#397 - Drafting Was Never the Job
A look back at the '90s, from Nirvana and Napster to car stereos worth more than the car, turns into a look forward at what AI leaves for ar...
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What’s it really like to work in architecture? The hosts of Archispeak know, and they’re here to share real life experiences. Since 2012 Evan Troxel, Neal Pann, and Cormac Phalen have been p...
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20 of 396 episodes#396 - Don't Judge Yourself by the Wrapper
Evan and Cormac dig into how Lawrence Tech's architecture studio is evolving its comprehensive design curriculum in real time, and why build...
#395 - Thermal Reactive Umbrella
Some weeks the conversation just goes where it goes. Evan and Cormac spend this one reading Wikipedia and AI overviews at each other in real...
#394 - Your Architecture Degree Isn't A Dead End
What do you do when you finish six years of architecture school, land in the profession, and realize none of it speaks to you? Evan and Corm...
#393 - We Ceded This to the Contractors
Evan and Cormac dig into why architects deliberately stop detailing at "design intent" instead of shop-drawing level, and how that decision...
#392 - Your Favorite Building Looks Like a Parking Garage
Evan and Cormac catch up on Cormac's 6,800-mile road trip from Detroit to the AIA National Convention in San Diego with his daughter, built...
#391 - A Builder’s Life Done Well with David Prutting
David Prutting joins Evan and Cormac to talk about what 50 years of building high-end contemporary homes has taught him about the relationsh...
#390 - From Idea to Execution: Heliomorphism
Sven Shockey, FAIA joins Evan and Cormac to talk about Virginia Tech Academic Building One — a 300,000-square-foot computer science and comp...
#389 - I Want To See Tears
A van conversion project that was supposed to take three days is now four months in and an eighth of the way done. Evan and Cormac dig into...
#388 - Frank Lloyd Wright Lemonade
Cormac spent last week driving from Detroit to Baltimore for a punch review, then north to a factory two hours outside Toronto to inspect re...
#387 - The Walmart Greeter of Architecture
Five years into one project. Ten into another. Three principals retired before the second one wrapped. Evan and Cormac dig into what long-du...
#386 - If not me, then who?
Ten years into a $600M research laboratory project, Cormac reflects on what it actually means to see a complex build through to the end — th...
#385 - Why Architects Can't Say No
Cormac spent twelve hours trying to send one email. Evan has seventeen apps open at all times. This week they trace the architecture of mode...
#384 - The AI and Expertise Paradox, with Chris Parsons
Architecture firms are adopting AI faster than they're building the expertise to judge it. In this episode, we explore the AI and expertise...
#383 - Why We Still Love This Profession
In this episode of Archispeak, we catch up after Evan’s trip to New York City and the AECtech conference, where he moderated a panel with de...
#382 - AI, Meetings, and the Architecture Grind
In this episode of Archispeak, we pull back the curtain on what modern practice actually feels like when AI, meetings, and the architecture...
#381 - Anthony Laney on Craft, Clarity, and the Definition of Home
In this episode of Archispeak, we sit down with architect Anthony Laney to explore the ideas behind his new book, Poetics of Home . We talk...
#380 - The Vibe
In this episode of Archispeak, we talk about that elusive quality that aligns people with great art (and spaces)—but this time through the l...
#379 - Step Back to Move the Work Forward
In this episode we discuss how taking a step back from work leads to better architecture. We talk about concrete ways to break free from con...
#378 - Misalignments of Rigor
In this episode of Archispeak, we trade fresh field notes from Cormac’s latest midwestern architecture road trip and wrestle with the title...