Woods Bagot has announced that for the fifth time the firm has been recognised as a winner at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul Korea as a 2013 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE).
Woods Bagot is a global design and consulting firm, with a team of over 850 people working across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
The global design firm has been has recognized for management of its enterprise-wide collaborative knowledge sharing and is the only architecture firm acknowledged in the awards.
“A decade ago we realised that to remain competitive we needed to accelerate the delivery of design intelligence on projects by tapping into the collective knowledge of our projects and our people,” said Woods Bagot’s Group Managing Director, Ross Donaldson.
Embarking on a research journey over eight years ago, Woods Bagot implemented an aligned knowledge strategy that focused on mobilising knowledge beyond regions, growing knowledge capabilities and driving a knowledge innovation culture.
“Our vision is ‘one global studio’ which is about building a culture of knowledge across the whole firm. To our clients this means that we collaborate locally and globally to deliver incomparable design. To knowledge, it means we have no boundaries to capturing, sharing and applying our experiences, ideas and intelligence.”
“Our design methodology and how we operate as a business is built on this philosophy and it is humbling to see we have again been acknowledged as a Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise,” said Ross.
The firm’s commitment to knowledge extends to a research driven design methodology; using a tailored design portal for each project to harness knowledge and connect across borders; creating a global intranet community, investing in industry based knowledge forums, and communicating pertinent thought leadership to clients and peers.
Recent outcomes of Woods Bagot’s research and knowledge approach include design of the new $200 million South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI); China Southern Airport City, Guangzhou; Telkom Landmark Tower, Jakarta; National Australia Bank Docklands, Melbourne, Australia; and the ZERO-E modelling tool for zero emission buildings developed jointly with Buro Happold.
