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ArchinectNext Up: Exhibit Columbus / Olalekan JeyifousArchinect 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 Jeyifous.
Olelakan, who also goes by LEk, as I refer to him in this conversation, is a Nigerian-born visual artist with an architecture degree from Cornell. His work has been widely exhibited at institutions including the Studio Museum in Harlem, MoMA, Vitra Design Museum and the Guggenheim Bilboa. His work ranges from large-scale art commissions in public spaces and festivals to commercial installations. His contribution to this year's Exhibit Columbus is a fascin...
2021-08-1615 min
ArchinectNext Up: Exhibit Columbus / Future FirmArchinect 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 and Craig Reschke of Future Firm.
Future Firm is a Chicago-based architecture and design research office founded in 2015. Their work spans a wide array of scales, framed by their tagline, "We design on behalf of the secret lives of cities." In the case of their installation for Exhibit Columbus, Midnight Palace, the secret lives represent the nocturnal community in Columbus, Indiana. The sidewalk installation will bring together people that work in man...
2021-08-0919 min
ArchinectNext Up: Exhibit Columbus / Ecosistema UrbanoArchinect 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 Tato and Jose Luis Vallejo of Ecosistema Urbano.
Ecosistema Urbano is a design and consulting company operating within the fields of urbanism, architecture, engineering, and sociology, with offices in Madrid and Miami. Their work often addresses climate head-on, while incorporating strategies of working with micro-climates to educate communities through public spaces. This focus was applied to Cloudroom, their contribution to this year's Exhibit Columbus. Cloudroom consists of an inflatable "cloud," floating...
2021-07-3015 min
ArchinectNext Up: Exhibit Columbus / Part 1: A Conversation with the CuratorsToday, 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. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. For full details go here: https://archinect.com/news/article/150274759/next-up-exhibit-columbus-part-1-a-conversation-with-the-curators
2021-07-2827 min
ArchinectNext Up: Exhibit Columbus / Dream the CombineArchinect 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 Iker Gil, the curators of Exhibit Columbus. If you're not yet familiar with this year's Exhibit Columbus designers and programming, we encourage you to take a listen to last week's episode. To begin our first episode featuring the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize, we're sharing my conversation with Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers of Dream the Combine.
Partners in work and life, Jennifer...
2021-07-2721 min
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 6/6This is the final installment of Archinect Sessions' six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
Today we share our conversations with Ilya Bourim, an architectural designer working for a developer in the Coachella Valley; Lauren Harris, a BIM Manager in Philadelphia; Dawn Zuber, an architect and small practice owner just outside of Detroit; and Carl Emberger, a Technical Director at a mid-size firm in Philadelphia.
2020-06-191h 04
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 5/6This is the fifth installment of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
Conversations in this episode include Will Galloway, an architect/firm-owner and educator who has been stuck in Canada, his country of citizenship, while unable to return to Tokyo, his home of residence. We also speak with Sobia Sayeda, an architect in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Dillon Jones, a Portland-based...
2020-06-111h 27
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 4/6This is the fourth 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 experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
Conversations in this episode include four architects and designers based in New York - Brandt Knapp & Jerome Haferd of Brandt : Haferd, Arielle Lapp, and Emma Greenberg.
2020-05-2757 min
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 3/6Today we share the third 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 experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
Conversations in this episode include Nicolai Kruger, an architect and illustrator in Portland, Oregon; Charles Pifer, a practicing architect and teacher of architectural ethics, in Tucson, Arizona; and Michele Grace Hottel, an architect/sole-proprietor in La Mesa, California.
2020-05-221h 05
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 2/6Today 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 experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
In this second part, we feature the perspectives of Autumn, a commercial interior designer in Chicago; Daniel, a project architect/project manager in Oakland; and Casey, an American architect working in Berlin.
2020-05-151h 12
ArchinectConversations with the Architecture Community, Part 1/6Today'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 challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the toll it's taken on jobs and the economy.
In this first part, we feature the perspectives of Zachary, a recently laid-off unlicensed architectural designer in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Nancy, an architect-turned-architectural-consultant in New York; and an architect in Glasgow, Scotland, who wishes to remain unnamed because of the potentially-illegal layoffs he's been the victim of in recent months.
