CAPLA Associate Dean for Research Barbara Bryson Featured in 'This is DesignIntelligence' Podcast

Aug. 7, 2020
Who
Barbara Bryson, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Practice and Director, The Drachman Institute
What
This is DesignIntelligence Podcast
When
July 2020
Categories
Barbara Bryson

Barbara Bryson, associate dean for research, professor of practice and director of The Drachman Institute in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona, was featured recently in the This is DesignIntelligence podcast on the topic of "Possible Outcomes."

In the podcast, Bryson discusses the habits and processes that are destructive to the industry and why focusing on culture rather than processes results in more predictable outcomes.

Listen to the podcast.

Bryson was the University of Arizona vice president of strategic planning and analysis before joining CAPLA in 2016. Her research interests include the future of the architecture profession as well as integrated planning and master planning for university campuses. After practicing architecture within major firms for nearly two decades, she turned to higher education in 1996, with stints as university architect at the University of Miami and associate vice president for facilities, engineering and planning at Rice University. The co-author of The Owner’s Dilemma: Driving Success and Innovation in the Design and Construction Industry, she holds a doctorate in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania, MBA from the University of Miami and BS in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington.

  

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