Design Voice Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#80 Evolutions of Landscape and Practice with Sarah Warto
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Warto is a landscape architect and founder of Boxleaf Design. Influenced by her mother and grandmother, fellow landscape designers and passion...
#79 Curating a Career and Spaces that Resonate with Madelynn Ringo
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Madelynn Ringo is an architectural designer specializing in experiential spaces that resound with purposeful beauty. With an insatiable passion for pr...
#78 Passion and Purpose with Deryl McKissack, President and CEO of McKissack & McKissack
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Deryl McKissack is the founder, chairwoman and chief executive officer of McKissack & McKissack, a national architecture, engineering, program- and co...
#77 Paths to Leadership with Liz Leber, Managing Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Leber is the Managing Partner at Beyer Blinder Belle in New York City. Liz is dedicated to advancing mission-based institutions through forward-...
#76 Productive Collisions with Latoya Nelson Kamdang, Director of NY Operations, Moody Nolan
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Latoya Nelson Kamdang is the Director of New York Operations for Moody Nolan. She is also a U.S. Fulbright Senior Scholar, Registered Architect, Certi...
#75 Elevating The Role of Architects Through Technology with Anamika Goyal
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anamika Goyal is a biologist-turned-architect solving for scale in a complex industry with high human impact. She is Head of Design at Cottage, a Sa...
#74 Becoming CEO with Wendy Rogers, FAIA, CEO of LPA Design Studios
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Rogers is CEO and Chief Talent Officer of LPA Design Studios, an integrated design firm dedicated to creating projects that innovate, inspire an...
#73 Building an Architecture Practice with Marilyn Moedinger, Runcible Studios
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marilyn Moedinger is the founding principal of Runcible Studios. Like the runcible spoon she is happiest operating at the seams between practicality ...
#72 Equity in Architecture with Kavitha Mathew, Global Diversity Officer, KPF
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kavitha Mathew is the Global Diversity Officer at KPF, and leads the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, as well as the development and...
#71 Pivoting from Architecture to Tech with Kat Dovjenko
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Dovjenko is the Senior Creative Director at Muse & Company. Inspired by the dynamic energy around architecture and urban planning, Kat believes ...
#70 Architect Led Design Build with Stacie Wong, GLUCK+
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stacie Wong is a Principal at GLUCK+. Named by Fast Company as a top 10 most innovative companies in architecture, the firm is recognized for Archite...
#69 Striving for the Extraordinary with Angelica Trevino Baccon, SHoP Architects
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Angelica Trevino Baccon is a principal at SHoP Architects in New York City. She leverages deep expertise in and a passion for evolving technology to c...
#68 Designing for Dementia Environments with Jennifer Sodo, Perkins Eastman
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Sodo is a leading expert in the design and planning of dementia living environments. A senior associate with Perkins Eastman’s senior livin...
#67 Pivoting from Architecture to Real Estate
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features three women who all left architecture for the real estate world! Chi-Chi Lin, Danlu Li, and Yi Li all studied architecture and p...
#66 Designing for Inclusion with Lilian Asperin, Partner at WRNS Studio
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lilian Asperin is a partner at WRNS Studio, where she helps lead the design process and build teams that deliver aspirational outcomes. Lilian values ...
#65 Artistry and Magic with Cecilia Cuff
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cecilia Cuff is a 20-year veteran of the hospitality scene and the Founder and Managing Principal of The Nascent Group, a hospitality design and proje...
#64 Practice Disrupted with Evelyn Lee and Je'Nen Chastain
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a special podcast crossover episode, featuring Practice Disrupted! The evolution of architectural practice has been relatively slow towards c...
#63 Lessons in Leadership with Lauren Schmidt, Principal at KPF
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Schmidt is a Principal at KPF in New York City. The youngest woman in KPF’s history to be named Principal, Lauren is invaluable to projects...
#62 Heroic Imaginations of the Future with J. Meejin Yoon, Dean at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
J. Meejin Yoon, AIA FAAR, is the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University and cofounder...
#61 Mentorship, Inclusion, and Self-Advocacy with Saakshi Terway
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saakshi Terway is a Designer at Wiencek + Associates in Washington DC. She is especially interested in responsible and sustainable architecture that...
#60 Building Science Fight Club with Christine Williamson
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Williamson is the founder of the Building Science Fight Club, an Instagram community dedicated to teaching building science and construction...
#59 Looking Inward and Outward with Janet Tam, FAIA
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Tam is a founder and Principal of Noll and Tam Architects. Janet grew up in Richmond, California, and studied architecture at UC Berkeley in the...
