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Architectette065: Catherine Meng: Parenthood, Podcasting, and Project LeadershipOn today’s episode of Architectette we’re chatting with fellow architect and podcaster, Catherine Meng, AIA. Catherine is an architect and project manager at DLR Group in San Francisco. She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University, and previously worked in both Shanghai and New York City. She has built a career designing and leading projects ranging from high-end single-family residences to multi-family housing, as well as workplace and commercial design. She is also the host and founder of the Design Voice Podcast which was active from 2018 through 2022. We talk...
2025-08-1143 min
Saturday Morning with Jack TameCatherine Raynes: Don't Let Him In and The Phoenix Pencil CompanyDon’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie. Nina Swann is intrigued when she received a condolence card from Nick Radcliffe, an old friend of her late husband, who is looking to connect after her husband’s unexpected death. Nick is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her m...
2025-07-1204 min
Poterkëscht vum INLLAm Buchclub (B1)Wëllkomm zréck an der Poterkëscht!Haut héiere mir, wéi dräi Persounen zesummen am Buchclub iwwer e Buch schwätzen. Vill Spaass beim Nolauschteren!-Transkript:Am BuchclubA: Ok, mir kënnen ufänken: Wéi huet iech de Roman gefall? Ech si gespaant!B: Ech hunn d’Buch gëschter Owend nach séier fäerdeggelies. Ech war net esou motivéiert. Leider huet et mir net esou gutt gefall.A: Dat ass schued! Wëlls de eis soen, firw...
2025-04-0904 min
🌗 balance yourself - der etwas andere Gesundheitspodcast mit Herz und Tiefe#38 - Wir brauchen die guten Erinnerungen für die schlechten Zeiten - Interview mit Susan Meng-SommerfeldInterview mit Susan Meng-Sommerfeld
Wir brauchen die guten Erinnerungen für die schlechten Zeiten. Dieser Satz hallte lange nach, denn er ist so kraftvoll und mutig und bestärkt im eigenen Tun. Ich hatte heute ein sehr tiefes Interview mit der lieben Su, wir haben über lebensbewegende Themen gesprochen, über mutige Themen und auch über ihre Diagnose Brustkrebs und wie sie in Zeiten wo der Mut einen verlassen könnte dennoch wieder Kraft und Stärke findet und mit sich selbst in die Arbeit geht. Su ist eine so wundervolle, kraftvolle Frau und sie schenkte mir in unserem gemeinsamen Intervi...
2024-10-1145 min
L’EssentielDes élections au Canada début décembre? – 26 septembre 2024La pression s’accentue sur les Libéraux : les députés voteront la semaine prochaine sur la seconde motion de censure déposée par les conservateurs. Le Bloc Québécois lui, a lancé un ultimatum au gouvernement libéral, lui accordant jusqu’au 29 octobre pour faire adopter deux projets de loi, sans quoi il consulterait les autres partis d’opposition dans le but avoué de faire tomber le gouvernement. La possibilité d’avoir des élections au pays au début du mois de décembre est-elle plausible? Notre animatrice Catherine Lafrance en évoque la possibilité avec les journalistes Joël-Denis...
2024-09-2728 min
Beauty and the BizMed Spa to 50K Square Ft Mansion — with Hani Sinno, MD, CM, MEng, FRCSC, FACS📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to Beauty and the Biz where we'll talk about going from having a med spa to a 50K square ft mansion. To be sure, we'll also discuss the business and marketing side of plastic surgery, in general. As always, I'm your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What your patients are saying". Also, I'm a consultant to plastic surgeons, to get them more patients and more profits. Presenting today's episode titled, "Med Spa to 50K Square Ft...
2024-06-2047 min
The Green LightEp. 61 | What does it take to succeed as an investor in the cleantech venture capital space in this market? | Kathryn Meng of RA Capital ManagementWhat does it take to succeed as an investor in the cleantech venture capital space in this market? In this Green Light episode, Catherine spoke with Kathryn Meng, Investment Director at RA Capital Management about how she has navigated the industry, transitioned from humanitarian to cleantech work, as well as about some of the trends she’s seeing. They also spoke about the necessity of having senior women leaders at VC firms to ensure that new hires & investments are determined in an equitable way. Before RA Capital Management, Kathryn worked for Cleantech Open Northeast, Worcester Cleantech Incubator, & Massachusetts Cl...
2023-09-2722 min
Design Voice PodcastAn Architect’s Guide to the Housing Crisis - Part 3This is Part 3 of a special three-part mini series about the housing crisis in the Bay Area and the architects, designers, activists, developers, and innovators that are doing something about it. This final installment features individuals and organizations working toward three vastly different housing solutions, their design processes, and visions for the future. Guests featured in this episode are: Deanna Van Buren, Co-Founder and Design Director of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces Cara Eckholm, Chief Revenue Office at Nabr Osma Dossani Thompson, Architect and Senior Associate at DLR Group We hope you enjoyed this series...
