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The Architect Podcast Network is a production of ARCHITECT, the journal of the American Institute of Architects. Here, we talk with the innovators working at the cutting edge of design, technology, and practice in architecture.

ARCHITECT


    • Jan 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Unpacking the Latest Trends in Architectural Acoustics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 40:35


    In this second episode in our series on sound, architectural acoustics expert and educator Michael Ermann and CertainTeed Architectural national sales manager Steve Udolph help us understand the latest trends in architectural acoustics.

    Podcast: How Can Architects Better Understand Sound?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 27:58


    In this episode, architectural acoustics expert and educator Michael Ermann and CertainTeed Architectural national sales manager Steve Udolph give us a closer look at when architects should start thinking about sound and emerging acoustical trends.

    Shepley Bulfinch Past and Present CEOs Discuss Design Leadership in Challenging Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 29:19


    As a new year begins, businesses across sectors are facing familiar challenges: COVID-19, experimental workplace models, economic uncertainty, climate change, and social inequity. Addressing these overarching issues in meaningful ways often falls off the everyday to-do list of architects, but for company executives, strategic, big-picture thinking is their priority, their task. In this episode, Shepley Bulfinch former president and CEO Carole Wedge and current CEO Angela Watson share their agenda for the future, lessons from their experiences, and insight into the executive suite of architectural practice.

    What Do Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Have to Do With Architecture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 42:50


    Lumenance Consulting founder Nancy Alexander, Perkins&Will principal and director of global diversity Gabrielle Bullock, and University of Washington College of Built Environments dean Renee Cheng discuss common myths and questions about the role and place of DEI in architecture.

    How LMN Bridges Thoughtful Design with Public Infrastructure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 21:51


    In this episode, ARCHITECT contributing editor Ian Volner talks with LMN partner Stephen Van Dyck and principal Scott Crawford on they coupled design thinking with fabrication know-how to create an ethereal landmark for the city of Everett, Washington.

    Explore Steven Holl Architects’ New Winter Visual Arts Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 19:29


    Steven Holl discusses his firm’s recently completed project at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic will influence the design of future educational, institutional, and arts spaces.

    Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley on the Architecture of Quarantine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 28:45


    Karrie Jacobs interviews the writers about their forthcoming book on the history of quarantine facilities, which they were finishing in March while on lockdown in Los Angeles at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Meet SOM's First All-Female Executive Committee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 32:03


    Listen to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partners Carrie Byles, Laura Ettelman, and Xuan Fu describe their paths to the top of the global firm and their goals during their appointments.

    Michael Ford on the Intersection of Hip Hop, Activism, and Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 24:41


    Listen to the founder of the Hip Hop Architecture Camp trace the influence of the cultural movement from Le Corbusier to his personal, ongoing projects.

    James Garrett Jr. Hopes George Floyd Is the Final Wake-Up Call Architects Need

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 60:57


    Listen to the co-founder of 4RM+ULA, in St. Paul, Minn., detail the impact of systemic racism of black architects, call out the willfully ignorant, and explain the underpinnings of "Minnesota Nice." This episode references the 2019 NAACP report "The Twin Cities Economic Inclusion Plan." A link to the report can be found in the June 4 Washington Post op-ed "It’s hard to hear ‘Minnesota Nice’ without undertones of irony and despair," by journalist Michele L. Norris. Read more about Garrett and his three-step process for design firms to take tangible steps toward equitable and inclusive outcomes and the impact of the Twin Cities riots on 4RM+ULA's own projects in "James Garrett Jr. Lists Actions for Architects, Institutions, and Business Owners to Combat Systemic Racism," by ARCHITECT Mind & Matter columnist Blaine Brownell, AIA. This conversation also references a June 5 online forum organized by AIA Minnesota titled "Response for Damaged Properties in Minneapolis and St. Paul."

    Curtis and Jonathan Moody on Being Leaders, African Americans, and Family Members in Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 26:04


    Listen to the father–son duo and respective past and current CEOs of Moody Nolan reflect on their road to success in a profession with disproportionately few people of color.

    How a Public Health Crisis Forced Agency—Agency to Rethink Engagement and Design

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 12:18


    In this podcast episode, founder Tei Carpenter discusses her shifting approach to residential and public infrastructure design.

