[089] – Entrepreneurship in Practice: Taking Risks to Create Value
What does it take to launch, build, and grow an architecture firm?
This week we interview the founding principal of brick. Rob Zirkle and the managing director of business management, Lynn Chock.
[088] – Latina Voices in Practice
“Why is it that the largest community of color within the US still makes up such a small percentage of the profession?” ~ACSA Hispanic & Latinx in Architecture
Four leaders in the profession share their diverse perspectives on race, equity, and architecture.
Practice Disrupted is committed to elevating conversations on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion to teach, empower, and build greater awareness across the industry. Building from prior diversity conversations, this week we learn about Hispanic & Latinx in Architecture.
[087] – Designing New Workplace Policies
If you launched an architecture firm with the goal of designing workplace policies above and beyond the baseline, what would those policies look like?
This week we discover how the desire to lead with better policies informed the creation of Saam Architecture, a mid-size practice based in Boston.
[086] – A Large Firm Perspective on Innovation & Transformation: CannonDesign
How do large firms think about innovation and transformation within the industry, and where are they investing next? We interview CannonDesign’s CEO, Brad Lukanic, AIA, to talk with him about big moves they’ve made in the past four years to stay relevant as the world changes.
[085] – A Case Study for Practice: Latent Design
How do you build an architecture practice that reaches beyond projects to further impact policy, culture, and community?
Latent Design is a progressive Chicago-based architecture firm working at the intersection of design and community development to create social, economic and environmental impact.
[084] – Understanding the Architecture Labor Movement
About the Episode About the Episode Who is the Architectural Workers United? The Architectural Workers United is organizing towards making architecture more equitable, the profession more just, and our built environment more resilient. Join us as we interview Andrew Daley (AWU, organizer) and Jess Myers (RISD, faculty) to learn more about the architectural labor movement, unions, and the history […]
[083] – Lessons from Practice Disrupted on Navigating Change
About the Episode About the Episode After four seasons of Practice Disrupted, what lessons on navigating change have we learned from past guests of the show? Practice Disrupted was launched during the pandemic as a niche podcast: leaders who believe architects can practice in new ways and some who are even willing to question the […]
[082] – Career Pivots
In this week’s episode, we interview Tenille Bettenhausen, a Success Manager at Microdesk who has worn many different hats over time. Her path was not necessarily linear, but she has carved out a career that adapted to her changing priorities throughout life.
[081] – Season 5 Launch: AIA Conference on Architecture Recap
Welcome back to season 5 of Practice Disrupted!
To celebrate a new season, co-hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain take you behind the scenes to the AIA Conference on Architecture. Following two years of waiting for large-scale in-person events to resume, the AIA welcomed its membership back by hosting a premiere conference experience against the striking architectural skyline of Chicago.
[080] – Season 4 Finale with Madame Architect
Why is visibility of female leadership important in the profession of architecture?
While the seeming lack of women in architecture has been well-documented, women are, and have been, making waves in all levels of the field.