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My friend Doug Staker (father of three, Master of Architecture from UCLA, Principal Architect with Squaremoon Studio, lives in Salt Lake City) joins us to share the story of the genesis of Sanctuary—a physical structure representing safely/love/acceptance that was first part of Utah Pride in 2018. Doug talks about his gay brother Thomas and becoming curious and going on a trip where he asked, “tell me about your life”. Doug talks about how this transformed his perspective about queer people and felt spiritually called to ally and use his creative and architecture expertise. This spiritual impression led to the creation of sanctuary that has been part of Utah Pride four different times. Doug talks about being at the Encircle gala and connecting with Autumn McAlpin (film producer, mother of two queer children) which led to the creation of Sanctuary—a full length powerful documentary film about LGBTQ Latter-day Saints (see show notes on how to watch/share this must-see film). Doug talks about two of his children coming out as queer (trans and bi-sexual) and his journey to love and accept them—super powerful. Thank you, Doug, for being on the podcast and sharing your remarkable story of using your God given talents to love and support our queer friends. Thanks for following your spiritual impressions to walk into this space and make a difference. Thank you, Autumn McAlpin, and Vienna Boyes (all the entire team) for your efforts to direct, produce and release this deeply moving documentary—I was so moved watching it a few months ago. I invite everyone to listen to Doug's podcast and watch/share Sanctuary. Links: Doug's Sanctuary project website: https://www.squaremoon.art/ Sanctuary Documentary: https://sanctuarydoc.com/

696. How did a 19th-century merchant rebuild his life after the War of 1812 and use his fortune to secretly transform the city of New Orleans? We're joined by author Audrey Ades to talk about her picture book biography, Judah Touro Didn't Want to Be Famous. We dive into Judah’s quiet legacy of stealth philanthropy, the importance of bringing unsung Jewish historical figures to young readers, and the timeless lesson of helping others without needing acclaim. Ades is a children's book author with a passion for uncovering overlooked historical figures and bringing meaningful, character-driven stories to young readers. Known for her thoughtful approach to themes of community, social justice, and Jewish history, she specializes in translating complex historical legacies into accessible narratives for children. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 222 years. Order your copy today! This week in the Louisiana Anthology. Benjamin Moore Norman. Norman's New Orleans. In 1699, eighteen years after La Salle had demonstrated the connection of the Mississippi with the Gulf of Mexico, by passing out at its mouth, Iberville succeeded in entering it from the Gulf. Ascending as far as the junction of Red River, he returned, and proceeded, by way of the Gulf, into Lake Pontchartrain. He formed a settlement and erected a fort, at Biloxi, which he left under the command of his brother Bienville, while he returned to France, to induce others to join the colony. Soon after he left, the new commander ascended the Mississippi as far as the present site of New Orleans. In returning, he met a British vessel of sixteen guns, under the command of Capt. Bard, who enquired the bearings of the great river, intimating that it was his intention to establish a colony upon its banks. Bienville, in reply, directed him to go farther west, and thus induced him to turn about; from which circumstance, the place of their meeting was called “The English Turn,” a name which it retains to this day. This week in Louisiana history. September 18, 1799. Sebastian Calvo is appointed governor general of Louisiana.  This week in New Orleans history. September 18, 1947: A major hurricane struck the city, causing the Mississippi River to rise to dangerous levels and flooding parts of the West Bank. This week in Louisiana. Alligator Festival September 25'28, 2026 West Bank Bridge Park, 13825 River Rd. Luling, LA 70070 Website: lariverparishes.com The Alligator Festival is a long‑running St. Charles Parish tradition held each September at West Bank Bridge Park in Luling. Hosted by the Rotary Club of St. Charles Parish, the festival raises funds for community projects while offering four days of food, music, rides, and family fun along the Mississippi River. Live Music: A full weekend lineup of local and regional bands on the main stage. Food Booths: Classic Louisiana festival fare ' including fried alligator, alligator sauce piquante, and other River Parishes specialties. Rides & Games: A midway with carnival rides, games, and children's activities. Arts & Crafts: Dozens of vendors selling handmade goods, jewelry, d'cor, and local crafts. Community Mission: Proceeds support Rotary scholarships, playgrounds, and local service projects. Postcards from Louisiana. Tycoon on Decatur St. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