    Studio Gang's FDNY Rescue Company 2 Rethinks the Modern Firehouse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 21:32


    Jeanne Gang discusses her firm's recently completed project in Brooklyn, N.Y., and examines how creating supportive space for first responders can serve the community as a whole.

    Only If On Managing a Small Firm During a Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 10:43


    In this episode of our podcast, the founders of this Brooklyn, N.Y.–based firm share how they are navigating the COVID-19 crisis and what work is keeping them motivated.

    MASS Design Group Is Using Design to Fight Infection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 25:43


    In this podcast episode, founding principal and executive director Michael Murphy discusses his firm's Covid-19 response, as well as how architects can use design to help fight the pandemic.

    LPA on How to Achieve the 2030 Challenge Targets Toward Carbon Neutrality

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 20:39


    Principal Keith Hempel describes how his firm became the largest to satisfy the most recent energy reduction goal of the AIA 2030 Commitment.

    Borderless Studio Is All About Building Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 32:41


    In this podcast episode, the Chicago-based principals Paola Aguirre Serrano and Dennis Milam discuss the firm's projects that aim to unify.

    How Sustainable is Your Housing Type?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 24:03


    In this podcast, AS+GG partner Gordon Gill, FAIA, and sustainability director Christopher Drew explain the origins and methodology of their firm's newest study, Residensity: A Carbon Analysis of Residential Typologies, and discuss the questions that arose during their research—questions that often outnumbered the conclusions.

    WeWork's Lasting Impact on Architecture, from the Former Founders of Case

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 40:10


    This podcast looks at the impact of WeWork and other vertically integrated companies on the design profession at large by asking three people who were key to WeWork's rapid ascension: David Fano, Federico Negro, and Steve Sanderson. The trio were the founders of Case Inc., a New York–based design consultancy established in 2008 to bridge physical architecture with digital technology.

    Joint Structures: A New Typology for a Networked Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 22:38


    In this podcast episode, Nash Hurley, principal of San Francisco–based architecture studio Vital, references colonial villages, Burning Man, and hovercrafts in discussing the past and future of cities, work, transit, and community, and offers a first glimpse at the firm's Joint Structures research.

    Addressing Our Own Bias to Design Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 25:31


    As a female person of color, a Puerto Rican, and a member of the LGBTQ community, Yiselle Santos Rivera, Assoc. AIA, has beaten the odds. In this episode, Santos Rivera shares how she is reaching out to individuals and communities not already embedded in the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)conversation; her efforts at HKS, a firm with more than 1,400 design professionals worldwide; and where designers can find support if their local community is not currently thinking about EDI.

    The Importance of Collective Form for the Open Workshop

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 9:16


    In this podcast episode, Bhatia discusses the importance of collective form, a topic he also explores in his recently published monograph, his dream project, and advice on collaborating with other designers.

    Taller Ken on Managing Its 'Nomadic' Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 15:03


    In this podcast episode, Inés Guzmán and Gregory Melitonov discuss how they manage projects across borders and their firm's annual design build initiative, Fundamental, which brings together volunteer designers from around the world for three months to conceptualize and build an architectural intervention in a public space.

    The Need for Architecture That Enables, Not Disables

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 20:39


    In this podcast episode, Karen Braitmayer, FAIA, describes the roadblocks often faced by people with disabilities interested in architecture. At some point in life, she adds, many people will be affected by a disability, whether it be themselves or someone they know, such as their parents, partners, or colleagues.

    How After Architecture Balances Practice with Materials Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 14:09


    In this podcast episode, firm principals Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann discuss their dual roles as practitioners and research fellows at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

    Why Architecture Is Political

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 24:19


    In this episode, San Antonio, Texas–based architect Siboney Díaz-Sánchez offers ideas for designers to improve public outreach efforts and to challenge clients to go beyond their perceived obligations. She also elaborates how architecture and politics are intertwined.

