From the monthly archives:

July 2009

At the AEC Network in London

On Thursday I was privileged to attend a meeting of the Architects, Engineers and Constructors Network at the Building Centre in London. The event was attended by around 30 professionals with a further 14 at least joining in online through the medium of a Ustream video feed of the presentations (thanks to Paul Wilkinson aka [...]

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Delicious Bookmarks for July 8th to July 14th

These are my Delicious Links for July 8th through July 14th: Tellytubby land: BedZed revisited – Building – An excellent review of the 'Zero Energy Housing' scheme by ZedFactory which is 7 years old. Some particularly interesting comments about the user experience. Whatever happened to BedZed – where are all the followup schemes? I Love [...]

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What good architects do: Strategy

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Picture two animals: a fox and a hedgehog. Which are you? An ancient Greek parable distinguishes between foxes, which know many small things, and hedgehogs, which know one big thing. All good-to-great leaders, it turns out, are hedgehogs. They know how to simplify a complex world into a single, organizing idea—the kind of basic principle [...]

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Delicious Bookmarks for July 4th to July 7th

These are my Delicious Links for July 4th through July 7th: Marketing Handbook for the Design & Construction Professional “These days, driving new business is the key to your survival, and this highly acclaimed marketing tool is your key to driving new business … “This all-new and thoroughly revised handbook covers every aspect of marketing [...]

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Networking Is… Just Ask

One thing I like so much about online networking is the way unexpected things can happen. One minute you find yourself wondering… ”when am I going to get round to that…?” and someone offers – “I’ve done it – would you like a copy?” Today was one of those days. I finally sorted out a [...]

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