2020-05-0555 min
ArchinectQuarantine Check-InThis 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, checking in to see how people are coping through the current COVID-19 crisis and related effects to the economy. Since it's been so long that the three of us recorded our last episode, we ended up spending a full hour catching up amongst ourselves, sharing stories and perspectives on what we're experiencing ourselves, and observing around us. Our conversations with the architects we've been talking to will follow in subsequent...
2020-04-241h 00
ArchinectPaulette Singley helps us understand 'How to Read Architecture'On this episode of Archinect Sessions 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, looking at connections within the culinary arts and film. In today's conversation we’re focusing on her latest book "How to Read Architecture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment,” a must read for architecture students, architects, designers and admirers of the built world.
2020-03-0659 min
ArchinectDirector Alysa Nahmias on László Moholy-Nagy and The New BauhausOn this episode of Archinect Sessions we’re sharing a conversation I had with Alysa Nahmias, the director and producer of the documentary film “The New Bauhaus.” We recorded this conversation last month, poolside, a few hours before the film premiered to a packed house in the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Alysa, a trained architect-turned-filmmaker, made her directorial debut in 2011 with Unfinished Spaces, a critically acclaimed documentary about the unfinished National Art School in Cuba.
While she has a number of producing credits under her belt, The New Bauhaus is the second documentary film project that s...
2020-02-1325 min
ArchinectWhat happened at The School of Architecture at Taliesin???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 announcement of the closure of The School of Architecture at Taliesin. With us are Benjamin Aranda, partner at Aranda\Lasch with Chris Lasch, the Dean at The School of Architecture at Taliesin; Cruz Garcia co-director at WAI Architecture Think Tank and a previous visiting teaching fellow at The School of Architecture at Taliesin; and Ryan Scavnicky of Extra Office, and former visiting teaching fellow at The School of Architecture at Tal...
2020-02-0155 min
ArchinectGiving Shelter; A conversation about architecture's potential to house us allOn this installment of Archinect Sessions, we’re sharing a conversation I had a couple of months ago with Sofia Borges and R. Scott Mitchell, the leaders of a design-build studio at USC that addressed one of the most pressing issues in Los Angeles today - homelessness.
The MADWORKSHOP Homeless Studio set out with the goal of addressing this city-wide crisis by developing a real-world architectural response. The initial motivation for the studio came from the founders of MADWORKSHOP, Mary and David Martin, who reached out to USC School of Architecture with the hope that the students would be able to come...
2019-11-281h 07
ArchinectLive Panel on The Current State of LA's Architecture Student PublicationsOn 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 current exhibition The Los Angeles Schools. The panel brought together five students and three faculty members representing student-led publications from LA’s architecture programs. Rayne Laborde and Phoebe Webster represented UCLA's POOL; Marcelyn Gow represented SCI-Arc’s Offramp; Richard Mapes, Corie Yaguchi and Irvin Shaifa represented SCI-Arc's Underscore; Alvin Huang represented USC’s Supertall; and Stephen Phillips, Cal Poly LA Metro’s Director, represented their program’s hardcover publication LA Ten.
Our talk covers a lot of ground...
2019-10-281h 13
ArchinectMadame President Goes ALL-In; A Conversation with NOMA President Kimberly DowdellFor Archinect Sessions episode #145 Kimberly Dowdell, a principal at HOK in Chicago and the current President of the National Organization of Minority Architects. Our conversation covers Kimberly’s impressive path success in architecture, and the leadership role she’s taking in NOMA. We’ll also discuss the upcoming NOMA conference taking place in Brooklyn in a few weeks from October 14th-20th.
2019-09-271h 17
ArchinectIn Conversation with Paul Goldberger; On the Impact of the Ballpark in the American CityWe have a very special July 4th episode for you today.
Today’s show offers an especially American conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Paul Goldberger. The discussion between myself and Goldberger was recorded live at Archinect Outpost last month for the launch of his latest book Ballpark.
Ballpark takes a deep dive into the history of the ballpark, and the impact it’s had on the evolution of the American city. The book looks at a selection of case studies to arrive at a simple yet compelling thesis: “In the ballpark,” Goldberger writes, “the two sides of the American character...
2019-07-0442 min
ArchinectA Conversation with Dream the CombineOn 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 husband and wife team that specializes in site-specific installations. Their work is deeply-collaborative, directly referenced in the name of their practice, and looks at the overlaps in art, architecture, and cultural theory, while manipulating the boundary between real and illusory space.