2022-09-1546 min
见树又见林6.“婚”“育”分离后，女性的困境解开了吗？ “婚”“育”分离后，女性的困境解开了吗？
长久以来，“结婚生子”被视为女性既定的生命轨迹，以此为基础的传统家庭模式，则被赋以“避风港”的神话，将女性的牺牲自然化，并将她们在婚姻、亲职关系中的劳动无偿化。
当下，婚姻和生育不再紧密铆合，家庭模式也因此日渐多样化，比如，不婚不育成立 “一人户”家庭，只结婚、不生育的丁克家庭，不结婚只抚育的单身妈妈及同性伴侣家庭。
我们非常好奇何种社会及文化语境孕育出这样的趋势，以及不同家庭模式对女性意味着什么。我们试着去分析有哪些个人及结构性因素造成了女性的婚育困境，这些因素又是如何刺激了新的家庭模式的生产。我们也尝试暂时抛开家庭内部无偿劳动、母职惩罚等主流批判性话语，讨论传统家庭模式对不同阶层的女性意味着什么、拒绝传统家庭模式是否必然带来女性赋权、同性伴侣有哪些育儿优势和负担，并反思研究者自身所属的阶层对女性主义知识生产的影响。
主持：微木
嘉宾：伯明翰大学讲师Xie Kailing 牛津大学博士生小婉 @尽道清歌_ @Lyn-Dawn
播客剪辑：微木
视频剪辑：@Lyn-Dawn （视频移步微博，bilibili，油管同名频道见树又见林）
字幕： YY, Perci
内容时间轴
0：03：27 讨论的前提：家庭的阶层差异；为何以城市中产作为研究切入点
0：04：39 家庭：一个不断变化的社会、文化、历史概念
0：09：39 反婚反育话语与传统家庭模式的张力
0：12：47 从放开二胎到鼓励三胎：影响女性生育意愿的因素有哪些变化
0：19：29婚姻和家庭的剥离何以成为可能？
0：23：02 城市中产独生女：来自原生家庭的经济和情感支持
0：25：30 脱离传统家庭模式就意味着女性摆脱压迫吗？
0：31：42 个人化趋势、传统家庭对风险的分担、育儿友好化的社会结构的缺位
0：36：21 乌托邦的想象：同性家庭模式对母职的重塑？
0：45：09 同性家庭的内部分工
0：48：12 同性抚育的孩子会比异性恋家庭中的同龄人表现更差吗？
0：53：48育儿：社会结构？家庭内部责任？个人能力？
0：55：30 “自我实现”话语对女性的压迫
0：58：30 群体的努力何以必要、何以可能
1：01：56 女性赋权的阶层差异：传统家庭对部分女性的保护
1：07：07 作为性别研究者的反思：我们的所在阶层与我们知识生产的局限
参考文献
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-Brave New Families, Judith Stacy
-父权制与资本主义，上野千鹤子
-儿童的世纪：旧制度下的儿童和家庭生活，菲利浦•阿利埃斯(Philippe Ariès)
-Wages Against Housework, Silvia Federici
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-From degendering to (re)gendering the self: Chinese youth negotiating modern womanhood, Fengshu Liu
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-The Population Bomb, Paul R. Ehrlich
-Just One Child, Susan Greenhalgh
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-Caring in Times of Precarity: A Study of Single Women Doing Creative Work in Shanghai, Chow Yiu Fai
-Women and Sexuality in China, Harriet Evans
-The Twilight of Equality? Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy, Lisa Duggan
-Cruel Optimism, Lauren Berlant
-The Division of Labor in Lesbian, Gay and Heterosexual new Adoptive Parents, Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z. Smith, Maureen Perry-Jenkins
-Lesbian Motherhood: Negotiating Marginal-Mainstream Identities, Amy L. Hequembourg, Michael P. Farrell
-Choosing motherhood? Agency and regret within reproduction and mothering retrospective accounts, Orna Donath
-打造同志家庭：女同志家长如何协助子女建立家庭认同，潘琴葳
2022-09-091h 14
Design Voice PodcastAn Architect’s Guide to the Housing Crisis - Part 2This is Part 2 of a special three-part mini series about the housing crisis in the Bay Area and the architects, designers, activists, developers, and innovators that are doing something about it. Part 2 explores how people are currently navigating building housing in the Bay Area and features conversations with Caroline Souza, principal at David Baker Architects, and Mauren Sedonaen, CEO at Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. This series is sponsored by AIA San Francisco and DLR Group.
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Design Voice PodcastDesigning an Organization with Kate Thatcher, CEO of A+I, Architecture Plus InformationKate Thatcher is the Chief Executive Officer of Architecture + Information (A+I), a strategy-led architecture and experience design agency based in New York. As CEO, Thatcher drives the acceleration of innovation, collaboration between teams and subject areas, and further development of culture and inclusion initiatives within A+I. Kate first began her career at A+I in 2004, returning again in 2011 upon completion of her Masters in Architecture degree from Yale University. At A+I, Kate has led design teams creating spaces for world-class companies like Equinox, Chanel, and Horizon Media. She became a principal at...
2021-04-0737 min
Design Voice PodcastA Career of Joy, Fearlessness, and Serendipity with Sylvia Kwan, FAIASylvia Kwan, FAIA is a principal based out of DLR Group’s San Francisco office. She has practiced in San Francisco for more than 40 years and her past and present designs continue to impact the built environment in the Bay Area. Sylvia founded Kwan Henmi Architecture in 1980, and in 2017 Kwan Henmi joined DLR Group, where Sylvia continues to focus on the transportation and higher education sectors. She takes great pride in building relationships with clients and exceeding their expectations. Sylvia is an AIA Fellow, and has served on AIA boards at both national and local cha...
2021-03-3046 min
Design Voice PodcastThis is What an Engineer Looks Like with Liz Brack, Structural Engineer at DLR GroupLiz Brack is a structural engineer based out of DLR Group’s Phoenix office, where she is actively involved in a diverse range of building types with a focus on K through 12 projects. Liz is active in the community through the organization and participation of multiple STEM outreach with the local schools. She is also the active Philanthropy chair of the Structural Engineers of Arizona Young Member Group. In addition to her work with DLR Group, Liz teaches an intro to structural engineering course at Arizona State University. In this episode we talk about Mentorship programs, and...
