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Commentary: How can a new architectural graduate design hideously?
04 Nov 2022
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Send us a textThe title of this podcast episode was posted by an architect (employer) in a Facebook Group (Private) where most of the members are arch...
Architecture and Reality - Drawings make it real!
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFocusing on architecture education and why it is important that the process of imagining and visioning a design and putting it out as a ...
Ethics for Architects - Environmental Hypocrisy
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textReading and commentary on a section by Thomas Fischer’s (2010) Ethics for Architects- page 132, “Environmental Hypocrisy” on an ac...
Ethics for Architects- Crediting Coworkers
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textReading and commentary on a section by Thomas Fischer’s (2010) Ethics for Architects- page 116, “Crediting Coworkers” on the issue...
Ethics for Architects - Accommodating Disabilities
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textReading and commentary on a section by Thomas Fischer’s (2010) Ethics for Architects- page 118, “Accommodating Disabilities” on th...
Architecture and Corruption
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn conjunction with the coming general election in my country where corruption issues have been reported, it is time to discuss this top...
An Introduction to Architecture and Reality
11 Oct 2022
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Send us a textWhen you commit your vision to paper, you have transported your dreams into reality. For a student of architecture, drawing your vision ...
Master builder: reality or myth
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe continue with the idea of the architect where in the past, the architect is given the exclusive role to lead the project from beginni...
Architecture Practice & The Challenges Facing Architecture
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a commentary and reading of Joseph Brennan's article published in September 2021 published on medium.com. (Article link bel...
Commentary: Fundamental Design Skills
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA commentary on a selected topic that was discussed before, examining in detail and recounting six second-year students' desk crits...
Commentary: Universiti Malaya campus design thesis (July - August 2020 special semester)
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn the conversation that Kevin Mark Low and I had with the 5 architecture graduates, Gan (2021) gave his design thesis views at the end....
Teaser - New series on Observations and Starting Conversations
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textObservation and Starting Conversations is the core fundamental skill that is needed to be learned and cultivated when we first start out...
Commentary: Use of Revit in architecture practice
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a commentary on the conversation that Kevin Mark Low had with the 5 architecture graduates featured in the last two episodes, sp...
Starting Conversations - Kevin Mark Low with 5 Architecture Graduates [Part 2]
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe Continuation of Sharing Conversations [Part 2]: with Kevin Mark Low and Naziaty, host of this podcast, plus 5 former students who ar...
Starting Conversations - Kevin Mark Low with 5 Architecture Graduates [Part 1]
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMerdeka Edition! This is the First Part of Sharing Conversations with Kevin Mark Low plus 5 former students who are now graduate archit...
Teaser on Sharing Conversations Kevin Mark Low with 5 Architecture Graduates
28 Aug 2022
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Send us a textComing up soon! This is a Teaser on Sharing Conversations with Kevin Mark Low plus 5 former students who are now graduate architects wi...
Commentary: Leaders are critical thinkers
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA commentary on the topics of the "culture of reading that will result in more critical thinkers that can differentiate truth from ...
Current state of architecture practice and it's challenges
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAn introduction to the possible challenges that architects face in this day and age based on some research on LinkedIn in terms of what ...
Commentary - What is half an architect?
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA commentary on the last 3 podcast episodes conversation with Kevin Mark Low.What is half an architect? Solely focusing on the idea that...
Conversation with Kevin Mark Low talking on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice [Part 2b]
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe concluding part (Part 2b) of a conversation with Kevin Mark Low talking on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice, with Na...
Conversation with Kevin Mark Low talking on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice - [Part 2a]
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKeep on listening. The second part (Part 2a) of a conversation with Kevin Mark Low talking on Leaders in Architecture Education & Pr...
Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice [Part 1]
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textListen in. The first part of a conversation with Kevin Mark Low talking on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice, with Naziat...
Teaser - Coming Soon: Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on Leaders in Architecture Education & Practice
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textComing soon is a Special Feature Interview. Kevin Mark Low in conversation with the host of Talk Architecture on several issues such as...
Boundary Settings in Relationships in Architecture Schools and Workplaces
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRelating to the topic of mental health in architecture, we refer to schools of architecture and architecture companies and offices as th...
Introduction to architecture and mental health
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe had a recent clubhouse event hosted by the clubhouse room Design Disability Access on 18 July 2022 on generally talking with those wh...
A Community Project Needs to be Authentic and Genuine.
