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Participatory Design with the Internet
Among the most important skills an architect needs today is the ability to communicate with a wide array of stakeholders involved in every project. Clients are stakeholders of course, but so are building end users, neighbors, planning commissioners, and members of the extended community surrounding any new project. For many practitioners, the Internet is proving to be an excellent platform for just this kind of broad-based communication. more...

The Movement for Innovation in the UK
The 1998 Egan Report, "Rethinking Construction" was a wakeup call for radical change in the UK building industry. more...


Jonathan Cohen and Associates 65 Acacia Avenue Berkeley, CA 94708 USA tel 510.558.8154 fax 510.558.8054 web@jcarchitects.com	Participatory Design with the Internet Among the most important skills an architect needs today is the ability to communicate with a wide array of stakeholders involved in every project. Clients are stakeholders of course, but so are building end users, neighbors, planning commissioners, and members of the extended community surrounding any new project. For many practitioners, the Internet is proving to be an excellent platform for just this kind of broad-based communication. more... The Movement for Innovation in the UK The 1998 Egan Report, "Rethinking Construction" was a wakeup call for radical change in the UK building industry. more...	Islands of Automation: What to do about Data Exchange in the Building Industry In many ways, information technology has make communication within the building industry worse rather than better. Within the separate domains of design, construction, and operations, IT has been applied to automating specific tasks rather than addressing the overall building process. more... The shared project model would replace individual documents with a single knowledge base describing an entire project. Participants would have real-time access to the model throughout the life of the project, in turns contributing their own knowledge and using information contributed by others. more...

	Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Age of the Internet: If the Internet makes it so easy to download material and make high-quality copies, aren’t designers just “giving it away” when they place their work on Web sites? What will prevent competitors from stealing or misrepresenting your work as their own? Couldn’t developers copy your designs and use them without your knowledge or consent? more... excerpted from Communication and Design with the Internet: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and Building Professionals If you're engaged in design or merely want a lucid introduction to many of the technologies Communication and Design with the Internet belongs on your shelves." — Caslon Analytics, Australia Did you miss last month's issue? ...April issue ...March issue ...February issue	Coming attractions: Jonathan Cohen will present at ZweigWhite AEC Technology Strategies Washington, June 4-5, 2003, more info... Jonathan Cohen teaches this summer at Harvard Design School Executive Education program July 16-18, 2003 Internets and Extranets for Collaboration and Knowledge Management, more info... Participatory Design and Planning with the Internet: Case Study The World Trade Center Reconstruction, more info... Jonathan Cohen speaks on mixed-use development at the California APA Convention, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2003, more info... Fall AIA TAP Conference: Connecting the Dots Understanding the Emerging Digital Building Process San Francisco, October 16-18, 2003 more info...
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