Podcasts by Archinect Sessions
A biweekly discussion of pressing architecture news and issues, hosted by Paul Petrunia, Donna Sink, and Ken Koense.
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Sam Jacob from 2021-08-20T16:39:59
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus concludes today with our conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today's final episode is a conversation with S...
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Olalekan Jeyifous from 2021-08-16T19:39:59
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today's episode is a conversation with Olalekan J...
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Future Firm from 2021-08-09T18:19:57
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today's episode is a conversation with Ann Lui a...
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Ecosistema Urbano from 2021-07-30T04:54:23
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today's episode is a conversation with Belinda Ta...
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Dream the Combine from 2021-07-27T13:00
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues this week as we introduce the winners of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. This series was introduced last week with Mimi Zeiger and...
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Part 1: A Conversation with the Curators from 2021-07-20T15:30:59
Today, in partnership with Exhibit Columbus, we're introducing Next Up: Exhibit Columbus, our 5-part series of conversations with the curators of Exhibit Columbus and the recipients of The J. Ir...
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Goat Wisdom with Frances Anderton from 2020-12-24T18:45:58
On our year-end show Donna, Ken and I are joined by Frances Anderton. For those listeners that are in LA, Frances's voice is probably very familiar to you. Frances is the host of DnA, the radio ...
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On Racial Inequality in AEC, with Karen Compton from 2020-09-28T19:03:36
On today’s episode of Archinect Sessions Donna and I are joined by Karen Compton, a Los Angeles-based business consultant, business owner and podcast host.
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A Conversation with Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia of WAI Architecture Think Tank from 2020-07-28T12:30
On today’s show Donna and I are joined by Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski of WAI Architecture Think Tank.
The last time we had Cruz and Nathalie on the podcast was for our Next Up ser...
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Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 6/6 from 2020-06-19T19:13:49
This is the final installment of Archinect Sessions' six-part series of conversations we've had with archit...
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Archinect Sessions: Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 5/6 from 2020-06-11T15:06:08
This is the fifth installment of Ar...
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Archinect Sessions: Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 4/6 from 2020-05-26T04:11:13
This is the fourth part of Archinec...
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Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 3/6 from 2020-05-22T17:42:10
Today we share the third part of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with archit...
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Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 2/6 from 2020-05-15T14:30
Today we share the second part of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges exp...
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Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 1/6 from 2020-05-05T18:59:22
Today's installment of Archinect Sessions introduces the first of six episodes sharing conversations we've had with architects, designers. and others in the industry. The discussions address the...
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Quarantine Check-In from 2020-04-24T17:58:06
This episode of Archinect Sessions was intended to be a brief introduction to a number of conversations we've been recording with members of the architecture community from around the world, che...
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Paulette Singley helps us understand 'How to Read Architecture' from 2020-03-06T18:09:50
Today Donna, Ken and I are joined by Paulette Singley. Paulette is a respected architectural historian, educator and author. Her writing and editing expands beyond the world of architecture, loo...
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Director Alysa Nahmias on László Moholy-Nagy and The New Bauhaus from 2020-02-13T18:36:05
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we’re sharing a conversation I had with Alysa Nahmias, the director and producer of the docume...
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What happened at The School of Architecture at Taliesin??? from 2020-01-31T23:17:03
On this special (and very spontaneous) episode of Archinect Sessions we are joined with three members of the Taliesin community to help shed some light on the mysterious and disturbing sudden an...
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Giving Shelter from 2019-11-28T14:30
On this installment of Archinect Sessions, we’re sharing a conversation I had a couple of months ago with Sofia Borges an...
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The Current State of LA's Architecture Student Publications from 2019-10-28T22:38
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we’re sharing the recording of a panel discussion I moderated last weekend at the A+D Museum, as part of the cur...
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Madame President Goes ALL-In from 2019-09-26T22:34:31
For Archinect Sessions episode #145 we are joined by Listen
The War on Cliché from 2019-09-20T19:14:21
On this episode, we're joined by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. A long-familiar name to most of our listeners, Ar...
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Space Settlements; A Conversation with Author Fred Scharmen from 2019-08-29T13:00
This week we’re joined by one of our favorite regulars, Fred Scharmen. Fred currently teaches architecture and urban design at Morgan State University's School of Architecture and Planning, and ...
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In Conversation with Paul Goldberger from 2019-07-04T17:56:20
We have a very special July 4th episode for you today.
Today’s show offers a very American conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Paul Goldberger. The discussion was recorde...
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A Conversation with Dream the Combine from 2019-06-20T20:42:15
On this latest episode of the Archinect Sessions podcast we're joined by Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers of the Minneapolis-based practice Dream the Combine.