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Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultreject...Cash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreon@theoccultrejects Krautheimer, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. 4th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Essential. This is the backbone source for early Christian basilicas, liturgical space, urban context, and the development of Christian architecture after Constantine. Krautheimer is especially useful for not treating churches as isolated floor plans, but as part of city, ritual, bishop, patronage, and memory.Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a City, 312–1308. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. Very useful for Rome as a layered city: imperial remains, Christian churches, papal authority, public space, and the transformation of Roman urban memory.Krautheimer, Richard, Wolfgang Frankl, and Spencer Corbett. Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae: The Early Christian Basilicas of Rome. 5 vols. Vatican City: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 1937–1977. Heavy academic reference work. Best for the Lateran, Old Saint Peter's, early Roman churches, plans, architectural evidence, and dating.Mathews, Thomas F. The Early Churches of Constantinople: Architecture and Liturgy. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971. More focused on Constantinople, but excellent for connecting architecture and liturgical movement.White, L. Michael. Building God's House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation among Pagans, Jews, and Christians. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Great for the transition from house settings and adapted spaces into larger public Christian architecture.Brandenburg, Hugo. Ancient Churches of Rome from the Fourth to the Seventh Century: The Dawn of Christian Architecture in the West. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. Very useful for Rome, the Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Sabina, and the formation of Christian public architecture.Snyder, Graydon F. Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before Constantine. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2003. Best for the “before Constantine” contrast: house churches, burial spaces, symbols, and pre-public Christian material culture.Elsner, Jaś. Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100–450. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Excellent for the transformation from Roman imperial art and space into Christian visual culture and triumphal imagery. Elsner's work is especially useful for your “empire becomes the bones of the church” angle.Constantine, Legal Shift, and Imperial PatronageEusebius. Life of Constantine. Translated by Averil Cameron and Stuart G. Hall. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. Primary source. Use carefully because it is highly pro-Constantine and partly panegyric, but it is essential for Constantine's Christian image, patronage, and sacred building projects. Eusebius is one of the key ancient witnesses for Constantine's role in Christian imperial memory.Eusebius. Ecclesiastical History. Translated by Kirsopp Lake. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1926–1932. Useful background for the pre-Constantinian church, persecution memory, martyr tradition, and Christian self-understanding before public imperial patronage.Barnes, Timothy D. Constantine and Eusebius. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. Major scholarly source on Constantine, Eusebius, politics, Christian patronage, and imperial ideology.Drake, H. A. Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Excellent for the political complexity of Constantine's relationship with bishops and Christian institutions.Lenski, Noel, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Good edited volume for Constantine's world: religion, politics, empire, law, cities, and Christianization.Odahl, Charles Matson. Constantine and the Christian Empire. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2010. Useful general scholarly overview, especially for readers/listeners who need the historical framework.MacMullen, Ramsay. Christianizing the Roman Empire: A.D. 100–400. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Classic work on Christianization as a social and political process.Brown, Peter. The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200–1000. 3rd ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Excellent big-picture framing. Helps avoid the cartoon version where Constantine instantly creates medieval Christianity.Basilicas, Liturgy, Space, and the BodyYasin, Ann Marie. Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean: Architecture, Cult, and Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Very strong for how churches organized community, memory, saints, ritual space, and sacred presence.Yasin, Ann Marie. “Sacred Installations: The Material Conditions of Liturgy in Late Antique Churches.” In Objects in Context, Objects in Use, edited by Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift, and Toon Putzeys. Leiden: Brill, 2007. Useful for altars, liturgical furnishing, and how sacred space is made materially.Bowes, Kim. Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in Late Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Good for the public/private transition, elite patronage, domestic religion, and late antique religious change.Markus, R. A. The End of Ancient Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Important for the shift from ancient Christian worlds into more structured post-Constantinian Christianity.Brown, Peter. The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. This will become even more important for your next episode on martyrs, relics, tombs, bones, and pilgrimage.MacCormack, Sabine. Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Great for public ceremony, imperial ritual, Christian adaptation, and how power becomes theatrical and architectural.Lateran, Old Saint Peter's, and Holy SepulchreDavis, Raymond. The Book of Pontiffs: The Ancient Biographies of the First Ninety Roman Bishops to AD 715. Rev. ed. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010. Translation of the Liber Pontificalis. Useful for the Lateran, papal memory, church foundations, donations, and claims about Constantine.Mango, Cyril. The Art of the Byzantine Empire, 312–1453: Sources and Documents. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986. Excellent sourcebook for texts on Christian art, architecture, and sacred building.Ward-Perkins, J. B. “The Shrine of St. Peter's and Its Twelve Spiral Columns.” Journal of Roman Studies 42, no. 1–2 (1952): 21–33. Very useful for Old Saint Peter's, reused columns, Solomonic column traditions, and apostolic memory. The tradition of reused marble columns at Old Saint Peter's directly supports your spolia-and-memory section.Krautheimer, Richard. “Mensa-Coemeterium-Martyrium.” Cahiers Archéologiques 11 (1960): 15–40. Important for tomb, altar, martyr memory, and architectural development.Wilken, Robert Louis. The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Useful for Jerusalem, holy geography, sacred memory, and the Holy Sepulchre.Taylor, Joan E. Christians and the Holy Places: The Myth of Jewish-Christian Origins. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Strong source for holy places, memory, archaeology, and early Christian sacred geography.Biddle, Martin. The Tomb of Christ. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999. Useful for Holy Sepulchre archaeology and the architectural framing of crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.Spolia, Reused Stone, and Roman Material InheritanceKinney, Dale. “Spolia. Damnatio and Renovatio Memoriae.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 42 (1997): 117–148. One of the key scholarly pieces for spolia, memory, reuse, and interpretation.Kinney, Dale. “Rape or Restitution of the Past? Interpreting Spolia.” In The Art of Interpreting, edited by Susan C. Scott, 52–67. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Great for your nuance: spolia is not always theft, not always theology, not always conquest. It can be practical, symbolic, aesthetic, political, or all of those at once.Brilliant, Richard, and Dale Kinney, eds. Reuse Value: Spolia and Appropriation in Art and Architecture from Constantine to Sherrie Levine. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. Excellent broader collection on reuse, appropriation, memory, and architectural meaning.Hansen, Maria Fabricius. The Eloquence of Appropriation: Prolegomena to an Understanding of Spolia in Early Christian Rome. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2003. Very relevant to your point that reused materials could create a meaningful Christian aesthetic, not just a cheap construction solution.Brenk, Beat. “Spolia from Constantine to Charlemagne: Aesthetics versus Ideology.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 41 (1987): 103–109. Very useful for the practical-versus-symbolic debate.Greenhalgh, Michael. The Survival of Roman Antiquities in the Middle Ages. London: Duckworth, 1989. Good for how Roman materials, statues, columns, and monuments survive, are reused, or are reinterpreted.Pensabene, PatrizioAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. 

Former Gartner VP Analyst and principal at SanjMo, Sanjeev Mohan, joins me to break down the reality of AI adoption, data foundations, and why enterprises are hitting roadblocks with agents and LLMs. From comparing the current AI boom to the dot-com era to unpacking his new concept, ECL (Extract, Context, Link), Sanjeev explains why moving data around is no longer viable and why "there is no AI stack, only one stack." We also dive into capability overhang, artificial guardrails, the race to standardize semantic context, and why writing books and understanding core primitives still matter in the age of generative models

Ep 324 Peacewarts: Morphological Peace 101 – The Afterlife of Walls: Turning Borders into Bridges (Class 5) We examine the physical mechanics of border transformation, tracing how dividing walls, military buffer zones, and fortifications are redesigned into shared spaces of cross-cultural encounter, local commerce, and ecological stewardship. Using the Nicosia Master Plan in Cyprus, the German and European Green Belts, and the 1998 Ecuador-Peru border settlement as historical anchors, we explore how to dismantle barriers and return divided land to the civic commons. Homework: Look up the history of the Nicosia Master Plan in Cyprus and summarize how municipal planners utilized the UN buffer zone for joint urban restoration. Write down one question about any of this episode's topics. If you don't have a question, write 'no question.' Optional: Reflect on a physical barrier, wall, or administrative dividing line in your region. Journal about how its architecture could be redesigned to serve cross-community exchange and ecological restoration. Books: If you would like to read more on this subject, some book suggestions are Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation by Eyal Weizman and The Green Belt of Europe: From Vision to Reality edited by Andrew Terry, Karin Ullrich, and Uwe Riecken. Learning Topics: Border Architecture; Spatial Seams; The Nicosia Master Plan; European Green Belt; National Ecological Reserves; Ecological Stewardship; Re-Commoning. Join the Community / Get the Books: https://www.AvisKalfsbeek.com Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

Concrete may be the world's most widely used building material, but it isn't widely considered a stimulating topic of conversation. John Wilson, filmmaker and creator of "How To with John Wilson", discusses his new documentary, "The History of Concrete," about the hidden side of a material that's more fallible than we might think and why we should care. Photo: A scene from THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE, a Magnolia Pictures release. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode No. 776 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Mark Thomas Gibson and curator Ben Colman. The Tang Museum at Skidmore College is presenting "Mark Thomas Gibson: We Are a Constellation," a survey of Gibson's recent considerations of US history and the relationship between our past and our present. The exhibition was curated by Ian Berry in collaboration with the artist and is on view through January 3, 2027. Gibson's work is also featured in  "The Crossing: Picturing the American Revolution" at the Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Penn. "The Crossing" looks at how artists have represented Continental Army commander-in-chief George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776. "The Crossing" is particularly interested in how artists have built on and often 'refuted' Emanuel Leutze's famed 1851 Washington Crossing the Delaware, which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition, which was curated by Laura Igoe, is up through January 10, 2027. An exhibition of Gibson's recent work opens at Philadelphia's Fleisher/Ollman Gallery tomorrow, and remains on view through November 7. Among the institutions that have presented solo shows of Gibson's work are the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Colman is the curator of "Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture" at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Across about 35 paintings, the exhibition examines O'Keeffe's career-long interest in buildings and the built environment. It's on view through January 3, 2007. The DIA has published a catalogue that is available from Amazon and Bookshop for $32-34. Instagram: Mark Thomas Gibson, Ben Colman, Tyler Green. Air date: September 17, 2026.

