Jason takes his Contractor Licensing Exam and shares his results and experience. Dimitrius adds in some of his past experience with professional licensing exams.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Stroll in the Park," by [ocean jams]

Rafe Churchill, co-founder and creative director of Hendricks Churchill, an architecture and interior design firm based in Sharon, Connecticut hangs out and we chat about various areas of his business. We discuss a few of his projects, staffing - old school classicist and young modernist, architecture influenced by art, capturing the essence of a historic style, and more.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Still Trying," by Dylan Sitts

Andreia Teixeira, Project Director at SHoP Architects joins us to discuss urban parks, Santiago Metropolitan Park in Chile, and SHoP's East River Waterfront project, an industrial shoreline project in Lower Manhattan, New York that was converted into an urban park.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

History - "Hardware Mayhem," by Marten Moses, "Where the River Takes You," by Leimoti, and "Woke," by SINY

Outro - "Still Trying," by Dylan Sitts

Album artwork:

Photo courtesy of SHoP Architects

Jason and Dimitrius chat about the mental and emotional roller coaster that is 2020, and share some personal and internet tips on how to push through.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Still Trying," by Dylan Sitts

Puneet Comar, friend of the show and co-founder of X Engineering & Consulting, a civil engineering and land development consulting group based in Orange County, California, rejoins us to discuss his company and unique aspects of delivering high quality service to clients.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Remember These Days," by Matt Large

Jason and Dimitrius discuss what the future of the industry could look like in regards to digital vs paper usage in design, submittals, coordination, construction, and construction administration.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Remember These Days," by Matt Large

Marian Rafael, co-founder of One to One Displays in Melbourne, Australia, joins the show to discuss her company, a floor plan visualization business and facility that projects your floor plans and elevations in 1:1 scale, to help you understand the scale and feel of your building in real life.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Perfect Time," by Toby Tranter

This is the one stop shop for everything you need to know about shipping container buildings. Mark Oberholzer, architect and Associate Principal at KTGY joins us to discuss shipping container buildings and his project Hope on Alvarado, a shipping container building for modern and affordable transitional housing on Alvarado street in Los Angeles for the homeless population.

Amanda Gattenby, VP of Development at CRATE Modular also shares her expertise to provide insight into the manufacturing of containers for construction.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

History - "Leaping Ideas," by August Wilhelmsson, "Frozen in Time," by Kikoru, and "Looking Back Through Time," by Kikoru

Outro - "Perfect Time," by Toby Tranter

Album artwork:

Rendering from KTGY

Jason and Dimitrius discuss the difficult decision to turn down work, some things to look for before working with a client, and opportunities to salvage a job... if you choose to.

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Perfect Time," by Toby Tranter

Niall Patrick Walsh, architectural designer for Building Design Partnership (BDP), creator of Architecture Words, and co-founder of Bubble Futures Platform, joins the show to discuss what he's up to.

With him being an architectural designer, writer, entrepreneur, and former Senior Editor at ArchDaily, we covered a lot - opportunities for the future of the architectural profession, visionary thinking in architecture, managing a full and diverse workload, writing, and much more!

Show Music:

Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Keep It," by Dylan Sitts