Jennifer and Tom are a hus...
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Radical Reconfigurability from 2019-05-21T13:30
This week Ken and I are speaking with the leadership team responsible for the upcoming Brown University Performing Arts Center – Joshua Ramus of REX, Carl Giegold of Threshold Acoustics and Davi...
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Olson Kundig's Alan Maskin on Icons and Architecture for Children from 2019-04-30T01:07:56
This week Ken and I are joined by Alan Maskin, partner and co-owner ...
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Everything's Gonna Be Great from 2019-03-22T19:37:17
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined by Eva Hagberg, a Listen
From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities from 2019-03-01T19:30:42
On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Carlo Aiello, a Mexican-born, LA-based designer and founder of eVolo . Most of...
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A Conversation with Theaster Gates from 2019-02-15T00:13:05
This week on Archinect Sessions we’re sharing our inspiring conversation with Theaster Gates. For those of you who aren’t already familiar with Theaster, you’re in for a treat. Theaster Gates of...
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Afternoon Delight with Midnight Charette from 2019-02-07T23:06:47
This week we are joined, in studio, by David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, the hosts of the Midnight Charette...
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A Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown from 2019-01-25T20:58:57
On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions Ken, Donna, and I share our conversation with Rusty Long, an ar...
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A Conversation with Alex Baca on City Engagement from 2018-11-26T23:39:17
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined with Alex Baca, a Washington DC-based journalist focused on smart cities, planning, bike advocacy and urban mobility devices. Recent news, and ...
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A Conversation with Sou Fujimoto on the "Futures of the Future" from 2018-11-01T17:22:44
This week we’re sharing my conversation with Sou Fujimoto, recorded immediately before his new show opened to the press at Japan House in Hollywood last Friday. The show, titled “FUTURES OF THE ...
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Hip Hop Architecture with Sekou Cooke from 2018-09-28T18:11:57
On this latest episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Sekou Cooke, Syracuse-based arch...
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Long Time Listener First Time Talker from 2018-09-07T23:04:32
This week's podcast episode is all about podcasting. So meta. We're joined by Sera Ghadaki, a recent graduate of Pratt M.Arch program, and a contributing editor of Tarp: Digital, Pratt’s podcast...
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Transparent Value from 2018-08-17T05:36:04
On this latest issue of the Archinect Sessions podcast Ken, Paul and Donna talk with Peggy Deamer and Shota Vashakmadz...
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Johnston Marklee, Live from the LA Design Festival from 2018-07-27T00:39:29
Earlier this summer I sat down with Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee to discuss their practice, Johnston Marklee...
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Fear of Commitment from 2018-07-13T23:03:31
On this week's show, Archinect Sessions episode 124, Ken and Donna look back at this year's AIA National Convention in NYC.
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The LA Forum Reader Traces 30 Years of LA's Architectural Discourse from 2018-07-06T21:34:24
The LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design has offered a critical look at the city of Los Angeles since the late 80's. The nonprofit has been providing public programming, exhibitions, and p...
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From an All-Women-Led Commune to a Multi-Billion Dollar Startup from 2018-06-28T21:57:12
Last Wednesday, on the eve of the AIA National Convention, I had the pleasure of talking with Miguel McKelvey, co-founder of Listen
Architecture of Disaster from 2018-05-24T21:10:03
This week we announced the release of our latest issue of our print journal, Ed, with the theme Listen
Mental Health in Architecture from 2018-05-11T00:30:47
This week Ken, Donna and I are joined by architect and writer Esther Sperber to discuss the very real an...
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Radical Candor from 2018-04-12T22:24:26
This week Ken, Donna and I talk about some topics in recent architecture news, along with a little discussion about dealing with criticism.
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Unzoning from 2018-03-23T06:21:24
This week we have Mike Eliason on the podcast, Seattle-based Project Manager at Patano Studio and proponent of Passivhaus, Baugruppen , and a ...
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Mitch McEwen and Marc Miller Steal the Mic from 2018-03-09T01:06:19
On this week's show we are trying out something new by inviting on guest hosts to take over the mics. Our guest hosts today, Listen
Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound from 2018-02-22T23:11:58
This week we release a relatively spontaneous , and completely silly, look at news and features recently published on Archinect. We also turn Ken's famous last 2 questions, "What are you reading...