How much of construction's cost, delay, and waste begins with information that fails to survive the journey from design to delivery? That question runs through my conversation with Julian Geiger, Chief AI Officer at Nemetschek Group, as we look at the practical role of AI across architecture, engineering, construction, and operations. Julian describes what he calls the industry's 90, 40, 20 problem. According to the figures he shares, 90 percent of projects are over budget or over time, the built world accounts for roughly 40 percent of global carbon emissions, and around 20 percent of material is wasted. His argument is that many poor outcomes start as information and decision problems. Each project phase may work reasonably well on its own, but handovers can strip away context. A building information model becomes a PDF, a PDF becomes an email, and a decision may never be recorded against the object it changed. We discuss how AI, building information modeling, and digital twins can identify missing information, scope gaps, clashes, and design choices before they become expensive construction site problems. Julian shares Nemetschek's work bringing Firmus AI into Bluebeam to review two dimensional drawings, then explains the broader goal of feeding lessons from construction back into design and engineering tools. The commercial promise is easy to understand. Finding a mistake while a wall exists only in software costs far less than finding it after workers and materials are waiting on site. The conversation also moves beyond the assumption that every task needs the largest available model. Julian sets out a four tier approach. Deterministic calculations such as structural math should remain deterministic. Stable, high volume checks may be handled by conventional rules. Smaller domain models can classify objects, retrieve data, and interpret geometry close to the source. Frontier models earn their place when the work involves ambiguity, reasoning across documents, or several dependent steps. His test is refreshingly practical: use the least expensive method that is reliably right and fast enough for the person waiting on the answer. That discipline matters when finance teams ask for proof. Time saved on drawing reviews or tender preparation can be measured quickly, while reductions in rework or missed issues require a longer data series. Julian also notes a familiar problem for enterprise AI programs. If a firm never established a baseline, it becomes difficult to show what improved. Usage can indicate that people find a tool useful, but adoption alone does not settle the return on investment question. Data sovereignty adds another layer. Construction files can include valuable designs, commercial information, and details tied to national infrastructure. We discuss where the data is stored, who processes it, which jurisdiction applies, and whether customer material is used for model training. Julian argues for separating genuine intellectual property from routine usage data, then matching controls to the sensitivity of each project rather than treating every data set as identical. Finally, we consider people. In an industry facing a skills shortage, removing junior roles creates a future shortage of experienced professionals. Julian sees AI as a way to shorten the apprenticeship period and reduce repetitive documentation, while preserving a clear line of accountability: AI proposes and a qualified human decides. Could that model help construction professionals spend more of their time on judgment, design, and better buildings, and where should the industry draw the line? Listen to the episode and share your thoughts with me

THRROWWBAACCK!!"Welcome back to another adventure into Ancient Architecture. Today I will be sharing a guest appearance with the Cult of Conspiracy. I discuss with the cult all the crazy Tibetan mysteries I discovered ! Its a great conversation with a lot left to think about!"

How can an architectural education prepare you to break away from traditional practice and tackle complex systems like social impact housing, community advocacy, and non-traditional careers?In this episode of Practice Disrupted, host Evelyn Lee sits down with Sarai Williams, Vice President of Housing Strategy and Partnerships at BDP Impact Real Estate. A thread that keeps surfacing this season is what happens to the people who receive an architectural education and then choose not to practice traditionally. Sarai's multi-disciplinary journey, spanning a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University, a dual Master's in City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture from Penn, and years in architectural consulting and landscape design, offers a compelling look at how design thinking extends far beyond the drafting board.Sarai reflects on realizing early in her education that she was better suited as an editor and advocate than a traditional "starchitect". From performing forensic architecture in consulting firms to leading housing initiatives that keep people successfully housed across a national portfolio, she shares how systems thinking from architecture applies directly to real estate development and homelessness mitigation. She also dives into the art of the informational interview, a critical tool that shaped her career, and how asking candid questions opens doors to unconventional opportunities.The conversation also explores Unruly Practices, a graduate elective Sarai co-taught at the University of Pennsylvania. Designed around unprepared guest panelists who answer unfiltered student questions, the course helped students channel career anxiety into actionable strategies for grant writing, entrepreneurship, and alternative paths. Sarai and Evelyn close on the future of housing, emphasizing the need for architects to strip away ego, become better listeners, and build multi-disciplinary teams with professionals outside design. "The future of housing relies on architects stripping away ego, becoming better listeners, and building multi-disciplinary teams with professionals outside design." - Sarai WilliamsThis episode serves as a powerful reminder that an architecture degree is a versatile toolkit for systems thinking, problem-solvingv, and advocacy. By stepping outside traditional boundaries and collaborating across disciplines, architects can drive meaningful social impact where it is needed most. Guest:Sarai Williams is Vice President of Housing Strategy and Partnerships at BDP Impact Real Estate, where she works at the intersection of social impact real estate development and homelessness response. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and a dual Master's in City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. With past experience in architectural consulting, forensic design, and landscape architecture at Olin, Sarai also spent four years co-teaching Unruly Practices, an elective at Penn dedicated to helping students navigate non-traditional design careers and systems-level advocacy. This episode is especially for you if: ✅ You are curious about how to leverage an architectural education in non-traditional fields like social impact real estate, urban planning, and advocacy.✅ You want to master the art of informational interviews to discover new career paths and build authentic professional networks.✅ You are seeking strategies to manage career burnout, set healthy boundaries, and transition from traditional design practice.✅ You want to understand how systems thinking from design school can be applied to complex social challenges like veteran homelessness and affordable housing retention.✅ You believe that the future of architecture relies on cross-disciplinary collaboration, active listening, and community-centered problem solving.What have you done to take action lately? Share your reflections with us on social and join the conversation.

In this special episode timed for the anniversary of September 11th, I sit down with architect Paul Murdoch to explore the profound responsibility of designing a national place of remembrance. Murdoch's firm was selected from more than 1,100 international entries to create the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania—a 2,200-acre site honoring the 40 passengers and crew members who fought back against highjackers on 9/11.

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Invité: Javier Fernández-Contreras. Les réseaux sociaux sont autant de fenêtres sur la vie des autres, sur leur intimité. Une intimité qui comprend aussi lʹintérieur de leurs logements. De nombreuses célébrités se mettent en scène dans leur salon, leur chambre à coucher ou leur cuisine. Est-ce que les types d'intérieurs proposés varient en fonction du réseau social? Comment cette profusion dʹimages domestiques influence-t-elle l'aménagement de nos propres logements? Tribu reçoit Javier Fernández-Contreras, responsable au Département Architecture dʹintérieur et design dʹespace à la HEAD - Genève. Il signe ce livre "The Interiors of Social Media", chez Bloomsbury.

An invitation to K-12 educators to reimagine their roles through the transformative lens of design In Educators as Designers, Jim Gaona Ellis draws on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the latest UDL guidelines to position teachers as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers, empowering them to craft classroom experiences that are not only accessible, but also inspiring, inclusive, and responsive to every student's unique needs. This timely and original book challenges readers to see themselves not just as implementers, but as architects capable of reshaping learning cultures and opportunities for all students. At the heart of this work is a practical toolkit that seamlessly bridges powerful design concepts--such as affordances, choice architecture, hostile design, and the design cycle--with everyday classroom realities. Gaona Ellis offers engaging vignettes, actionable strategies, and a concrete change management framework that honor teachers' expertise while guiding them to collaborate, ideate, and iterate solutions. The book doesn't shy away from addressing systemic inequities, instead arming educators with the language, habits, and mindset to foster learner agency, equity, and belonging--regardless of external constraints or shifting DEI mandates. More than a guide, this is an invitation to innovate, co-create, and lead. With storytelling at its core and a focus on practical impact, this book will inspire educators and school leaders to bring fresh clarity, delight, and possibility to their practice--one designed solution at a time.Jim Gaona Ellis is an educator, consultant, and storyteller exploring the intersections of culture, belonging, and instructional design.Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"When the hallucinated voices of the gods fell silent in ancient texts, human beings had to construct a new internal world to replace them. But by what exact mechanism did we build the subjective mind that took their place? Modern cognitive psychology often struggles with this question because it routinely conflates innate biological perception with true subjective consciousness. ..."Learn more by reading "Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind," currently on sale for a limited time:https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737305534/https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/conversations-on-consciousness-and-the-bicameral-mind/Or by becoming a member of the Julian Jaynes Society: https://www.julianjaynes.org/join/Read the transcript: https://www.julianjaynes.org/2026/09/17/language-the-architecture-of-consciousness/Produced by Marcel Kuijsten using generative AI tools and reviewed by human editors for accuracy and clarity.