    Practicing Architecture to Make a Difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 23:29


    In this podcast episode, Van Buren shares why she left her steady work at a successful firm to pursue her own ambition, what it takes to realize a restorative justice space in a community of doubters, and her belief that architects and designers can drive meaningful, substantial changes in society. In her op-ed "We Must Plan for a Decarceration Nation," in the May 2019 issue of ARCHITECT, Van Buren writes, "[Architects] have a unique way of thinking that helps us manifest complex ideas, concepts, and philosophies into real space and time—all skills that are desperately needed at the edge of social change. Together, we can steward and even lead a successful effort to decarcerate our nation and build equitable and just communities."

    Let's Reconsider That Indigenous Tattoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 21:33


    Until you're a member of a minority group, you likely cannot understand the visceral, day-in and day-out experience of life as a minority. From the passive, underhand comments and assumptions about your background or abilities to the blatant exclusion or derision of your presence, being a minority is challenging enough. Now imagine seeing the same people wielding the upper hand in the socio-economic lottery picking through your group's longstanding history and cultural practices for something they can leverage as their own. In this episode, Tammy Eagle Bull, FAIA, explains in clear terms why cultural appropriation is wrong, how it perpetuates in the architecture and design community, and her own experiences with preconceptions in her everyday life. A member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Eagle Bull is a co-founder and the president of Encompass Architects, based in Lincoln, Neb. She is also the first Native American woman in the United States to become a licensed architect, and the recipient of the AIA 2018 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award.

    Giving Refugee Communities the Design They Deserve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 14:08


    In this podcast episode, OBAT Helpers executive director Immad Ahmed discusses the design constraints that faced the community and how the team leveraged local expertise to create long-term communities in largely temporary spaces.

    No Judgment Please: Starting the EDI Conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 16:33


    Questioning the need for equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives should not spark controversy or guilt, says Samantha McCloud, director of community involvement, diversity & inclusion at GastingerWalker& in this podcast episode.

    Why CODA Prioritizes Approach Over Aesthetic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 5:31


    New York-based CODA founder, Caroline O'Donnell outlines her emphasis on dialogue and with engaging with the context of a project, as well as her forthcoming book that connects architecture and the werewolf.

    Shutting Down Sexism and Other Hallmarks of Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 15:34


    Shepley Bulfinch CEO Carole Wedge describes her path to leadership, starting from the mailroom, and why she wishes more architects would "stop talking" about revolutionizing the profession and "start implementing." And, yes, she also offers advice for how to respond to ignorant comments and actions on the jobsite and elsewhere.

    Next Progressives: Future Firm

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 11:16


    Recent Next Progressives Ann Lui, AIA, and Craig Reschke, AIA, of Chicago-based Future Firm discuss their approach to design and when they'll know they've made it.

    Why Architects Should Be 'ALL In' for Diversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 14:48


    The profession would benefit from a workforce with a representative range of backgrounds and experiences, says National Organization of Minority Architects president Kimberly Dowdell.

    What is Progressive Architecture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 24:27


    In this podcast episode, the jury of the 66th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards—which included Paul Andersen, AIA, of Denver-based Independent Architecture; J. Frano Violich, FAIA, of Boston-based Kennedy & Violich Architecture; and Claire Weisz, FAIA, of New York's WXY Architecture + Urban Design—discusses how they each define progressive architecture, how it manifests itself in the industry, and how it has evolved over time.

    What Is a Smart City? Listen to Three Experts Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 25:21


    In this podcast episode, ARCHITECT speaks with three experts with firsthand knowledge, insights, and opinions about the lure of smart cities: Paul Doherty, an architect and the chairman and CEO of the international company The Digit Group (TDG); Debra Lam, managing director of the Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation initiative at Georgia Tech, founder of the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge, and the former chief of innovation and performance for the city of Pittsburgh; and Anthony Townsend, founder of New York–based Bits and Atoms and author of Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013).

    Dissecting the Code, Part 8 - Tall Buildings Get a Safety Check for Seismic Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 18:37


    San Francisco's Office of Resiliency and Capital Planning recently commissioned a landmark study that offers preemptive actions for mitigating earthquake damage. In this episode, Danielle Mieler, principal resilience analyst at San Francisco’s Office of Resiliency and Capital Planning (ORCP) and vice president of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, in Oakland, Calif., walks through the salient takeaways and recommendations from the Tall Building Safety Strategy.

