Archinect Sessions
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Sam Jacob
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus concludes today with our conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. ...
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Olalekan Jeyifous
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today...
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Future Firm
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. To...
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Ecosistema Urbano
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today...
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Dream the Combine
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Archinect Sessions Next Up: Exhibit Columbus continues this week as we introduce the winners of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. This series...
Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Part 1: A Conversation with the Curators
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, in partnership with Exhibit Columbus, we're introducing Next Up: Exhibit Columbus, our 5-part series of conversations with the curators of Exhi...
Goat Wisdom with Frances Anderton
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On our year-end show Donna, Ken and I are joined by Frances Anderton. For those listeners that are in LA, Frances's voice is probably very familiar to...
On Racial Inequality in AEC, with Karen Compton
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of Archinect Sessions Donna and I are joined by Karen Compton, a Los Angeles-based business consultant, business owner and podcast...
A Conversation with Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia of WAI Architecture Think Tank
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show Donna and I are joined by Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski of WAI Architecture Think Tank. The last time we had Cruz and Nathalie o...
Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 6/6
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final installment of Archinect Sessions' six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the indust...
Archinect Sessions: Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 5/6
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the fifth installment of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry....
Archinect Sessions: Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 4/6
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the fourth part of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The...
Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 3/6
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we share the third part of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the indu...
Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 2/6
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we share the second part of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry...
Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 1/6
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's installment of Archinect Sessions introduces the first of six episodes sharing conversations we've had with architects, designers. and others ...
Quarantine Check-In
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Archinect Sessions was intended to be a brief introduction to a number of conversations we've been recording with members of the archi...
Paulette Singley helps us understand 'How to Read Architecture'
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Donna, Ken and I are joined by Paulette Singley. Paulette is a respected architectural historian, educator and author. Her writing and editing e...
Director Alysa Nahmias on László Moholy-Nagy and The New Bauhaus
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're sharing a conversation I had with Alysa Nahmias, the director and producer of the documentary film "The N...
What happened at The School of Architecture at Taliesin???
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special (and very spontaneous) episode of Archinect Sessions we are joined with three members of the Taliesin community to help shed some ligh...
Giving Shelter
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On 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 le...
The Current State of LA's Architecture Student Publications
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On 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...
Madame President Goes ALL-In
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For Archinect Sessions episode #145 we are joined by Kimberly Dowdell, a principal at HOK in Chicago and the current President of the National Org...
The War on Cliché
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we're joined by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. A long-familiar name to most of our listeners, Aravena's work gaine...
Space Settlements; A Conversation with Author Fred Scharmen
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're joined by one of our favorite regulars, Fred Scharmen. Fred currently teaches architecture and urban design at Morgan State University...
In Conversation with Paul Goldberger
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have a very special July 4th episode for you today. Today's show offers a very American conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Paul ...
A Conversation with Dream the Combine
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this latest episode of the Archinect Sessions podcast we're joined by Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers of the Minneapolis-based practice Dream th...
Radical Reconfigurability
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ken and I are speaking with the leadership team responsible for the upcoming Brown University Performing Arts Center – Joshua Ramus of ...
Olson Kundig's Alan Maskin on Icons and Architecture for Children
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ken and I are joined by Alan Maskin, partner and co-owner of Seattle-based Olson Kundig. Alan shares his story growing up on the East Coas...
Everything's Gonna Be Great
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined by Eva Hagberg, a NY-based writer and architectural consultant. Our conversation covers Eva's ...
From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On 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 ...
A Conversation with Theaster Gates
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Archinect Sessions we're sharing our inspiring conversation with Theaster Gates. For those of you who aren't already familiar with Theast...
Afternoon Delight with Midnight Charette
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 wit...
A Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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. R...
A Conversation with Alex Baca on City Engagement
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we're joined with Alex Baca, a Washington DC-based journalist focused on smart cities, planning, bike advocacy a...
A Conversation with Sou Fujimoto on the "Futures of the Future"
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 la...