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A Conversation with Snow Kreilich Architects from 2018-02-06T18:32:47
On this episode of Archinect Sessions, Paul travels to Minneapolis to join Ken in a conversation with Julie Snow and Matt Kreilich of Listen
Printing Architecture from 2018-01-11T22:22:08
This week, we are joined by Nicholas Korody, the Editor-in-Chief of Archinect's new print project Listen
Archinect Sessions Podcast Highlights from 2017 from 2017-12-28T21:09:32
This week, for our last show of the year, Donna, Ken and Paul share highlights from their favorite episodes of the year. It wasn't an easy task, as the year was filled with some brilliant guests...
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Architecture - Tools of Capital: Iconic, Boring, and for the Happy Few from 2017-11-23T20:00
This week, Donna and Ken are joined by Indianapolis Architect and ARE Sketches author, Lora Teagarden. Lora is an architect with Listen
Equity, Secrets and Relevancy of AIA - 1 Year Post #NotMyAIA from 2017-11-16T20:00
Archinect Sessions Site Visit: Exhibit Columbus from 2017-10-28T03:06:13
This week we're releasing a special, in-between, episode of Archinect Sessions. In t...
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Everyone Deserves Dignified Design from 2017-09-28T23:11:49
To describe John Cary simply as an author would be a disservice. John is a unique individual in the world of architecture. For 20 years, since he was a student, he has been on a non-stop mission...
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Aggregating Architectures from 2017-09-14T23:10:05
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Architecture&Film from 2017-08-31T21:57:26
On this week's show we talk to Kogonada, the writer and director of the critically-acclaimed film Columbus, and Kyle Bergman, founder of the Architecture & Design Film Festival.
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Every City Needs a Crank from 2017-08-18T00:06:46
This week we're joined by Inga Saffron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you haven't read her latest piece on Henry Wilcots, the relatively unknow...
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Grammatical Supremacy from 2017-08-03T23:54:12
This week we're joined with Anthony Morey, LA-based theorist, designer, educator, writer...
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Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Benjamin Ball from 2017-07-23T21:00
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the event, while Archinect's Paul Petrunia and Ni...
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Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Alex Dahm from 2017-07-23T18:00
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the event, while Archinect's Paul Petrunia and Ni...
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Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Jimenez Lai from 2017-07-23T15:00
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the event, while Archinect's Paul Petrunia and Ni...
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Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma from 2017-07-22T21:28:55
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Listen
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: David Freeland from 2017-07-22T21:25:20
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Listen
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Mimi Zeiger from 2017-07-20T21:15:19
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Listen
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Mimi Zeiger from 2017-07-20T21:15:19
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Listen
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Mimi Zeiger from 2017-07-20T21:15:19
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Listen
Bro, Do You Even Quoin? from 2017-07-13T20:46:08
On this week's episode we’re joined with Kate Wagner, the author of McMansion Hell, a blog that balances serious essays on architecture and urbanism, with brilliantly funny analysis of the absur...
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Trans-Border Patrolling from 2017-06-29T22:40:24
This week René Peralta and Listen
Machines Don't Care from 2017-06-15T22:58:35
Today’s show follows up on Listen
How Not to Run a Club from 2017-05-26T18:37:57
We are joined this week by Scott Frank of Argo Communications. Scott was previously the Seni...
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Small Details Matter from 2017-05-08T19:04:16
In this latest episode of Archinect Sessions, Ken and Donna share their experiences and thoughts on the 2017 AIA National Conference. We discuss the conversation with Listen
Archinect Sessions Episode 100 with Steven Holl from 2017-04-13T22:24:35
This week, for our 100th episode of Archinect Sessions, we are excited to share our conversation with Archinect favorite Listen
Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #3: f-architecture from 2017-03-29T23:41:37
“We’re interested in bodies and their implications in space, their political positions in space, and how materially and technologically they are constituted,” states the Feminist Architecture Co...
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Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #2: Christine Bjerke from 2017-03-29T01:18:46
“The economy of the home becoming an investment culture instead of a savings culture disrupts the idea of very specific gendered roles in Japanese society,” states the Copenhagen-based architect...
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'Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #1: Jack Self from 2017-03-28T02:17:48
“Everything we think of as being normal in the home, everything we think of as being traditional—they’re all inventions,” states Jack Self,...
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Il[LUMEN]ating from 2017-03-23T20:25:17
In this week's episode, we talk to Jenny Sabin—architect, artist, Listen
An American Story from 2017-03-02T22:28:58
For this episode of Archinect Sessions, we're sharing our conversation with Phil Freelon, an architect that has dedicated his life to creating meaningful, thoughtful works of architecture that c...
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The BIG Abstract from 2017-02-17T00:15:15
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've already heard about Abstract, Netflix's incredible new documen...
