[120] Season 6 Finale, a Moment for Change
What does it mean to be elected the 101st President of AIA National, the largest design organization globally?
On this episode of Practice Disrupted, co-host Je’Nen Chastain interviews fellow co-host Evelyn Lee in her first interview after being elected the 101st President of AIA National in 2025 and why they see this election as a moment of change within the profession.
[111] – Practice with Purpose, A Guide to Mission-Driven Design
How can architects address some of society’s most urgent challenges?
Written by LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects, “Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission Driven Design” is about designing buildings beyond their property lines to address some of society’s most urgent challenges: the climate emergency, racial and ethnic injustice, chronic homelessness, educational crises, and the preservation of the embodied carbon and culture of existing buildings
[109] – Architecture is Political Crossover
About the Episode About the Episode How is architecture political? This week we are joined by Melissa R. Daniel, a fellow podcaster and creator of Architecture is Political, a podcast where black and brown folks have a conversation about architecture. In launching and developing her podcast, she shares her story of growing up in Tyler […]
[106] – Open Architecture Collaborative Pathways to Equity
Open Architecture Collaborative is a global learning community mobilizing architects, designers, and a diverse range of professionals who shape the built environment with technical skills to build capacity with communities experiencing systemic racism and marginalization.
Pathways to Equity is a design leadership experience for social equity.
[104] – Empowering Student Voices, Ideas, & Actions
What is the AIAS, and how are they advancing leadership, design, and service among architecture students? This week we speak with the 2022-2023 National President and Vice President of the AIAS to learn more about their work and what is top mind for their members.
Branded Episode: NCARB and the Future of Practice
How is NCARB addressing industry change and transformation?
In this bonus episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain sit down with Patricia Ramallo and Jared N. Zurn, AIA, NCARB of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) to learn how NCARB is responding to wide-reaching industry change and transformation.
[100] – Best of Practice Disrupted
How has Practice Disrupted grown and evolved over 100 episodes?
Co-hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain celebrate the 100th episode of Practice Disrupted by revisiting their favorite past episodes, some of the most popular episodes, and listener favorites.
[099] – Critiquing Architecture School
About the Episode About the Episode What is the present-day student perspective of architecture school? In his docuseries, Critiquing Architecture School, Alvin Zhu captures what it’s like being in architecture school one semester at a time. Along the way, he is also collecting the voices and experiences of his classmates who are all attending the University […]
[097] – EntreArchitect Annual Meeting Recap
In November 2022, the EntreArchitect Community came together for the very first time in Austin, Texas.
[095] – Voices of Mothers in Practice
What can architecture firms do to support mothers who are working in practice? Leaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on their identity between practice and motherhood.