Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to design innovation for the built environment --
research by design and the renovation of practice / Michael U. Hensel --
The project of design research / David Leatherbarrow --
One step towards an ecology of design: fields of relations and bodies of knowledge / Christopher Hight --
On the emergence of research by design and practice-based research approaches in architectural and urban design / Halina Dunin-Woyseth and Fredrik Nilsson --
Towards meeting the challenges of facilitating transdisciplinarity in design education, research and practice / Mark Burry --
Beyond Kenkyushitsu and atelier --
towards a new professional education and practice / Hidetoshi Ohno and Bruno Peeters --
Reality Studio --
a search for design tools to meet complexity / Inger-Lise Syversen --
Research by design in the context of the OCEAN Design Research Association / Michael U. Hensel, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel and Jeffrey P. Turko --
Systems-oriented design for the built environment / Birger Sevaldson --
Performance-oriented design as a framework for renovating architectural practice and innovating research by design / Michael U. Hensel --
The Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics --
implementing research towards performance-oriented architecture / Michael U. Hensel --
How can biology inform architects? / Julian Vincent --
Relational practice / Siv Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf --
Studio Integrate --
interview with a young practice focusing on research by design / Michael U. Hensel in conversation with Mehran Gharleghi and Amin Sadeghy --
Multiplying the ground / Eva Castro and Alfredo Ramirez --
Building communication by design: mobile fiction and the city / Andrew Morrison and Henry Mainsah