An invitation to K-12 educators to reimagine their roles through the transformative lens of design In Educators as Designers, Jim Gaona Ellis draws on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the latest UDL guidelines to position teachers as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers, empowering them to craft classroom experiences that are not only accessible, but also inspiring, inclusive, and responsive to every student's unique needs. This timely and original book challenges readers to see themselves not just as implementers, but as architects capable of reshaping learning cultures and opportunities for all students. At the heart of this work is a practical toolkit that seamlessly bridges powerful design concepts--such as affordances, choice architecture, hostile design, and the design cycle--with everyday classroom realities. Gaona Ellis offers engaging vignettes, actionable strategies, and a concrete change management framework that honor teachers' expertise while guiding them to collaborate, ideate, and iterate solutions. The book doesn't shy away from addressing systemic inequities, instead arming educators with the language, habits, and mindset to foster learner agency, equity, and belonging--regardless of external constraints or shifting DEI mandates. More than a guide, this is an invitation to innovate, co-create, and lead. With storytelling at its core and a focus on practical impact, this book will inspire educators and school leaders to bring fresh clarity, delight, and possibility to their practice--one designed solution at a time.Jim Gaona Ellis is an educator, consultant, and storyteller exploring the intersections of culture, belonging, and instructional design.Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As the CEO of Xceedance Arun Balakrishnan has seen many tech changes through his career starting with selling online in India. He explains how AI does not have to upend your vision, team, and tech stack to find success with it. In this episode:Who the companies will be who find success with AI, and sustain it.Why there will not be winners in the AI race but those who get left behindHow to consider token usage, budgeting and maximizing ROIWhere the most practical value lies for brokers, insurers, MGAs, and almost every insurance entityArun has lived the experience he speaks about with AI and shares his war stories, expertise and more to help drive understanding instead of fear with AI and the future it will play across the insurance industry.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Louise and Rachel are joined by representatives from ZHA, HTA and SMITHS to explore mentoring. We hear more about Women in Architecture's mentoring programme and learn how mentoring is structured in these three very different organisations.Coaches On The Couch is co-hosted by Louise Rodgers and Rachel Birchmore who are exec and leadership coaches. They design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes and coaching for architects, engineers and other consultancies across the built environment. For more information, please visit www.StepUpLondon.com

AI adoption is moving faster than most enterprise data architectures can handle. I just sat down with Sergio Gago, CTO, Cloudera on The Ravit Show to discuss what their latest global survey reveals about the state of enterprise AI. The survey covers 1,500 enterprise architects, cloud infrastructure leads, and data architects across 9 markets.A few findings stood out:* 77% of organizations are already using AI* 72% say their current data architecture needs a significant overhaul to meet their AI goals* 95% have delayed or cancelled AI projects because of data governance, compliance, or regulatory challenges* 84% say AI workloads have increased infrastructure costs* 66% have moved AI workloads from public cloud back to private cloud or on-premisesThe bigger story is that AI is forcing enterprises to rethink where data lives, where AI workloads run, how governance works, and how to balance cost, performance, security, and flexibility.That's what Sergio and I discuss in this conversation.The interview is now live across all channels.#data #ai #cloudera #architecture #theravitshow

Iris van Herpen's boundary-defying, otherworldly work exists somewhere between couture, sculpture, science, technology, architecture, and nature. For nearly two decades, the Dutch fashion designer has radically expanded the possibilities of what forms haute couture can take, combining time-honored craftsmanship techniques with cutting-edge technologies and material innovations, from 3-D—and, perhaps eventually, 4-D—printing to bioluminescent algae, plasma, and even particle accelerators. While her practice boldly and unquestionably points toward the future, it's equally invested in ancient knowledge, deep time, and what might endure. Currently, a sweeping exhibition, titled “Sculpting the Senses” and showcasing some 140 of her designs, is on view at the Brooklyn Museum through Dec. 6. On this episode of Time Sensitive—our Season 14 opener and first-ever fully filmed conversation, now available to watch on YouTube—van Herpen reflects on the significance of movement in her work the importance of carving out meditative time for creative exploration, and why going slower actually allows her to do more, with greater depth.Special thanks to our Season 14 presenting partner, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.Show notes:Iris van Herpen[33:21] “Sculpting the Senses”[51:50] Philip Beesley[51:50] Björk[35:13] “Unfolding Time” (2024)[21:41] Sonic Starquakes (2026)[22:36] Lichtenberg figure[47:54] “The Gates of Hell” (1880–1917)[48:06] Musée Rodin[49:28] “The Garden of Earthly Delights” (1490–1510)[54:18] “Hybrid Holism” (2012)[58:24] Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode

Architecture is usually discussed as a service. A client has a need, a firm delivers a building, everyone moves on to the next project. Dr. Marwa Al-Sabouni makes a harder argument. She says the built environment is one of the strongest forces shaping whether people in a place trust each other, and that the consequences of getting it wrong can take generations to show up. She would know. Marwa is an architect based in Homs, Syria, who stayed through the war and wrote about what she was watching in real time. In this episode she and Bryce talk about how decades of zoning and redevelopment separated communities that had lived together, what she believes reconstruction actually requires, why identity and beauty are structural concerns rather than decorative ones, and what it means to keep practicing architecture in a place where the profession's stakes are impossible to ignore. This one is for architects, engineers, and firm leaders who want a bigger frame on what their work does after the ribbon is cut. It's also for anyone in AEC who has started to wonder whether the profession they trained for still means what they thought it meant. About Dr. Marwa Al-Sabouni Dr. Marwa Al-Sabouni is an architect, urban thinker, author, and international speaker based in Syria. She holds a PhD in architectural design and Islamic architecture, and her work brings together sociology, contextual and psychological analysis, and aesthetics to make the case for architecture as a society-making tool. She is the author of The Battle for Home (2016), Building for Hope (2020), and Mosque (2026), published internationally by Thames & Hudson, and a chapter-author in the Getty publication Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities (2022). Her writing has appeared in RIBA Journal, Architectural Review, Standpoint Magazine, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the ICRC Journal, Renovatio, Middle East Eye, and others. She received the Prince Claus Award in 2018, was named to the BBC 100 Women list in 2019, and won the World Monuments Fund Watch Award in 2023. The Battle for Home was named one of the Guardian's best architecture books of 2016, Prospect Magazine named her one of the top 50 thinkers in the world, and Architectural Digest listed her among the top contenders for the 2018 Pritzker Prize. Her TED talk has been viewed over a million times. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marwaalsabouni/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marwa-al-sabouni-44a07b21/ What We Cover Introduction and Marwa's background as an architect in Homs How the built environment shapes trust between neighbors What happened to Homs before the war, and what the design decisions had to do with it Writing The Battle for Home from inside the conflict Why identity, beauty, and belonging are structural concerns and not decorative ones What real reconstruction requires, and how most rebuilding efforts get it wrong Mosque (2026) and what a single building type reveals about a whole society Practicing architecture when the stakes are impossible to ignore Advice for architects and engineers who want their work to matter more Where to find Marwa and closing thoughts Key Takeaways The built environment is not a neutral backdrop to social life. Zoning, density, and material choices change how likely people are to know and trust the people around them. Beauty and identity are not budget line items to cut first. They are part of what makes people willing to stay somewhere and take care of it. Reconstruction that ignores what a place meant to the people who lived there rebuilds the buildings and loses the community. Architects have more influence over social outcomes than the typical scope of work suggests, and that influence operates whether or not anyone claims it. A career in this industry gets more durable, not less, when you can name what your work is actually for.  

