Voices of Design Leadership: Insights from Top Collaborative Design Firms
- 6h 18m
- Ken Sanders
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2022
Voices of Design Leadership
Provides inspiration to architecture and design students and professionals through the insights, stories, and projects of successful design leaders
Voices of Design Leadership seeks to educate, inform, and inspire a new generation of diverse design leaders. The work includes sixteen profiles of design leaders in architecture, interior design, planning, and research, many of whom are leaders at firms that have earned the AIA’s national Architecture Firm Award. The stories and projects from their own professional journeys illustrate multiple paths to design leadership success.
Individually, each person stands on their own as an inspiring and inf luential design leader. Collectively, they express what design leadership can and should look like. Representing a broad diversity of expertise and demographics—including nine women, seven people of color, and five first-generation immigrants—they bring a variety of life experiences and cultural backgrounds to their award-winning work.
Sample topics discussed in the work include:
- The power of diversity
- Finding and developing design talent
- Design philosophy and research investments
- Coaching, mentoring, team collaboration, and community engagement
- Advice for emerging design leaders
Students of architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate will find value and inspiration from Voices of Design Leadership and gain insight into the thought processes of established leaders in their fields. The work also appeals to young and mid-career professionals, clients, and educators exploring the next steps of their own career journeys.
About the Author
Ken Sanders is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Senior Fellow and Executive Board Member of the Design Futures Council. As Managing Principal at DesignIntelligence, Ken Sanders provides consulting services to architecture, engineering and construction firms on strategic operations, practice integration, technology, and leadership development. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of NELSON, an award-winning architecture, interior design, graphic design and brand strategy firm with a network that includes more than 1,000 professionals in 25 offices, combining industry experience, service expertise, and geographic reach to deliver projects across the country and around the world. During his 17-year career at Gensler, as Managing Principal and Board Member, Ken co-led the team responsible for Gensler’s global operations, including finance, legal, talent, technology, research and business development. He is the author of the award-winning book “The Digital Architect” and has contributed to “Interior Graphics Standards” and “The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice.”
In this Book
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Why This Book?
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Patterns of Design Ecosystems
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Sharron Van Der Meulen
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Phil Harrison FAIA, LEED AP
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Barbara Bouza FAIA
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Mustafa Chehabbedine ARB
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Michelle Kaufmann AIA, LEED AP
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Alan Ricks AIA, Int FRIBA
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Ana Pinto-Alexander EDAC, FIIDA, RID
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Billie Faircloth FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
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Rafael Viñoly FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int FRIBA
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Wendy Rogers FAIA, LEED AP
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Andre Brumfield Assoc. AIA
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Margaret Montgomery FAIA, LFA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
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Nader Tehrani
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Mariko Masuoka FAIA, LEED AP
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Colin Koop AIA
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Marsha Maytum FAIA, LEED AP
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Design Leadership Values
