
Adapt As An Architect
A Mid-Career Companion
Randy Deutsch(Author)
RIBA Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-85946-951-4 (ISBN)
Description
The middle of an architect's career can provide a turning point
for a bright future or be a directionless hinterland. How is it for you? Are
you where you want to be? Have you been forced off your preferred path by
unforeseen circumstances or are you drifting?
Adapt
as an Architect provides hope and direction. It is a crucial compass for
design professionals, seeking to navigate the vast heart of the architect's
journey. It serves as a roadmap - a career GPS - with options for architects
getting from where they are today to where they want to be.
The
focus of this upbeat, engaging book is on how you can remain rejuvenated and
resilient without losing sight of the value of your acquired knowledge and
expertise.
By
signposting how you can maintain your relevance, doing what you do today, but
better and smarter, it also suggests how you can reinvent yourself by doing
something different but not so different. It provides the much-needed guidance
and support that is often missing once you've gained some experience in the
profession and are left to your own devices. It means that you won't be left to
navigate those mid-career years on your own.
Deutsch
draws insights from a wide range of international practices including:
* Gensler
* HDR Architecture
* Perkins&Will
* Shepley Bulfinch
* Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
* SmithGroup
* Studio Gang
* ZGF Architects
for a bright future or be a directionless hinterland. How is it for you? Are
you where you want to be? Have you been forced off your preferred path by
unforeseen circumstances or are you drifting?
Adapt
as an Architect provides hope and direction. It is a crucial compass for
design professionals, seeking to navigate the vast heart of the architect's
journey. It serves as a roadmap - a career GPS - with options for architects
getting from where they are today to where they want to be.
The
focus of this upbeat, engaging book is on how you can remain rejuvenated and
resilient without losing sight of the value of your acquired knowledge and
expertise.
By
signposting how you can maintain your relevance, doing what you do today, but
better and smarter, it also suggests how you can reinvent yourself by doing
something different but not so different. It provides the much-needed guidance
and support that is often missing once you've gained some experience in the
profession and are left to your own devices. It means that you won't be left to
navigate those mid-career years on your own.
Deutsch
draws insights from a wide range of international practices including:
* Gensler
* HDR Architecture
* Perkins&Will
* Shepley Bulfinch
* Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
* SmithGroup
* Studio Gang
* ZGF Architects
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
75 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
614 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85946-951-4 (9781859469514)
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Randy Deutsch FAIA, LEED AP is an educator, author, speaker, AI researcher and a licensed architect. Since 2011 Randy has authored five books, most recently Superusers: Design Technology Specialists and the Future of Practice (Routledge, 2019) and Think Like An Architect: How to develop critical, creative and collaborative problem-solving skills (RIBA Publishing, 2020). Until 2019 he served as Associate Director for Graduate Studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he currently teaches.
Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE:
ADAPT
PART I
Chapter 1 RELEVANCE
Chapter 2 REMAIN
Chapter 3 RESILIENCE
Chapter 4 FLOURISH
Chapter 5 SHIFT
PART II
Chapter 6 PIVOT
Chapter 7 REINVENT
Chapter 8 REWIRE
Chapter 9 REINFORCE
Chapter 10 REINTEGRATE
EPILOGUE:
THRIVE
Appendix: REBOOT
Bibliography
Index
Image Credits
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE:
ADAPT
PART I
Chapter 1 RELEVANCE
Chapter 2 REMAIN
Chapter 3 RESILIENCE
Chapter 4 FLOURISH
Chapter 5 SHIFT
PART II
Chapter 6 PIVOT
Chapter 7 REINVENT
Chapter 8 REWIRE
Chapter 9 REINFORCE
Chapter 10 REINTEGRATE
EPILOGUE:
THRIVE
Appendix: REBOOT
Bibliography
Index
Image Credits