2021-03-2330 min
Design Voice PodcastAlways Moving Forward with Elaine Molinar, Partner and Managing Director at SnohettaElaine Molinar is a Partner and Managing Director at Snøhetta. She began her career as a designer of the Alexandria Library in Egypt after participating in the initial conception for Snøhetta’s winning competition entry. Throughout her time with Snøhetta, Elaine has held key positions in major cultural projects and competitions in Canada, the Middle East, Europe and the United States including the award-winning Norwegian National Opera & Ballet and James B. Hunt Jr Library at NCSU. In 2005, she helped found Snøhetta’s New York office after the firm was awarded the National September 11th Memorial Museum P...
2021-03-1826 min
Design Voice PodcastInspiring Change in Justice Architecture with Erica Loynd, FAIA, Principal at DLR GroupErica Loynd, FAIA is a Principal based out of DLR Group’s Seattle office, and is a Justice and Civic Studio Sector Leader. Erica is particularly passionate about sustainability, restorative justice, and the impact of the built environment on human wellness. She is an expert at leading teams to elevate conditions for disenfranchised people, and setting innovative justice standards that support wellness, equity, and transformative programs to successfully return people to their communities. Volunteering with AIA WA Council as the state licensure advisor, AIA Seattle’s mentorship programs and membership steering committee, Erica has worked with architects and aspiring cand...
2021-03-1627 min
Design Voice PodcastBuilding a Career With Heart with Qeturah Williams, AIA, Senior Architect at DLR GroupQeturah Williams is a Senior Architect based out of DLR Group’s Houston office. As a Project Manager and Senior Architect with 16+ years of design and construction experience, her expertise lies in the management of all phases of the architectural design process - from direct collaboration with new and existing clients to visioning, programming, design, and construction administration. She loves the technical aspect of architecture and finds that there's nothing more satisfying than seeing a well-drawn detail implemented by a skilled tradesperson. Qeturah’s broad range of work includes diverse commercial projects across multiple market sectors - institutional, industrial, Labo...
2021-03-0929 min
Design Voice PodcastBuilding a Collaborative Design Practice with Natasha Espada, AIA, Founder of Studio ENEENatasha Espada, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C is the founder and Principal of STUDIO ENÉE Architects. She has over 25 years of design and construction expertise in both renovation and new construction for institutional, civic, and commercial clients. Natasha served as the 2020 President of the Boston Society for Architecture. Her platform focused on equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice in the profession, as well as working to make Boston a Design City by bringing art and design to all neighborhoods in Boston. She has been a speaker on Equity and Practice at the AIA Grassroots Conference i...
2021-03-0431 min
Design Voice PodcastDesign is in the Details with Vanessa Kassabian, Principal at DLR GroupVanessa Kassabian is a Cultural+Performing Arts design leader based out of DLR Group's New York office. She works closely with teams across the firm to facilitate design discussions and provide critical guidance on considerations around site, programming, massing, aesthetics, and execution. Vanessa has extensive experience designing for significant cultural programs throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Mexico. As a strong proponent of collaboration and an integrated design approach, Vanessa works to foster client, consultant, and internal design team relationships from concept design to construction completion. Born and raised in Texas, Vanessa is...
2021-03-0229 min
Design Voice PodcastWomen in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction History with the She Builds PodcastShe Builds Podcast is a show featuring the seldom told stories of women who build; women whose worth is not taught in architecture school, but who have shaped the industries of architecture, construction, and development throughout history. The podcast was started by Jessica Rogers, Lizi Raar and Norgerie Rivas, three friends who, after graduating from Syracuse University School of Architecture together, wanted to fill in the gaps in their education and share those with others. Episodes have featured Norma Merrick Sklarek, Julia Morgan, Jane Drew, Eileen Gray, Zaha Hadid, and many more! In this episode, Jessica, Lizi, a...
2021-02-1734 min
Design Voice PodcastBuilding a Personal Brand for Architects with Joann LuiJoann Lui is an architect and founder of the Facebook community Women Architects Collective. With over 2700 members and counting, the Women Architects Collective has grown into an active community where women architects find support, build their networks, and celebrate their accomplishments. Joann is also a personal brand strategist and helps architects and designers build an unforgettable online presence and get noticed in their careers and businesses. In this episode we talk about what inspired Joann to form the Women Architects Collective, why everyone should have a personal brand, and what the most important factors are in building y...
2021-02-0332 min
Speakeasy PodcastMémoire?Clean History? Episod 3
Wéi geet ee mat der Vergaangenheet em? Ween decidéiert, wat gutt war, wat schlecht war, a wat mir fir eis an Usproch huelen? Kann eisen Rapport duerch d’Vergaangenheet duerch d’Geschichtsbicher gebilt ginn, oder wiisst en organesch?
Den Jacques Delleré erkläert eis, wei d’Mémoire entsteet, a wéi e gesonden Ëmgang mat eiser Vergaangenheet ausgesinn kannt. Dono diskutéieren mer an der Gespräichsronn doriwwer.
Am Gespréich mam Thomas Koenig: den Jacques Delleré, den Jo Devaquet, d’Elina Ecker, de Jacques Ernzer an d’Catherine Freimann.
Link zu Episod 1:
https://soundcloud.com/speake...
2021-01-2239 min
Design Voice PodcastDesign Leadership with Julia Nagele, Director of Architectural Design, HEWITT SeattleJulia Nagele is the Director of Architectural Design at HEWITT Seattle. She believes the success of today’s projects rely on the expertise of many, and is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment that promotes participation from a broad range of diverse thinkers. Julia helps enforce these values at HEWITT, as the team strives to address complex urban conditions in a straightforward and elegant manner. Her experience as an Assistant Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington reinforces her professional practice by guiding team projects as an editor and forming strategies for successful outcomes. She believes the art and sc...