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat is the right definition of a community project? Firstly a community project needs to be authentic, genuine, and originally based o...
Architects need to serve the masses and not only the elitist agenda
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnother review ( this one is for 15 minutes) on advocating schools of architecture to consciously create design studio programs that dea...
Special Review - Architecture’s purpose is to serve the elites
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSpecial Review - this is a conclusion of the few recent episodes that we had published and emerging theme which could be dealt further i...
Interview with Ee Von & Afaf on Architecture Education - Part 2
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe concluding part of the conversation featuring two fresh graduates, Ee Von and Afaf, on Architecture Education, starts with discussio...
Business Model, Precedents and Sense of Entitlement - Rights to Access Public Spaces
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is an interlude to discuss about the recent tweet by the Malaysian Prime Minister on community projects. If we are not clear on wha...
Interview with Ee Von & Afaf on Public Housing and Spaces Plus Architecture Education - Part 1
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA two-part conversation featuring two fresh graduates, Ee Von and Afaf, on Public Housing and Spaces Plus Architecture Education, starts...
Teaser - Ee Von & Afaf on Public Housing and Spaces Plus Architecture Education
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTeaser Alert! Introducing two fresh graduates, Ee Von and Afaf, who will be interviewed and featured in the next two podcast episodes, ...
Design is the Conversation Between Creativity and Context - A Discussion
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Design is the Conversation Between Creativity and Context" (Kevin Mark Low, 2014). The quote under Context Specificity from t...
Architecture Practice: Suffering is Optional
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is Optional" (Murakami, 2008).There will be challenges. Such as when a critic gives feedback to...
Architecture Practice: Survival Brain versus Learning Brain
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe main protagonists in the architecture design studio are the master (tutor) and apprentice (student). The tutor needs to take time to...
SketchUp & other 3D Design Software is not the answer to architecture design skills - Part 2
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA sequel to the previous podcast - "SketchUp & other 3D Design Software is not the answer to architecture design skills", ...
SketchUp & other 3D Design Software is not the answer to architecture design skills - Part 1
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSketchUp & other 3D Design Software is not the answer to architecture design skills. The underlying message proposed in this podcast...
Design Thesis - What happened before Site Context Specificity Unit?
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA brief explanation of what happened before the few years of the architecture studio program leading to the Site Context Specificity uni...
Architecture Practice: Everything is Personal [Part 2]
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe second part discussion on why everything is personal, in your work and what you do, because professionalism is not a form of detachm...
Architecture Practice: Motivation, Desire and Inspiration
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat motivates a student of architecture to excel? What gives confidence and inspires a student of architecture to be successful in his ...
Architecture Practice: Everything is Personal [Part 1]
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textProfessionalism, if practice as a detached and impersonal service, may not serve its' intended purpose. Therefore, in this candid t...
Architecture Theory: Introduction to Architectural Theorists (Part 2) - Formalism and Space; Modernist
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA series of podcast episodes start with the Introduction to Architectural Theorists, wherein in Part 2, we have the: •Formalism and sp...
Architecture Theory: Introduction to Architectural Theorists (Part 1) - Historical
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA series of podcast episodes start with the Introduction to Architectural Theorists, wherein in Part 1, we have the Historical theoris...
Design with Empathy - Training architects, designers and property developers on accessibility and universal design
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTo design with empathy, there is a need to train the architect, architectural designers, interior designers, property developers, contra...
Architecture Theory: Expressing your feelings into your work
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAlways start with feelings rather than thoughts, as the expression that comes out of feelings in either writing or drawing your ideas wo...
Addressing Assumptions of the Feedback Processes in Studio Based Learning
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn previous podcast episodes, we discussed what happens between the student and tutor in the studio in our interview podcasts, plus the ...
Architecture & Practice: What is Industrial Design?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA quick introduction to what is industrial design quoting from the book "Industrial Design (World of Art) by John Heskett". Th...
Architecture & Disability: STRAMP (Staircase & Ramp combo) are not safe!
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text A critique of a trending design is the STRAMP, a combination of staircase and ramp, designed in a way that is hazardous and dangerous ...
Spirituality and Architecture: Harmony and Balance
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnother special feature commemorating the Month of Ramadan, at the midway point, we ask the question of "mosque architecture" ...
What does Fasting in the Month of Ramadan have to do with Architecture?
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a special edition commemorating the First Day of the Month of Ramadan, where Muslims practice fast from before sunrise to sunset...