Steven Seidenberg is an artist, poet, and philosopher whose collections of photographs include The Architecture of Silence (Contrasto, 2023), Pipevalve: Berlin (Lodima Press, 2017), and the forthcoming Kanazawa Vacancy (Chin Music, Fall 2026). He has had solo exhibitions of his work in Japan, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He is the author of Coda (Omnidawn, 2026), Anon (Omnidawn, 2022), plain sight (Roof Books, 2020), Situ (Black Sun Lit, 2018), Null Set (2016, Spooky Actions), Itch (2015, RAW ArT Press), and numerous chapbooks of poetry and aphorism. His books have been published in Swedish, Italian, and Portuguese translation.This is Something Rather Than Nothing Podcast

In this bonus episode of Detailed, we share a LIVE conversation from the 2026 AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in San Diego, CA.Cherise is joined by Mahesh Tharoor, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Global Hi-Tech Films. Mahesh highlights the advanced durability, energy efficiency, and focus on sustainability that Global Hi-Tech Films offers with its Architectural Window Film product line. If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more.If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media.Mentioned in this episode:Social Channel Pre-rollPromotes the YouTube channel, ARACTemy, and social handle.

In this episode of the Master.dev podcast, Marc Grabanski sits down with Maxi Ferreira, staff frontend engineer at Help Scout and writer of the Front End at Scale newsletter, to talk about frontend architecture, from monolithic apps to micro frontends, and how AI is reshaping the way engineers think about system design.Maxi shares his take on when micro frontends actually make sense (and why most teams should start with a modular monolith instead), the ongoing debate between SPAs and MPAs, and how AI-assisted development is shifting the value of engineering work from implementation to architectural decision-making. He also opens up about his path from teaching himself to code in Argentina using Dreamweaver, to building Help Scout's original design system, to launching Front End at Scale as a way to explore frontend architecture more deeply.If you're interested in frontend architecture, micro frontends, AI-assisted development, design systems, or building a long-term engineering career, this conversation is full of practical insight and hard-won lessons. Check out Maxi's Master.dev Course: https://master.dev/courses/frontend-architecture/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=home_link&utm_campaign=maxi-podcastFind Master.dev Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasterDotDevLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/masterdotdev/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masterdotdevInstagram: https://instagram.com/FrontendMastersAbout Us: Master AI & Full Stack Development with in-depth, modern engineering courses. Our 300+ high-quality courses and 24 curated learning paths will guide you from mid-level to senior developer, frontend to backend, and everything between. Start your path to mastery today: https://master.dev/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=home_link&utm_campaign=maxi-podcast

Ep 323 Peacewarts: Morphological Peace 101 – Military Base to Parkland: Reclaiming Occupied Ground (Class 4) We examine the physical mechanics of base conversion, tracing how military perimeters and closed installations are transformed into ecological preserves, public parks, and community housing. Using the Presidio of San Francisco, the BRAC conversion process, and post-Cold War Western Group of Forces garrison restorations in Germany as historical anchors, we explore how to dismantle enclosures and return occupied land to the civic commons. Homework: Look up how the 1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area legislation set the stage for the Presidio's transition, and write down how the 1996 Presidio Trust Act changed its administrative management. Write down one question about any of this episode's topics. If you don't have a question, write 'no question.' Optional: Reflect on a closed military base, airfield, or industrial enclave in your region. Journal about how its land use could be redesigned to serve ecological restoration and community housing. Books: If you would like to read more on this subject, some book suggestions are War and Architecture by Lebbeus Woods and The Presidio: From Army Post to National Park by Lisa M. Benton. Learning Topics: Geographic Enclosure; Base Conversion; The Presidio of San Francisco; BRAC Commission; Ecological Restoration; Perimeter Deconstruction; Re-Commoning. Join the Community / Get the Books: https://www.AvisKalfsbeek.com Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

Something is shifting beneath the surface of our collective story.Neptune and Pluto are moving through a long, rare sextile—two of astrology's great agents of dissolution and transformation working together as the old world changes and a new one struggles to take form.But the future isn't simply something that happens to us.We participate in what comes next.In Wednesday's Living Astrology, we'll explore the Neptune–Pluto sextile through the lens of our ongoing **Architecture of the Future** conversation. What is dissolving? What is being transformed? What possibilities are beginning to emerge—and what role do our individual choices play in shaping what comes next?And then Venus joins the conversation.As Venus continues her descent through Scorpio toward her coming retrograde, **Tea With Venus** asks a deeply personal question:**What do you value enough to carry forward into the life you are becoming?**Relationships. Agreements. Desires. Self-worth. Resources. The things we have loved—and perhaps the things we have outgrown.The future may be being rewritten, but we still get to decide what we bring with us.Join me Wednesday for **Living Astrology: Where Myth & Soul meet Astrology, Human Design, and the Gene Keys.**

I always love our visits with Michael Anschel of OA Design+Bulid+Architecture. Yes, he sponsors the podcast, but he also happens to be an interesting, thoughtful, and hilarious human being. He has wonderful stories and insight. He also makes fantastic musical pulls every single time. Make sure you listen to the final segment! Enjoy!

Les zones d'ombre sont innombrables, lorsqu'on s'intéresse aux plans et à l'exécution du Château de Chambord. De ce brouillard émerge néanmoins l'empreinte d'un génie : Léonard de Vinci.Le château de Chambord incarne bien plus qu'une simple résidence royale : c'est une énigme architecturale qui fascine depuis cinq siècles. Avec ses cheminées élancées, ses façades majestueuses et son escalier à double révolution, ce monument du Val-de-Loire représente la volonté de la Renaissance d'imposer la raison et l'harmonie dans le paysage. Mais comment a-t-on pu concevoir une telle merveille ? Qui en est véritablement l'architecte ? Franck Ferrand nous invite à explorer les mystères de cette utopie de pierre en remontant le fil de son histoire.Plongez dans l'histoire des grands personnages et des évènements marquants qui ont façonné notre monde ! Avec enthousiasme et talent, Franck Ferrand vous révèle les coulisses de l'histoire avec un grand H, entre mystères, secrets et épisodes méconnus : un cadeau pour les amoureux du passé, de la préhistoire à l'histoire contemporaine.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Les zones d'ombre sont innombrables, lorsqu'on s'intéresse aux plans et à l'exécution du Château de Chambord. De ce brouillard émerge néanmoins l'empreinte d'un génie : Léonard de Vinci.Le château de Chambord incarne bien plus qu'une simple résidence royale : c'est une énigme architecturale qui fascine depuis cinq siècles. Avec ses cheminées élancées, ses façades majestueuses et son escalier à double révolution, ce monument du Val-de-Loire représente la volonté de la Renaissance d'imposer la raison et l'harmonie dans le paysage. Mais comment a-t-on pu concevoir une telle merveille ? Qui en est véritablement l'architecte ? Franck Ferrand nous invite à explorer les mystères de cette utopie de pierre en remontant le fil de son histoire.Plongez dans l'histoire des grands personnages et des évènements marquants qui ont façonné notre monde ! Avec enthousiasme et talent, Franck Ferrand vous révèle les coulisses de l'histoire avec un grand H, entre mystères, secrets et épisodes méconnus : un cadeau pour les amoureux du passé, de la préhistoire à l'histoire contemporaine.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this episode, Dr. Lea Harper joins Adam to discuss how behavioral economics can shape clinician behavior in medical education and clinical practice. They explore the difference between nudging and sludge, the role of default options, and how system design influences everyday decisions.  Using examples from health care and beyond, the conversation examines how unnecessary friction slows progress and how thoughtful system design can help good ideas get over the finish line and effect meaningful change.  Episode Length:  34:06   Resources to check-out   Harper, L., Coderre, S., Lithgow, K., Kelly‐Turner, K., Davis, M., & McLaughlin, K. (2025). We should nudge clinicians and trainees to participate in health professions education programmes. Medical Education, 59(12), 1333-1340.  Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.  Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2021). Nudge: The final edition. Penguin.  Contact us: keylime@royalcollege.ca       Follow: Dr. Adam Szulewski https://x.com/Adam_Szulewski    

