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This interview was done for the AIA California Housing Forum, of which I was the Chair of the Committee : Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter is an architect, educator, and design consultant specializing in the building envelope and the experimental architectural use of glass. She is Dean of the School of Architecture at Woodbury University and has taught at Yale, Cornell, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, and SCI-Arc. Ingalill also serves as Director of WUHO, the Woodbury University Hollywood gallery, a venue for exhibitions, installations, and public dialogue, and serves on the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Advisory Board.

In partnership with Roland Wahlroos-Ritter, her architectural practice WROAD, navigates transdisciplinary territory in the diverse type and scale of projects. She has collaborated on multiple award-winning projects including as façade consultant on Bloom with DoSu Architects, the Portland Aerial Tramway with AGPS, the Centre Pompidou exhibition Continuities of the Incomplete with Morphosis, and as project architect for the Corning Museum of Glass with Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects.

Link to Blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2019/03/aia-california-housing-forum1-interview.html

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This interview was done after the KBIS/IBS Show in 2019, with Andrew Hawkins, AIA is the president + principal architect of Hawkins Architecture in College Station, Texas. The firm focuses on education and civic projects across the state. Andrew operates
his practice in an atmosphere of collaboration and learning believing that both are equally important
to a successful firm. He has written articles for AIA National, Texas Architect Magazine, and various
architectural websites and is active in the AIA at all levels. Andrew believes in sustainable design, technology in practice and the power of thoughtful architecture.  Andrew is also a co-host of "Life of an Architect Podcast" with Bob Borson,
Link to  "Life of an Architect" Podcast


Link to blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2019/03/kbis-ibs-2019-interview-with-andrew.html

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This interview is with Tim Martin of Martin Architecture in Carlsbad, California, the third in a series of AIA CRAN Symposium Cincinnati that I attended.
Tim Martin founded Martin Architecture in 2004. With over 25 years of experience designing and managing custom home projects, he puts the highest standard of care in his designs, the execution of his projects and his relationships with his clients. Prior to moving to the San Diego area in 1985, Tim received his architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati and worked in firms in Ohio, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri. He is licensed in California and Indiana.

Whether a new home, a renovation and addition, or historic restoration, Martin Architecture strives to produce homes which fit within the fabric of the community and are admired for their scale and well crafted detail.

Link to blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/12/cran-custom-residential-architecture.html

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This interview is with architect Marilyn Moedinger, AIA during the AIA (American Institute of Architects)  CRAN (Custom Residential Architecture Network) Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio in Fall of 2018.

MARILYN W. MOEDINGER, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
PRINCIPAL

Marilyn is the founding principal of Runcible Studios. Like the runcible spoon, she is happiest operating at the seam[s] between practicality and whimsy, utility and beauty, the esoteric and the mundane.

She previously practiced architecture at Utile, Inc. in Boston, and worked as a construction project manager, contractor, and estimator in Charlottesville, VA. She has also taught design studios, construction detailing, and theory courses at Boston Architectural College and Wentworth Institute of Technology, and was the Director of Practice Instruction and Community Engagement Projects at the BAC, where she directed nearly 80 student-led projects.  She has lectured on her research and/or been a guest critic at Northeastern University, University of Virginia, UC Berkeley, Harvard GSD, Elon University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and University of Cincinnati, as well as various architecture and design firms in Boston and nationally.

She is a Chair of the Advisory Board for Northeastern University’s NuLawLab, and a weekly volunteer at MSPCA Boston Adoption Center.

She earned a BS in Architecture, BA in History, and an M.Arch from University of Virginia, where she won several awards for her teaching and academic work. Marilyn was the 2010 recipient of the SOM Prize. [View the resulting book here.]

Link to Blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2019/01/cran-symposium-2018-wrap-up-interview.html

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This interview was done during the AIA (American Institute of Architects)  CRAN (Custom Residential Architecture Network) Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio in Fall of 2018


From his website:

ROBERT SWINBURNE AIA of Bluetime Collaborative

Was a mediocre student in high school.

Bob's grades were fine and he was a band geek but he was too busy reading, drawing and building things to bother studying. During the summer in Harrison, Maine he worked for one of those people who could do anything. Bob didn't learn to do everything but he learned a lot.

After a few false starts at college Bob found architecture school and it was good.  Time consuming and expensive, but good.

After graduation, Bob headed for the hills of Vermont, worked for several architectural firms and spent six years as a carpenter before becoming a licensed architect and starting this firm.

Bob lives in Halifax, Vermont in a little house with a big barn, lots of woods, a wife, two kids and assorted animals.  He takes off into the woods everyday with the K-9 patrol.

Lots of people think Bob is a pretty good architect. 

Link to the Blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/10/cran-custom-residential-architecture.html

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Episode 5 is an Interview with the Archispeak Podcast Crew of Neal Pann, Cormac Phalen and Evan Troxel, at the CONSTRUCT Conference in Long Beach, California in Fall 2018. (Please excuse the background noise, because we were in the banquet room). After we rearranged the stage with furniture, we found the time to do the first part and finished up afterwards before Neal had to catch a flight back to Northern California. 

