The Next Architect: A New Twist on the Future of Design

The Next Architect takes a fresh book at our fast-evolving profession, starting with the proposition that everyone is an architect, both enables and empowered to help shape tomorrow’s world. Cramer and Simpson focus on how new technologies and processes in design are changing not just what we do, but how we do it. Tomorrow's successful practitioners must be adept at collaborative design techniques and comfortable working at warp speed. There will be new ways of working not only at the office, but on the construction site as well. This book challenges the next generation of design professionals to make full use of their talents to build a better, healthier, and more prosperous world.

James P. Cramer, Hon. AIA, Hon. IIDA, CAE, is the chairman/CEO of the Greenway Group, a leading strategic consultancy for the design professions. He conducts extensive research, gives seminars, and provides consulting services to leading professional firms around the world. He also serves as the co-chair of the Design Futures Council, is the author of Design plus Enterprise and coauthor of How Firms Suceed, editor of the monthly newsletter Design Intelligence, and co-editor of the annual Almanac of Architecture & Design. Cramer is the former executive vice president/CEO of the American Institute of Architects and president of the American Architectural Foundation. Scott Simpson, FAIA, is president/CEO of The Stubbins Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences and has published more than 70 articles about of innovation in the design professions. He has served as a design critic at Yale University and the University of Wisconsin as well as a guest lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.