Jonathan Cohen and Associates
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Berkeley, CA 94708 USA
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Interface Design for the Web: The interface is the mechanism through which visitors understand and interact with a Web site. A good interface gives visitors assurance that they will be able to find the information they need when they need it. The design problem lies in integrating all elements into an easily comprehensible and consistent information space. more...

Future Workspaces Research Centre: The mission is to develop novel interactive spaces (physical and virtual) for creating new working environments which can enhance creativity, improve productivity, promote social interaction and support effective knowledge management within distributed virtual organisations.. more...

Constructing Excellence aims to achieve a step change in UK construction productivity by tackling the market failures in the sector and selling the business case for continuous improvement. more...

UCLA's Urban Simulation Team: is a long-term effort to build a real-time virtual reality model of the entire Los Angeles basin for use by architects, urban planners, emergency response teams, and government entities. The model is constructed by combining aerial photographs with street level imagery and three dimensional geometry to create realistic visual simulations of the dense Los Angeles urban environment. more...

Strategic Forum for Construction Integration Toolkit: promises project delivery that is 25–40% faster with 11–30% less capital required, with improved predictability of program, price and quality. more...

Virtual Jerusalem: Jerusalem requires a special approach to solving the problems of its physical growth and preservation. The city model is a working tool for architects and planners, and an aid for all concerned in the decision making process. more...

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Recommended reading:
Just published: Jonathan Cohen, "Beyond Flat Earth: New Horizons in Design Practice," in The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 2004 Update, Joseph Demkin, ed. (Wiley)

Practical Information Architecture: A Hands-On Approach to Structuring Successful Websites by Eric L. Reiss

Virtual Organization: Toward a Theory of Societal Transformation Stimulated by Information Technology by Abbe Mowshowitz

Communication and Design with the Internet by Jonathan Cohen

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Coming attractions:
Jonathan Cohen will speak at these events:

Building Connections: The 1st Congress on Digital Collaboration in the Building Industry, Washington, DC, April 30, 2004. more...

AIA04 Convention, Chicago: Cool Tools for Designers: Sketching, Visualization, and Presentation, Wednesday, June 9, 2004, more...

Intranets and Web Portals for Project and Knowledge Management, Saturday June 12, 2004, more...

All are invited to the AIA College of Fellows Investiture Ceremony to be held in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the University of Chicago campus on Friday June 11, 3:30-5 p.m. more...

AIA TAP/ACADIA joint conference: fabrication: a conference examining the digital practice of architecture Cambridge, Ontario, November 11-14, 2004. How can emerging industrial processes reshape building design and construction? more...