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How to Futureproof Your Architecture Firm 

April 15, 20242 min read

Key Questions that Impact Your Firm’s Success

As latest trends shift toward newest technological developments, how is your architecture firm adapting its design and innovation processes?  Has your firm already scanned the future for signals that show how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 3D-printing, and other architectural design software innovations will impact the industry? And how is your firm integrating better systems within its design processes to futureproof itself as an organization?

The latter questions prompt you to think about how the real and perceived future of architectural design is impacting your business today. As a design leader, you must strive to position your architectural services in a way that flexes and adapts to the ever-changing building industry. And as new innovations enter the industry, it is vital for you to not only foresee these changes, but also to strategize on how to adapt your firm in ways that leverage potential industry disruptors.

Turn Industry Disruptions into Growth Opportunities

Latest advancements in technology lead one to ask this very important question: Can architectural design be commoditized? As new developments (like AI) make architectural design easier for consumers to access at lower price points, how will your firm stand above the rest to continue its top-quality architectural design services in ways that leverage AI and other emerging technologies?

The key is to find the hidden opportunities when integrating new technologies into your firm’s design processes. Doing this will give your firm both creative and competitive advantages that result in accelerating your firm’s impact. To do this, you must continuously analyze your firm’s past while scanning the industry’s future, so you can see your own unique strengths by which to turn signals of disruption into market-leading products and services.

This is how you can futureproof your firm and accelerate your impact.


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Maria Lorena Lehman is a visionary, award-winning, and internationally recognized foresight architect and innovation advisor. She is founder of MLL ATELIER, a design and innovation studio that won the THA Award for Boutique Design Firm of the Year for North America. Maria Lorena Lehman holds the degrees: Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech and Master in Design with Distinction from Harvard University, where she did extensive research to push the growing-edge of environmental design.

Maria Lorena Lehman

Maria Lorena Lehman is a visionary, award-winning, and internationally recognized foresight architect and innovation advisor. She is founder of MLL ATELIER, a design and innovation studio that won the THA Award for Boutique Design Firm of the Year for North America. Maria Lorena Lehman holds the degrees: Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech and Master in Design with Distinction from Harvard University, where she did extensive research to push the growing-edge of environmental design.

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