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Are architecture firms ready for Gen Z?

2019-08-22T09:38:00-04:00

There's no denying it, the workforce is changing and after the impact Millennials made over the years a new demographic cohort is quickly replacing this group. Generation Z or "Gen Z" as many have grown to call them are a generation who have been surrounded by technology since birth.

With high levels of digital literacy their ability to adapt to this every evolving technological world is exciting. The young people of today are filled with ideas and collaborative efforts that will create distinct societal shifts. However, can their work ethic stack up to the demands of the architecture profession? Perhaps their levels of digital and emotional aptitude can help the profession exceed past its aging nuances?

Gen Z, with their technical savvy and tendency toward collaboration and individual expression, may be the best fit yet for the profession"

In a recent article written by Michele Russo for AIA Architect, she highlights this new group's impact in the workplace. Russo elaborates their ...

The next battleground for personal privacy: gyms?

2015-12-03T14:23:00-05:00

“In the last 20 years, maybe 25 years, there’s a huge cultural shift in people that ultimately affects gyms,” said Bryan Dunkelberger, a founding principal of S3 Design, which has worked for clients like Equinox and the Sports Club/ LA. [...] And the millennials, these are the special children. They expect all the amenities... Privacy, they expect.” [...] “It’s funny, they’re more socially open with everything — Facebook, social media — yet more private in their personal space”

Is America actually shifting away from its car obsession? Not entirely.

2015-10-23T18:45:00-04:00

The plateauing and decline in U.S. vehicle miles traveled per capita that occurred between [2005-2014] was described by some hopeful commentators as a dramatic shift that was indicative of the preferences of a new workforce...Marginal changes in the way a new generation behaves...cannot overcome the realities of a country where more than three-fourths of jobs are located more than three miles from downtowns and where only one-fourth of homes are in places that their residents refer to as urban.

More about car transit on Archinect:

Welcome to Evanston, Illinois: the carless suburbia

Dawn of the self-driving car: testing out Tesla's autopilot function

From California to Texas, car culture is losing its monopoly

Can a loss of driver autonomy save lives?

Designers imagine a world of self-driving, mobile offices

Will Philadelphia Ever Be Home to a Middle Class?

2014-08-19T20:21:00-04:00

Recent research by Pew showed that half of the 20- to 34-year-olds polled did not expect to be living in [Philadelphia] in five to 10 years, largely because of concerns about education and career opportunities (the ones that never knock). I love Philadelphia, it has become my home. But what will happen if the bulk of today’s middle class follows their parents and trickles out to the suburbs?