2021-01-2038 min
Design Voice PodcastDesign With Agency with Winka DubbeldamWinka Dubbeldam is the Chair and Miller Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where she has gathered an international network of innovative research and design professionals. She has also taught advanced architectural design studios at Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard University, among other prestigious institutions. Winka was named one of the DesignIntelligence 30 Most Admired Educators 2015, and has been a juror at the Prix de Rome, several AIA juries, and at the Bogota Architecture Biennale in 2010. As the founder/principal of the New York firm Archi-Tectonics, Dubbeldam is widely known for her...
2020-11-1833 min
Design Voice PodcastDeclare Your Mission with Katie SwensonKatie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an international non-profit architecture firm whose mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS in early 2020, Swenson was vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., a national nonprofit that invested over $43.6 billion in community development. She founded Enterprise’s National Design Initiative, directing the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute, the Pre-Development Design Grant, and the Rose Fellowship. The Rose Fellowship partners emerging architectural designers and cu...
2020-11-0929 min
Design Voice PodcastHold Your Values with Bonnie BridgesBonnie Bridges is the founder and Principal of Studio BBA in San Francisco. A strategic, clear thinker, perceptive listener and creative dynamo, Bonnie leads Studio BBA with adaptability, energy and fearless optimism. Drawing on deep expertise in the skilled facilitation of decisions and processes, and an intuitive, analytic nature, she guides the studio’s atelier of designers in creating beautiful, enriching, successful spaces and buildings for their clients. Bonnie brings a keen awareness of place and purpose to her work, with an approach to the design process grounded in human experience, logic and thoughtful actions. This humanistic me...
2020-10-2132 min
USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love#166/Architecture Podcast Hosts Della Hansmann + Catherine MengIn our ongoing quest to seek out and visit other architecture podcasts, we've had wonderful conversations with hosts Frances Anderton, Donna Sink, Steve Chung, Josh Cooperman, David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, Bob Borson, and Debbie Millman. And hey, Roman Mars, you're next - so how about getting 99% visible with us? Today on the show, two talented architect podcasters from different ends of the country: Della Hansmann of the Mid Mod Remodel Podcast in Wisconsin and Catherine Meng of the Design Voice Podcast in California. Later on, a few minutes with Frank Harmon, reading from his book Native Places.
2020-10-1939 min
Design Voice PodcastThe Act of Building with June GrantJune Grant is an architect, designer and researcher committed to the craft of buildings, their potential to enhance cities and develop socially responsible solutions to complex real-world problems. June is the founding Principal of blink!LAB architecture, a boutique, research-based architecture practice focused on adaptive and transformative sustainable development. Her design approach rests on an avid belief in cultural empathy, data research, and new technologies as integral to design futures and design solutions. She is also the current President of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SFNOMA), where she is committed to growing practice...
2020-10-0742 min
Design Voice PodcastArchitecture, Museums, and Public Discourse, with Alyssum SkjeieAlyssum Skjeie is a museum professional focused on presenting multi-faceted stories related to architecture and history. She is the new Director of El Pueblo History Museum in Pueblo, CO. In her new role she is eager to learn more about the Southern Colorado region in order to create collaborative exhibitions with the community. Prior to moving to Pueblo last December she lived and worked in Pittsburgh, PA for 8+ years. In her time there she was part of the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, and curated or was a team member for over 20 architecture exhibitions and countless...
2020-09-1929 min
Design Voice PodcastBetween is Beautiful with Mani A. FarhadiMani Farhadi is a Senior Facilities Planner at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Office of Facilities, Planning and Management. A global thinker and creative thought leader, Mani has three decades of experience in planning and architecture, and in collaborating with both public and private institutions. She enjoys combining her passion for education with her extensive planning skills to bring about stakeholder consensus and thoughtful solutions. Mani’s leadership extends into volunteer duties as well. She is a former Board of Trustee member at Los Gatos Union School District, and Chair of the Bond Oversight Committee, fo...
2020-09-0229 min
Design Voice PodcastPathways to Equity with Shalini AgrawalShalini Agrawal brings over 25 years of experience in community engagement, and has dedicated her career to bringing diversity and equity in design, art and architecture. She is co-director of Pathways to Equity, a leadership experience for responsible community-engaged design, and founder and principal of Public Design for Equity, an equity-driven practice for equity-driven outcomes. Shalini is on the board of Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, and Association for Community Design, as their Director of Fellowship. She is Associate Professor in Critical Ethnic Studies, Interdisciplinary Design Studios and Decolonial School at California College of the Arts. ...
2020-08-1936 min
Design Voice PodcastNative Voices with the Harvard Indigenous Design CollectiveFor the first time in the history of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, there are four Native American students enrolled at the same time. They are Elsa Hoover, Zoe Toledo, Heidi Brandow, and Jaz Bonnin, and together, they have formed the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective. Their aim is to support the education and work of Indigenous architects, planners, designers, scholars, allies, and alumni of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In this episode, I speak with Elsa, Zoe, Heidi and Jaz about how they all met and found each other at GSD, what inspired them to...
2020-08-0537 min
Design Voice PodcastCommunity Engagement with Siboney Diaz-SanchezSiboney is Enterprise Rose Fellow in the Boston area. She works to understand how architecture and design can best serve communities. She is licensed as an architect in the state of Texas. From 2015-2017 Siboney served as Zoning Commissioner for District 1 in San Antonio. Most recently she helped complete a 63,000 square foot new construction facility for ChildSafe, a non-profit children's advocacy center while at Overland Partners. In San Antonio, Siboney dedicated her time to various non-profit arts organizations including the SAY Si Board of Directors, VIA Metropolitan Transit Community Council and the City of San Antonio Arts, Culture and Her...