Michelle Oravitz was working in architecture when her own fertility health journey sent her down a different path. Today she's a fertility acupuncturist running a hybrid in-person and online practice at The Wholesome Lotus Fertility, teaching practitioners through her Fertility Coaching Certification, and growing her email list with online summits — one of which brought in 1,400+ new subscribers who open her emails at around 50%.In this episode, Michelle walks through the career pivot, where the line sits between clinical care and online coaching, why she built a certification for other practitioners, and how summits became her main list-growth channel alongside the content she already posts. She also shares how she hires and keeps virtual assistants, and what keeps her creative instead of depleted.If you're an acupuncturist, PT, yoga teacher, massage therapist, or health coach looking to grow an email list that doesn't depend on the algorithm, this one is for you.In this episode, you'll learn:

End chaos in your firm—300+ peers use this framework. Free video here: https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/framework In this episode, Rion Willard sits down with Ashish Desai, CEO of Monograph, to talk about what the numbers are really showing inside architecture firms. Ashish shares a grounded look at how some firms are building stronger businesses without losing sight of the work they love. The conversation touches on profit, cash flow, AI, team habits, and the quiet business patterns that often decide whether a firm feels steady or strained. This is not a theory-heavy episode. It is a clear look at what is changing in architectural practice now, and what firm owners may need to rethink next. The simple metric that can reveal more than most firm owners expect Why "busy" firms can still feel financially tight The hidden shift that may change how architects use technology To learn more about Ashish, visit the website: https://monograph.com/

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695. On this episode, we sit down with Lafayette resident Dr. Christi Green — a scholar of law and ethics and leader with the League of Women Voters of Louisiana — to break down everything you need to know ahead of the Fall 2026 elections in Louisiana. Drawing on her deep background in voting rights advocacy, fair mapping, and civil ethics, Christy shares her perspective on the key ballot initiatives, high-stakes races, and shifting election laws impacting Acadiana and the state. Tune in to get informed, get engaged, and make your voice count! Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 222 years. Order your copy today! This week in the Louisiana Anthology. jewel bush "House Made of History."    Rideau Settlement is where I evacuated in 2005 along with about 20 other relatives when Hurricane Katrina's wrath pushed us and so many others out of New Orleans. I spent two weeks in this un-GPSable St. Landry Parish village, where my cell phone didn't work, where there were no streetlights, where everyone woke at sunrise, where everyone identified you by who your parents or grandparents were.    It had been nearly eight years since I had last visited my familial land; then due to tragedy — and now due to tragedy.    After the funeral services at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, founded in 1897 by the Josephite Fathers and widely referred to as LeBeau church, the kinfolk made a pilgrimage to Uncle Will's house to pay respects beyond the gravesite.    In the diminutive country cemetery where so many of my ancestors rest — Bush, Romar, Rideau — I snapped pictures of headstones: my maternal grandfather's grandfather, Oscar Bertrand, to whom everyone says my mother bears a remarkable resemblance; my paternal grandfather, Bean, who was a World War II Veteran and school bus driver; and my uncle, June, his son, who served in the Vietnam War. In my family, nicknames are better known and used than given names. This week in Louisiana history. September 11, 1722. First recorded Hurricane in La. destroyed New Orleans "During a hurricane...a large number of unidentified ships were sunk at and near New Orleans."  This week in New Orleans history. September 11, 1965: Hurricane Betsy made landfall, causing catastrophic flooding and leading to the creation of the modern New Orleans levee system. This week in Louisiana. Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival September 19'20 Downtown Riverbank, 100 Rue Beauport Natchitoches, LA 71457 Website: meatpiefestival.com Phone: (800) 259‑1714 The Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival celebrates the city's signature dish with two days of food, music, and family‑friendly events along the Cane River Lake riverbank: Meat Pies & Local Food: Dozens of vendors serving classic Natchitoches meat pies and regional specialties. Live Music & Entertainment: Cajun, Zydeco, country, and rock performances throughout the weekend. Contests & Activities: A meat pie eating contest, car show, kids' zone, hot‑air balloons, and fireworks. Postcards from Louisiana. The Rock Block Band at Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

