Good decisions are rooted in a shared values system. Strategies are not meaningful unless they follow from shared goals.

Sustainability is about health and well-being: financial, human, social and environmental.

Design of the built-environment shapes our lives. Everyone is a “designer” when it comes to making our built environment as effective, efficient, and beautiful as it can be.

For a culture to coexist with the natural world, its technology must be based on principles from nature.

Design thinking can address complex challenges that have no single answer. Architects are particularly skilled at understanding the whole as well as the relationships between parts.