2019-06-201h 00
ArchinectEverything's Gonna Be Great; A Conversation with Eva HagbergOn this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined by Eva Hagberg, a NY-based writer and architectural consultant. Our conversation covers Eva’s architectural studies at Princeton and Berkeley, and how that transitioned into a successful writing career spanning architecture criticism to writing about her own life in her recently published memoir How to Be Loved. We also talk about the unique personality traits of architects and her approach to helping architects communicate.
2019-03-221h 12
ArchinectArchinect - Sessions - 137On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Carlo Aiello, a Mexican-born, LA-based designer and founder of eVolo. Most of our readers are familiar with eVolo's (very) popular annual skyscraper competition and related series of books. Carlo, the founder of eVolo, is also the designer of the award-winning Parabola Chair and the designer of the Kickstarter-success ESCALA, a 2-in-1 drawing tool combining the scale-ruler with an insertable fountain pen. In our conversation we track his progress from his studies at Columbia's GSAPP, to working for SOM and Asymptote, to embarking as a self-made entrepreneur with a move west, to LA.
2019-03-0151 min
ArchinectA Conversation with Theaster GatesThis 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 often refers to himself as a potter, and while it’s true that he is, through years of training and practice, he’s also an extremely talented multidisciplinary artist, urban planner and community-focused social activist.
Theaster may be most well known for his non-profit Rebuild Foundation. The foundation purchases abandoned buildings in the south side of Chicago, the neighborhood Theaster grew up and still resides in, and transforms...
2019-02-1523 min
ArchinectA Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government ShutdownOn this week's episode of Archinect Sessions Ken, Donna, and I share our conversation with Rusty Long, an architect based in Cary, North Carolina. Rusty’s private practice focuses on sustainability and community engagement with a style that bridges modernism and the history of the the American South.
Rusty’s day job, however, is a State Architect for the USDA Rural Development office. As a federal employee, Rusty is one of approximately 800,000 individuals currently furloughed by the Government Shutdown. On this 34th day of the historic shutdown, as he and many others remain unpaid after two pay cycles, Rusty sits down...
2019-01-2551 min
ArchinectA Conversation with Alex Baca on City EngagementOn 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 related controversy, surrounding Amazon’s newly announced move into New York City and Washington DC is what initially motivated us to bring Alex onto this show.
2018-11-2752 min
ArchinectVisually Speaking; A Conversation with Kilograph's Keely ColcleughOn this week's episode of Archinect Sessions Paul chats with Keely Colcleugh. Keely has spent the last 18 years aggressively exploring the boundaries of architecture. After getting her B.Arch at McGill she worked at the prestigious offices of OMA and AMO, Bruce Mau Design, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Ateliers Jean Nouvel before moving onto her passion of film, and eventually starting her own studio in Los Angeles called Kilograph. The conversation covers her path from a young artsy girl in a small Canadian town, to the founder and CEO of one of today’s most celebrated studios specializing in architectural visualization, d...
2018-10-1250 min
ArchinectHip-Hop Architecture with Sekou CookeOn this latest episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Sekou Cooke, Syracuse-based architect, educator and curator of the upcoming exhibition at the Center for Architecture, "Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture", scheduled to open this Monday, October 1st in New York City.
2018-09-2855 min
Archinect"This is the first developer project my partner and I have done...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"I live just down the hill in Highland Park, so I know a lot of people in the area...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"Prior to this house I worked on the Pittman Dowell Residence...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"Looking at these lots for developers in the area we noticed that upslope lots were ignored...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"We definitely didn't do this on our own...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"We would certainly see more profit taking it all the way through...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"As soon as you focus down on a particular buyer you close down the opportunities to sell...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"There's a sweet spot for us between the risk were were willing to take as a developer...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1202 min
Archinect"The rotations of those boxes open up poche space...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"The cladding is a play on board and batten siding...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"It's actually not a white house, it's grey, there are three greys actually...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"When we were first programming and thinking about the configuration of the house...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"If a homeowner has an opportunity to make their property an income property...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"What is a residence on a hillside, and how is that different from a house on a flat site...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"It's similar to a Nanawall type of accordion door system, with a single leaf...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"This kind of knitting together of the four different rooms of the house...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"There's actually very few doors in the house...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"The contour of the site is a little different...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"Issues of safety, perceived safety, and parking...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1200 min
Archinect"There is a kind of schizophrenia about it...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
Archinect"One challenge of hillside homes is how they connect to the landscape...Nestled in the hillsides of North East Los Angeles, a new four-story home built by the architecture duo FreelandBuck is offering a lucky buyer a taste of quintessential California living. Designed as a series of volumes stacked on top one another to slightly varying orientations, the 2,207-square foot residence comes complete with a wide-open floor plan, seamless indoor-outdoor living space, far-reaching views of the San Gabriel Mountains, and an ADU that can be rented out or used as an office.