2020-07-1531 min
Design Voice PodcastAn Integrated Work-Life with Meghana JoshiMeghana Joshi is a Senior Project Manager at Little Diversified, Newport Beach. Her projects have been honored with multiple SAGE Gold, PCBC Gold Nugget, SoCal, Argentum, & NAHB awards. She received 2019 AIA Orange County’s “Service Award”, 2018 AIA California’s “Associate” award and “Presidential Citation” honoring her commitment to the profession. She is a board member of the AIA Orange County Chapter, and Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She founded and chaired the Women in Architecture Committee. Under “Project Amplify” that she founded, she amplifies and celebrates voices and works of minority architects throughout the world with diverse projects.
2020-07-0124 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: A Biophilic Future with Bethany Borel, WELL APBethany Borel, WELL AP is a Senior Associate at COOKFOX Architects in New York City. Since joining COOKFOX in 2012, Bethany’s combined knowledge of architecture and interior design has been a valuable asset to a variety of New York City projects. Currently, Bethany is spearheading the transformative design of the Solaire building in Battery Park City and the International WELL Building Institute headquarters at 220 Fifth Avenue. Bethany also designed and orchestrated the design of COOKFOX’s new, award-winning office on 57th Street, and the interiors of 62 Wooster Street, a landmarked 1920's industrial building to a luxury residential property in the...
2020-06-1728 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: Architecture is PoliticalMelissa R. Daniel is an architectural designer in Washington D.C., with a broad range of project experience including multi-family housing, public housing, retail, embassies, federal buildings, and mission critical facility projects. Since 2013, Daniel has ensured that women in architecture have an established platform to tell their stories. She founded a Women in Architecture lecture series for the D.C. metro area, developed fluency with social media and web platforms to boost her storytelling and empowerment capabilities, and served as executive co-chair of the 2017 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit. Melissa is also a recipient of a 2018 AIA Associates Award, th...
2020-06-1031 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: Build Yourself with Mia ScharphieMia Scharphie is a career and business strategist, and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech and innovation move from managing the work to setting the agenda. She helps women move past bias and make their industries and workplaces better places for women's talent. Mia has trained national industry groups like the American Institute of Architects and Americans for the Arts, and works with leadership and staff at global design and innovation companies such as Stantec, Gensler and HOK. She's a former Harvard Innovation Lab resident, ran a research effort on women in...
2020-05-1524 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: Community Spirit with Donna Sink, AIADonna Sink, AIA is a registered architect who is committed to good design for everyone in the community. She has worked on urban design, cultural institution, and art exhibition design projects for the last 25 years and has previously lived in Philadelphia, Detroit, Portland, and Phoenix. Donna now lives in Indianapolis and works at Rowland Design, an architecture and interior design firm doing cultural, educational, and residential projects across the country. Locally, Donna is Board Chair for People for Urban Progress, a non-profit known for salvaging used leather from Amtrak’s Acela seats and turning it into fashionable bags sold to f...
2020-05-0920 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: Changing the Way We Practice with Evelyn Lee, AIAEvelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies. Evelyn seamlessly integrates her business and architecture background with a qualitative and quantitative focus to build a better workplace experience for Slack Employees, visitors, and guests. Evelyn received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors in 2002 from Drury University where she minored in Global Studies while playing on the Women’s Soccer Team. In 2003 she received her Masters of Architecture degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently, in 2012, Evelyn finished a dual MPA (Masters Public Administration)/MBA (Masters Business Administration) in Susta...
2020-05-0116 min
Design Voice PodcastCOVID Diaries: Space is a Privilege with Rosa Sheng, FAIAFor the next few weeks/months, join Design Voice Podcast as we check in with people in the architecture and design professions to hear how they are living, working, and coping during this pandemic. -- Rosa Sheng is a Designer, Architect, Thought Leader who is known for innovating Architecture with over 26 years experience. When asked "What type of Architecture do you do?" Her answer is "The kind that hasn't been done before." She has led a variety of award-winning and internationally acclaimed projects from the aesthetically minimal, highly technical development of the glass structures for...
2020-04-2419 min
Design Voice PodcastYou Are Your Own Boss with Barbara Flammang, FAIAAs a founding partner of KFA, Barbara Flammang, FAIA, has overseen the design and construction of housing and community projects for nearly 40 years, from the adaptive reuse of historic buildings in downtown Los Angeles to the recently completed Los Angeles LGBT Center Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood. Her inclusive management practices have tenaciously advanced gender equity and diversity. She has championed her firm’s achievement of 45-55% female architectural staff, consistently, for the past 34 years. The example set by her steadfast mentoring of young professionals has become an essential part of firm culture, resulting in high ra...
2020-03-1230 min
Design Voice PodcastEvery Voice is Valuable with Yiselle Santos RiveraYiselle Santos Rivera, Associate AIA, is a medical planner and the Global Director of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS, Inc. With national and international experience on a broad range of healthcare, residential, institutional, and commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on building equitable practices, empowering the next generation of leaders, and creating inclusive platforms for engagement. She has served the AIA in local and national roles, including DC Chapter Board Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Associate Director, and Strategic Council Associate Representative. She co-founded the Latin American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA) DC Committee and founded “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in D...
2020-02-1930 min
Design Voice PodcastArchitecture is a People Sport with Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIAEmily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, is senior associate at Arrowstreet, a Boston-based architecture and design firm. She has experience with a broad range of academic, hospitality, institutional, and commercial projects, and her innovative design work reinforces that a building is more than its shell; it is an experience. As a frequent speaker and writer on the future of architectural practice, Emily is fascinated by how technology, the social economy, and environmental urgency are addressed in architectural practice. She has demonstrated continued and significant service to AIA, including leading the national diversity and inclusion conversation as chair of...