Hip Hop Architecture with Sekou Cooke
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this latest episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Sekou Cooke, Syracuse-based architect, educator and curator of the upcoming exhibition at...
Long Time Listener First Time Talker
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 contribut...
Transparent Value
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this latest issue of the Archinect Sessions podcast Ken, Paul and Donna talk with Peggy Deamer and Shota Vashakmadze , from the Architecture...
Johnston Marklee, Live from the LA Design Festival
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 yea...
Fear of Commitment
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Archinect Sessions episode 124, Ken and Donna look back at this year's AIA National Convention in NYC.
The LA Forum Reader Traces 30 Years of LA's Architectural Discourse
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 prov...
From an All-Women-Led Commune to a Multi-Billion Dollar Startup
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Last Wednesday, on the eve of the AIA National Convention, I had the pleasure of talking with Miguel McKelvey, co-founder of WeWork. The conversati...
Architecture of Disaster
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 tal...
Mental Health in Architecture
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 architec...
Radical Candor
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ken, Donna and I talk about some topics in recent architecture news, along with a little discussion about dealing with criticism.
Unzoning
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have Mike Eliason on the podcast, Seattle-based Project Manager at Patano Studio and proponent of Passivhaus, Baugruppen , and a car-...
Mitch McEwen and Marc Miller Steal the Mic
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we release a relatively spontaneous , and completely silly, look at news and features recently published on Archinect. We also turn Ken's fa...
A Conversation with Snow Kreilich Architects
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 A...
Printing Architecture
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Archinect Sessions Podcast Highlights from 2017
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Architecture - Tools of Capital: Iconic, Boring, and for the Happy Few
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Donna and Ken are joined by Indianapolis Architect and ARE Sketches author, Lora Teagarden. Lora is an architect with RATIO Architects an...
Equity, Secrets and Relevancy of AIA - 1 Year Post #NotMyAIA
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 sub...
Archinect Sessions Site Visit: Exhibit Columbus
28 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 Don...
Everyone Deserves Dignified Design
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Aggregating Architectures
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
Architecture & Film
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 Architect...
Every City Needs a Crank
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Grammatical Supremacy
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're joined with Anthony Morey, LA-based theorist, designer, educator, writer, and curator. Readers of Archinect will probably recognize ...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Sarah Lorenzen & Peter Tolkin
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the e...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Benjamin Ball
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the e...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Alex Dahm
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the e...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Jimenez Lai
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion for the e...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion f...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Alan Loomis
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion f...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: David Freeland
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion f...
Next Up Arroyo Seco Weekend: Mimi Zeiger
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Archinect teamed up with Bureau Spectacular for the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival. Jimenez Lai and Joanna Grant designed a pavilion f...
Bro, Do You Even Quoin?
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Trans-Border Patrolling
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week René Peralta and Orhan Ayyüce joins us to discuss Tijuana and the unique border condition the Mexican city shares with San Diego.
Machines Don't Care
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show follows up on Archinect Sessions episode 83, when we discussed this first year of Exhibit Columbus. The inaugural exhibition of Exhibit C...
How Not to Run a Club
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined this week by Scott Frank of Argo Communications. Scott was previously the Senior Director of Media Relations at AIA National, but resign...
Small Details Matter
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of Archinect Sessions, Ken and Donna share their experiences and thoughts on the 2017 AIA National Conference. We discuss the...
Archinect Sessions Episode 100 with Steven Holl
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, for our 100th episode of Archinect Sessions, we are excited to share our conversation with Archinect favorite Steven Holl. Our conversation...
Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #3: f-architecture
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"We're interested in bodies and their implications in space, their political positions in space, and how materially and technologically they are const...
Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #2: Christine Bjerke
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"The economy of the home becoming an investment culture instead of a savings culture disrupts the idea of very specific gendered roles in Japanese soc...
'Next Up: Floating Worlds' Mini-Session #1: Jack Self
28 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Everything we think of as being normal in the home, everything we think of as being traditional—they're all inventions," states Jack Self, the Lond...