In a time of high demand and limited inventory, spec houses are beginning to make a return and FreelandBuck’s ne...
2018-09-1201 min
ArchinectTransparent ValueOn this latest issue of the Archinect Sessions podcast Ken, Paul and Donna talk with Peggy Deamer and Shota Vashakmadze, from the Architecture Lobby. For those of you unfamiliar, the Architecture Lobby is a non-profit organization run by and for architectural workers that advocate for the value of architecture to the public, and for the value of architectural work within the industry.
One of the most recent initiatives by the Architecture Lobby is Just Design, recognizing firms exhibiting exemplary labor practices. Archinect is currently working in partnership with the Architecture Lobby to profile these firms, which we are excited to announce...
2018-08-1850 min
ArchinectFear of CommitmentOn this week's show, Archinect Sessions episode 124, Ken and Donna look back at this year's AIA National Convention in NYC.
2018-07-141h 04
ArchinectThe LA Forum Reader Traces 30 Years of LA's Architectural DiscourseThe 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 publications through its ever-shifting board of directors and volunteer contributors. To celebrate this 30-year milestone, the Forum has carefully selected a collection of pieces published from its origin to today, and has published these in a book under the themes of Experiments, Detours, Hunches, and Santa Anas.
In this week's show I invited editors Mimi Zeiger, Chava Danielson and Michael Sweeney to Archinect's recording studio to discuss the...
2018-07-0636 min
ArchinectA conversation with Miguel McKelvey, co-founder of WeWorkLast Wednesday, on the eve of the AIA National Convention, I had the pleasure of talking with Miguel McKelvey, co-founder of WeWork.
The conversation was held in Midtown, in the Project 6 by AF showroom to an invited crowd of 75 architects. The event was co-hosted by Project 6 by AF, Designer Pages and Archinect, and sponsored by Graff, Julien, Geberit, Kaldewei and Wetstyle.
For those of you unfamiliar, WeWork is a co-working startup currently valued at somewhere between $20B to $35B, with almost 400 locations scattered around the world in 69 cities. While WeWork wasn’t the first company to enter the coworking space, th...
2018-06-2857 min
ArchinectMitch McEwen and Marc Miller Steal the MicOn this week's show we are trying out something new by inviting on guest hosts to take over the mics. Our guest hosts today, Mitch McEwen and Marc Miller, are familiar figures to regular listeners of this podcast and readers of Archinect.
Mitch is the principal of McEwen Studio, co-founder of the studio collective, A(n) Office, and an Assistant Professor at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Mitch's writing can be found on her Archinect blog Another Architecture. She has also been a guest on previous episodes of Archinect Sessions Equity, Secrets and Relevancy of AIA; 1 Year After #NotMyAIA, Tw...
2018-03-0957 min
ArchinectEmpty Vessels Make The Loudest SoundThis 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 and listening to" onto ourselves.
2018-02-2359 min
ArchinectA Conversation with Snow Kreilich Architects, Recipient of the 2018 AIA Firm AwardOn this episode of Archinect Sessions Paul travels to Minneapolis to join Ken in a conversation with Julie Snow and Matt Kreilich of Snow Kreilich Architects, winner of the 2018 AIA Architecture Firm Award.
2018-02-0648 min
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ArchinectArchinect Sessions Podcast Highlights from 2017This 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 and engaging conversations. Let us know, in the comnents, what your favorite moments were from this year. We're also looking for listener requests for upcoming shows... who do you want us to invite on the show as guests? What do you want us to talk about more? What do you want us to talk about less? Should we add music to the show?
