Super-Architect
What is the future of architecture? Will architects be remembered for their craft, or will the profession continue to be fractured, chasing fame and fleeting trends? In Super-Architect: The Future of Architecture, Beau Dromiack challenges architects to rethink their approach and proposes the required posture that leans into the future. He outlines the unique characteristics of architects that, if acknowledged and embraced, will allow the profession to transcend through the future AI pressures that will define the profession. He projects into the future the possible new architecture practices that are AI optimized and how architects can take a leading role with AI through an innovative use that prioritizes craft excellence, functionality, long-term impact, and ultimately greater influence and resilience.
This thought-provoking book argues that true architectural influence comes from a foundation of care, skill, and optimism, not form. Super-Architect is a call to action for architects to elevate their profession, regain craft as a core value, and shape a resilient future with the betterment of the built environment and experience.
A must-read for architects, designers, and industry professionals, this book will redefine how you think about architecture’s future role in shaping society.
Key Topics Covered:
The future of architecture is not form; it is craft, resilience, and a unified profession.
Craft is humanity. AI is a tool. Craft is human.
Architects can retain influence in the emergence of future-AI and be the leading edge for future AI-optimized practice.
Craft is the foundation of great architecture, resilience, and influence.
Strategies for the future architecture practice create a lasting legacy, allowing the architect to regain their traditional role of craft excellence as a core value and the fuel for moving into the future.
Perfect for architects who want to be in the best position to adapt to the known and unknown future pressures that will define the next century of architectural practice. Super-Architect is your guide to creating a meaningful, enduring impact that serves the profession, people, and the planet.
What is the future of architecture? Will architects be remembered for their craft, or will the profession continue to be fractured, chasing fame and fleeting trends? In Super-Architect: The Future of Architecture, Beau Dromiack challenges architects to rethink their approach and proposes the required posture that leans into the future. He outlines the unique characteristics of architects that, if acknowledged and embraced, will allow the profession to transcend through the future AI pressures that will define the profession. He projects into the future the possible new architecture practices that are AI optimized and how architects can take a leading role with AI through an innovative use that prioritizes craft excellence, functionality, long-term impact, and ultimately greater influence and resilience.
This thought-provoking book argues that true architectural influence comes from a foundation of care, skill, and optimism, not form. Super-Architect is a call to action for architects to elevate their profession, regain craft as a core value, and shape a resilient future with the betterment of the built environment and experience.
A must-read for architects, designers, and industry professionals, this book will redefine how you think about architecture’s future role in shaping society.
Key Topics Covered:
The future of architecture is not form; it is craft, resilience, and a unified profession.
Craft is humanity. AI is a tool. Craft is human.
Architects can retain influence in the emergence of future-AI and be the leading edge for future AI-optimized practice.
Craft is the foundation of great architecture, resilience, and influence.
Strategies for the future architecture practice create a lasting legacy, allowing the architect to regain their traditional role of craft excellence as a core value and the fuel for moving into the future.
Perfect for architects who want to be in the best position to adapt to the known and unknown future pressures that will define the next century of architectural practice. Super-Architect is your guide to creating a meaningful, enduring impact that serves the profession, people, and the planet.
What is the future of architecture? Will architects be remembered for their craft, or will the profession continue to be fractured, chasing fame and fleeting trends? In Super-Architect: The Future of Architecture, Beau Dromiack challenges architects to rethink their approach and proposes the required posture that leans into the future. He outlines the unique characteristics of architects that, if acknowledged and embraced, will allow the profession to transcend through the future AI pressures that will define the profession. He projects into the future the possible new architecture practices that are AI optimized and how architects can take a leading role with AI through an innovative use that prioritizes craft excellence, functionality, long-term impact, and ultimately greater influence and resilience.
This thought-provoking book argues that true architectural influence comes from a foundation of care, skill, and optimism, not form. Super-Architect is a call to action for architects to elevate their profession, regain craft as a core value, and shape a resilient future with the betterment of the built environment and experience.
A must-read for architects, designers, and industry professionals, this book will redefine how you think about architecture’s future role in shaping society.
Key Topics Covered:
The future of architecture is not form; it is craft, resilience, and a unified profession.
Craft is humanity. AI is a tool. Craft is human.
Architects can retain influence in the emergence of future-AI and be the leading edge for future AI-optimized practice.
Craft is the foundation of great architecture, resilience, and influence.
Strategies for the future architecture practice create a lasting legacy, allowing the architect to regain their traditional role of craft excellence as a core value and the fuel for moving into the future.
Perfect for architects who want to be in the best position to adapt to the known and unknown future pressures that will define the next century of architectural practice. Super-Architect is your guide to creating a meaningful, enduring impact that serves the profession, people, and the planet.
Paperback: 200 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-953315-31-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-953315-33-5
Publisher: Press 49 (October 31, 2023)
Language: English
Dimensions: 8.5” x 8.5”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Beau Dromiack's architectural journey began in high school working in a small design studio and helping to build want was designed in that studio. Out of Beau’s unique obsession “to know why,” he curated his career to learn the macro pressures that define the current architectural profession. Experience including the hands-on craft of cabinet making, artist/architect architecture, boutique design studios, designing in corporate engineering and architecture giants, the establishment of integrated design teams in the construction and development industry, and leading architecture teams and practice. This vast range of experiences has formed his real-life experience to write The Craft Advantage. He has a broad integrated design expertise in Design-Bid-Build, CMaR, Design-Build and Integrated Design delivery.
He is a member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), and National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). He has earned a Master of Architecture from Arizona State University and teaches as an undergraduate and graduate student professor and mentor. He volunteers teaching design to design-build teams at Northern Arizona University School of Construction. He is an active volunteer teaching STEM-focused architecture and engineering principles to elementary school students and has developed STEM teaching tools to expand the student understanding of architecture and engineering.
Beau is 33 years married and has four adult kids, one son and three daughters. He loves backpacking and nurturing chickens to achieve the best egg while also as an avid cookie baker, pursuing the best cookie experience. He is very active hobbyist, loves coffee and thoughtful conversation, reading “everything,” analogue vinyl, and fly fishing.