When AI Makes Design Look Easier Than It Is
06.03.2026
Faster production should not reduce fees: It should change how they’re explained.
Faster production should not reduce fees: It should change how they’re explained.
Artificial Intelligence
If Everybody’s Using AI, What’s An AI Design Studio For?
05.12.2026
Architecture and design education is being fundamentally altered.
Architecture and design education is being fundamentally altered.
Will AI Make Architectural Expertise Easier to Misprice?
04.27.2026
As technology reduces the time needed to complete tasks, firms need to clarify what clients are actually paying for: expertise and judgment, not billable hours.
As technology reduces the time needed to complete tasks, firms need to clarify what clients are actually paying for: expertise and judgment, not billable hours.
The Liability Question: When AI Designs Buildings, Who’s Responsible?
03.18.2026
Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.
Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.
Architecture’s Awkward Embrace of Artificial Intelligence
03.03.2026
Technological advancement is coming, whether the profession wants it or not.
Technological advancement is coming, whether the profession wants it or not.
What Exactly Does It Mean to Be an “AI-Powered” Architecture Firm?
02.09.2026
A talk with Patrick Chopson, co-founder of Cove Architecture.
A talk with Patrick Chopson, co-founder of Cove Architecture.
AI “Can’t Draw a Damn Floor Plan With Any Degree of Coherence”
09.10.2025
A conversation with architect, technologist, and Yale professor Phil Bernstein.
A conversation with architect, technologist, and Yale professor Phil Bernstein.
Why Architects Need to be Part of Evolving A.I. Policy
09.01.2025
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
When There Is No Intelligence in Artificial Intelligence
05.29.2025
AI is a tool for design, no more, no less. Humans are the creators.
AI is a tool for design, no more, no less. Humans are the creators.
Redefining Authorship: How AI Is Changing What It Means to Be an Architect
04.09.2025
The rise of artificial intelligence will challenge architects to rediscover their unique value.
The rise of artificial intelligence will challenge architects to rediscover their unique value.
What Would It Mean to Be An “AI First” Architecture Firm?
03.31.2025
It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths forward.
It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths forward.
“AI Is Just a Tool”—and Other Fictions
02.18.2025
AI usurps the freedom to experience the pains and satisfactions of true artistic and design growth.
AI usurps the freedom to experience the pains and satisfactions of true artistic and design growth.
Architects vs. Algorithms: A 2025 Love Story
01.29.2025
This year, AI will assert itself on both the designer and the client sides of the construction industry.
This year, AI will assert itself on both the designer and the client sides of the construction industry.
AI, Architecture, and the Uncanny Valley
09.09.2024
Technology can design, but it can’t understand the “why” of buildings—yet.
Technology can design, but it can’t understand the “why” of buildings—yet.
How AI Can Help Us End Design Education Anachronisms
03.19.2024
Let’s use the power of technology to actually improve architectural learning.
Let’s use the power of technology to actually improve architectural learning.
Architects Must Resist the AI “Revolution”
06.26.2023
No technological advance can match the power, memory, and creativity of the human brain.
No technological advance can match the power, memory, and creativity of the human brain.
Is AI Really the Next Big Thing in Architecture?
06.01.2023
There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
What I Learned About AI After Conducting An Architecture Interview With a Bot
02.01.2023
A slippery slope, or the inevitable path toward our AI-fueled future?
A slippery slope, or the inevitable path toward our AI-fueled future?
A Lively Interview With A Bot on the Future of Architecture
01.23.2023
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
Jacob Ward on Artificial Intelligence and a World of Narrowing Choices
01.18.2022
NBC News’ science and technology correspondent talks about his new book, The Loop.
NBC News’ science and technology correspondent talks about his new book, The Loop.
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