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ArchinectSite Visit: University of Cincinnati’s “Alchemy”Site Visit: University of Cincinnati’s “Alchemy” by Archinect
2017-10-2802 min
ArchinectSite Visit: Ball State installation 49262Site Visit: Ball State installation 49262 by Archinect
2017-10-2802 min
ArchinectSite Visit: Exhibit ColumbusThis week we're releasing a special, in-between, episode of Archinect Sessions. In this show we’re sharing some conversations recorded by Ken and Donna from Exhibit Columbus, while visiting a selection of installations and local architectural masterpieces. Exhibit Columbus describes itself as an “annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community created to celebrate Columbus’ extraordinary design heritage.” This inaugural exhibition opened on August 26th, and will continue until November 26th. We’ve covered Exhibit Columbus many times on on Archinect, including episodes 83, 94 and 103 of Archinect Sessions.
2017-10-281h 03
ArchinectGrammatical Supremacy; A conversation with Cross-Talk's Anthony MoreyThis week we're joined with Anthony Morey, LA-based theorist, designer, educator, writer, and curator. Readers of Archinect will probably recognize his name from his curatorial work with the exciting annual architecture show "One Night Stand", and his relatively new series on Archinect “Cross-Talk”.
2017-08-0435 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Alan LoomisRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2018 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Alex DahmRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2021 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam SharmaRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2017 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - David FreelandRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2014 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Jimenez LaiRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2016 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Sarah Lorenzen & Peter TokinRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
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ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Mimi ZeigerRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2013 min
ArchinectNext Up Arroyo Seco Weekend - Benjamin BallRecently, 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 Nicholas Korody held a series of interviews within it. Conversations focused on temporary architecture, installations, festival design and planning, and the festival's host city of Pasadena, CA, the results of which can be listened to below.
2017-07-2020 min
ArchinectBro, Do You Even Quoin?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 absurd trends in American suburban architecture. Kate has recently emerged, triumphantly, from a widely publicized threat from Zillow to stop using their imagery. As reported on Archinect recently, Zillow withdrew their legal threats after the Electronic Frontier Foundation responded on behalf of Kate, and McMansion Hell is back in business, with a larger following than ever.
2017-07-131h 05
ArchinectMachines Don't Care; A Conversation about Exhibit Columbus's Student InstallationsToday’s show follows up on Archinect Sessions episode 83, when we discussed this first year of Exhibit Columbus. The inaugural exhibition of Exhibit Columbus opens this summer, on August 26, and will include six built structures, designed by teams from six different Midwestern universities, investigating the built environment of Columbus. On today’s show we discuss these projects along with Joshua Coggeshall and Janice Shimizu from the Ball State University team, and Martin Summers from the University of Kentucky.
2017-06-1640 min
ArchinectHow Not to Run a Club; A conversation with Scott Frank, formerly at AIA Media RelationsWe are joined this week by Scott Frank of Argo Communications. Scott was previously the Senior Director of Media Relations at AIA National, but resigned after the Robert Ivy letter/ #NotMyAIA controversy, as discussed in Episode 89 of Archinect Sessions. We invited Scott to the podcast to discuss his new architect-focused business and general communications strategies for architects, but couldn't resist the opportunity to delve into a behind-the-scenes viewpoint of the national fiasco. As we at Sessions continue to both criticize and actively engage with improving the National AIA's role, Scott offers the perspective of an aligned professional into how architects...
2017-05-2747 min
ArchinectArchinect - Sessions - 100This week, for our 100th episode of Archinect Sessions, we are excited to share our conversation with Archinect favorite Steven Holl. Our conversation spans a number of topics, including growing up in a small town in Washington state, his early career struggles, his inspirations, working in China, globalism, his friendship with Zaha, the Pritzker Prize, and the Steven Myron Holl Foundation.
2017-04-1446 min
Archinect'Next Up: The LA River' Mini Session #1: Frances Anderton and Christopher HawthorneWhen Frank Gehry's office was first attached to the L.A. River's master plan and redevelopment, the river began attracting fresh attention over a project that had already been evolving for decades. This October, in an attempt to do justice to the river's complexity and history (and the accompanying urbanist discourse), Archinect hosted 'Next Up: The LA River'—a live podcasting interview series with an array of architects, planners, artists, and journalists with varying perspectives on the subject.
We're now eager to share those conversations with everyone as eight Mini-Sessions, released as part of our Archinect Sessions podcast. Myself, Paul Pe...
