Adapt As An Architect : A Mid-Career Companion

The middle of an architect’s career can provide a turning pointfor a bright future or be a directionless hinterland.How is it for you? Areyou where you want to be? Have you been forced off your preferred path byunforeseen circumstances or are you drifting?Adaptas an Architect provides hope and direction.It is a crucial compass fordesign professionals, seeking to navigate the vast heart of the architect’sjourney.It serves as a roadmap – a career GPS – with options for architectsgetting from where they are today to where they want to be.Thefocus of this upbeat, engaging book is on how you can remain rejuvenated andresilient without losing sight of the value of your acquired knowledge andexpertise.Bysignposting how you can maintain your relevance, doing what you do today, butbetter and smarter, it also suggests how you can reinvent yourself by doingsomething different but not so different.It provides the much-needed guidanceand support that is often missing once you’ve gained some experience in theprofession and are left to your own devices.It means that you won’t be left tonavigate those mid-career years on your own. Deutschdraws insights from a wide range of international practices including:• Gensler• HDR Architecture• Perkins&Will• Shepley Bulfinch• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill• SmithGroup• Studio Gang• ZGF Architects