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Empathy Deficit; Archinect Sessions #96 from 2017-02-09T22:35:22
This week on the podcast we are joined by Emily Hunt Turner. Emily gives us an update on her restaurant/non-profit startup All Square, as Listen
No Particular Place To Go from 2017-01-27T01:02:10
This week on the podcast we are joined by Evan Chakroff. We discuss his latest piece on Cuba and Cuban architecture, travel, 360° photography, and more.
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It's Better to Turn on Than to Fade Away from 2017-01-12T21:46:12
This week Donna, Ken, and Paul discuss Exhibit Columbus's Miller Prize announcement, gender equality in lecture school lineups, and the recent illumination of Detroit.
This episode was sp...
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A Salute to Garbage Fires from 2016-12-22T23:11:45
It's that time of the year – for washing away the stench of the past and basking in the sweet, slightly terrifying promise of an uncertain future. This week on the podcast, we dish out our predi...
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Winners, Whiners and Wine Boxes from 2016-12-15T23:14:43
On this episode, we discuss the biggest news items of the past week, covering: the political bent to the AIA's Gold Medal being Listen
DIY Space, After Ghost Ship from 2016-12-09T00:15:50
Last Friday night, a fire broke out during a concert at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, California, killing (at present count) 36 people. While the precise cause of the fire is still unknow...
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HUD-winked from 2016-12-01T20:23:16
When president-elect Donald Trump nominated Ben Carson to lead the department of Housing and Urban Development, the response was resoundingly: huh?
The neurosurgeon came onto the national...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #8: Mia Lehrer from 2016-11-29T18:03:39
It's here: our final interview from 'Next Up: The LA River', featuring Mia Lehrer of Mia Lehrer + Associates. Lehrer was a major driving force in the 2007 Los Angeles River Revitalization Master...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #7: Renee Dake Wilson (LA City Planning Commission) and Alexander Robinson (Office of Outdoor Research) from 2016-11-23T18:10:19
Our penultimate Mini-Session interview from 'Next Up: The LA River' pairs Renee Dake Wilson with Alexander Robinson. Dake Wilson, principal at Dake Wilson Architects, was appointed by LA Mayor E...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #6 with Julia Meltzer (Clockshop) and Elizabeth Timme (LA-Más) from 2016-11-22T19:30:47
For this Mini-Session from our Next Up: The LA River event, Nicholas Korody spoke with Julia Meltzer, director and founder of non-profit arts organization, Clockshop, and Elizabeth Timme, co-dir...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #5: Lou Pesce of Metabolic Studio from 2016-11-21T22:19:40
Los Angeles' Metabolic Studio, run by architect and visual artist Lauren Bon, creates site-specific, temporary "devices of wonder" that interpret landscape in new ways, shifting public perceptio...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #4: Deborah Weintraub, LA Chief Architect and Chief Deputy City Engineer from 2016-11-19T17:00
As Chief Architect and Chief Deputy City Engineer presiding over a group of 800+ architects and engineers, Deborah Weintraub has a big picture of LA infrastructure in mind when it comes to the r...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #3 with Steven Appleton and Catherine Gudis from 2016-11-19T00:45
Steven Appleton and Catherine Gudis are some of Next Up's most active participants when it comes to physically being in the LA River. Appleton co-founded LA River Kayak Safari, which ha...
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #2 with Marissa Christiansen, Senior Policy Director of Friends of the Los Angeles River from 2016-11-17T17:43:15
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'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #1: Frances Anderton and Christopher Hawthorne from 2016-11-16T17:31:07
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Disruption from 2016-11-10T20:20:30
Recorded in the wake of Tuesday's election results, this episode got a bit emotional. Listen
ZHA after Zaha [REBROADCAST] from 2016-10-27T21:47:31
The sudden death of Dame Zaha Hadid could not also mean the end of Zaha Hadid Architects. With...
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A Friend in Deed from 2016-10-20T19:35:16
Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, has had a tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump for years. As a developer working in Chicago, Trump...
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Grab 'Em by the Brick from 2016-10-13T20:39:39
We discuss the latest big news from the awards-world of architecture, as we saw Listen
Hardware to Wetware from 2016-10-06T17:49:59
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No Sage on Stage from 2016-09-29T21:13:25
Beginning today through October 1, Columbus, Indiana will celebrate its architectural history and identity with its very first Listen
Grounded Research from 2016-09-22T21:14:35
Alvin Huang, founder and principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture in Los Angeles, jo...