2016-11-1612 min
ArchinectBrexit means BrexitBrexit means Brexit: architects Rob Hyde, Katy Marks and Mark Middleton on how Brexit could change UK-architecture (and how architects could change Brexit), on Archinect Sessions #74
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 ago by fellow Conservative, Theresa May. The economy has drastically slowed down as the value of the pound against the dollar dipped to historic lows, and while there's plenty of gloomy prospects, there are even more unknowns.
To check in on...
2016-07-2943 min
ArchinectMake it RainThis 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 how residential architecture fee rates are determined.
We also dip into the recent $3M lawsuit against Architecture for Humanity for allegedly misusing restricted funds. After suddenly going bankrupt last year, many of AFH's volunteer cells have continued operating, and an offshoot organization, Open Architecture Collaborative, officially launched this past March. The lawsuit against AFH's founders could shed light into why the lauded nonprofit seemed to shutter so suddenly.
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2016-07-1426 min
ArchinectThere is No There ThereThere is No There There – LA the Industrial City and remembering Zaha on Archinect Sessions #60, ft. special guest Orhan Ayyüce
We're joined by original 'Nector and senior editor Orhan Ayyüce to discuss Zaha Hadid's legacy and his recent piece on LA's industrial urbanism, part of our architectural travel guide through cities worldwide. As a student at SCI-Arc, Ayyüce was first taken aback by Hadid during a visiting lecture she gave in 1985, before she had completed any built work: "I was very impressed by her at that lecture and her strengths and vulnerabilities made a lasting place in my me...
2016-04-1447 min
ArchinectHow much a dollar costsThis past week on Archinect, we heard Thom Mayne's story of "jazz, sex, and the alienation of singular genius" in Julia Ingalls' interview with the Morphosis lead, and hypothesized on the future of architectural work in a world of full automation and universal basic income, based on Nicholas Korody's interview with the co-authors behind Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World without Work. Both Ingalls and Korody join us on the podcast to delve deeper into these pieces, and share some juicy tidbits that couldn't make the cut to print.
Listen to episode 57 of Archinect Sessions, "How Much a Dollar...
2016-03-2443 min
ArchinectOne-to-One #15.5 – Spring CleaningOne-to-One is taking a break this week – we've been super busy these last few weeks, getting together more interviews and doing some spring cleaning for the podcasts. We'll be back next week with a new One-to-One, featuring Oana Stanescu and Dong-Ping Wong of Family New York, the designers behind Kanye's volcano and the + Pool project.
Until then, we'd recommend checking out these recent interviews:
The Ascendancy of Theory: writer and theorist Sylvia Lavin on Archinect Sessions One-to-One #13
Architecture for Humanity's Next Chapter: Garrett Jacobs, executive director of AFH-offshoot the Chapter Network, on One-to-One #11
The Art of Architecture Criticism: Archinect Sessions On...
2016-03-2101 min
ArchinectOne-to-One #12 with Alan LoomisAs Deputy Director for Urban Design and Mobility in Glendale, CA, a teacher of urban design at Woodbury University, and one of the Mayor's appointees on the City of Pasadena's Design Commission, Alan Loomis has thoroughly installed himself in the shifting scene of southern Californian urbanism. After moving from Michigan to get his MArch at SCI-Arc in the late 1990s, Loomis has seen enough of Los Angeles' urbanism to be convinced that whatever post-sprawl paradigm gets adopted here will become the guidebook for many more cities in the US, particularly those ever-expanding desert cities in the southwest.
Loomis joined Amelia...
2016-02-2345 min
ArchinectNostra-pod-mus: 2015 in Archinect Sessions'Tis the time of year for reflections and speculations – and 2015 was a big one for Archinect Sessions. We launched our first ever live podcasting series, Next Up, at Jai & Jai Gallery in Los Angeles and at the first Chicago Architecture Biennial; we started a brand new interviews-only show, One-to-One; and we spoke with some of the biggest names and most compelling up-and-comers in the profession.
On this episode, we revisit our predictions from last year's final episode, reflect on the past year in podcasting news, and share theories for what may come in 2016.
2015-12-1829 min
ArchinectToilet TalkSpecial guest Susan Surface, former Archinect editor now at Design in Public, joins us on Archinect Sessions to talk about recent developments in the dialogue around gender inclusive design – particularly, in public restrooms.
