Archispeak

By Evan Troxel & Cormac PhalenBusiness Technology Arts Careers Design

Archispeak episodes

September 12, 2022 #276 - Quiet Quitting
Topic
We discuss the latest news on the #quietquitting trend, the architectural response to the subject, under-living and overworking, and more.
Links
Quiet Quitting (New York Times)
EntreArchitect Facebook Community
EntreArchitect community quiet quitting discussion
Innovation Theater
Deltek sucks
TikTok video about making paper (on Evan’s Twitter)
Work/life/work balance by Andrew Maynard (ArchDaily)
34 min
September 05, 2022 #275 - The Waffling is Real
Topic
After discussing how there’s no shortage of things to be responsible for when adulting, we answer more listener questions regarding graduate school and licensure while throwing our personal experience into the mix.
Link
Friend of the show Cherise Lakeside, FSCI on Twitter
38 min
August 29, 2022 #274 - Tyranny of the Green Light
What does the little green status light next to your name signal? In this episode we get into expectations and conditioning, time management, discipline, and saying yes versus no in the always-on work environment.
31 min
August 22, 2022 #273 - Know Anyone Interested?
Topic
A conversation about the current state of the architectural job market, a critique of the lackluster listings firms use to “attract talent”, and more.
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31 min
August 15, 2022 #272 - Play the Game
We answer questions from an incoming architecture student about, well, all kinds of things. What should one do before beginning an architectural education? In addition to “everything”, what should one pay extra attention to in school? What should one study on their own time? What is the process of getting licensed in multiple states?
47 min
August 08, 2022 #271 - The Upstairs Boat
We discuss some recent adventures in home ownership and compare notes on a list of places we have and haven’t been to from an architectural perspective.
57 min
August 01, 2022 #270 - Exhaustion Brought A Friend
Topic
We do a debrief on the AIA National Conference on Architecture in Chicago both as an a attendee and as an exhibitor, what it was like being in the presence of our people again, thoughts about cities and their intersection with “the conference”, health outcomes from the conference (yep), and a quick tour of some Frank Lloyd Wright projects (because when in Rome/Oak Park…).
Links
Branch Technology
Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright
Oak Park, Illinois projects by FLW
Hollyhock House by FLW (Wikipedia)
Ennis House by FLW (Wikipedia)
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1 hr 2 min
June 20, 2022 #269 - Architecture is Hard
Topic
What lies beneath the surface of a seemingly simple project, that once built, doesn’t perform as required? We also get into the common request for projects to be “future proofed” by clients because why not? These are just some of the things that are part of the day-to-day of an architect.
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57 min
June 13, 2022 #268 - Hollow Words
Topic
A conversation about architects, school design, funding, symptoms versus sources of problems, and gun policy in America.
Links
AIA Statement: This is a time of reflection
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (The Onion)
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48 min
June 06, 2022 #267 - Global Repository of Nonexistent Information
Topic
Topics: SpaceX’s Starlink roaming internet service for the ability to truly work from anywhere and we dig into a listener email about mentoring in the adjacent industry of environmental design in game development.
Links
Starlink
Starlink Portability for RV’s
Graphic Standards website
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51 min

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Archispeak is one of architecture's longest-running podcasts — 383 episodes of honest, unfiltered conversation about what it's actually like to work in the profession. Since 2012, architects Evan Troxel and Cormac Phalen have been exploring design, career, firm culture, tools, work/life balance, mentoring, generational differences, and job hunting — everything that comes with building a life in architecture.