Introduction: Contemplating & Responding to our Existential Moment. PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF AGENCY. 1. Architecture and AI today: What we’re missing. 2. Education, Agency and AI: Learning, Fulfillment and Career Advancement. 3. This Appears to Be a Long Chapter. Let AI Summarize It for You. 4. A Day in the Life of an Agentic Architect. PART 2. AGENCY IN ACTION. 5. Identifying, Acquiring and Growing Agency. 6. How to Develop, Build and Protect Your Agency. 7. What We Will Always do Better Than AI. 8. Augmenting, Amplifying and Aligning Architects with AI. Conclusion: Actions to Assure We Not Only Survive but Thrive
Biography
Randy Deutsch, FAIA, LEED AP, is an educator, author, highly respected international keynote speaker, workshop leader, AI researcher, design technology authority and licensed architect. He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign where he served as the Associate Director for Graduate Studies until 2019, teaching and conducting research in AI, design, design futures, professional practice, building technology and digital technology.