What would a postcarbon future look like? What would it take to build and maintain a more just, regenerative world? How would it feel to live—and to thrive—in that world? In Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026), Billy Fleming and a wide set of contributors critically engage with the above questions and more. Around the globe, people are transforming their social, ecological, and economic systems in response to the climate crisis. This book guides readers through 29 of these exemplary works, which span 43 nations and 6 continents. From Cuba to Kiribati, Iceland to the Andes, the prairies of North America to the expanding Gobi Desert, these case studies foreground the tactics and modes of practice being employed, often by marginalized peoples, to create more humane, hospitable places. With dispatches from more than a dozen leading scholars working on the front lines of the climate justice movement, Building Postcarbon Futures is both a celebration of action underway and a clarion call to the planners, designers, policymakers, and activists who are pushing this planet toward a future of collective flourishing. Billy Fleming is a leading voice on the role of design in responding to the climate crisis in our cities, communities, and landscapes. He is founding codirector of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think tank focused on climate and political economy, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. This interview was conducted by Timi Koyejo. He is an urbanist and housing policy researcher at the Climate and Community Institute.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What would a postcarbon future look like? What would it take to build and maintain a more just, regenerative world? How would it feel to live—and to thrive—in that world? In Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026), Billy Fleming and a wide set of contributors critically engage with the above questions and more. Around the globe, people are transforming their social, ecological, and economic systems in response to the climate crisis. This book guides readers through 29 of these exemplary works, which span 43 nations and 6 continents. From Cuba to Kiribati, Iceland to the Andes, the prairies of North America to the expanding Gobi Desert, these case studies foreground the tactics and modes of practice being employed, often by marginalized peoples, to create more humane, hospitable places. With dispatches from more than a dozen leading scholars working on the front lines of the climate justice movement, Building Postcarbon Futures is both a celebration of action underway and a clarion call to the planners, designers, policymakers, and activists who are pushing this planet toward a future of collective flourishing. Billy Fleming is a leading voice on the role of design in responding to the climate crisis in our cities, communities, and landscapes. He is founding codirector of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think tank focused on climate and political economy, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. This interview was conducted by Timi Koyejo. He is an urbanist and housing policy researcher at the Climate and Community Institute.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What would a postcarbon future look like? What would it take to build and maintain a more just, regenerative world? How would it feel to live—and to thrive—in that world? In Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026), Billy Fleming and a wide set of contributors critically engage with the above questions and more. Around the globe, people are transforming their social, ecological, and economic systems in response to the climate crisis. This book guides readers through 29 of these exemplary works, which span 43 nations and 6 continents. From Cuba to Kiribati, Iceland to the Andes, the prairies of North America to the expanding Gobi Desert, these case studies foreground the tactics and modes of practice being employed, often by marginalized peoples, to create more humane, hospitable places. With dispatches from more than a dozen leading scholars working on the front lines of the climate justice movement, Building Postcarbon Futures is both a celebration of action underway and a clarion call to the planners, designers, policymakers, and activists who are pushing this planet toward a future of collective flourishing. Billy Fleming is a leading voice on the role of design in responding to the climate crisis in our cities, communities, and landscapes. He is founding codirector of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think tank focused on climate and political economy, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. This interview was conducted by Timi Koyejo. He is an urbanist and housing policy researcher at the Climate and Community Institute.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What would a postcarbon future look like? What would it take to build and maintain a more just, regenerative world? How would it feel to live—and to thrive—in that world? In Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026), Billy Fleming and a wide set of contributors critically engage with the above questions and more. Around the globe, people are transforming their social, ecological, and economic systems in response to the climate crisis. This book guides readers through 29 of these exemplary works, which span 43 nations and 6 continents. From Cuba to Kiribati, Iceland to the Andes, the prairies of North America to the expanding Gobi Desert, these case studies foreground the tactics and modes of practice being employed, often by marginalized peoples, to create more humane, hospitable places. With dispatches from more than a dozen leading scholars working on the front lines of the climate justice movement, Building Postcarbon Futures is both a celebration of action underway and a clarion call to the planners, designers, policymakers, and activists who are pushing this planet toward a future of collective flourishing. Billy Fleming is a leading voice on the role of design in responding to the climate crisis in our cities, communities, and landscapes. He is founding codirector of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think tank focused on climate and political economy, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. This interview was conducted by Timi Koyejo. He is an urbanist and housing policy researcher at the Climate and Community Institute.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do smart, capable people sometimes know exactly what they should do — and still struggle to create the results they want?In this episode, we're joined by Ozana, an Identity Architect™, international speaker, author, and founder of BeYouBeFree.Ozana brings a different perspective to one of the biggest questions entrepreneurs, leaders, coaches, and high-achievers face: Why is success sometimes so hard, even when you know what to do?After working with more than 60,000 entrepreneurs worldwide, Ozana found that strategy, discipline, and effort aren't always the missing pieces. Beneath our decisions, behaviours, relationships, performance, and results sits an invisible internal structure that influences what feels safe, possible, and sustainable.She calls this Identity Architecture.In our conversation, Ozana explains why people can keep repeating the same patterns even after learning new strategies, why we often tolerate situations we don't actually want, and why lasting change requires looking deeper than behaviour alone.We also talk about what happens when you change the way you see yourself — and how that can change what you believe is possible in your business and life.Why smart, capable people can still feel stuck despite knowing what to doThe difference between changing your strategy and changing the internal structure behind your resultsHow unconscious identity structures influence your decisions, behaviour, leadership, and relationshipsWhy people often tolerate situations they don't actually wantand a lot more! Instead of asking:“What should I do differently?”Ozana encourages you to ask:“What invisible architecture is creating my current reality?”That question can shift the focus away from blaming yourself or constantly searching for another strategy and toward understanding the deeper structure behind your current experience.Ozana is an Identity Architect, international speaker, author, and founder of BeYouBeFree.She is the creator of the Origin Seeds™ Architecture and the developer of the Precision Identity ReCode™ Method, an original body of work that helps people stop recreating the life they don't want by changing the invisible identity structures shaping their reality.After a successful career in investment banking and entrepreneurship, during which she worked with over 60,000 entrepreneurs worldwide, Ozana turned her attention to understanding the deeper forces that shape human behaviour and results.Today, she helps leaders, founders, and high-achievers dissolve the structures that keep them living from survival, unlocking the gifts, capacities, and leadership needed to create extraordinary lives.Her work focuses on depth, precision, and lasting transformation — changing not only results, but a person's experience of life.

AI is moving beyond generating beautiful images. It can now model, operate design software, make decisions, and increasingly participate in the architectural process itself. So what happens to architects when AI becomes an active collaborator, or even an autonomous agent?In this episode of Designing Forward ↗️, Hamid Hasanzade sits down with architect and Studio Tim Fu founder Tim Fu to explore the next era of AI in architecture.They discuss the rapid evolution from generative AI to agentic AI, the arrival of Astra, AI-powered workflows inside Rhino, AutoCAD and Revit, and Tim's vision for integrating intelligent agents throughout architectural practice. Tim also shares how Studio Tim Fu has evolved from early AI experimentation into a growing architectural practice working on large-scale international projects, alongside the development of STF Intelligence, his new technology venture focused on AI tools for architects.The conversation goes deeper into one of the biggest questions facing the profession: if AI can eventually model, visualize, document, analyze building codes, optimize designs, and even participate in creative decision-making, what will remain uniquely human about being an architect?They also discuss the “Instagrammification” of architecture, AI-generated design culture, parametric thinking in the age of AI, what Tim looks for when hiring the next generation of designers, and why architects who understand computational and algorithmic thinking may become even more valuable, not less.Learn with Tim Fu at PAACADEMYExplore Tim Fu's Parametric Intelligence 2.0 course: https://paacademy.com/course/parametric-intelligence-2-0/Explore Tim Fu's courses and profile: https://paacademy.com/creative/tim-fuDesigning Forward ↗️ is a podcast by Parametric Architecture, previously known as PA Talks, featuring conversations with architects, designers, technologists, and creative minds shaping a brighter, more creative tomorrow.Hosted by Hamid HasanzadeFounder & CEO, Parametric Architecture + PAACADEMYGuest: Tim FuArchitect & Founder, Studio Tim FuSubscribe for more conversations at the intersection of architecture, design, AI, technology, and culture.

How can architects leverage AI and data to eliminate inefficiencies and reclaim their time for design?In this episode of Practice Disrupted, host Evelyn Lee sits down with Natalia Bakaeva, a registered architect in Ontario who transitioned from running her own multidisciplinary practice to becoming the co-founder and CEO of ARKI. This season continues to highlight architects who stopped waiting for the profession to change and built something themselves. Natalia's journey traces a unique path from beginning architecture school at sixteen in the Russian Far East, to studying in Moscow and London, and eventually establishing her career and practice in Toronto.The conversation delves into the deep frustrations Natalia experienced with the lack of innovation, scaling limitations, and heavy administrative burdens inherent in traditional practice. Recognizing that architectural services are difficult to productize and that firms often base decisions on guesswork rather than historical project data, she pivoted to the tech industry. Together with her co-founder, Mehdi, she developed ARKI, an AI "memory layer" or "second brain" that categorizes and stores a firm's construction details, layouts, and drawings to make them easily searchable and reusable.Natalia and Evelyn also unpack the cultural resistance within the AEC industry toward adopting new technologies and the necessity of backing up software solutions with hard ROI data. Natalia emphasizes the importance of architects taking the driver's seat in the AI transformation rather than being at the mercy of outside developers. She closes with profound advice for anyone feeling unfulfilled in their current role, encouraging professionals to follow their intuition and find their ikigai - the intersection of what they love, what they are good at, what the world needs, and what they can get paid for."I'm starting now to think about artificial intelligence and all this tech journey is more of coming back to the craft. My ideal scenario is, we automate the processes that can be automated so we can spend more time on things that we actually like to do, on creativity, on the parts that are maybe related to materials or what users experience every day, something that is tangible, something that makes a real impact." - Natalia BakaevaThis episode serves as a powerful reminder that while the tools of the profession are rapidly evolving, the core goal remains the same: designing better spaces. By embracing technology and better data management, architects can automate redundancies and return to the true craft of architecture.Guest:Natalia Bakaeva is a registered architect in Ontario who ran her own practice in Toronto, working across residential, commercial, healthcare, education, and public art. With a rich background that includes an early start in architectural education in Russia and a bilingual master's program between Moscow and London, she transitioned into the tech sector after experiencing the inefficiencies of traditional practice. She is now the co-founder and CEO of ARKI, full-time, building an AI system of record that operates on a firm's internal project data.This episode is especially for you if: ✅ You want to understand how AI can transform dormant firm data into a searchable "wisdom hub" or "second brain."✅ You are curious about the journey from running a traditional architecture practice to founding an AEC tech startup.✅ You want to explore the concept of productizing architectural services and overcoming industry inefficiencies.✅ You are looking for inspiration to follow your intuition and find your ikigai within or outside the profession.✅ You believe architects need to be proactive in shaping the tools and technologies that will define the future of practice.What have you done to take action lately? Share your reflections with us on social and join the conversation.