2020-01-1835 min
Design Voice PodcastDesign Voice Podcast Origin Story! - Interview with the host Catherine MengDesign Voice Podcast is back! To start off Season 2 of the show, I thought I would do something a little different – share my own story. I speak with Julia Gamolina of Madame Architect on why I became an architect, how this podcast came to be, and my thoughts on adjusting to life and work so far as a new mother.
2019-11-0927 min
Amicus RadioLes In et les Off de Droit en scène – Mercredi 17 juilletDemandez le programme !
« La Maison de thé » à l’Opéra Confluence (Festival In)
Texte: Lao She
Mise en scène, adaptation: Meng Jinghui
Dramaturgie: Sebastian Kaiser
Musique: Hua Shan, Shao Yanpeng, Nova Heart
Scénographie: Zhang Wu
Lumière: Wang Qi
Vidéo: Wang Zhigang
Son: Hua Shan
Costumes Yu Lei
Assistanat mise en scène Li Huayi
Distribution
Avec Chen Lin, Chen Minghao, Ding Yiteng, Han Jing, Han Shuo, Li Jianpeng, Li Jingwen, Liu Chang, Liu Hongfei, Qi Xi, Sun Yucheng, Sun Zhaokun, Tian Yu, Wang Xinyu, Wei Xi, Zhao Hongwei, Zhang Hongyu, Zhang Jun...
2019-07-1713 min
Design Voice PodcastDigging Deep with Kathy ScottKathy Scott is a Principal at Walker Warner Architects. After growing up on Long Island, Kathy was awakened to architecture's potential during her time at Rice University where she earned a Bachelor of Architecture in 1993. During her years in Houston, Kathy regularly visited Renzo Piano's Menil Collection, drawn by the building's quiet contextualism, simplicity and inventive use of natural light. Kathy was equally impressed by Piano's collaborative approach with master craftsmen and has sought out similar relationships on projects, such as the Wilderness Cabin, Quintessa Residence, and Big Wood River Residence since joining Walker Warner Architects in 1995. A...
2019-03-0633 min
Design Voice PodcastDesigning Healthy Environments with PJ GlascoPJ Glasco is a Principal at Cannon Design. She is a healthcare planner and designer who has worked with many of the nation’s top healthcare institutions to create landmark facilities. Her designs have enhanced the campuses of several institutions, including Texas Children’s Hospital, Harris Health System, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. PJ is a past chair of the Houston chapter of the AIA Committee on Architecture for Health and has presented at national industry conferences for several years. PJ has been previously recognized in the “40 Under 40” program of Building Design and Constr...
2019-02-1231 min
Design Voice PodcastHow to Be with Phoebe LamPhoebe Lam is the Director of Operations and a Project Manager at William Duff Architects in San Francisco. Along with managing the studio’s operations, planning, and hiring, she also works on projects in the single-family residential and commercial sectors. Drawing on experience creating conceptual designs and site plans for 1,000,000 sq. ft. outdoor retail centers, as well as multi-building and multi-block programs and parking layouts, Phoebe also enjoys more intimate, small scale tenant improvements and homes. She excels at managing complex projects with large numbers of consultants and multiple decision makers, and continually looks for new ways to apply sust...
2019-02-0632 min
Design Voice PodcastThe Fabric of Cities with Dana GetmanDana Getman is an Associate Principal at SHoP Architects in New York City, leading some of the firm’s most complex and dynamic projects. Dana received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture II from Yale University. She recently completed project management of 111 West 57th Street, a 1,400 foot tall terracotta and bronze super tall residential tower located adjacent to the original Steinway showroom overlooking Central Park. Among other projects, she also led the team during key phases of design and construction for the East River Waterfront including Pier 15 and the Esplanade, which create 14,000,000 sf of...
2019-01-2332 min
Design Voice PodcastChange Leadership with Taryn KinneyTaryn Kinney is a Principal, and K-12 Education Studio Leader at DLR Group. Taryn is a native Texan who has successfully led the strategy, visioning, planning, and design of more than two million square feet of learning space, both nationally and internationally. She enjoys sharing her knowledge from her experiences and creating connections to implement exceptional learning environments. During her 15 years of developing facilities to support new educational models she has seen her clients face increasingly complex challenges. Taryn joins her clients in their journey to define unique responses to external and internal challenges through evidence-based practice. She incorporates c...
2019-01-0928 min
Design Voice PodcastResiliency and Leaving the World Better For Others with Natalie TseNatalie Tse is a California licensed Structural Engineer and Project Manager at Tipping Structural Engineers in Berkeley, California with a broad range of design experience in educational, commercial/retail, residential, science and technology sectors. Her portfolio includes the structural design, assessment, and seismic retrofit of over 35 school campuses, a mission critical laboratory and office building, and the design of a new wood-framed cathedral over concrete post-tensioned podium. Natalie is deeply passionate about innovative solutions, well-integrated and cost-effective designs, responsiveness during construction, and open communication. She is profoundly committed to learning, mentoring, building strong relationships, family, and giving...
2018-12-1929 min
Design Voice PodcastArchitecture for EveryBody with Rachel Preston PrinzRachel Preston Prinz is an architecturally-trained American designer, and founder of the Santa Fe based consulting agency Archinia. She works at the intersection of architecture and design, placemaking, cultural and historic preservation, and community engagement. In addition to Archinia, Rachel also runs a non-profit organization, Architecture for EveryBody, which aims to bring the craft of architecture, usually reserved for the wealthiest 98%, to the people. Rachel is a filmmaker, an educator, has given multiple TEDx and Pecha Kucha talks on design, and has had her work featured on HGTV, Bravo, NMPBS and Canadian PBS. She is also going...
