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Detailed: An original podcast by ARCAT130: Multi-block Design | Chicago Riverwalk and DuSable ParkIn this episode, Cherise is joined by Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, Founder and Design Principal at Ross Barney Architects – a Chicago-based architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture studio. They discuss the Chicago Riverwalk and DuSable Park, both in Chicago, IL.You can see the project here as you listen along.For over 15 years, Ross Barney Architects has helped guide the transformation of the Chicago Riverwalk—a journey that turned a neglected industrial edge into one of the city’s most beloved public spaces. Once a forgotten stretch of dock and concrete, the Riverwalk now invites people...2025-04-1847 min
HerStoriesCarol Ross Barney: Architect, Chicagoan, and OptimistAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal winner, founding member and former first President of Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA) Carol Ross Barney joins Maria to discuss her life story, designing the Chicago Riverwalk, joining the peace corps, and the lack of peanut butter in Düsseldorf.2025-02-031h 25
Beyond the Surface22: Carol Ross Barney | Design is a SuperpowerCarol Ross Barney, FAIA, HASLA, is an architect, urbanist, and educator. She is the 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient, of which she is the first living woman to be individually honored.
Listen to stories from her career journey, the mentors that inspired her, and conversation on how design should be in every day life for the public to experience.2025-01-151h 01
Reset with Sasha-Ann SimonsWhat’s That Building? Downtown Chicago Architecture Designed By WomenHalf a century ago a dozen Chicago women working in a male-dominated profession launched, “Chicago Women in Architecture.” Among the issues the group discussed in those early years were lack of recognition for their part in what are often team projects, the challenge of working in a demanding profession while raising children and inequitable pay.
The Chicago Architecture Center currently has an exhibit called “Disrupters,” that tells the story of women in architecture. Reset goes on a field trip with architecture guru and resident real estate journalist for Crain's Chicago Dennis Rodkins to explore the buildings downtown that were designed by women...2024-10-1718 min
ResetWhat's That Building? Downtown Chicago Architecture Designed By WomenA new exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center features buildings around the world that Chicago women architects designed or contributed to significantly. Reset checks in with architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin and architect Carol Ross Barney. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.2024-10-1417 min
Architecture and InnovationCarol Ross Barney | Founder at Ross Barney ArchitectsExploring Civic Space Design with Carol Ross Barney: An Architecture & Innovation PodcastIn this episode of the Architecture & Innovation Podcast, host Tom Dioro interviews Carol Ross Barney, a distinguished architect and recipient of the 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. Carol discusses her extensive career in public and civic space design, including her notable projects such as the Chicago Riverwalk and the new terminal at O'Hare International Airport. She shares her insights on the responsibility of architects to improve the planet, the importance of public engagement in architecture, and the commitment to sustainability in her work. Carol...2024-09-1330 min
ArchTalkEpisode 21: Carol Ross Barney: Work, Community, and Power of Storytelling in ArchitectureCarol Ross Barney, is the recipient of the 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and has been in the vanguard of civic space design since founding Ross Barney Architects in 1981.
Timestamps:
- Introduction (00:00:00)
- Finding work (00:00:51)
- Work culture at RBA (00:09:00)
- Community Engagement (00:16:23)
- Creating consensus within the internal team and diverse clients (00:25:44)
- How storytelling can be a powerful tool in design (00:45:44)
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...2024-07-1249 minArchTalkArchTalk Season 2 - Coming Soon (Trailer)ArchTalk Season 2 is coming soon! We are kicking off our second season with a very special guest Carol Ross Barney | FAIA, Hon. ASLA, Design Principal and Founder, Ross Barney Architects.
