E20. Intro to Building Design Podcast

On this episode the trio sit down with Adam Wagoner, co-founder and principal of Further Architecture Office. They cover Adam's journey from small town Kansas to practicing architecture all over the world. They also go over why he hopped around from place to place early in his career. Lastly they go over how he finally settled down in Denver and what he plans to do with his new company Further Architecture.

On this episode the trio are joined by Jeff Petersen, creative director at Encite International. He is also a professor at Arapahoe Community College and taught the class that assisted with the rebrand of this podcast. We start off by exploring Jeff’s day to day working in branding as a creative director and talk about his process of working with a company on their branding. They also discuss the classes Jeff teaches and how he became interested in a career in design and branding.

On this episode the trio sit down with Courtney Jaycox, CEO and co-founder of Rebuild team. They talk to her about what lead her to found this company and help those in need after natural disasters. How she is able to help people rebuild or build new homes after natural disasters for affordably and sustainably is also covered. Rebuild team is an LLC and they discuss why she made the change from being a charity to a for profit company. Finally they discuss her future plans with Rebuild team and how she wants it to grow.

On this episode the trio sit down with David Morris, a design principal at The Beck Group in Denver. They discuss his career and how he got to The Beck Group. Then they dive into the world of design build and how they've developed it at The Beck Group. David goes into how they've effectively integrated their contractors into the design process and what it takes to have high quality design work while working as a design build firm.

Welcome to the Building Design Podcast (formerly The All-Nighter Podcast). On the first episode of the rebrand, the trio sit down to discuss the name/brand change of the podcast, where they want the podcast to go, and where they’re at in life.

This is a recorded zoom session from a collaboration between The All-Nighter Podcast and the college of Architecture and Planning at CU Denver. Topics covered include studio experience, what to look for in a college, and going over some fears students may have entering architecture school.

On this episode of the podcast the trio sit down with the founder of Media Objectives at Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Joey Lawton. They talk about Joey's path that led him to experiential branding instead of architecture. Joey explains what experiential branding is and how it connects to architecture. The trio also talk to Joey about the learning curve of getting into a career path he did not initially study in. Finally, they talk about the media company born out of Joey's interest in experiential branding, Media Objectives at Valeria Dewalt Associates.

On this episode of the All-Nighter Podcast, Aaron and Jarrett sit down with Riyazul Samada BinMohammad, founder of RUSBM (Re-Thinking Urban Sustainable Built Masses) Studio. They cover various topics like; what it is like to design buildings in India, how they incorporate sustainability in their designs, bringing in outside professionals to help with sustainability in their designs, psychology in design, and where Riyazul plans to take the firm moving forward.

On this episode Jarrett and Jordan interview Mariana Cabugueira, a Portuguese architect and senior designer at Zaha Hadid Architects. They discuss her experience going through architecture school in Portugal and why she did not fit in in the schools there. Also, they cover how she managed to work at such a prestigious firm without any prior internships or experience. Mariana also discusses why she has started to create her own brand outside of the firm and how she plans to move forward with her own brand. Finally, Mariana asks what the education experience was like for Jarrett and Jordan and how much that differs from what she experienced in Portugal.

On this episode we interview Takbir Fatima, director at Design Aware and Fractal Workshop in Hyderabad, India. We discuss her upbringing and journey into architecture. Takbir also discusses what it is like being an entrepreneur and architect as a women in her country. The we discuss design research and it's importance in conjunction with realization of projects. Takbir ends by speaking to her project featured on Dezeen.