As the binary model of gender begins to slowly dissolve in popular consciousness, in favor of a spectrum of different identifications, international building codes still often mandate restrooms (even single-occupancy ones) as strictly for either male or female. Those who do not identify as either face a difficult choice at best, and often harassment or exclusion. Various institutions are experimenting with more gender-inclusive designs and designations, but no...
2015-11-1233 min
ArchinectPremiere Episode of Archinect Sessions One-to-One with Neil DenariOur 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 – it's that simple. Usually, One-to-One will be led by me or Paul Petrunia, while occasionally others will serve as guide. The conversation will be casual and spontaneous, touching on the interviewee's role in the expanding range of architectural practice, and will serve (we hope) a valuable archival role in future discourse.
For our very first episode, I spoke with Neil Denari of Neil M. Denari Architects (NMDA). Aside from his firm's work, Denari is a tenured pr...
2015-11-1050 min
ArchinectSecond Season, Second City"Second Season, Second City" – A discussion of the Chicago Architecture Biennial with Cynthia Davidson of Log, on Archinect Sessions #41.
Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken discuss Chicago's inaugural Architecture Biennial with Cynthia Davidson, director of Log and co-curator of the US Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Biennale.
Archinect Sessions was also in Chicago for the Biennial's opening weekend, interviewing participants for our "Next Up" live-interview series of Mini-Sessions.
2015-11-0629 min
ArchinectSession 39: Latent Complexity: Denise Scott Brown and Katherine DarnstadtWe'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 for his mother in 1965, and helped set a new tone for 20th century architectural history. The house is now for sale, listed at $1.75M.
Also joining us on this week's episode is Katherine Darnstadt of Latent Design in Chicago. A native Chicagoan who trained and practices as an architect there, Katherine shares her reflections on building a practice and connecting to a city. We met Katherine back in May at...
2015-07-241h 13
ArchinectSession 14: His bjark is BIGger than his bjite—A chat with Bjarke IngelsThis 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 "Hot to Cold" exhibition at the National Building Museum. The 40-year old architect shared some quick-won wisdom about scaling a business, the Danish condition, and the indispensability of humor and play in architecture.
Donna and Ken joined Paul and Amelia to speak with Lian Chang about her recently published visualizations of the Archinect Salary Poll for the ACSA, in charming emoji-based data sets. The Sessions co-hosts also discuss Aaron Betsky's new...
2015-01-291h 32
ArchinectBrian Newman, Archinect Session's Legal Correspondent, on Unpaid WorkArchinect Session's Legal Correspondent, Brian Newman, walks Paul through when unpaid work is and isn't legal.
Originally featured in episode 10 of Archinect Sessions, "Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the LA Times"
2015-01-1310 min
ArchinectArchinect Sessions #11: "Another year, Another Architecture", with the multi-talented Mitch McEwenHappy 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 Archinect blogger, Mitch McEwen. Principal at firms McEwen Studio and A(n) Office, Mitch has also written the Archinect blog Another Architecture since 2012. Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken talk with Mitch about living and working in Detroit, her collaborative pursuits, and the profession's impending new wave of interdisciplinary practice.
And in the spirit of resolutions for the new year, Paul spoke with Archinect's lawyer-correspondent, Brian Newman at Dykema Gossett PLLC, about the many forms of...
2015-01-081h 10
ArchinectArchinect Sessions #10: Powers of 10 with Christopher HawthorneHow far we've come: this week, we're thrilled to have Christopher Hawthorne on the podcast, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times. Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken talk with Christopher about his recent 3-part series on architecture and immigration in southern California, the role of the architecture critic at a major national newspaper, and his take on new media journalism.
We're also proud to introduce our inaugural bit with Archinect's lawyer-correspondent, where we submit our architectural legal queries to an actual lawyer. And per usual, we check in on recent news, discussing the stormy marketing campaign for a Steampunk luxury...
2014-12-111h 05
ArchinectArchinect Sessions Episode 6: Money Changes EverythingStudent debt, Chicago's "State of the Art of Architecture", and our new series, Archinect's Lexicon. Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken are joined by architecture students Jarrod and Elliott to discuss how student debt is changing their lives and careers. We also consider what Chicago has in store for its inaugural architectural biennial next year, and how architectural language (and English in general) is changing with the internet.
As always, you can tweet questions/comments about podcast topics to #archinectsessions, or leave a message for us at (213) 784-7421. You could hear your voice on the next episode.
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