DesignIntelligence Articles

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).

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.

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

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

DI Managing Editor Michael LeFevre considers radical innovation’s sources

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.

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

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.

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?

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

Jacobs’ Gary Lapera discusses innovation at global scale

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

by Sabrina Kanner
EVP, Brookfield Properties
October 27, 2021 | 6 min read

Brookfield Properties’ Executive Vice President Sabrina Kanner explores innovation, value creation, mentors and the costs of not investing

by Anne Ellis
P.E., Hon.M.ACI, F.ASCE, NAC Executive Director, Charles Pankow Foundation
October 20, 2021 | 18 min read

Charles Pankow Foundation Executive Director Anne Ellis discusses industry transformation

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
October 13, 2021 | 6 min read

Often Simple Things Matter Most

by Rosa T. Sheng
AIA, Principal, Smith Group, and Founder, Equity by Design
October 6, 2021 | 5 min read

Building value and challenging conventional wisdom with actionable solutions

by Paul Hyett
RIBA, Hon FAIA, Vickery Hyett Architects, Founder—Partner
September 29, 2021 | 9 min read

Re-examining the tenets of interpersonal responsibility

by Dave Gilmore
President and CEO, DesignIntelligence
September 23, 2021 | 5 min read

DI’s Dave Gilmore examines the essence of mutual dependence in sustained social and business contexts.

by Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton
FAIA
September 20, 2021 | 9 min read

In this eight-decade personal reflection, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, recounts the interplay of obstacles and opportunities she experienced — and offers advice for professional inclusion

by Jeff Kuhnhenn
AIA, LEED AP
September 13, 2021 | 8 min read

Multiple Perspectives Enhance the Design Process

by Jim Anderson
Principal and Chair of DIALOG
September 8, 2021 | 6 min read

DIALOG is a design practice that is rooted in and works across Canada where there is a diverse and wide-ranging perspective.

by Kim Montague
Executive Director of Research & Partnerships, Health, Kimball International
August 31, 2021 | 9 min read

What exactly does inclusive interdependence mean?

by Valarie Jacobs
Chief Growth Officer, LPK
August 26, 2021 | 7 min read

Consumer trends shaping the cities of tomorrow.

by Paul VanDuyne, Adam McMillen,
& Mike Lawless
IMEG Corp.
August 20, 2021 | 10 min read

Overcoming bias and capitalizing on data to reach broader outcomes.

by Rick Archer
Founding Principal and CEO, Overland Partners Architecture + Urban Design
August 16, 2021 | 12 min read

Overland Partners’ Rick Archer shares his firm’s journey toward diversity, equity and inclusion

by Mitchell Joachim
Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, Co-Founder of Terreform ONE, and Associate Professor of Practice at NYU.
August 11, 2021 | 6 min read

DesignIntelligence talked with Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of Terreform ONE, about living in balance with nature

by Glen Murray
Former Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
August 4, 2021 | 3 min read
Glen Murry talks about how roles are changing between governments, private enterprise and NPO's in creating a more sustainable world.

by Michael LeFevre
FAIA Emeritus, Managing Editor, DesignIntelligence
July 26, 2021 | 11 min read

In an appreciation of teamwork and diversity, DI Managing Editor Michael LeFevre calls for empathy and connectors, inclusion and revolution.

by Scott Simpson
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
July 19, 2021 | 4 min read

Connections across space and time

by DesignIntelligence
July 14, 2021 | 15 min read

DesignIntelligence perspectives on sustainable design have significantly contributed to the positive shifts we’ve seen across the North American built environment.

In the fall of 2020, Kimball International commissioned DesignIntelligence to conduct research to try to understand what the future of healthcare delivery might look like as we put the pandemic behind us…