2018-12-0533 min
Design Voice PodcastSuccessful Mentor-Mentee Relationships with Carrie Moore and Jennifer GrossoIn this special episode of Design Voice Podcast, I’m joined by Carrie Moore and Jennifer Grosso of SOM’s New York office to discuss mentor-mentee relationships. Carrie and Jen talk about the mentorship programs at SOM, and share their insights on why mentorship is so valuable from both the mentor and mentee perspectives. They offer some great advice on what to do if your firm doesn’t have a formal mentorship program, as well as how to find your place at a larger firm. Carrie also shares with her her journey to becoming a director at SOM. Carr...
2018-11-0736 min
Design Voice PodcastOn Grit, Vulnerability, and Telling your Story with Bianca KoutsakosBianca Koutsakos is a Business Development Manager at Neoscape, a creative agency that specializes in branding and visual storytelling of the built environment. Bianca represents the agency’s San Francisco office, and spearheads the market growth, business development and marketing strategy for their West Coast market. Part of her role involves increasing awareness of Neoscape’s services that specialize in 3D visualization, branding, film, interactive, and design specifically for commercial real estate on the West Coast. In this episode, Bianca shares what she loves most about commercial real estate, as well as some great advice on what it tak...
2018-10-1727 min
Design Voice PodcastThe State of the Practice with Wanda Lau of ARCHITECT MagazineWanda Lau, LEED AP, is the editor of tech, practice, and products for ARCHITECT and Architectural Lighting. Along with 10 years of experience in the AEC industry, she holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Michigan State University, an S.M. in building technology from MIT, and an M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University's Newhouse School. Her writing covers a wide range of topics including architecture, technology, business, sustainability, and energy performance, and has appeared in Architect, Architectural Lighting, Eco-Structure, Men’s Health, ASID Icon, University Business, Urban Land, The Syracuse Post-Standard, among others. You can also hear her...
2018-10-0333 min
Design Voice PodcastPushing Boundaries with Margaret CavenaghMargaret Cavenagh is a Principal at Studio Gang and leads the firm’s interior architecture practice, working closely with Jeanne Gang on all interior, renovation, and architectural projects. Margaret has experience designing a wide range of project types and scales including multi-family, mixed-use projects; work space design; and custom residential design. Guided by expert observations of how people use space, Margaret consistently delivers award-winning interior designs while attaining some of the highest sustainability ratings, including LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. She has lent her design expertise to projects such as the Conservation Center, Maisonette, Columbia Colleg...
2018-09-1931 min
Design Voice PodcastPracticing With Intent with Anthia WongAnthia Wong is a Team Lead and Project Manager with the interior and architecture firm FORGE, where she works on a wide range of commercial, interior, and tenant improvement projects. She focuses much of her time on relationship building and fostering the lines of communication externally with clients, as well as internally within the firm. Her underlying passion of wanting to help people lent well to elevate her to a position that requires making sure that client expectations are being met while nurturing internal teams to make sure members have the tools they need to achieve success. I...
2018-09-0525 min
Design Voice PodcastMaking Connections with Angie SommerAngie Sommer, S.E. is an Associate at ZFA Structural Engineers in San Francisco. She’s currently a project manager and engineer for a wide variety of projects around the Bay Area and California, with a focus on the educational and senior living sectors. She is heavily involved in a variety of industry organizations, including the San Francisco chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW SF), and the Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity Committee (SE3) of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC). On top of all that, Angie is the co-founder of Vow Muse which helps people cr...
2018-08-1529 min
Design Voice PodcastAdvocacy by Design with Pascale SablanPascale Sablan, AIA, is an award winning architect and mentor in New York City. Pascale seeks excellence and humanity in all of her projects while providing a resounding voice for the issues facing women architects and architects of color. She’s also only the 315th black female architect to obtain licensure in the US. She has lectured at colleges and universities across the US, is a 2018 AIA Young Architects Award recipient, a past president of the New York Coalition of Black Architects (NYCOBA), and serves on the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) national board as the Northeast Regional Vi...
2018-08-0231 min
Design Voice PodcastMadame Architect with Julia GamolinaJulia Gamolina is the founder and editor of Madame Architect, an online platform celebrating women in architecture from different generations, countries, and corners of the industry. Originating as a guest series on ArchiteXX's online journal Sub_teXXt, Madame Architect is designed to encourage young women considering entering this industry by showing the myriad of choices they have in crafting a meaningful career. The ultimate goal for Madame Architect is that everyone who is looking at the site is able to find encouragement and guidance for their own pursuits, and empathy and understanding for the pursuits of others. Julia is...
2018-07-1828 min
Design Voice PodcastEngaging Communities with Sandra VivancoSandra Vivanco is a Professor of Architecture and Diversity studies at California College of the Arts, co-director of the CCA BuildLab, as well as the founding principal of A+D, Architecture + Design, in San Francisco. Based on the premise that inclusiveness and design excellence can and should co-exist, the work of A+D is globally recognized and operates at multiple scales. As one of a few of Latina-owned architecture firms in the country, A+D explores cultural identity representation as design inspiration for new and invigorated public spaces. In this episode, Sandra and I discuss so many i...
2018-07-0429 min
Design Voice PodcastSpeculative Futures with Jennifer WolchJennifer Wolch is the William W. Wurster Dean and Professor of City and Regional Planning in the College of Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer holds a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Geography from California State University Hayward, and a PhD in Urban Planning from Princeton. She's a scholar of urban analysis and planning, and her past work focused on urban homelessness, urban environmental justice and political ecology, and the delivery of affordable housing and human services. Jennifer shares with me her experiences in academia and as Dean, and we get into an i...
