{"title":"Books by Randy Deutsch","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781859469316","title":"Think Like An Architect","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo you know how to think like an architect? Do you know why you should? How do you make sure that you have the critical thinking tools necessary to prosper in your academic and professional career? This book gives you the answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitects have a valuable and critical set of multiple thinking types that they develop throughout the design process. In this book, Randy Deutsch shows readers how to access those thinking types and use them outside pure design thinking – showing how they can both solve problems but also identify the problems that need solving. To think the way the best architects do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a clear, driving narrative, peppered with anecdote, stories and real-life scenarios, this book will future-proof the architectural student. Change is coming in the architecture profession, and this is a much-needed exploration of the critical thinking skills that architects have in abundance, but that are not taught well enough within architecture schools. These skills are crucial in being able to respond agilely to a future that nobody is quite sure of.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308233044341,"sku":"9781859469316","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781859469316_d67b0e8d-97b1-47b4-8340-4c4237ba27f0.jpg?v=1786029334"},{"product_id":"9781859469514","title":"Adapt As An Architect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdapt As An Architect: A Mid-Career Companion\u003c\/em\u003e is the only book that helps design professionals to navigate the vast heart of the architect’s journey. It serves as a roadmap: a career GPS that provides options for architects getting from where they are today to where they really want to be. The focus of this optimistic, engaging book is on continued relevance, professional engagement, perseverance, and career longevity. It argues that mid-career is the lynchpin of the architect’s career, and provides the guidance and support that practices themselves are missing for emerging professionals, who are often left to their own devices to find their way as they approach the middle of their career. This book means architects don’t need to navigate these years on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308569735541,"sku":"9781859469514","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781859469514_7bebf18c-8900-49ff-a870-57c9551360ff.jpg?v=1786029337"},{"product_id":"the-agentic-architect","title":"The Agentic Architect","description":"Architectural education and the profession are at a crossroads, grappling with the climate crisis, housing shortages, migration, and the omnipresent rise of AI. While AI excels at generating visuals, its true value for architects lies not in replicating existing strengths, but in solving practical, time-consuming problems. This frees architects to tackle larger societal challenges and leverage their core competencies for the public good.   The Agentic Architect explores how current and future architects can harness AI to become indispensable. The book addresses the critical gap between AI’s current (mis)use in academia and practice and how to pivot towards its full, effective adoption. Central to this pivot is the concept of agency. Agentic AI autonomously completes tasks; an agentic architect acts with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment, making informed decisions and contributing unique insights. Many architects, however, are experiencing a crisis of agency, feeling disempowered and immobilized. This book reveals how agency is lost—from school through professional life—and provides concrete solutions for rebuilding it for career growth, workforce relevance, and societal impact. Beyond technical skills, The Agentic Architect emphasizes educating the “whole architect” to prevent demoralization in the face of powerful AI. It focuses on identifying and cultivating agency, showing how to work agentically with AI throughout one’s career. This isn’t a doom-and-gloom narrative, but an optimistic, practical guide on “who we need to be” to thrive alongside AI.   The Agentic Architect is a high-level, tool-agnostic resource for students, faculty, design professionals, and firm leaders.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483454644597,"sku":"9781041167075","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781041167075.jpg?v=1786178621"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-randy-deutsch.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}