🏆 The Whitney M. Young Jr. Award celebrates architects and organizations tackling vital challenges: affordable housing, inclusiveness, universal access. Meet RIDING THE VORTEX's talented women, sharing inspiring stories on boosting diversity among licensed architects nationwide.

Join us in celebration as Practice Disrupted surpasses 30k unique listeners in six seasons. We're grateful for our incredible community's unwavering support and continuous downloads. Season 7 starts in August, promising more captivating episodes for an exciting future ahead!

Last year, we had the privilege of engaging with four distinguished leaders in architecture during National Hispanic Heritage Month. Their invaluable insights on race, equity, and architecture offered diverse perspectives.

Supporting working mothers in architecture firms: Hear diverse perspectives from industry leaders on juggling practice and motherhood. Explore experiences of working mothers at different career stages, raising children of all ages, and uncover hidden realities they face.

Celebrate Practice Disrupted's 3rd birthday with Season 7 launch! Co-hosts Evelyn Lee & Je’Nen Chastain chat with Joann Lui of Women Architects Collective for an Ask Me Anything session. Dive into MBA journeys, AIA engagement, cross-industry learnings & advice for younger selves.

Explore crafting a purpose-driven architecture management consulting business with co-hosts Evelyn Lee & Je’Nen Chastain. They chat about their architectural connection, Je’Nen's entrepreneurial journey, and Apostrophe Consulting's impact.

How has the MIT School of Architecture and Planning driven innovation and influenced alternative career paths for students in the field? 🎧 Episode 123 is now available on your favorite podcasting platform.

How can we better support the mental health of architects and designers? Evelyn and Je’Nen sit down with Joann Lui, licensed architect turned-marketer + founder of the Women Architects Collective, to discuss how she transitioned from architecture into marketing for tech startups

How do you redefine what a 21st-century architecture firm looks like and how it operates? Join us this week as Leah Alissa Bayer, Sarah Vaccaro, and Kate Conley of Architects FORA, a 100% woman-owned design firm, dive into their journey.

In this episode, we meet some of the individuals who gathered for the fifth annual NCARB Scholars in Professional Practice at Ball State University CAP:INDY. We hear participants’ takeaways & explore a range of perspectives from educators, NCARB staff, & facilitators.

How do you shape the next chapter of an established firm, while leading a “practice into perpetuity”? Tune in for a conversation with Jenna Knudsen, Managing Principal at CO Architects, who we connected with at this year’s AIA Conference on Architecture (A’23).

How do you transform interests into a specialized niche and trailblaze a non-linear path? On this episode, we sit down with Dena Prastos AIA, waterfront architect w/ a background in civil engineering and Founder & CEO of Indigo River, a women-owned transdisciplinary design firm.

How do architectural design decisions create physical symbols that tear down social barriers and inequities? On this episode of Practice Disrupted, we interview Olivia Asuncion, AIA, a Project Architect at Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, & advocate for individuals with disabilities.

What are specific strategies architects and designers can implement to support their mental health? We’ve selected five mental health topics that commonly relate to the practice of architecture: identity, perfectionism, stress + anxiety, burnout, and coping strategies.

How do you utilize technology to make good design efficient and accessible for everyone? On this episode, we sit down with Alma Lopez, Head of Creative at CANOA, and Elizabeth (Liz) Wert, Head of Brand at CANOA, an AI-assisted collaborative online tool for designers.

How does a desire to make a difference bring visibility to underserved and marginalized students, and future practitioners?

How does architecture support a CEO stepping out and into a specialized tech start-up space? On this episode of Practice Disrupted, we sit down with Zach Soflin, AIA, the Founder and CEO of Layer, the first and only flexible and mobile-friendly building management software.

Join us in celebrating another milestone! Practice Disrupted surpassed 40k unique listeners after 7 seasons. ⁠ We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our incredible community and are excited for a future of more ideas, innovation, and thoughts as SEASON 8 kicks off next week!

As the Lunar New Year brings in new beginnings, we present to you:⁠ ✅️A fresh look ⁠ ✅️Season 8 LAUNCH ⁠ ✅️and all new exciting guests⁠ New episode airing 🔜 February 15th, 6AM PST, so be on the lookout! #architecture #PoA #business

How will the architectural profession adapt and evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the field? We're back with SEASON 8 with fellow podcasters of the Coffee Sketch Podcast, Kurt Neiswender and Jamie Crawley!