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GSAPP United from 2016-09-15T22:45:08
In a landmark decision last month, Columbia University graduate students won Listen
Mind the Gap from 2016-09-08T19:31:43
We're joined this week by Devin Gharakhanian, co-founder and co-creative director of the online platform SuperArchitects, to discuss his work in architecture media and community-building, alongs...
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Better than SimCity from 2016-09-01T22:26:38
Closing out August's special theme of Listen
Calming Down and Speeding Up in Louisville with Steven Ward from 2016-08-25T21:47:49
This week's show is dedicated to Loui...
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Twilight Zoning from 2016-08-18T21:41:09
The term "zoning" recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary in the U.S.'s city planning parlance, and many of our News postings recently have had to do with its fraught, wonky legacy. From ra...
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Raw Rendering Ranters from 2016-08-11T18:12:35
Peter Zumthor released Listen
Summer Daze from 2016-08-04T22:57:34
The last few weeks have been a bit of a downer—we had a big ol' roundtable on how Listen
Brexit means Brexit from 2016-07-28T22:16:38
We're now about a month past the UK's historic 'Brexit' vote to leave the European Union, and, well, lots has happened. David Cameron stepped down as Prime Minister, and was replaced two weeks a...
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Salvaged Love from 2016-07-21T19:46:18
When Indianapolis began demolishing its RCA Dome in 2008, Michael Bricker saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To save the stadium's white, Teflon-coated fiberglass roof from the landfill, Bric...
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Make it Rain from 2016-07-14T19:48:30
This week on the podcast, Julia Ingalls joins us to discuss the byzantine considerations behind how architects charge for work, and shares some helpful guidelines from her recent piece about Listen
Private Session from 2016-07-07T17:51:46
Wrapping up our special editorial theme for June 2016, Listen
A Bit of Nervousness from 2016-06-30T17:44:57
Last Thursday, Great Britain voted to leave the European Union, with a margin of 52% to 48%. The result was a huge surprise—especially for those in creative industries like architecture, many of...
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Queer Space, After Pulse from 2016-06-23T18:43:30
In light of the recent killing of 49 people at Pulse, a gay night club in Orlando known to many as a center for Queer and Latinx culture, our focus for this week’s podcast is the role and signif...
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Stepping Back from 2016-06-16T19:42:45
This week, we’re taking a moment to catch-up with what’s happened on Archinect lately, and share some endorsements—we discuss our latest interview with Listen
Twists and Turns from 2016-06-09T19:50:54
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Reporting from the Front of 'Reporting from the Front' from 2016-06-02T19:48:25
Andrea Dietz spent four days in Venice reporting on the Biennale's opening for us, and brought back her reflections on the hallowed event—in all its chaotic, problematic, inspiring, messy glory—...
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Valorizing the Normal from 2016-05-26T22:15:27
Donna, Ken and Fred all converged in the meatspace that was the Listen
Due Protest from 2016-05-12T19:32:37
Since North Carolina passed the controversial bill known as HB-2 at the end of March—requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that coincide with the sex listed on their birth certificate, a...
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Brute Force from 2016-05-05T18:25:33
This week on the podcast, Donna, Ken and Amelia discuss the uncertain future of downtown Atlanta's brutalist Public Library (the last building Marcel Breuer designed), how Shigeru Ban's relief e...
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Banal Sex Mansion from 2016-04-28T17:54:43
This week we’re joined by special guest co-host Aaron Betsky, author of Queer Space: Architecture and Same-Sex ...
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ZHA after Zaha from 2016-04-21T21:22:39
The sudden death of Dame Zaha Hadid could not also mean the end of Zaha Hadid Architects. With ...
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There is No There There from 2016-04-14T18:58:49
We're joined by original 'Nector and senior editor Orhan Ayyüce to discuss Zaha Hadid's legacy and his recent piece on Listen
Race for the Prize from 2016-04-07T21:15:36
Last week we witnessed Listen
Last week’s architecture news. When it wasn’t so depressing. from 2016-03-31T22:56:15
Collecting the most important news of the past week – that is, from the recording date's perspective of March 30th, the day before Listen
How much a dollar costs from 2016-03-24T17:29:22
This past week on Archinect, we heard Thom Mayne's s...
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Hustle&Bustle from 2016-03-17T19:46:43
While Amelia is away this week, Alexander Walter fills in and joins Ken, Do...
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Ceci n'est pas un session from 2016-03-10T23:46:42
Spring is just around the corner, and in the interest of new beginnings and rebirth, Archinect Sessions is taking this week off to get some much needed rest. The market is hot right now, and we'...
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Guns in the Studio from 2016-03-03T19:56:56
A new Texas state law going into effect on August 1 will allow concealed handguns to be brought into public university campus buildings. This isn't sitting well with many members of the public u...
