Design Futures Council News
Simulation for Sustainability: A Conversation with Dr. Dru Crawley
by Dr. Dru Crawley
Ph.d., FASHRAE, BEMP, FIBPSA, AIA, Bentley Fellow & Director, Building Performance, Bentley Systems Inc.
19 min read
Data modeling can change behavior. In this discussion
Getting Back to the Truth
by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO of DesignIntelligence
4 min read
Dave Gilmore reminds us that understanding and collective good are parts of a sound social contract. Independence requires dependence and
respect.
Redefining Professional Practice Education: Speculations and Challenges
by Irene Hwang
Assistant Chair of Architecture at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
16 min read
Irene Hwang shares anecdotes that provoke speculation and challenges...
What Won't Change
by Scott Simpson
FAIA, Contributor to DesignIntelligence, Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council
5 min read
Scott Simpson shares reasons for optimism by design thinkers.
Redefining Crowds, Space, Time - and Buildings?
by Paul Hyett
RIBA and Honorary Fellow of AIA
5 min read
Paul Hyett shares musings on life, togetherness and technology in the United Kingdom.
Reframing the Value Propositions of Building
by Phil Bernstein
Associate Dean & Professor Adjunct at the Yale School of Architecture
12 min read
Phil Bernstein investigates agency, project delivery, and building performance as future value proposition paths
On Redefining: New Rules
by Michael LeFevre
FAIA Emeritus, Managing Editor of DesignIntelligence
5 min read
To spring forward from concurrent crises, DI’s Managing Editor issues a call for new rules—and the courage to break the old ones.
Redefining Sustainability Through The Triple Bottom Line
by Liz York
Senior Architect and Design Strategist for Healthy Design Collaborative, LLC a healthy design consultancy
8 min read
Can we find a new word for Sustainability? Do we need to? Liz York, FAIA shares three case studies that achieve ...
Redefining the Profession
by George Johnston
Professor of Architecture at Georgia Tech and Principal of Johnston+Dumais
11 min read
In his new book, “Assembling the Architect”, author, historian, and professor George Johnston draws from the past to suggest future
directions. An interview.
Design Education Resilience: CORONAVIRUS’s Impact and Beyond
by Ashley Steffens
Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Georgia, College of Environment + Design
6 min read
How to cope with largely-studio-based design education in a new world order?