Architecture & Practice: The Emergence of the Architecture Anarchist
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe 'architecture anarchist' is a recent trend amongst the young architectural graduates to comment about architecture but wit...
Architecture & Disability: What has Activism have to do with Architecture Practice?
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textArchitecture education is the key factor to making accessibility happen to include all people into mainstream development. This piece di...
How do you integrate theory in studio?
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMy explanation on how we integrate and assess theory in the students assignment and studio work for second year first semester. © 2022...
Architecture Education & Inclusivity: Is it possible to teach a blind person to be an architect? - Part 2
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAs a social entrepreneur, I would like to pose two ideas of which the first one being, whether it is possible to teach a blind person to...
Architecture & Disability: Sensory Design - Part 2
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe discussion continues with two other articles and principles learned from "multisensory" design and approach, and "sen...
Architecture & Disability: Sensory Design - Part 1
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe discussion refers to the "Now concept" episodes and "Architecture and Disability" with reference to a Ted Talk b...
Design Process: The 'Now' Concept on Time and Space - Part 2
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Designing an experience is a unique responsibility of an architect. The theory of phenomenology acknowledges this responsibility b...
Architecture and Practice: Do we need the Portfolio Review [Design Thesis] ? - Part 3
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe final part of the discussion on the assessment and examination processes called the Portfolio Review which is symptomatic of the arc...
Architecture and Practice: Do we need the Portfolio Review? - Part 2
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textContinuing the discussion on the assessment and examination processes called the Portfolio Review which is symptomatic of the architectu...
Architecture and Practice: Do we need the Portfolio Review? - Part 1
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis discussion compares the assessment and examination processes with the AA School of Architecture, and other schools that have terms,...
Design Process: The 'Now' Concept on Time and Space - Part 1
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textViewing from the mental health perspective, including mind, body and soul concept, we ventured into the notion of "time and space&q...
Architecture Practice: A chat on Part 3 (LAM) & finding jobs
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe 1st day Lunar Year chat around the dining table. Four individuals chatting about Part 3 Professional Certification and comparing it ...
The Basics of A School of Architecture - Part 3: Essentials of Practical Training
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhy do we have practical training subjects in architecture schools? In particular to be done traditionally as a "year out" cou...
Architecture Design Problem (Part 4): Designing with Confidence
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA continuation of the informal chat on the first day of the Lunar Year of the Tiger (February 1, 2022) with Kamelia Jambari and Amalina ...
Architecture Design Problem (Part 3): A Conversation with Graduate Architects
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAn informal chat on the first day of the Lunar Year of the Tiger (February 1, 2022) with Kamelia Jambari and Amalina Azizan, where we st...
Architecture Design Problem (Part 2): The Second Year
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe need to be mindful of how the design studio curriculum and the corresponding subjects are set up in the first degree. This podcast ep...
Architecture Design Problem (Part 1): Design Thesis example
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe most complicated project when it comes to identifying the design problems is the design thesis course at the final year of an M Arch...
The Basics of A School of Architecture - Part 2: "How are we teaching sustainability?"
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe second part of our proposal of the Basics of A School of Architecture is on: "How are we teaching sustainability?" I refer...
Architecture & Disability: Design Thinking ideas - Part 2
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSome invaluable insights (from the article with the link below) "Designing with accessibility in mind: a conversation". We c...
The Basics of A School of Architecture - Part 1
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere is a need to address the bias or imbalance in the design of the curriculum in an architecture school in 2022. How are we teaching ...
Architecture & Disability: Design Thinking ideas - Part 1
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat are the biases that we have when finding a solution for a disabled person? Would a physically disabled person be able to work as a ...
Architecture & Practice: Lessons learned from online teaching
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHappy New Year - 2022!In the last 9 weeks, students came back to the campus and tutors conducted hybrid learning with a mixture of onlin...
Architecture & Practice: How to teach architecture
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textUsing my second-year students as an example, I explained how I am teaching my students to design to come up with the scheme. This is the...
Designing for disability helps everyone
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDesigning for disability helps everyoneWe refer to Elise Roy's talks and an article that stated why accessibility is important, not...
Architecture Design: Inclusion & Disability Access - Part 2
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 2 review of an article by Zach Mortice found at the AIA website (American Institute of Architecture), which told a story of the cur...
Architecture Design: International Day for Disabled Persons
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn conjunction with the International Day for Disabled Persons on 3rd December, this is a special podcast focusing on 'what is embr...