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Dispatch from Flint from 2016-02-25T22:31:16
The tragedy of Flint, Michigan's water crisis seems to worsen with every newly uncovered detail. As a manmade public health crisis provoked by willful denial and compromised safety standards, th...
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The Trumpeteers from 2016-02-18T23:25:38
We swear, no BIG or Trump on this episode. We discuss the Listen
What's the Big Deal‽ from 2016-02-11T23:26
Long-time Archinector and reliably sane commentator Listen
Virtually Inevitable from 2016-02-04T23:34:26
Virtual Reality is very much here, in all its messy, beautiful, uncanny glory. The gee-whiz factor notwithstanding, the technology holds a bevy of architectural applications and implications, an...
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Bonus Session: "Now, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City" from 2016-02-03T14:00
Back in December of last year, the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture Listen
How the Sausage Is Made from 2016-01-28T23:43:15
For our 50th (!!!) episode, we discuss the biggest news items from the last week – everything from the latest BIG and DS+R shake-ups to a surprisingly controversial Seattle homeless shelter – an...
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The Haves and the Have Nots from 2016-01-21T23:40:41
As last week's episode was taken up by Pritzker-hooplah, this episode takes a look back at the major news items of the last week(ish) and gets you caught up with what's been happening on Archine...
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Making A Pritzker Laureate from 2016-01-14T23:36:46
When news broke yesterday that Listen
Never the Same River Twice from 2016-01-08T00:15:15
Architect, artist, and experimental preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos h...
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Next Up Mini-Session #16: TOMA from 2015-12-18T18:08:07
For our final Mini-Session from the Next Up<...
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Nostra-pod-mus from 2015-12-17T23:55:52
'Tis the time of year for reflections and speculations – and 2015 was a big one for Listen
Next Up Mini-Session #15: WAI Architecture Think Tank from 2015-12-12T01:25:24
Over Skype from their homebase in Beijing, WAI Architecture Think Tank partners Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski spoke with Paul Petrunia, on our latest Listen
Golden Years from 2015-12-10T23:49:53
On the happy and historic occasion of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi being Listen
Next Up Mini-Session #14: Andreas Angelidakis from 2015-12-04T23:06:16
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Stepping Out from 2015-12-03T23:56:23
At least once in their professional life, every architect is likely to ask themselves, "Should I start my own practice?" From there, there are countless aspects to weigh against one another, but...
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Next Up Mini-Session #13: Bryony Roberts from 2015-12-02T22:00
Architect and experimental preservationist Bryony Roberts joins us for our next Listen
Next Up Mini-Session #12: Paul Andersen&Paul Preissner from 2015-11-25T20:44:18
For our final live Mini-Sessi...
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Next Up MIni-Session #11: John Lin of Rural Urban Framework from 2015-11-22T15:00
Our latest installment of Min...
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Next Up MIni-Session #10: Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo&Mecky Reuss of Pedro y Juana from 2015-11-21T15:00
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Bonus Session: Reflections on "Shelter" in Los Angeles from 2015-11-20T19:38:28
The Architecture + Design Museum hosted two panels to close out its "Shelter" exhibition...
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In LiDAR We Trust from 2015-11-19T22:24:30
Long-time Archinector and BLDGBLOG-runner Geoff Manaugh joins us on ...
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Next Up Mini-Session: François Roche&Camille Lacadée of New-Territories / M4 from 2015-11-18T01:47:05
In celebration of Archinect Sessions' second season, we're posting the "Next Up" live-interviews we did at the Listen
Toilet Talk from 2015-11-12T20:04:54
Special guest Susan Surface, former Archinect editor now at Listen
Next Up Mini-Session: Thomas Kelley and Carrie Norman of Norman Kelley from 2015-11-11T22:53:17
Continuing our "Next Up" series, reco...
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Next Up Mini-Session: Urtzi Grau and Cristina Goberna Pesudo of Fake Industries Architectural Agonism from 2015-11-11T00:33:56
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Premiere Episode of Archinect Sessions One-to-One with Neil Denari from 2015-11-09T23:03:26
Our new podcast, Archinect Sessions: One-to-One is an interview show, straight-up. Each episode features a single interview with a notable figure in contemporary architecture – ...
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Second Season, Second City from 2015-11-06T00:07
It's great to be back. Our second season of Archinect Sessions premieres today in a new, shorter format, with an episo...
