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Archinect Sessions

A biweekly discussion of pressing architecture news and issues, hosted by Paul Petrunia, Donna Sink, and Ken Koense.

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Mental Health in Architecture

Mental Health in Architecture

This week Ken, Donna and I are joined by architect and writer Esther Sperber to discuss the very real and serious issue ... Read more

11 May 2018

54mins

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Session 14: His bjark is BIGger than his bjite—A chat with Bjarke Ingels at the opening of BIG's "Hot to Cold" exhibition

Session 14: His bjark is BIGger than his bjite—A chat with Bjarke Ingels at the opening of BIG's "Hot to Cold" exhibition

This episode is a doozy. Paul and Amelia left the temperate sunshine of Los Angeles for Washington, DC's frigid monument... Read more

29 Jan 2015

1hr 32mins

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The BIG Abstract

The BIG Abstract

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've already heard about Abstract, Netflix's incredible new documentary series... Read more

17 Feb 2017

39mins

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Make it Rain

Make it Rain

This week on the podcast, Julia Ingalls joins us to discuss the byzantine considerations behind how architects charge fo... Read more

14 Jul 2016

26mins

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Paulette Singley helps us understand 'How to Read Architecture'

Paulette Singley helps us understand 'How to Read Architecture'

Today Donna, Ken and I are joined by Paulette Singley. Paulette is a respected architectural historian, educator and aut... Read more

6 Mar 2020

59mins

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Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 1/6

Conversations with the Architecture Community, Part 1/6

Today's installment of Archinect Sessions introduces the first of six episodes sharing conversations we've had with arch... Read more

5 May 2020

55mins

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Radical Candor

Radical Candor

This week Ken, Donna and I talk about some topics in recent architecture news, along with a little discussion about deal... Read more

12 Apr 2018

1hr 13mins

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Archinect Sessions Episode 100 with Steven Holl

Archinect Sessions Episode 100 with Steven Holl

This week, for our 100th episode of Archinect Sessions, we are excited to share our conversation with Archinect favorite... Read more

13 Apr 2017

46mins

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ZHA after Zaha

ZHA after Zaha

The sudden death of Dame Zaha Hadid could not also mean the end of Zaha Hadid Architects. With major projects still ongo... Read more

21 Apr 2016

52mins

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Archinect Sessions XS: 2015 Predictions

Archinect Sessions XS: 2015 Predictions

This week, with the encroaching holiday craziness picking up steam, we're releasing a mini-version of Archinect Sessions... Read more

18 Dec 2014

15mins

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Olson Kundig's Alan Maskin on Icons and Architecture for Children

Olson Kundig's Alan Maskin on Icons and Architecture for Children

This week Ken and I are joined by Alan Maskin, partner and co-owner of Seattle-based Olson Kundig. Alan shares his story... Read more

30 Apr 2019

1hr 10mins

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Aggregating Architectures

Aggregating Architectures

This week we talk with Jonathan Massey, the new Dean at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and... Read more

14 Sep 2017

56mins

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Architecture - Tools of Capital: Iconic, Boring, and for the Happy Few

Architecture - Tools of Capital: Iconic, Boring, and for the Happy Few

This week, Donna and Ken are joined by Indianapolis Architect and ARE Sketches author, Lora Teagarden. Lora is an archit... Read more

23 Nov 2017

1hr 4mins

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Fear of Commitment

Fear of Commitment

On this week's show, Archinect Sessions episode 124, Ken and Donna look back at this year's AIA National Convention in N... Read more

13 Jul 2018

1hr 4mins

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The Haves and the Have Nots

The Haves and the Have Nots

As last week's episode was taken up by Pritzker-hooplah, this episode takes a look back at the major news items of the l... Read more

21 Jan 2016

50mins

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A Bit of Nervousness

A Bit of Nervousness

Last Thursday, Great Britain voted to leave the European Union, with a margin of 52% to 48%. The result was a huge surpr... Read more

30 Jun 2016

25mins

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Queer Space, After Pulse

Queer Space, After Pulse

In light of the recent killing of 49 people at Pulse, a gay night club in Orlando known to many as a center for Queer an... Read more

23 Jun 2016

39mins

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Session 15: Let's be Frank: A conversation with Aaron Betsky, incoming Dean at Taliesin

Session 15: Let's be Frank: A conversation with Aaron Betsky, incoming Dean at Taliesin

It seems as if the tumult and intrigue that ran through Frank Lloyd Wright's life has lived on at Taliesin. After being ... Read more

5 Feb 2015

1hr 32mins

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Better than SimCity

Better than SimCity

Closing out August's special theme of Games, we're joined this week by Quilian Riano to talk through all the ways games ... Read more

1 Sep 2016

37mins

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Architecture & Film

Architecture & Film

On this week's show we talk to Kogonada, the writer and director of the critically-acclaimed film Columbus, and Kyle Ber... Read more

31 Aug 2017

57mins

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