The Changing Shape of Practice: Integrating Research and Design in Architecture

Dr Michael U. Hensel is an architect, researcher, educator and writer. He is a professor and director of the Research Center for Architecture and Tectonics at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He is founding and current chairman of the OCEAN Design Research Association and of SEA (Sustainable Environments Association), and author and editor of numerous books including Performance-oriented Architecture and Grounds and Envelopes, with Jeffrey P. Turko. Dr. Fredrik Nilsson is an architect, professor of architectural theory, and head of the Department of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology. He is Chief Research Strategist at White Arkitekter, where he was head of R&D 2007-2014, and he is currently director of the research environment 'Architecture in the Making: Architecture as a Making Discipline and Material Practice', funded by the Swedish research council Formas. Nilsson frequently publishes articles, architectural criticism and reviews of books.

Acknowledgements. Introduction Michael Hensel and Fredrik Nilsson Part 1: 700+ Employees 1. AECOM Pavel Hladik 2. Perkins + Will John Haymaker, Ajla Aksamija, and David Green 3. White Architects Fredrik Nilsson and Marja Lundgren 4. Woods Bagot Ruth Conroy Dalton and Christian Derix Part 2: Circa 100 and 100+ Employees 5. Kieran Timberlake Daniel S. Friedman 6. PLP Architecture Lars Hesselgren, Benachir Medjdoub and Andrei Martin 7. SHoP Architects Philip Nobel 8. 3XN/GXN Kaspar Guldager and Terri Peters 9. UN Studio Ben van Berkel and Madelief ter Braak Part 3: Less than 25 Employees 10. Thomas Herzog Architekten Thomas Herzog 11. AZPML Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Michael Hensel 12. Herreros Arquitectos Christian Hermansen Cordua 13. ONL Oosterhuis Lenard Kas Oosterhuis 14. Spacescape Lars Marcus and Alexander Stahle 15. OCEAN Design Research Association Defne Sunguroglu Hensel Bibliography. Image Credits. Index