| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Inspiration | p. 1 |
| The Goose Bump Factor: A Conversation with Antoine Predock | p. 5 |
| What Is Good Design? | p. 6 |
| Peer Review and Self-Criticism | p. 33 |
| Critical Thinking in Architectural Design: With Christopher Mead | p. 36 |
| Why Draw? With Jean Pike | p. 45 |
| Vernacular Means: With Christopher Wilson | p. 48 |
| Setting Precedents for Using Precedents: With Roger K. Lewis | p. 56 |
| Daily Bread: With Melissa Harris | p. 61 |
| Designing Your Time: With Nancy Greiff | p. 74 |
| The Program | p. 81 |
| Ten Ways of Looking at a Building: With Ralph Caplan | p. 86 |
| Orchestrating Client Involvement: With Edie Cherry | p. 90 |
| Communication with Your Client: A Decision Pyramid Approach to Design Excellence: With Min Kantrowitz | p. 99 |
| Information Gathering | p. 103 |
| Conceptual Design Cost Estimating: With Brian Bowen | p. 115 |
| The Value of Value Engineering: With Glenn Fellows | p. 131 |
| Building Codes and Standards: With Marvin Cantor | p. 134 |
| The Carrot in the Codes: With Barry Yatt | p. 137 |
| Universal Design: With Michael Crosbie | p. 142 |
| Analysis and Interpretation of Information | p. 147 |
| A Client's View of the Design Process: A Conversation with Scott Gordon | p. 158 |
| The Place of People in Architectural Design: With Gerald Weisman | p. 158 |
| The Site | p. 171 |
| Appreciating the Environment | p. 176 |
| Landscape Architecture: With Lawrence Halprin and Paul Friedberg | p. 176 |
| Well-Grounded Design, or It's Not Easy Being Green | p. 181 |
| Environmentally Sensitive Design: A Primer: With Stephen Dent | p. 182 |
| Architecture and Sustainability Case Study: With Randolph Croxton | p. 199 |
| Basic Examples of Site Influences on Design | p. 201 |
| Site Inventory Checklist | p. 206 |
| Diagramming Site Data | p. 212 |
| Marrying Program and Site | p. 214 |
| Shedding (Day)light on Design: With Virginia Cartwright | p. 219 |
| The Art of Parking: With Mark Childs | p. 229 |
| Design Value and the Modern Machine: With Baker Morrow | p. 238 |
| Architectural Design | p. 243 |
| Facilitating Design | p. 245 |
| Brainstorming Tips | p. 246 |
| Tools | p. 262 |
| Drawings | p. 263 |
| Drawing as Discovery: With Paul Laseau | p. 265 |
| Physical Models | p. 276 |
| Computers: With Glenn Goldman | p. 281 |
| Construction Technology | p. 302 |
| Thinking and Making: With Geoffrey Adams | p. 303 |
| Tectonics: Art/Techne: With John Brittingham | p. 310 |
| Working with Constructors: With Raymond Worley | p. 316 |
| Materials | p. 318 |
| The Nature of Materials: With Terry Patterson | p. 320 |
| Using Common Materials in Uncommon Ways: With Christopher Jofeh | p. 323 |
| Color: With Deborah Sussman | p. 331 |
| Building Systems Integration | p. 333 |
| The Technical Integration Game: With Carl Bovill | p. 334 |
| Structures: With Denis McMullan and Mete Turan | p. 339 |
| Mechanical Systems: With Norbert Lechner | p. 361 |
| Lighting | p. 366 |
| Lighting Design: With Charles Linn | p. 369 |
| Acoustics: With Gary Siebein | p. 371 |
| Orchestrating Design | p. 392 |
| The Symphony | p. 393 |
| Community Design: With Richard Nordhaus | p. 400 |
| Presentations | p. 413 |
| Another Design Problem | p. 416 |
| Presenting for Pros: With Karen Greenstreet and Bob Greenstreet | p. 422 |
| Quick and Dirty Refresher Tips | p. 430 |
| Architectural Presentations as Graphic Art: A Conversation with Iris Slikerman | p. 436 |
| Engaging Your Client: With Kathryn Anthony | p. 440 |
| Trends in Reprographics, Printing, and Imaging: A Conversation with Jim Maitland | p. 447 |
| Architectural Photography: With Steve Rosenthal, Charles Linn, and Norman McGrath | p. 453 |
| Design Intelligence and the Art of Persuasion: With James Cramer | p. 459 |
| Lifelong Learning | p. 463 |
| The Pursuit of Professional Development Through Continuing Education: With Thom Lowther | p. 466 |
| Competitions: Learning Opportunities or Exploitation? | p. 471 |
| Details of Design Competitions: A Conversation with Roger Schluntz | p. 475 |
| Travel: With John Cary Jr. and Casius Pealer III | p. 486 |
| Architectural Internship | p. 490 |
| Optimizing Internship Experience for Interns and Employers: With Rob Rosenfeld | p. 491 |
| Seeking a Job | p. 497 |
| In the Trenches | p. 504 |
| A First Job: With Michael Sobczak | p. 507 |
| Open Letters to Advanced Students: By Helmut Jahn, Hugh Jacobson, Arthur Erickson, and Charles Moore | p. 508 |
| The Architect Registration Examination: With Stephen Schreiber | p. 514 |
| The Future: A Manifesto | p. 527 |
| Getting at Design: A Conversation with Thom Mayne | p. 531 |
| Awards Programs: "You Like Me! You Really Like Me!" | p. 541 |
| Marginalization: Not Just a Formatting Problem | p. 549 |
| Getting Wired: A Conversation with Michael Pyatok | p. 553 |
| Preservation: A Cultural Legacy Under Architectural Stewardship: With Marilys Nepomechie | p. 562 |
| Meditations on Quality: Considerations for Designing: With Gregory Palermo | p. 570 |
| Toward Great Architecture: Top 10 Snippets | p. 587 |
| General References | p. 591 |
| Index | p. 593 |
| About the Author | p. 606 |
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