Interview with Dr N. Hashim on Genius Loci [The Sense of Place]
03 Dec 2021
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Send us a textWhat happens when an architect meets a biologist and chat about "Genius Loci" [Sense of Place]? However, Dr. N. Hashim has bee...
Architecture Design: Inclusion & Disability Access - Part 1
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis two-part commentary and part review of an article by Zach Mortice found at the AIA website (American Institute of Architecture), te...
Architecture Design: Empathy, Accessibility and Universal Design
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to the 1st in a new series of podcasts on the topic: Architecture Design with Design Empathy, Accessibility, and Universal Desig...
Theory of Architecture: Context first, form later (Part 3) - Why is the student stuck?
15 Nov 2021
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Send us a textReflecting on situations when we encounter the student is stuck and cannot move forward with his design, we ask why? A couple of conclus...
Theory of Architecture: Context first, form later (Part 2) - Context is about people and relationships
08 Nov 2021
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Send us a textYou cannot take out 'people' from the context. Context is arguably very tangible, as we can assume that form is obviously tang...
Theory of Architecture: Context first, form later (Part 1) - Context is about people and relationships
05 Nov 2021
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Send us a textContext is about people and relationships.“The ultimate object of design is form” (Christopher Alexander, 1977). He further stated t...
Theory of Architecture: Context first, form later (An introduction)
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe continue the conversation around this quote:"Design is the Conversation Between Creativity and Context" (Kevin Mark Low (au...
Theory & Practice: How to design for inclusivity? (Part 2)
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDiscussion on how to design for inclusivity, focusing on adaptive re-use and conservation practice, suggesting ways on how to go about t...
Theory of Architecture - Why do we use 'models'? (Part 2)
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe continue with the readings from the next 3 pages of the book entitled: The Model and Its Architecture by Patrick Healy, where he exam...
Theory of Architecture - Why do we use 'models'? (Part 1)
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat are the pre-occupations that the architect has with the model? Is it always to do with depicting exactly what one needs to build? T...
Theory & Practice: How to design for inclusivity? (Part 1)
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textYou would want your design to include as many people as possible, especially if it is a public building. But you do not want to make you...
Theory of Architecture - The need to be engaged
12 Oct 2021
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Send us a textIf students or architecture/graduates are not able to hold a conversation and be engaged with others such as their tutors and peers, the...
Theory of Architecture - The ability to hold a conversation
11 Oct 2021
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Send us a textWhat do you learn in architecture schools nowadays? There are so many things to learn apart from your studio work, you would have a few ...
Theory of Architecture - Why study theory and is it still relevant today?
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe current practice of architecture may not be of concern with the theory of architecture, but more than 2,000 years ago in Rome, the t...
Teaser: Post Podcast Session on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a podcast outlining the questions and discussion points that will be addressed in this session: “Session #1 - School of Archit...
Theory of Architecture - Human Relationship with the Built Environment [Part 2]
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn the second part of a recent podcast in series 6, we continue with the discussion of how the theory of architecture includes the human...
Theory of Architecture - Disability & Access [Part 1]
19 Sep 2021
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Send us a textIn series 6, we continue with the discussion of how the theory of architecture includes the human perspective in terms of "function...
Conversation with Amna A Emir "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2)
17 Sep 2021
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Send us a textConcluding part of the journey: Amna A Emir on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2)Amna relate...
Conversation with Amna A Emir "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 1)
15 Sep 2021
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Send us a textSpecial Guest 2: Amna A Emir on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 1)Amna takes us on a journ...
Teaser: Conversation with Amna A Emir "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTeaser: Our guest for the next interview session on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" will be:Amna...
Conversation with Huat Lim "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2)
11 Sep 2021
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Send us a text"The concluding part, with Huat Lim, AA Dip. The 3rd in our series on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA Schoo...
Conversation with Huat Lim "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 1)
10 Sep 2021
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Send us a textSpecial Guest 1: Huat Lim, AA Dip. The 3rd in our series on "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"All the...
Teaser: Conversation with Huat Lim "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?"
06 Sep 2021
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Send us a textA teaser on the upcoming interview and conversation with Huat Lim, Managing Director of ZLG Design on the topic of "Can Malaysian A...
Conversation with Nur Izzati Mohd Khairan "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2)
06 Sep 2021
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Send us a textConcluding part: Conversation with Nur Izzati Mohd Khairan "Can Malaysian Architecture Schools be like the AA School?" (Part 2...