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ARCHITECT-INGCarol Ross BarneyCarol Ross Barney, renowned architect, educator, urbanist, and principal of Ross Barney Architects, joins the show! Carol has a remarkable portfolio winning over 200 prestigious design awards including being the recipient of the 2023 AIA National Gold Medal. Carol has consistently demonstrated her commitment to impactful and innovative designs with iconic projects like Chicago's Riverwalk, National Parks in Costa Rica and the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Her deep understanding of architecture's impact on society offers valuable insights and inspiration to aspiring architects and design enthusiasts.Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Pandora or wherever you get podcasts!2024-01-1731 min
GSA Does That!?Building a LegacySend us a textHave you ever strolled past a federal building and found yourself captivated by its architecture, pondering over the inspiration behind its design and construction? If so, episode 10 of "GSA Does That!?" is for you.Join us as we talk with Chuck Hardy, the Chief Architect of the General Services Administration, and renowned architect Carol Ross Barney.The conversations in this podcast unveil and illuminate the passion and thought that goes into the buildings GSA constructs and manages. Want to know more?Looking for...2023-09-2941 min
As BuiltCarol Ross Barney, FAIA, HASLA - Episode 29Architect Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, HASLA is a Design Principal and Founder of Ross Barney Architects. She is also the 2023 recipient of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the highest honor the AIA can bestow and a recognition of individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. In this episode, Carol discusses her career path and how it informed the driving principle behind her work and her life: that excellent design is a right, not a privilege. From her Peace Corps work saving ecologies in Costa Rica to her...2023-07-1917 min
Practice Disrupted by Practice of Architecture2023 AIA Gold Medal Award Winner Carol Ross BarneyEpisode 113: 2023 AIA Gold Medal Award Winner Carol Ross BarneyWhat can we learn from 2023 AIA Gold Medal Award Winner Carol Ross Barney?Join us this week as we speak with Carol Ross Barney, the 2023 AIA Gold Medal winner. Ryan Gann, a former employee of Carol's and one of her students, will be our facilitator. Get ready to be inspired by a unique conversation that only happens between two individuals who have a great deal of respect for each other and have worked together for many years.Ryan and Carol's conversation is a fascinating...2023-05-0442 min
CE Center PodcastsCreative Design as a Way to Address Community and Public ArchitectureIn the wake of winning the 2023 AIA Gold Medal, Carol Ross Barney of Ross Barney Architects discusses the design process behind both the Chicago Riverwalk project and the Oklahoma City Federal Building. She explains the importance of design and sustainability in public spheres, the role of mentors, and some of the greatest challenges and learning experiences she’s had in her long, well-renowned career. Learning objectives:1. Describe Carol Ross Barney’s philosophy on the importance of design in all projects.2. List the reasons Barney got involved in the Oklahoma C...2023-01-2046 min
Design:EDCarol Ross Barney - Ross Barney Architects2022 Women in Architecture Award Winner, Carol Ross Barney joins the podcast to discuss receiving the 2023 AIA Gold Medal, the design process behind the Chicago Riverwalk as well as the Oklahoma City federal Building, and the role mentorship has played in her career. Continuing Education Credit2023-01-0946 min
The Kitchen Sisters PresentNatalie de Blois — To Tell the TruthNatalie de Blois loved systems – understanding how things worked. For her, it wasn’t just pretty buildings, she challenged the code and questioned the status quo. And like the buildings she designed, there was a certain complexity to Natalie herself. She was a woman of resilient beauty, inspiring yet distant, ahead of her time.
Natalie de Blois (1921–2013), a pioneering woman architect, contributed to some of the most iconic modernist works for corporate America, all while raising four children. After leaving a significant mark on post-war NYC Park Avenue, she transferred to the Skidmore Owings and Merrill Chicago office, w...2022-03-0148 min
New Angle: VoiceNatalie de Blois – To Tell The TruthNatalie de Blois (1921–2013) contributed to some of the most iconic modernist works for corporate America, all while raising four children. After leaving this significant mark on post-war Park Avenue, she transferred to the SOM Chicago office, where she became actively involved in the architecture feminist movement and was one of the leaders in the newly formed Chicago Women in Architecture advocacy group. Later, she finished her career as a professor at UT Austin, where she trained a future generation of architects. As an architect, Natalie loved systems – understanding how things worked. For her, it wasn’t just pretty buil...2022-02-1548 min
A Lot You Got to HollerEP 6: Designing the Machinery of Urbanism with Carol Ross BarneyArchitecture is concert halls, museums, theaters, and all of our temples of high culture. But it's also train stations, sewer drains, and the seemingly anonymous infrastructure that makes the city work. Few architects understand how to elevate this everyday machinery of urbanism as well as Chicago's own Carol Ross Barney. She chats with Newcity design editor Ben Schulman and architectural journalist Zach Mortice about the Chicago Riverwalk, the 606, the CTA, and the future of Chicago. Special thanks to recording studio engineer Tim Joyce. Please rate and review us on iTunes! 2016-06-1448 min
AIANationalCTA Morgan StationLandmark Status
A pair of gleaming perforated stainless steel–clad towers makes the new “L” station in the West Loop hard to overlook. “One characteristic of transit is that it needs to be a landmark—otherwise people won’t find it,” says Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, of Ross Barney Architects.2014-03-1203 min