John Dean Davis — Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at The Ohio State University's Knowlton School of Architecture — is in good traffic this week for a peek at Reconstruction-era America and the landscapes it built. Prof. Davis' new book, Reconstructors: Land, Work, and Engineering After the Civil War, posits that Reconstruction wasn't a mere political realignment, but a massive physical rebuilding project whose infrastructure and ideology shape the contemporary American landscape as we know it.We also touch on: The origin story of Davis' book project, sparked by a solo drive from Boston to New Orleans and a stop at the Old River Control Structure five years after Katrina. Why the "New South" was more industrial than its cotton-field reputation suggests. The case that Reconstruction, in some form, never really stopped. Teaching field trips to Mexico City and the "road trip paper" assignment Davis gives his students. His mentor John Stilgoe's advice to go outside and look at things — ideally by bike. A debate over history's most important technological contributions. Rebecca Solnit's writing-as-carpentry metaphor, and why generalists need to read broadly to stay sharp.Timeline:0:00 John Dean Davis is in good traffic .7:10 Road trip to research: a drive from Boston to New Orleans.10:15 Standing at Old River Control, feeling the Mississippi's power.11:37 Reconstruction as the hinge of American history.16:28 Becoming a landscape historian: carpentry, mud, and 1870s engineering in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.19:38 The "New South" myth.23:21 Did Reconstruction ever actually end?25:23 Staying optimistic as a historian.28:54 Mentor John Stilgoe's philosophy, and the case for touring a new place by bike.34:29 Public lands politics: Gilded Age extraction vs. conservation, and today's rural land defenders.39:08 The road trip paper assignment.48:24 History's greatest technological contribution.55:16 Most walkable college towns.58:17 Commuting on the Metro-North as a teenager.Further context:The book — Reconstructors: Land, Work, and Engineering After the Civil War.The mentioned Old River Control Structure (US Army Corps of Engineers).

What if Bitcoin is the only true measurement of time? Can it be the model of unification of time, energy, and memory? Jack Klucznik and Nicholas Marino are the co-authors of “Bitcoin: The Architecture of Time”, a 244-page paper that approaches Bitcoin through physics, treating it as a thermodynamic and mathematical object built from entropy, energy, and quantized time. In this mind-bending episode

In this bonus episode of Detailed, we share a LIVE conversation from the 2026 AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in San Diego, CA.Cherise is joined by Heshan Rankothgedera of Sales and Project Management at Jakob Rope Systems. Heshan demonstrates how Jakob Rope Systems' 100+ years of technical expertise is present in every product they offer, whether in safety solutions, green wall systems, or custom structural elements.If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more.If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media.Mentioned in this episode:Social Channel Pre-rollPromotes the YouTube channel, ARACTemy, and social handle.

The conversation delves into the post-pandemic realization that true creative collaboration requires proximity, prompting the studio to downsize and focus on a deeply integrated "many hats" workflow. The team also explores the changing landscape of home design—from navigating massive post-pandemic cost multipliers and evolving spaces like "mission control" kitchens, to pushing back against Texas's "bigger is better" mentality in favor of highly detailed, character-rich spaces. Finally, they cover the critical role of manufacturer partnerships in keeping pace with rapid product innovations, regional environmental codes, and a growing client demand for technological simplicity.

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IN CLEAR FOCUS: World-renowned architect Alexander Josephson, co-founder of PARTISANS, discusses his approach to retail architecture as brand strategy. The physical space a customer enters is the most concentrated expression of a brand. Discover why separating architecture and marketing budgets damages credibility. From Bar Raval to Union Station, learn how treating store environments as brand infrastructure shapes customer behavior, builds authentic connections, and drives commercial success.

Algeria's pivotal role as a historic center for revolutionary and independence movements is frequently overlooked, leaving a gap in public understanding of its complex history. Architectural historian Samia Henni unpacks how the French army utilized architecture and urban planning as tools of counterinsurgency and control. The discussion exposes the shocking and lasting realities of colonial toxicity, detailing how France conducted underground and atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the Algerian Sahara. By challenging the harmful myth that deserts are empty, this episode confronts enduring colonial legacies and the protocols of history writing.   00:00 Introduction 01:51 Addressing the Historical Knowledge Gap Around Algeria 03:51 Growing Up with the Mythology of the Revolution 05:45 Unpacking the Complexities & Duality of Scholarly Narratives 08:30 Language as a Weapon: Architecture of Counterrevolution 14:19 The Reality Behind Centers of Regroupment and Mass Relocation 19:21 From Secret Camps to Satellite Towns 25:51 Direct Contact & the Deliberate Intent to Pacify 28:46 The Design Philosophy of Colonial Housing Projects 34:34 Unmasking the Haunting Realities of Colonial Toxicity 41:17 The Epistemic Violence of Restricted Archives 45:12 Deserts Are Not Empty 49:27 Agitation, Political Space & Transnational Solidarity   She is a historian and an exhibition maker of the built, destroyed, and imagined environments. Her work addresses questions of colonization, wars, resource extraction, deserts, forced displacement, and gender dynamics. She is the author of the multi-award-winning Architecture of Counterrevolution: The French Army in Northern Algeria (gta Verlag 2017, EN; Editions B42, 2019, FR), which received the 2020 Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, and Colonial Toxicity: Rehearsing French Radioactive Architecture and Landscape in the Sahara (2024). She is also the editor of Deserts Are Not Empty (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2022) and War Zones (gta Verlag, 2018), and the maker of exhibitions including Performing Colonial Toxicity (2023–), Discreet Violence: Architecture and the French War in Algeria (2017–2022), Archives: Secret-Défense? (2021), and Housing Pharmacology (2020). She received her PhD (with distinction, ETH Medal) in the history and theory of architecture from ETH Zurich and has taught at Princeton University, Cornell University, ETH Zurich, and Geneva University of Art and Design. In August 2024, she joined the faculty of McGill University's Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture. She was born and raised in Algiers.   Connect with Samia Henni

World Labs co-founders Fei-Fei Li, Justin Johnson, and Ben Mildenhall join a16z General Partner Martin Casado to discuss Atlas, their latest world model, and what it reveals about the pursuit of spatial intelligence.At the center of Atlas is what the team calls “new view prediction”: given images or views of a scene, the model predicts what that environment should look like from a different position in space and time. This brings generation and 3D reconstruction into the same model, and raises a broader question about whether predicting views could become a useful primitive for understanding the physical world.They discuss the technical bets behind the model, what it can and can't yet capture, and the importance of dynamics, editability, and simulation as world models develop. The conversation also explores applications in creative work, architecture, and robotics, where Fei-Fei argues that one of today's biggest constraints is access to real-world training data. Resources:Follow Fei-Fei Li on X: https://x.com/drfeifeiFollow Justin Johnson on X: https://x.com/jcjohnssFollow Ben Mildenhall on X: https://x.com/BenMildenhallFollow Martin Casado on X: https://x.com/martin_casadoLearn more about Atlas: https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/atlas Stay Updated:Find a16z on YouTube: YouTubeFind a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Show on SpotifyListen to the a16z Show on Apple PodcastsFollow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.