Think like an architect : how to develop critical, creative and collaborative problem-solving skills

Do you know how to think like an architect? Do you know why youshould? How do you make sure that you have the critical thinking toolsnecessary to prosper in your academic and professional career?

This book givesyou the answers. Architects have a valuableand critical set of multiple thinking types that they develop throughout thedesign process.

In this book, Randy Deutsch shows readers how to access thosethinking types and use them outside pure design thinking – showing how they canboth solve problems but also identify the problems that need solving.

To think the way the best architects do. Witha clear, driving narrative, peppered with anecdote, stories and real-lifescenarios, this book will future-proof the architectural student and emerging professional.

Change iscoming in the architecture profession, and this is a much-needed exploration ofthe critical thinking skills that architects have in abundance, but that arenot taught well enough within architecture schools.

These skills are crucial inbeing able to respond agilely to a future that nobody is quite sure of.