Insights

by Jennifer Stone
Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
February 15, 2023 | 11 min read

RAMSA’s Jennifer Stone discusses resilient design and historical context.

February 15, 2023 | 3:52

La Jolla, CA January 11-12, 2023

by Paul Finch | February 8, 2023 | 5 min read

TIDI070: Gavin Starks has founded, funded, and run over a dozen organizations including...

by Margaret McMahon
SVP/Global Director, Wimberly Interiors (WATG)
February 1, 2023 | 10 min read

WATG’s Margaret McMahon offers keys to staying strong, listening well and holding onto the heart and soul of design.

February 1, 2023 | 4:57

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
January 25, 2023 | 8 min read

DI’s managing editor Michael LeFevre calls on a chorus of voices outside the industry to challenge the “illusion of continuity,” build understanding and confidence — and help us live better.

TIDI069: Erik Svendsen is Director of the Division of Environmental Health, Science, and Practice at the National Center...

by Paul Hyett, PPRIBA, Hon FAIA
Founding Principal of Vickery-Hyett in the U.K
January 18, 2023 | 7 min read

Paul Hyett challenges design leaders across the globe — regardless of their political context — to meet the real needs of our planet and its peoples.

January 18, 2023 | 3:27

by Robert Grupe
January 11, 2023 | 8 min read

Industry guru Robert Grupe discusses broadened expertise and challenges in alternative design support methods for consultative design such as design-assist, design-build and delegated design.

TIDI068: Dr. Mitchell Joachim is an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU and...

by Scott Simpson, FAIA
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
January 4, 2023 | 5 min read

Scott Simpson offers navigational advice for firms.

January 4, 2023 | 3:35

December 28, 2022 | 4:17

by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO, DesignIntelligence
December 28, 2022 | 7 min read

DI’s CEO Dave Gilmore shares a triptych of parables.

by Bob Berkebile
Founder and Principal Emeritus, BNIM
December 21, 2022 | 14 min read

AIA Kemper Award winner Bob Berkebile shares insights on a life of influence and impact.

December 21, 2022 | 4:13

by Michael LeFevre
Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
December 14, 2022 | 14 min read

Firms with intentional strategies around data, value generation and inclusion will enjoy positive impact and increased influence. Others beware.

TIDI067: Bob Fisher wraps up the series and shares what he learned...

Boston, MA, November 14-15, 2022 

by Katie Pattison
Vice President of Global Marketing, WATG
December 7, 2022 | 11 min read

This interview is part of a combination podcast and written series in which DI’s Bob Fisher investigates leadership of creative teams

December 7, 2022 | 4:31

by Ella Hazard
Managing Director, Arktura Ventures
November 30, 2022 | 6 min read

Ella Hazard explains: the “who” is the “how”

Madrid Spain, September 27, 2022.

TIDI066: Lauren Schmidt is a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox and the youngest woman in KPF’s history to...

November 23, 2022 | 5:01

by Paul Hyett
PPRIBA, Hon FAIA Founding Principal of Vickery-Hyett in the U.K
November 16, 2022 | 6 min read

Paul Hyett reflects on IT’s distortion of time, interval and distance. Can design benefit from its impact?

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