2018-06-2026 min
Design Voice PodcastLeap of Faith with Angeles GarciaAngeles Garcia is a Project Executive at McCarthy Building Companies. Originally from Ensenada, Mexico, Angeles has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Tijuana Institute of Technology. Angeles started out at McCarthy over 20 years ago by answering a newspaper ad for a Project Admin position. Since then she has slowly worked her way up to an executive role, breaking down barriers all along the way. In this episode, Angeles shares some great advice on how to inspire teams to do great work, how organizations can address unconscious bias, and how we should all stop second guessing ourselves...
2018-06-0632 min
EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePageEA220: Catherine Meng of Design Voice Podcast [Podcast]Catherine Meng of Design Voice Podcast
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Catherine Meng of Design Voice Podcast.
Background
Catherine Meng received her bachelors of architecture degree from Cornell University and joined DLR Group Kwan Henmi in 2016 where she focuses on multi family and students housing projects. Prior to this she previously worked in New York City and Shanghai. In addition to her work as an architect Catherine is active in the San Francisco community. She serves as a mentor at the ACE Mentor Program, serves on the board of...
2018-05-1845 min
Design Voice PodcastWhat Makes Your Heart Sing with Anne TorneyAnne Torney is a partner at Mithun | Solomon, and leads their San Francisco office. For more than 20 years, she has made affordable multi-family housing and transit-oriented urban infill the focus of her work. For Anne, architecture isn't just about the form or the icon, but the process of making and the narrative of a building, and sharing that with a community to help them envision change. She believes that the two biggest challenges of our time are income inequality and climate change, but design has the power to address both. In this episode, Anne tells the story...
2018-05-1634 min
Design Voice PodcastFinding the Balance with Mary WurstMary Wurst is a lighting designer and electrical engineer DLR Group. Her design philosophy revolves around seeing light, whether natural and artificial, as the soul of any space. A chance encounter with a cadaver arm ended up steering her toward getting an engineering degree, and she’s now a Senior Associate at DLR Group. We discuss the importance of exposing high school students to different careers, the challenges that mid-level professionals face, how she balances her work life with her home life, and why firms should be less focused on the rigidity of the 9-5. Show Recap:...
2018-05-0228 min
Design Voice PodcastWork-Life Success! with Nishita LakhaniNishita Lakhani is a Senior Project Engineer at McCarthy Building Companies. Although she is relatively new to the profession, I loved hearing how passionate and positive she is about the construction industry. We talked about the differences between construction in India versus the U.S., how you don’t realize it when you’re in school but communication is the key to successful projects, and whether or not mentorship and diversity initiatives are actually effective. Show Recap: How growing up in India inspired Nishita to pursue a career in construction How growing up in India inspired Nish...
2018-05-0228 min
Design Voice PodcastSticking With It with Sandra BiddulphSandra Biddulph is a structural engineer, and a Principal at the firm DCI Engineers. Before settling down in Irvine, Sandra worked in both LA and Seattle, and has had a really interesting career journey. She’s worked at small firms, co-founded her own practice, and worked on the general contractor side before becoming Principal at DCI. She appreciates the art of structural design; watching a project come together, with a tangible finished product that becomes a part of our built environment. In this episode, we talk about what it was like transitioning from Project Engineer to Project Ma...
2018-04-1831 min
Design Voice PodcastOn Crafting a Practice with Irina SchneidIrina Schneid is an architect, educator, and principal of the interdisciplinary design lab SCH+ARC Studio LLC. Aside from running her design practice, she currently teaches undergraduate design and theory courses at Pratt Institute. In this episode, Irina shares with me how she got her foot in the door in the ultra competitive world of academia, how she balances teaching and running her own practice, and how motherhood has changed her notion of what constitutes a successful career.
2018-04-0434 min
Design Voice PodcastRaising Your Hand with Laura GuzmanLaura Guzman is the National Director of Marketing and Business Development at the global engineering firm WSP. Prior to that, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Microdesk, a design technology consultancy, so she really has her finger on the pulse of the AEC industries. In this episode, she shares her career journey, and I ask her for all sorts of advice on how to be an advocate for yourself, how to work with difficult people, and on applying for roles you don't feel ready for yet. (We also talk digital agriculture!)
2018-03-2835 min
Design Voice PodcastThe SE3 Project with Rose McClureIn this episode, I speak with Rose McClure, a structural engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Rose is a co-founder of the Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity Committee (SE3), which was established in 2015 with the mission to study and work to improve engagement and equity in the structural engineering profession. We discuss all things SE3, and how work-life balance, flexibility in the workplace, and equity aren't just "women's issues".
2018-03-2840 min
Design Voice PodcastForging New Territory with Jill LernerIn this inaugural episode of Design Voice Podcast, I speak with Jill Lerner, FAIA. Jill is an architect and Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, a global architectural design and planning firm, where she leads their academic, healthcare, and research practices. In this episode, Jill shares how she became an architect, what she loves most about the profession, and what role architects should play in civic issues.
2018-03-2832 min
Design Voice PodcastDesign Voice Podcast: A show featuring women in architecture, engineering, and constructionThe Design Voice Podcast seeks to elevate and amplify the voices of women in the architecture, engineering, and construction professions. Each episode features honest conversations with women who shape the built environment. By telling their stories, this podcast hopes to serve as a source of education, inspiration and empowerment. Check out this preview and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes will be dropping soon, so stay tuned!
2018-03-1703 min