Neal A. Pann, AIA, LEED AP

Neal Pann is an alumna of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California with over 30 years 

of architectural experience in the design and production of residential and commercial projects throughout the 

San Francisco Bay Area. He is a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional that has worked on a variety of residential project types from single and multifamily homes, affordable housing, some commercial tenant improvements and forward planning (final maps, improvement plans, landscape and architectural approvals) plus the design and construction of his own house. In addition to practicing architecture, Neal is involved in the local community, created and co-hosts the Archispeak Podcast. 

Evan Troxel, AIA 

Evan is a Senior Designer, Associate Principal, and Director of Digital Practice at HMC Architects. (Now on his own with TECT, an app that plans on revolutionizing the materials rep industry. 
He’s a maker, 

problem-solver, author, blogger, podcaster, father, adventurer—he never slows down and is a true lifelong 

learner. He is forever curious and always testing and adopting new concepts and technologies to work smarter. 

Cormac Phalen 

Cormac Phalen, located in the Washington DC area, is an alumnus of Auburn University with over 20 years of 

architectural experience in a variety of building types ranging from recreation, educational and commercial 

projects that spans up and down the east coast. In addition to practicing architecture, as a combat veteran of the 

US Army, Cormac is involved with veteran charity organizations and is one of the co-hosts of the Archispeak 

Podcast. 

Link to the blog: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/10/archispeak-interview-at-construct2018.html

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This is the 4th episode of the podcast and final from the AIA NYC Conference.
Dallas architect Bob Borson, FAIA, is widely recognized as the blogger behind Life of an Architect—one of the world’s most popular architectural blogs. As an emerging voice within the architectural community, he has bridged the gap and engaged multiple generations of architects and architectural enthusiasts by sharing his personal experiences, professional practice tips, and anecdotes on what it’s like to work with and be an architect.

Bob was the Dallas AIA “Young Architect of the Year” in 2009, received the Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Architecture through the Media from the Texas Society of Architects in 2015, and was elevated to a Fellow with the AIA in 2017.  A former partner with Malone Maxwell Borson Architects, he is now a Principal and a Senior Project Designer at BOKA Powell. – a Dallas-based architectural firm where he leads the single family residential design studio.


Link to the blog: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/07/aiacon18-32-post-conference.html

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This is the third podcast episode with Mark R. LePage is an architect in New York and the founder of EntreArchitect and a partner in the firm of Fivekat Studio Architects wih his wife, Annmarie McCarthy. EntreArchitect is a community of Sharing, Support and Encouragement for Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects and has a podcast with EntreAchitect which interviews architects and others who have support systems for Architecture.  Check out his many podcasts (there is even one with me) and The EntreArchitect Facebook Community which has reached 3,000 members. I want to thank the EntreArchitect and Charette Ventures for their great Party on Pier 66 and because we were so busy during the conference, I am not actually in this interview but Mark  is answering the four questions.

"I think that the future of architecture, especially for small firms, is remote and integrated out  lives is becoming integrated our lives are becoming more integrated, the future of small firms are the remote studios with remote teams  our workplaces are becoming more remote, the large firms are the evolution of the studios, that they will grow from these remote studios to these physical offices
one aspect of the future of architecture, artificial intelligence and VR are absolutely here as well and are changing the architecture world...
Love. Learn. Share.
This is the answer to all of our problems, really care about one another, even if you don't agree with them, understand them., love them, not in the fluffy way, but truly love them.
when you have a question, go and learn the answer, when you have an interest, go learn everything about that interest
that leads me to share after you get that information, share it. share your knowledge with hundreds or thousands of other people like in the EntreArchitect community..."
be conscious of that and share those three words with someone else..."

Postscript: The EntreArchitect Community and "Context and Clarity" (an online forum that was started on April 6, 2020 to connect architects and affiliates during the pandemic is also on many social media venues:


Link to the blog post:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/07/aiacon18-day-31.html

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The second of my podcast Interviews is with Lora Teagarden of RATIO Architects. The interview took place  during the AIA Conference in New York City in June 2018.
Lora Teagarden of RATIO Architects, Vice Chair of AIA Young Architects Forum (YAF), L2Design, LLC and author, #ArchiTalks Facilitator
"The future of architecture is ever evolving or at least it should be...
In YAF every five years we are looking at stategic planning... and moving forward we are looking at practice innovation...
How do we create equitable practice, because it is clearly something that we need to reorganize, how do you potentially create new business revenues, because currently architects are only thriving when their clients are building, so how do you create options where you can thrive in the lulls and that definately is something that we are invested in as a part of the future of architecture..."

Link to blog post: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/06/aiacon18-day-2.html

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The first of my podcast Interviews is with Vishaan Chakrabarti, FAIA of PAU.  The interview took place at his office during the AIA Conference in New York City in June 2018.
Vishaan Chakrabarti of PAU: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism
and professor at Columbia University
"Architecture is more relevant today than it has ever been...
It is both a mirror and a window into the challenges that society faces at any given time...
We are at a moment of great relevance, the thing that we have to be careful of is that we are not just talking to other architects but to political leadership and people who have control over how people use the spaces..."

Link to blog post:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2018/06/aiacon18-day-1.html

Link to MGHarchitect: MIchele Grace Hottel, Architect website for scheduling a consultation for an architecture and design project and guest and podcast sponsorship opportunities:

https://www.mgharchitect.com/