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Next Up Mini-Session: the Dry Futures jury reflects on California's drought from 2015-11-04T20:10:12
Tomorrow (!!!) we'll premiere season two of Archinect Sessions, and in anticipation of the launch, we've been posting Listen
Next Up Mini-Session: Marcelo Spina of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S from 2015-11-03T20:19:47
Leading up to (and continuing after) the premiere of Archinect Sessions' second season on November 5, we're posting individual intervie...
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Next Up Mini-Session: Andrew Atwood and Anna Neimark of First Office from 2015-11-02T21:30
If you couldn't join us during our first-ever live-podcasting series, "Listen
Next Up Mini-Session: Panel discussion with Claus Benjamin Freyinger, Andrew Kovacs and Jimenez Lai from 2015-11-01T18:30:34
After accumulating over four hours of live interviews from our first-ever live-podcasting series, "Next Up Listen
Next Up Mini-Session: Sarah Lorenzen, chair at Cal Poly Pomona and resident director of the Neutra VDL House from 2015-10-31T16:38:32
After we wrapped our first live-podcasting series, "Next Up", held at Listen
Next Up Mini-Session: John Southern of Urban Operations from 2015-10-30T17:05:08
Archinect recently wrapped its first live-podcasting series, "Next Up", held at Listen
Latent Complexity from 2015-07-24T00:22:34
We're very excited to have Denise Scott Brown on this episode, to share some family history behind the Vanna Venturi house – the house that her husband and collaborator, Robert Venturi, built fo...
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Session 38: From Z to A from 2015-07-16T22:29:34
This week on the podcast: Listen
Session 37: Parisian Exports and Silicon Valley Imports from 2015-07-09T23:26:54
Our episode this week revolves around Paris – city of lights, riots, artists and cheese-shaped skyscrapers (or at least, those are the bits were talking about). As part of a nationwide strike ag...
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Session 36: Poor Doors of Perception from 2015-07-02T23:51:07
This week, we dip into the swamp of whether so-called "poor doors" (separate entrances for affordable and market-rate housing tenants) are discriminatory, highlighting discussion points made in ...
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Session 35: Hot Work in the Summertime from 2015-06-25T21:11:53
Lots of summer blockbuster news to discuss on this week's podcast. The Listen
Session 34: There is nothing so stable as change from 2015-06-18T22:22:05
Easily the biggest news of last week, and probably of this year, was the unveiling of BIG's design for 2WTC. For a project of such status, on such a highly charged site, representation must be h...
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Session 33: Stargazing with Patrik Schumacher from 2015-06-11T21:28:21
This week, we devote the majority of our show to a discussion with Patrik Schumacher, about celebrity and the ...
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Session 32: For in that death of malls, what dreams may come from 2015-06-04T22:25:19
Dead malls and ghost boxes haunt this week's episode, featuring special guest and longtime 'Nector, Listen
Session 31: Hot Dogs Around the World, with James Biber from 2015-05-28T21:49:11
Inadvertently, this episode is all about food – where it comes from, where we eat it, and how it shapes national identity. Our discussion on food and design starts in Los Angeles, where Listen
Session 30: Inside the Institute from 2015-05-21T23:25:25
The Sessions co-hosts met all together for the first time in the meatspace last week, making the pilgrimage to Atlanta, Georgia for the AIA National Convention. Immersed in the tens of thousands...
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Session 29: Problem-solving with Thomas Heatherwick from 2015-05-14T22:28:02
Prior to his artist talk at the Hammer Museum last week, nearing the culmination of his massively successful "Listen
Session 28: Ned Cramer's Fantastic Fineprint on the Art of Publishing from 2015-05-08T00:21:48
When he was a kid, Ned Cramer, ...
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Session 27: "The trauma of rebuilding" from 2015-04-30T21:56:54
Last Saturday, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kathmandu, precipitating catastrophic destruction throughout Nepal and a death toll currently marked at more than 5,000. Reports have been very b...
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Session 26: "Modernism - Peru's Common Denominator" from 2015-04-23T19:35:57
This week on the podcast, Paul shares an interview he did in Lima with Sebastián Bravo, a local architect and maker of Listen
Session 25: "Clarity and Contradiction" from 2015-04-16T21:49:45
Thanks to Patrik Schumacher, this week's episode is mostly about criticism. We respond to a polemic/rant left by Schumacher on his Facebook page, "Listen
Session 24: "American Disruption, at Home and Abroad" from 2015-04-09T21:25:31
Whatever becomes of Facebook’s ...
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Session 23: "The Erection, the Inkblot, and the RFRA Riff-Raff" from 2015-04-02T19:55:35
It’s been a strange week, espec...
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Session 22: "Starts with me, ends with us" from 2015-03-25T22:01:41
We are delighted to devote the entirety of this episode to an interview with Tod Wi...
