This week on Archinect Sessions we’re sharing our inspiring conversation with Theaster Gates. For those of you who aren’t already familiar with Theaster, you’re in for a treat. Theaster Gates 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 pu...
Feb 15, 2019•23 min
This week we are joined, in studio, by David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, the hosts of the Midnight Charette podcast . You may be already familiar with their podcast, or perhaps you’ve just heard about the podcast since they released their episode with me a couple days ago. The Midnight Charette has been podcasting for a while now. They're quickly approaching their 100th episode. They describe their show as an explicit podcast about design, architecture and people. The format is casual, and unsc...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 12 min
On 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...
Jan 25, 2019•52 min
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined with Alex Baca, a Washington DC-based journalist focused on smart cities, planning, bike advocacy and urban mobility devices. Recent news, and 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.
Nov 26, 2018•52 min
This week we’re sharing my conversation with Sou Fujimoto, recorded immediately before his new show opened to the press at Japan House in Hollywood last Friday. The show, titled “FUTURES OF THE FUTURE”, brings together large-scale renderings and photographs, along with over 100 models showcasing a selection of Fujimoto’s distinctive work and process. Our conversation covers his upbringing in Hokkaido, his academic and personal studies in Tokyo, and how these experiences contributed to his highly...
Nov 01, 2018•19 min
On 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....
Sep 28, 2018•55 min
This week's podcast episode is all about podcasting. So meta. We're joined by Sera Ghadaki, a recent graduate of Pratt M.Arch program, and a contributing editor of Tarp: Digital, Pratt’s podcast spinoff from their long-running student publication.
Sep 07, 2018•53 min
On 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. The Lobby is rooted in a 10-point manifesto: Enforce labor laws that prohibit unpaid internships, unpaid overt...
Aug 17, 2018•50 min
Earlier this summer I sat down with Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee to discuss their practice, Johnston Marklee , in front of a live audience at this year's LA Design Festival . We discuss the origin of their practice, their relationship to LA, the eclectic group of collaborators they have worked with over the years, and their unique approach to telling the story of their work in their recently published monograph ....
Jul 27, 2018•44 min
On this week's show, Archinect Sessions episode 124, Ken and Donna look back at this year's AIA National Convention in NYC.
Jul 13, 2018•1 hr 4 min
The LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design has offered a critical look at the city of Los Angeles since the late 80's. The nonprofit has been providing public programming, exhibitions, and 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 San...
Jul 06, 2018•36 min
Last 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 and Designer Pages , 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 40...
Jun 28, 2018•58 min
This week we announced the release of our latest issue of our print journal, Ed , with the theme “Architecture of Disaster” . For today’s show I’m talking with Nicholas Korody, Ed’s editor-in-chief, to discuss this latest release. Nicholas talks about the conception of the theme and shares some of his favorite pieces. We finish the conversation with a hint at Nicholas’s forthcoming Venice Architecture Biennale coverage....
May 24, 2018•20 min
This week Ken, Donna and I are joined by architect and writer Esther Sperber to discuss the very real and serious issue of mental health in architecture. Esther owns Studio ST Architects , a small practice in New York City, and frequently writes about mental health , with a specific focus on psychoanalysis and it’s relationship to architecture. Creative fields, especially those with long hours and high stress levels, are often rife with mental health issues. Anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, c...
May 11, 2018•55 min
This week Ken, Donna and I talk about some topics in recent architecture news, along with a little discussion about dealing with criticism.
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 14 min
This week we have Mike Eliason on the podcast, Seattle-based Project Manager at Patano Studio and proponent of Passivhaus, Baugruppen , and a car-free cycling life. Long-time Archinectors may recognize him by his username holzbox, OP to a forum favorite minimal details .
Mar 23, 2018•56 min
On this week's show we are trying out something new by inviting on guest hosts to take over the mics. Our guest hosts today, 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 be...
Mar 09, 2018•58 min
This week we release a relatively spontaneous , and completely silly, look at news and features recently published on Archinect. We also turn Ken's famous last 2 questions, "What are you reading and listening to" onto ourselves.
Feb 22, 2018•59 min
On 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 .
Feb 06, 2018•49 min
This week, we are joined by Nicholas Korody, the Editor-in-Chief of Archinect's new print project Ed , and Ethel Baraona Pohl, co-founder of Barcelona-based architecture publisher dpr-barcelona . We discuss the increasingly-niche industry of architectural print publishing, and the evolving value it offers as digital media continues to thrive. We also provide a little behind-the-scenes look at the conception and development of Ed . Interested in seeing your work in print? Ed is currently seeking ...
Jan 11, 2018•53 min
This week, for our last show of the year, Donna, Ken and Paul share highlights from their favorite episodes of the year. It wasn't an easy task, as the year was filled with some brilliant guests and engaging conversations. Let us know, in the comments, 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? Shou...
Dec 28, 2017•59 min
This week, Donna and Ken are joined by Indianapolis Architect and ARE Sketches author, Lora Teagarden. Lora is an architect with RATIO Architects and L^2 Design . This week on the podcast, we'll be discussing three news items from the website. First up is the controversy around the proposal for the " Tallest Building in Portland " by the architecture firm William Kaven . Second, is the Op-Ed on "Boring Architecture" by LA Times Architecture Critic, Christopher Hawthorne. Last is a provocative in...
Nov 23, 2017•1 hr 4 min
This week we're devoting our episode to the anniversary of the 2016 election of Donald J. Drumpf, the statement by the AIA CEO Robert Ivy, and the subsequent dissent born out of the hashtag #NotMyAIA. We look to what has changed, and what hasn't; as it relates to the profession, activism and education, and what does the future portend. Joining me today are Katherine Darnstadt, founder and principal at Chicago-based Latent Design , V. Mitch McEwen, founder and principal at Brooklyn-based A(n) Off...
Nov 16, 2017•56 min
This 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 N...
Oct 28, 2017•1 hr 3 min
To describe John Cary simply as an author would be a disservice. John is a unique individual in the world of architecture. For 20 years, since he was a student, he has been on a non-stop mission to make the world a more just place with the power of good architecture and design. On this week's show Ken and I talk to John about his career arc, thus far, from fighting for the rights of interns and architects as the Vice President of the AIAS, to his new book Design for Good: A New Era of Architectu...
Sep 28, 2017•1 hr 5 min
This week we talk with Jonathan Massey , the new Dean at the University of Michigan 's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning . We talk about his approach to architectural education and his previous roles at Syracuse and the California College of the Arts , where he finished his deanship this year. We also discuss the world of architectural publishing as it relates to his work with Aggregate....
Sep 14, 2017•56 min
On this week's show we talk to Kogonada, the writer and director of the critically-acclaimed film Columbus, and Kyle Bergman, founder of the Architecture & Design Film Festival. Our conversation with Kogonada touches on his inspirations and video-essay work prior to this spectacular debut feature-length film (currently 98% on Rotten Tomatoes!), his experience growing up in an midwest immigrant household and his passion for bringing architecture to film. Kyle Bergman, who is also a practicing...
Aug 31, 2017•58 min
This week we're joined by Inga Saffron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you haven't read her latest piece on Henry Wilcots, the relatively unknown architect responsible for finishing Louis Kahn's masterpiece in Dhaka, go read it now . We talk with Inga about her experience meeting with Wilcots, architecture criticism pre and post-internet, Philadelphia and more....
Aug 18, 2017•38 min
This 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 ”.
Aug 03, 2017•36 min
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the event, while Archinect's Paul Petrunia and 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. We'd like to thank the Goldenvoice team, and in particular Raffi L...
Jul 24, 2017•20 min
