize and IE Dean
February 9, 2022 | 6 min read

Stewardship is one of those words with a rich definition. Its intrigue lies in the fact that it means different things to different people.

TIDI046: We’re speaking with Todd Lang and Fred Wagner for part 4 of our ongoing series “Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill...click for more

by Paul Finch | February 2, 2022 | 7 min read

February 2, 2022 | 3:34

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
January 26, 2022 | 5 min read

Stewardship can be viewed as the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.

TIDI045: We’re speaking with Art Guzzetti and Fred Wagner for part 3 of our ongoing series “Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill...click for more

by Katie Pattison
Associate Principal, Marketing Lead EMEA & Urban Strategist, CRTKL
January 19, 2022 | 7 min read

Influence begins with the stewardship and shepherding of resources. CRTKL’s Katie Pattison offers a 25-year international perspective.

TIDI044: We’re speaking with Fred Wagner for part 2 of our ongoing series “Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill...click for more

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
January 12, 2022 | 8 min read

Despite its challenges over the past 150 years, architecture has largely been practiced in a state of toujours perdrix (French for “always partridge,” or too much of a good thing).

TIDI043: We begin our series "Demystifying the Infrastructure Bill" with the Honorable James H. Burnley IV and James D. Reilly..click for more

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
January 5, 2022 | 3 min read

This year DesignIntelligence Quarterly will reach across the planet in search of voices who not only care about these topics, but who have something to say - and do - about them.

January 5, 2022 | 3:40

by David Zach
Futurist
December 29, 2021 | 10 min read

A few ideas on how to meet the future on your own terms.
Previously published on October 9, 2012

by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO, DesignIntelligence
December 22, 2021 | 4 min read

DesignIntelligence CEO David Gilmore defines terms and suggests essential change via other’s perspectives

TIDI042: On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, Dave is joined by Paul Finch, Program Director of the World Architecture Festival..click for more

by Michael LeFevre
FAIA Emeritus Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
December 15, 2021 | 16 min read

DI Managing Editor Michael LeFevre considers radical innovation’s sources

TIDI041: On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, Dave is joined by Blaine Wishart and Tyler Goss..click for more

by Pankaj Duggal
President & COO, Jensen Hughes
December 8, 2021 | 10 min read

Jensen Hughes President and COO Pankaj Duggal discusses his firm’s innovative initiatives to manage and mitigate risk — and transform customers’ mindsets.

TIDI040: On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, we hear from Paul Conder, Principal and customer experience expert at CallisonRTKL...click for more

by Paul Hyett
PPRIBA, Hon FAIA, Vickery Hyett Architects, Founder—Partner
December 1, 2021 | 8 min read

From cell phones and cities to corporations and climates, we have the knowledge to effect sustainable change, but our geopolitical systems limit us

December 1, 2021 | 4:21

by Anton Germishuizen
Senior VP, Buildings, of Stantec
& Nancy MacDonald
VP, Urban Planning Lead, of Stantec
November 24, 2021 | 6 min read

Designers, planners and engineers will tell you we stand at the cusp of a new era in city building.

TIDI039: On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, we hear from Alyson Watson, CEO of Woodard and Curran...click for more

October 11-12, 2021 in Rome, Italy & October 13-15, 2021 in Venice, Italy

by Louis Coletti
President & CEO New York Building Trades Employers’ Association
& Reid Rubinstein
CEO, FCR, Field Control Analytics
November 17, 2021 | 4 min read

Why is the construction industry lagging in labor force analytics?

November 17, 2021 | 3:39

by Gary Lapera
Global Solutions Director, Jacobs
November 10, 2021 | 8 min read

Jacobs’ Gary Lapera discusses innovation at global scale

TIDI038: On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, we hear part 2 of Dave's conversation with Ana Pinto da Silva and Jonathan Salk...click for more

by Deborah Wingler
VP & Health Research Lead, HKS
November 3, 2021 | 11 min read

HKS’ global director of healthcare research & strategy discusses connections between research, experience, strategy and design

November 3, 2021 | 4:12