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Session 21: "Fast Forward, Look Back" from 2015-03-19T21:18:51
Last week, Michael Graves passed away at the age of 80. In the a...
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Session 20: "Three Funerals and a Curator" from 2015-03-12T20:55:44
Ten minutes before we sat down to record this week's episode, the Pritzker Prize Laureate was announced – posthumously. The winner, Listen
Session 19: "Don't be Evil, Don't Throw Stones" from 2015-03-05T19:10:19
This week Amelia, Paul, Donna and Ken discuss the somewhat controversial Listen
Session 18: "Moonwalking Or (The Expected Virtue of Social Architecture) with Andrés Jaque, winner of MoMA PS1's YAP" from 2015-02-26T18:03:16
Winner of this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, Andrés Jaque of the Listen
Session 17: "From the 101 to the 60 to the 10 to the 111" from 2015-02-19T18:58:44
Far away from the snowscapes peppering the rest of the country, the salt flats and dry martinis of Palm Springs exists in a time and place apart. An original enclave of midcentury modernism, Pal...
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Session 16: "All Work and All Play", with Jimenez Lai and Robert Ivy, CEO of the AIA from 2015-02-13T00:27:08
What do Robert Ivy FAIA, EVP/CEO of the AIA, and Jimenez Lai, of Bureau Spectacular, have in common? Other than they're both architects, not so much! What better way to celebrate a profession at...
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Session 15: Let's be Frank: A conversation with Aaron Betsky, incoming Dean at Taliesin from 2015-02-05T19:27:46
It seems as if the tumult and intrigue that ran through Frank Lloyd Wright's life has lived on at Taliesin. After being embroiled in accreditation issues, Listen
Session 14: His bjark is BIGger than his bjite—A chat with Bjarke Ingels at the opening of BIG's "Hot to Cold" exhibition from 2015-01-29T19:21:53
This episode is a doozy. Paul and Amelia left the temperate sunshine of Los Angeles for Washington, DC's frigid monumentality, to interview Bjarke Ingels on the eve of his "Listen
Session 13: Elizabeth Timme Gives No F*cks from 2015-01-22T01:19:38
At first we thought we could cram all of this week's amazing podcast content in under one hour. That dream was not to be, but we decided to give no f*cks, in honor of our guest Listen
Session 12: Talking Multicultural Modernism with Ehrlich Architects from 2015-01-15T18:35:49
In celebration of Ehrlich Architects winning the Listen
Session 11: Another year, Another Architecture from 2015-01-08T19:40:14
Happy new year! We're happy to announce Archinect Session's inaugural 2015 episode features a conversation with urban planner, architect, artist, programmer, educator, and of course, beloved Arc...
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Archinect Sessions XS: 2015 Predictions from 2014-12-18T17:30:04
This week, with the encroaching holiday craziness picking up steam, we're releasing a mini-version of Archinect Sessions to cap off the 2014 podcasting season. For this special XS session, Paul,...
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Session 10: Christopher Hawthorne and the Powers of 10 from 2014-12-11T22:14:12
How far we've come: this week, we're thrilled to have Christopher Hawthorne<...
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Session 9: Coffee&Pop-Up Architecture from 2014-12-04T16:44:04
This week, architect-turned-coffee entrepreneur Yeekai Lim of Cognoscenti Coffee joins us in-studio, to talk pop-up shops a...
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Session 8: Michael Rotondi and "The Sense of Place" from 2014-11-26T19:33:18
Michael Rotondi joins us in-studio this week, for a special conversation with Orhan Ayyüce abou...
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Session 7: The Peaks and Valleys of Architectural Value from 2014-11-20T17:36:08
This week on the podcast: continuing our earlier discussion on Listen
Session 6: Money Changes Everything from 2014-11-13T18:40:18
This week on the podcast: student debt, Chicago's "
Session 5: Barbara Bestor, The Michael Graves School&Material Witness from 2014-11-06T19:02:08
For this week's podcast, Paul and Amelia spoke w...
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Session 4: A Chat with the Architect who Invented the Hoverboard from 2014-10-29T23:50:19
Session 3: Keep Portland Architecture Weird! from 2014-10-23T00:43:34
Session 2: The Long Road from 2014-10-16T21:46:29
Co-hosts Donna Sink and Ken Koense join us for our second episode, to discuss...
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Session 1: Where are the Women? from 2014-10-09T23:02:41
A podcast is born! "Archinect Sessions" is a weekly podcast discussing recent news items and happenings on the site. Hosted by Archinect's founder and publisher, Listen