    Timber on the Rise, Part 9 - The R.W. Kern Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 24:54


    Designed by Bruner/Cott & Associates, Hampshire College's R.W. Kern Center is the largest higher education project to earn the green certification. This episode features former Hampshire College president, Johnathan Lash, and Jason Jewhurst, principal, Bruner/Cott & Associates.

    Dissecting the Code, Part 7 - Why Buildings Are Still Energy Hogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 17:04


    Have any of the formal and informal initiatives intended to improve the performance of our building stock, including energy codes, the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system, and the AIA 2030 Commitment, had an impact? In this episode, Barbra Batshalom, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI) in Boston shares her thoughts.

    Timber on the Rise, Part 8 - So You Want to Build with Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2018 12:13


    Opsis Architects' Alec Holser and the University of Idaho's Michael Perry discuss how they are turning the vision for an iconic mass-timber arena from renderings into reality.

    Dissecting the Code, Part 6 - Initiatives to Expedite the Review Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 18:37


    Chief building officials from Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va., discuss e-permitting and single-day reviews to streamline code review for architects and builders.

    Timber on the Rise, Part 7 - Katerra Tackles the Inefficiencies of the Building Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 12:47


    Led by tech entrepreneurs, the 2000-person (and counting) pre-fabrication and construction company is investing heavily in R&D and mass timber, says Katerra Architecture president Craig Curtis.

    Timber on the Rise, Part 6 - How to Design Commercially Viable Mass Timber Buildings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 9:58


    After serving as architect-of-record on the largest wood structure constructed in modern U.S. history, DLR Group principal Stephen Cavanaugh and his team have been tapped to continue that model in other cities.

    Dissecting the Code, Part 5 - Code Review, Meet Automation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 11:14


    This episode continues our Dissecting the Code series, which highlights leaders in the AEC community tasked with ensuring the structures that we live in, work in, and design meet the evolving demands of today's world. Smartreview Inc. is taking on the task of digitizing the permitting process with its Automated Plan Review software. This episode features Mark Clayton and James Haliburton.

    Timber on the Rise, Part 5 - The Case for Designing with Nail-Laminated Timber

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 11:40


    ArchitectChats is kicking off its third season with a continuation of our Timber on the Rise series, which highlights innovations and innovators in wood design and construction. In this episode, Perkins+Will senior sustainable building adviser Rebecca Holt shares insights from the inaugural design and construction guide for the mass-timber product.

    Dissecting the Code, Part 4 - Historic Districts for Modern Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 10:58


    This is the fourth and final episode of the ArchitectChats' "Dissecting the Code" series examining the intricacies surrounding a topic that every architect needs to know: building codes. Nancy Merrill, director of planning and development of Claremont, N.H., discusses how the 13,000-person town adapted zoning and code standards to encourage redevelopment efforts.

    Timber On the Rise, Part 4 - Elevating Design Through Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 8:56


    Andrea Leers and Tom Chung of Leers Weinzapfel Associates share insights on UMass Amherst's Design Building, the East Coast's first mass timber structure, as well as on forthcoming timber projects.

    Dissecting the Code, Part 3 - Back to Basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 8:40


    A run-through the industry's most common building codes can benefit any designer, from a budding intern to a seasoned architect. In this episode of ArchitectChats, Cheri Hainer, a certified building official, and permits and inspections administrator for the city of Virginia Beach, Va., breaks down some key building code lingo and acronyms that designers should keep in mind for all of their projects.

    Timber On the Rise, Part 3 - The First Timber High-Rise in the U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 8:40


    Thomas Robinson, founder of Lever Architecture, discusses the firm's Framework building, slated to be the first timber high-rise in the United States.

    Timber On the Rise, Part 2 - Timber and Concrete Hybrid Structural System

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 10:19


    Benton Johnson of SOM in Chicago discusses the intricate and practical steps it will to take to make timber structures a reality.

    Timber On the Rise, Part 1 - Dowel-Laminated Timber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2017 11:22


    Lucas Epp of StructureCraft Builders describes the science behind one of the newest mass timber products on the market, and how it could help change the face of timber construction.

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