BLOGS

Discover how to balance architectural intuition with empathetic design. Learn why successful architects combine strong initial hunches with systematic verification and curiosity about user needs to create spaces that truly serve people.

How incorporating non-architect perspectives enhances people-centered design. Learn collaborative methods that create more empathetic, functional architecture.

Our two architect heroes, with a little help from their friends, finally see the light and a path to solve their greatest design challenge.

In a wine-induced dream, the architects encounter architectural legends from Imhotep to Zaha Hadid who collectively advise them to find answers by listening deeply to stakeholders and understanding the emotional needs behind the project.

Two accomplished architects find themselves in a creative predicament with their biggest project ever, tapping into the age-old tension between architects and powerful clients that has existed since Imhotep's time.

When a team is struggling with a senior housing proposal, a junior architect's knowledge of aging and vision changes creates a breakthrough moment that could transform both their proposal and their design process.

Buildings don't make neighborhoods. People do. It's the connections between people that do. When architects want designs to resonate with communities, we must be in tune with them. This approach paid off in our charter school designs—using glass in stressed neighborhoods to say "We welcome you." The result? Ownership and pride emerged. Neighbors defended their schools through engagement. The glass invited belief that the neighborhood was safer, which actually made it safer.

Explore how the relationship between inside and outside spaces affects our wellbeing. This blog examines the evolutionary basis for our need to connect with the external world and offers design insights for more coherent environments.

Architect Milton Shinberg explores how unfulfilled architectural promises parallel April Fools' Day disappointments.

Architect Shinberg insights: 3D learning, student wellbeing, transforming unconscious understanding into design thinking.

Discover the science behind creative "Aha!" moments and learn practical approaches to enhance your creative process.