[231] Work for What’s Next: ThinkLab’s Amanda Schneider on the 10 Shifts Reshaping Practice
About the Episode About the Episode If workplace culture is failing, are we brave enough to use Gen Z as the prototype for what comes next? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Amanda Schneider, the founder and president of ThinkLab, joins host Evelyn Lee to discuss her transition from a “designer by degree” to a […]
[230] Claiming the Room: How FORA Built a Business Architects Kept Walking Past
About the Episode About the Episode How much of what architects claim they value actually shows up in how they practice, especially when it comes to community engagement? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, host Evelyn Lee is joined by the leadership team from Architects Fora: Leah Alissa Bayer (President), Kate Conley and Sarah Vaccaro […]
[229] Amortizing Your Value: A New Model for How Architects Add Value
About the Episode About the Episode What happens when an architect’s greatest professional success is making themselves completely irrelevant to their own firm? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, host Evelyn Lee is joined by William H Dodge, founder and design principal at p-u-b-l-i-c, whose career trajectory defies every standard industry norm. From moving to […]
[228] Architecture, Innovation, and What the Built Environment Needs to Learn
About the Episode About the Episode Are architects going to figure out startups first, or will startups figure out architecture first? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, host Evelyn Lee is joined by Bryan Boyer, founding director of the Bachelor of Science in Urban Technology at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College and Faculty Director […]
[227] Beyond the Tools: What It Actually Takes to Build a Digital Practice
About the Episode About the Episode Why does the architecture profession have a technology adoption problem that has almost nothing to do with technology? This week on Practice Disrupted, Evelyn sits down with Melvin Williams III, a Digital Practice Leader at HKS, to explore the underlying machinery of firm transformation. Melvin shares his unconventional path […]
[226] From the Inside Out: Larry Sass on Digital Fabrication, AI, and Architecture’s Next Chapter
About the Episode About the Episode How can architects move beyond the traditional service model and embrace a future where they build products instead of just selling hours? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee is joined by Larry Sass, a Professor of Architecture at MIT and lead of the Design Fabrication Group. Larry […]
[225]Small Firm, Big Commitment: Rethinking How Architecture Invests in Diverse Talent
About the Episode About the Episode What does it look like when a firm stops just talking about diversity and starts building a tangible pathway for the next generation of architects? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee is joined by Leah Alissa Bayer, founding principal of Architects Fora, and Gabriella Vaz de Freitas, the firm’s Technology Lead and a former recipient of the “FORAship.” Leah shares how her fully […]
[224] The Architecture of Systems: Building a Self-Running Firm
How can better business systems protect your firm’s profitability and your sanity?
In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee is joined by Darguin Fortuna, founding principal of Flow Design Architects and chair of the AIA Small Firm Exchange. Darguin shares his incredible journey from moving to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 2010, learning English while working night shifts at Wendy’s, to passing all six ARE exams in just over a year and earning his license the same day his daughter was born.
[223] Architect, And: Joann Lui on Matcha, Marketing, and the Portfolio Career
In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee sits down with Joann Lui, an architect-turned-entrepreneur who is redefining what a career in architecture can look like. Joann shares her journey from traditional practice at Gensler to content marketing for tech startups like Monograph and Testfit, and reveals her latest venture: co-founding OIKA, a matcha company that has become the largest matcha refinery in the United States.
[222] Telling Architecture’s Story Differently
About the Episode About the Episode Can a 60-Second video change who enters the architecture profession? In this episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee sits down with Gabriella Bermea, a Senior Associate at Perkins Eastman and the voice behind the growing social media platform “Architect Big Sis.” Together, they explore the power of storytelling outside […]