Interview with Diane Hoskins, FAIA, NCARB

Diane Hoskins, FAIA, NCARB is Global Co-Chair of Gensler, the largest architecture firm in the world by both revenue and number of architects. She also serves as the Global Chair of the Board of Directors for the Urban Land Institute and as Trustee for The MIT Corporation. Most recently, she co-authored the book Design for a Radically Changing World, which explores the role that design in shaping the human experience amidst changing global conditions. In this episode, Diane discusses how her multi-disciplinary background has influenced her career, the discoveries that came out of the book’s creation, and why now is the best time to be a practicing architect.

‍Highlights

• What the crisis multiplier is, and how design is an ideal tool for addressing crises
• How the ways in which we think about workspaces continue to evolve
• The role COVID played – and didn’t – in changing workplace expectations
• The concept of the worker as consumer
• How Gensler’s “one firm” firm culture positions the firm to work from a place of expertise and empathy

Episode Resources:

‍Connect with Brian Jones and Patience Jones

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/graphicmachine/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-jones-graphicmachine/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/patiencejones/

Connect with Diane Hoskins, FAIA, NCARB

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianehoskins

Read Design for a Radically Changing World

• https://www.amazon.com/Design-Radically-Changing-World-Gensler/dp/1957183845/