There are certain buildings that are worth going out of your way to see, not because someone told you they were important, but because being there changes the experience. Museums are especially good … [Read more...]
Episode 199: Conflict Resolution
Conflict doesn’t usually start with shouting. Conflict typically starts with a room full of professionals trying to keep it together while money, timing, blame, and ego begin working themselves up … [Read more...]
Episode 197: The Knowledge Gap
Architecture is a long-game profession. It takes years to create a foundation of knowledge required to do our work. It begins in school and continues through your early career, and peaks after many … [Read more...]
Ep 196: Do Architects Retire
Retirement is one of those ideas that sounds simple right up until you apply it to architects, and then it starts to fall apart almost immediately. The idea itself seems straightforward enough - work … [Read more...]
Ep 195: Designing Your Own House
The idea of an architect designing a house for themselves sounds inevitable, like it’s lurking on the horizon as some kind of professional rite of passage. Reality doesn’t line up with the … [Read more...]
Ep 191: Ask the Show Fall 2025
Listeners have spent the last few days sending in their questions, which means this episode is either an act of generosity or a poor choice on my part. Ask the Show always feels a little like opening … [Read more...]