This is Part 3 of a special three-part mini series about the housing crisis in the Bay Area and the architects, designers, activists, developers, and innovators that are doing something about it. This final installment features individuals and

An Architect’s Guide to the Housing Crisis - Part 2

Aug 24th, 2022 37m 2s

This is Part 2 of a special three-part mini series about the housing crisis in the Bay Area and the architects, designers, activists, developers, and innovators that are doing something about it. Part 2 explores how people are currently navigat

An Architect’s Guide to the Housing Crisis - Part 1

Aug 3rd, 2022 33m 20s

There’s a massive housing crisis across the United States - what can architects do to help address it? In this special three-part mini series, we’ll be digging deeper into the housing crisis in the Bay Area and hear from the architects, designe

Evolutions of Landscape and Practice with Sarah Warto

Jun 2nd, 2022 32m 8s

Sarah Warto is a landscape architect and founder of Boxleaf Design. Influenced by her mother and grandmother, fellow landscape designers and passionate botanical enthusiasts, Sarah was exposed at a young age to many aspects of the field; ignit

Curating a Career and Spaces that Resonate with Madelynn Ringo

May 4th, 2022 40m

Madelynn Ringo is an architectural designer specializing in experiential spaces that resound with purposeful beauty. With an insatiable passion for problem-solving and high regard for heartbeat moments, Ringo creates storied environments expres

Passion and Purpose with Deryl McKissack, President and CEO of McKissack & McKissack

Apr 24th, 2022 38m 53s

Deryl McKissack is the founder, chairwoman and chief executive officer of McKissack & McKissack, a national architecture, engineering, program- and construction-management firm currently working on over $15 billion in projects nationwide. Under

Paths to Leadership with Liz Leber, Managing Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle

Apr 7th, 2022 41m 40s

Liz Leber is the Managing Partner at Beyer Blinder Belle in New York City. Liz is dedicated to advancing mission-based institutions through forward-looking architecture and planning projects. Guided by her astute and inquisitive nature, Liz ex

Productive Collisions with Latoya Nelson Kamdang, Director of NY Operations, Moody Nolan

Mar 30th, 2022 41m 11s

Latoya Nelson Kamdang is the Director of New York Operations for Moody Nolan. She is also a U.S. Fulbright Senior Scholar, Registered Architect, Certified Interior Designer, and LEED AP BD+C. Her experience spans architecture, planning, exhibit

Elevating The Role of Architects Through Technology with Anamika Goyal

Mar 3rd, 2022 40m 57s

Anamika Goyal is a biologist-turned-architect solving for scale in a complex industry with high human impact. She is Head of Design at Cottage, a San Francisco based start-up that helps homeowners build Accessory Dwelling Units. Anamika is com

Becoming CEO with Wendy Rogers, FAIA, CEO of LPA Design Studios

Dec 15th, 2021 38m 19s

Wendy Rogers is CEO and Chief Talent Officer of LPA Design Studios, an integrated design firm dedicated to creating projects that innovate, inspire and improve people’s lives. Wendy leads a team of more than 400 architects, engineers, landscape

Building an Architecture Practice with Marilyn Moedinger, Runcible Studios

Dec 2nd, 2021 46m 24s

Marilyn Moedinger is the founding principal of Runcible Studios. Like the runcible spoon she is happiest operating at the seams between practicality and whimsy, utility and beauty, the esoteric and the mundane. Deeply passionate about the capac

Equity in Architecture with Kavitha Mathew, Global Diversity Officer, KPF

Nov 17th, 2021 38m 57s

Kavitha Mathew is the Global Diversity Officer at KPF, and leads the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, as well as the development and implementation of the firm’s global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment. Mathew ov

Pivoting from Architecture to Tech with Kat Dovjenko

Nov 3rd, 2021 42m 44s

Kat Dovjenko is the Senior Creative Director at Muse & Company. Inspired by the dynamic energy around architecture and urban planning, Kat believes that the more complex, ambitious, and unsolvable the problem, the better. She drives talented t

Architect Led Design Build with Stacie Wong, GLUCK+

Oct 20th, 2021 46m 13s

Stacie Wong is a Principal at GLUCK+. Named by Fast Company as a top 10 most innovative companies in architecture, the firm is recognized for Architect Led Design Build. Stacie’s considerable design and construction experience began 26 years a

Striving for the Extraordinary with Angelica Trevino Baccon, SHoP Architects

Oct 6th, 2021 40m 29s

Angelica Trevino Baccon is a principal at SHoP Architects in New York City. She leverages deep expertise in and a passion for evolving technology to create inspiring, sustainable spaces for people, often in next-generation workplaces. She led t

Designing for Dementia Environments with Jennifer Sodo, Perkins Eastman

Sep 22nd, 2021 41m 9s

Jennifer Sodo is a leading expert in the design and planning of dementia living environments. A senior associate with Perkins Eastman’s senior living practice in New York City, Jennifer translates her own and others’ research on biophilic desig

Pivoting from Architecture to Real Estate

Sep 1st, 2021 51m 6s

This episode features three women who all left architecture for the real estate world! Chi-Chi Lin, Danlu Li, and Yi Li all studied architecture and practiced for a few years before realizing that they wanted to do something else. After leaving

Designing for Inclusion with Lilian Asperin

Aug 18th, 2021 44m 11s

Lilian Asperin is a partner at WRNS Studio, where she helps lead the design process and build teams that deliver aspirational outcomes. Lilian values a firm culture that embraces collaboration, connection to the community, risk taking, and fost

Artistry and Magic with Cecilia Cuff

Aug 4th, 2021 39m 36s

Cecilia Cuff is a 20-year veteran of the hospitality scene and the Founder and Managing Principal of The Nascent Group, a hospitality design and project management agency. Cecilia has established herself as a pacemaker in the hospitality design

Practice Disrupted with Evelyn Lee and Je'Nen Chastain

Jul 21st, 2021 49m 33s

It’s a special podcast crossover episode, featuring Practice Disrupted! The evolution of architectural practice has been relatively slow towards change, yet modern shifts in business and design management have prompted today’s leading architec

Lessons in Leadership with Lauren Schmidt, Principal at KPF

Jul 8th, 2021 32m 50s

Lauren Schmidt is a Principal at KPF in New York City. The youngest woman in KPF’s history to be named Principal, Lauren is invaluable to projects of all types, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, consultants and design teams, and oversee

Heroic Imaginations of the Future with J. Meejin Yoon, Dean at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University

Jun 23rd, 2021 29m 12s

J. Meejin Yoon, AIA FAAR, is the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University and cofounder of Höweler + Yoon, an award-winning design studio engaged in projects across the U.S. and aro

Mentorship, Inclusion, and Self-Advocacy with Saakshi Terway

Jun 9th, 2021 43m 15s

Saakshi Terway is a Designer at Wiencek + Associates in Washington DC. She is especially interested in responsible and sustainable architecture that has a social impact on local and global communities, and seeks to produce work that allows arc

Building Science Fight Club with Christine Williamson

May 19th, 2021 42m 35s

Christine Williamson is the founder of the Building Science Fight Club, an Instagram community dedicated to teaching building science and construction to architects and other building professionals. She also provides technical design consulting

Looking Inward and Outward with Janet Tam, FAIA

May 5th, 2021 37m 15s

Janet Tam is a founder and Principal of Noll and Tam Architects. Janet grew up in Richmond, California, and studied architecture at UC Berkeley in the 1970s and early 80’s, when the university was a pioneer of socially responsible design. There