Il[LUMEN]ating
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we talk to Jenny Sabin—architect, artist, researcher, educator, and winner of the 2017 Young Architect's Program at MoMA P...
An American Story
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Archinect Sessions, we're sharing our conversation with Phil Freelon, an architect that has dedicated his life to creating meaning...
The BIG Abstract
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've already heard about Abstract, Netflix's incredible new documentary series on design. This week we're ta...
Empathy Deficit; Archinect Sessions #96
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we are joined by Emily Hunt Turner. Emily gives us an update on her restaurant/non-profit startup All Square, as we previous...
No Particular Place To Go
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we are joined by Evan Chakroff. We discuss his latest piece on Cuba and Cuban architecture, travel, 360° photography, and mo...
It's Better to Turn on Than to Fade Away
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week Donna, Ken, and Paul discuss Exhibit Columbus's Miller Prize announcement, gender equality in lecture school lineups, and the recent illumin...
A Salute to Garbage Fires
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time of the year – for washing away the stench of the past and basking in the sweet, slightly terrifying promise of an uncertain future. T...
Winners, Whiners and Wine Boxes
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we discuss the biggest news items of the past week, covering: the political bent to the AIA's Gold Medal being awarded posthumously t...
DIY Space, After Ghost Ship
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday night, a fire broke out during a concert at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, California, killing (at present count) 36 people. While t...
HUD-winked
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When president-elect Donald Trump nominated Ben Carson to lead the department of Housing and Urban Development, the response was resoundingly: huh? Th...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #8: Mia Lehrer
29 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's here: our final interview from 'Next Up: The LA River', featuring Mia Lehrer of Mia Lehrer + Associates. Lehrer was a major driving force in the ...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #7: Renee Dake Wilson (LA City Planning Commission) and Alexander Robinson (Office of Outdoor Research)
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our penultimate Mini-Session interview from 'Next Up: The LA River' pairs Renee Dake Wilson with Alexander Robinson. Dake Wilson, principal at Dake Wi...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #6 with Julia Meltzer (Clockshop) and Elizabeth Timme (LA-Más)
22 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For this Mini-Session from our Next Up: The LA River event, Nicholas Korody spoke with Julia Meltzer, director and founder of non-profit arts organiza...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #5: Lou Pesce of Metabolic Studio
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles' Metabolic Studio, run by architect and visual artist Lauren Bon, creates site-specific, temporary "devices of wonder" that interpret land...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #4: Deborah Weintraub, LA Chief Architect and Chief Deputy City Engineer
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As Chief Architect and Chief Deputy City Engineer presiding over a group of 800+ architects and engineers, Deborah Weintraub has a big picture of LA ...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #3 with Steven Appleton and Catherine Gudis
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Appleton and Catherine Gudis are some of Next Up's most active participants when it comes to physically being in the LA River. Appleton co-fo...
AIAWOL
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're devoting our entire episode to the debacle that was AIA CEO Robert Ivy's statement in support of President-elect Donald Trump, and th...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #2 with Marissa Christiansen, Senior Policy Director of Friends of the Los Angeles River
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our second conversation from 'Next Up: The LA River' is with Marissa Christiansen, Senior Policy Director of Friends of the Los Angeles River. FOLAR...
'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #1: Frances Anderton and Christopher Hawthorne
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When 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 pro...
Disruption
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded in the wake of Tuesday's election results, this episode got a bit emotional. Fred Scharmen—designer, researcher, and assistant professor at...
Cars in the Sky
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Miami's proud tradition of statement-parking projects by the likes of Herzog & de Meuron and Gehry Partners, Faulders Studio has a new gara...
ZHA after Zaha [REBROADCAST]
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The sudden death of Dame Zaha Hadid could not also mean the end of Zaha Hadid Architects. With major projects still ongoing all over the world, the fi...
A Friend in Deed
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, has had a tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump for years. As a...
Grab 'Em by the Brick
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the latest big news from the awards-world of architecture, as we saw Caruso St John take home the Stirling Prize for their Newport Street ...