#58 Supporting the Next Generation of Architects with Primaverarch
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Primaverarch is an organization dedicated to stimulating change for the recognition of women in the architectural profession. Inspired by the renaissa...
#57 Designing an Organization with Kate Thatcher, CEO of A+I, Architecture Plus Information
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Thatcher is the Chief Executive Officer of Architecture + Information (A+I), a strategy-led architecture and experience design agency based in Ne...
#56 A Career of Joy, Fearlessness, and Serendipity with Sylvia Kwan, FAIA
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sylvia 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 pa...
#55 This is What an Engineer Looks Like with Liz Brack, Structural Engineer at DLR Group
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz 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...
#54 Always Moving Forward with Elaine Molinar, Partner and Managing Director at Snohetta
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine Molinar is a Partner and Managing Director at Snøhetta. She began her career as a designer of the Alexandria Library in Egypt after participat...
#53 Inspiring Change in Justice Architecture with Erica Loynd, FAIA, Principal at DLR Group
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erica 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 pas...
#52 Building a Career With Heart with Qeturah Williams, AIA, Senior Architect at DLR Group
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Qeturah 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 a...
#51 - Building a Collaborative Design Practice with Natasha Espada, AIA, Founder of Studio ENEE
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha 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 expe...
#50 - Design is in the Details with Vanessa Kassabian, Principal at DLR Group
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa 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 t...
#49 - Women in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction History with the She Builds Podcast
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
She 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 hav...
#48 - Building a Personal Brand for Architects with Joann Lui
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joann Lui is an architect and founder of the Facebook community Women Architects Collective. With over 2700 members and counting, the Women Architects...
#47 - Design Leadership with Julia Nagele, Director of Architectural Design, HEWITT Seattle
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Nagele is the Director of Architectural Design at HEWITT Seattle. She believes the success of today’s projects rely on the expertise of many, ...
#46 - Design With Agency with Winka Dubbeldam, Archi-Tectonics
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Winka Dubbeldam is the Chair and Miller Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where she has ga...
#45 - Declare Your Mission with Katie Swenson of MASS Design Group
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an internati...
#44 - Hold Your Values with Bonnie Bridges, Studio BBA
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Bridges is the founder and Principal of Studio BBA in San Francisco. A strategic, clear thinker, perceptive listener and creative dynamo, Bonni...
#43 - The Act of Building with June Grant, blink!LAB
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
June Grant is an architect, designer and researcher committed to the craft of buildings, their potential to enhance cities and develop socially respon...
#42 - Architecture, Museums, and Public Discourse, with Alyssum Skjeie
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssum Skjeie is a museum professional focused on presenting multi-faceted stories related to architecture and history. She is the new Director of El...
#41 - Between is Beautiful with Mani A. Farhadi
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mani Farhadi is a Senior Facilities Planner at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Office of Facilities, Planning and Management. A global t...
#40 - Pathways to Equity with Shalini Agrawal
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shalini Agrawal brings over 25 years of experience in community engagement, and has dedicated her career to bringing diversity and equity in design, a...
#39 - Native Voices with the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For 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 ar...
#38 - Community Engagement with Siboney Diaz-Sanchez
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Siboney is Enterprise Rose Fellow in the Boston area. She works to understand how architecture and design can best serve communities. She is licen...
#37 - An Integrated Work-Life with Meghana Joshi
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meghana Joshi is a Senior Project Manager at Little Diversified, Newport Beach. Her projects have been honored with multiple SAGE Gold, PCBC Gold ...
COVID Diaries: A Biophilic Future with Bethany Borel, WELL AP
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany Borel, WELL AP is a Senior Associate at COOKFOX Architects in New York City. Since joining COOKFOX in 2012, Bethany’s combined knowledge of ...
COVID Diaries: Architecture is Political with Melissa R. Daniel
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa R. Daniel is an architectural designer in Washington D.C., with a broad range of project experience including multi-family housing, public hou...
COVID Diaries: Build Yourself with Mia Scharphie
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Scharphie is a career and business strategist, and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech and innovation move from managin...
COVID Diaries: Community Spirit with Donna Sink, AIA
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Sink, AIA is a registered architect who is committed to good design for everyone in the community. She has worked on urban design, cultural inst...
COVID Diaries: Changing the Way We Practice with Evelyn Lee, AIA
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Evelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies. Evelyn seamlessly integrates her business and architecture backg...
COVID Diaries: Space is a Privilege with Rosa Sheng, FAIA
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For 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 li...
You Are Your Own Boss with Barbara Flammang, FAIA
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a founding partner of KFA, Barbara Flammang, FAIA, has overseen the design and construction of housing and community projects for nearly 40 years, ...
Every Voice is Valuable with Yiselle Santos Rivera, Associate AIA
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yiselle Santos Rivera, Associate AIA, is a medical planner and the Global Director of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS, Inc. With national and i...
Architecture is a People Sport with Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA
18 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, is senior associate at Arrowstreet, a Boston-based architecture and design firm. She has experience with a broad range of...
Design Voice Podcast Origin Story! - Interview with the host Catherine Meng
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Design 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 wit...
Digging Deep with Kathy Scott
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Scott is a Principal at Walker Warner Architects. After growing up on Long Island, Kathy was awakened to architecture's potential during her tim...
Designing Healthy Environments with PJ Glasco
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PJ 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 institut...
How to Be with Phoebe Lam
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Lam is the Director of Operations and a Project Manager at William Duff Architects in San Francisco. Along with managing the studio’s operat...
The Fabric of Cities with Dana Getman
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Getman is an Associate Principal at SHoP Architects in New York City, leading some of the firm’s most complex and dynamic projects. Dana receiv...
Change Leadership with Taryn Kinney
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn 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, ...
Resiliency and Leaving the World Better For Others with Natalie Tse
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Tse is a California licensed Structural Engineer and Project Manager at Tipping Structural Engineers in Berkeley, California with a broad rang...
Architecture for EveryBody with Rachel Preston Prinz
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Preston Prinz is an architecturally-trained American designer, and founder of the Santa Fe based consulting agency Archinia. She works at the i...
Successful Mentor-Mentee Relationships with Carrie Moore and Jennifer Grosso
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 ...
On Grit, Vulnerability, and Telling your Story with Bianca Koutsakos
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bianca Koutsakos is a Business Development Manager at Neoscape, a creative agency that specializes in branding and visual storytelling of the built en...
The State of the Practice with Wanda Lau of ARCHITECT Magazine
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wanda Lau, LEED AP, is the editor of tech, practice, and products for ARCHITECT and Architectural Lighting. Along with 10 years of experience in the A...
Pushing Boundaries with Margaret Cavenagh
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Cavenagh is a Principal at Studio Gang and leads the firm’s interior architecture practice, working closely with Jeanne Gang on all interi...
Practicing With Intent with Anthia Wong
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anthia 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...
Making Connections with Angie Sommer
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Angie 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 o...
Advocacy by Design with Pascale Sablan
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pascale Sablan, AIA, is an award winning architect and mentor in New York City. Pascale seeks excellence and humanity in all of her projects while pro...
Madame Architect with Julia Gamolina
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Gamolina is the founder and editor of Madame Architect, an online platform celebrating women in architecture from different generations, countri...
Engaging Communities with Sandra Vivanco
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra 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...
Speculative Futures with Jennifer Wolch
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Wolch is the William W. Wurster Dean and Professor of City and Regional Planning in the College of Environmental Design at University of Cali...
Leap of Faith with Angeles Garcia
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Angeles Garcia is a Project Executive at McCarthy Building Companies. Originally from Ensenada, Mexico, Angeles has a Bachelor of Architecture degree ...
What Makes Your Heart Sing with Anne Torney
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Torney is a partner at Mithun | Solomon, and leads their San Francisco office. For more than 20 years, she has made affordable multi-family housi...
Finding the Balance with Mary Wurst
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Wurst is a lighting designer and electrical engineer DLR Group. Her design philosophy revolves around seeing light, whether natural and artificia...
Work-Life Success! with Nishita Lakhani
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nishita Lakhani is a Senior Project Engineer at McCarthy Building Companies. Although she is relatively new to the profession, I loved hearing how pas...
Sticking With It with Sandra Biddulph
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Biddulph is a structural engineer, and a Principal at the firm DCI Engineers. Before settling down in Irvine, Sandra worked in both LA and Seat...
On Crafting a Practice with Irina Schneid
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Irina Schneid is an architect, educator, and principal of the interdisciplinary design lab SCH+ARC Studio LLC. Aside from running her design practice,...
Raising Your Hand with Laura Guzman
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Guzman is the National Director of Marketing and Business Development at the global engineering firm WSP. Prior to that, she was the Chief Opera...
The SE3 Project with Rose McClure
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Rose McClure, a structural engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Rose is a co-founder of the Structural Engineering Enga...
Forging New Territory with Jill Lerner
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Design Voice Podcast, I speak with Jill Lerner, FAIA. Jill is an architect and Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates,...
Design Voice Podcast: A show featuring women in architecture, engineering, and construction
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Design Voice Podcast seeks to elevate and amplify the voices of women in the architecture, engineering, and construction professions. Each episode...