Women Build

World Architecture News

Women Build is a new podcast, brought to you by World Architecture News. We know there are inspirational women in the global architecture arena, operating at all levels in the industry.This podcast will give a voice to women in architecture, letting them speak out about the issues they face and compare experiences to decipher what changes can be made to improve women’s working environments.We will also be championing those who are, and want to improve diversity within the industry, and discuss possible reasons why it's lacking at the moment.This series is running alongside the Female Frontiers: Powered by WAN Awards. They will champion best practice, support new and established talent and celebrate the firms who are supporting women in their roles.

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Women Build Passivhaus

Women Build Passivhaus

Women Build speaks to Tamsin Hanke about Passivhaus accreditation, what needs to be considered pre design and what architects need to be aware of when sourcing appropriate materials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Later Living

Women Design Later Living

Women Build speaks to Kelley Hoffman about designing senior living communities, the amenities necessary to encourage interaction between residents and the importance of client and resident feedback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design for Wellness

Women Design for Wellness

Women Build speaks to Ámbar Margarida and Amanda Cronick about how well sustainability and wellness work together, designing for different age ranges and taking a trauma-informed design approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Retail

Women Design Retail

Women Build speaks to Meredith Seeds about designing retail spaces to suit diversity, disability and the ageing population, whether design expectations have changed post-pandemic and the emergence of architecture NFTs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build and Transform

Women Build and Transform

Women Build speaks to Rebecca Berry, Regan Shields Ives and Elena Bobeva talk about transforming historic buildings to suit today's needs and the technology that can make these buildings more sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build All Electric

Women Build All Electric

Women Build speaks to Julie Janiski, Partner at Buro Happold about the challenges of designing all electric buildings, the technology that enables a clean energy supply and the world's tallest and largest residential passive house certified building Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build Net Zero

Women Build Net Zero

Women Build speaks to Jo Cowen and Mary Ann Schicketanz about how they define net zero and how to achieve it in the US and the UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build with Wood

Women Build with Wood

Women Build speaks to Natalie Telewiak about designing timber buildings, addressing net-zero targets and how building materials help us connect with nature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Luxury Residential

Women Design Luxury Residential

Women Build speaks to Kate Rasmussen about what to consider when designing a forever home, the challenges around new builds and renovations and classical architecture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Multi-Residential

Women Design Multi-Residential

Women Build speaks to Adele Rankin and Meghann Van Dorn about how the pandemic has changed the needs of residents, end-user wellbeing and pickleball courts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design with Data

Women Design with Data

Women Build speaks to Kelly McEachern, Senior Project Manager/Designer at Perkins&Will about how they are using data to create worker personas to design office environments that suit different personalities and work styles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build and Pioneer

Women Build and Pioneer

Women Build speaks to Pascale Sablan and Yiselle Santos Rivera about fostering a positive working environment for women, designing more inclusive workspaces and what they gained by entering WAN’s Female Frontier Awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build and Preserve

Women Build and Preserve

Women Build speaks to Ruth Todd, architect, planner and President of Page & Turnbull. Ruth talks about how historic preservation projects are funded, the practicalities of future-proofing historic buildings and how recycling buildings supports the environment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Hospitality

Women Design Hospitality

Women Build speaks to Alexandra Cuber, head of the hospitality department at Fogarty Finger. Alexandra shares how hospitality interiors can be adapted to suit social distancing, the evolution of the workplace, copper bars and the regeneration of the One World Trade Center site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design for Healthcare

Women Design for Healthcare

Women Build speaks to Brenda Smith, Healthcare Practice Leader for Perkins&Wills’ New York studio Brenda shares with us how the pandemic has impacted healthcare design, designing for neurodiverse patients’ needs and how her experience as a former nurse helped shape her career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build Businesses

Women Build Businesses

Women Build speaks to Amanda Gunawan, co-founding principal of OWIU. Amanda shares with us some really sound advice as to what is needed when you set up your own architecture and design practice, the importance of business plan research and sourcing crucial support, and the differences between working in Asia and the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Design Offices

Women Design Offices

Women Build speaks to Natasha Bonugli, Global Principal of Design at Unispace and Tania Adir, Founder and CEO of Uncommon. We talk about what’s being done to protect people from coronavirus in global workplace interiors, how advances in technology will make for safer work environments, the challenges faced when upgrading an older building to WELL Platinum certification and finally how lemons can help with concentration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build Sustainably

Women Build Sustainably

Women Build speaks to Lisa Bate, Global Sustainability Lead and Senior Principal at B+H Architects in Canada and Mia Lehrer, Founder of Studio MLA in the US. We talk about putting roads on diets, how a city as developed as LA can be more sustainable, and the Humber College Building NX, which went from being the inefficient building on campus to become the first Net Zero Carbon Design Certified Retrofit Building in Canada in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build the Final Frontier

Women Build the Final Frontier

Women Build speaks to Christina Ciardullo and Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman from SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture) about their designs for Moon based living, human-centred design, the advantages of 3D printing in architecture and how building for the Moon and Mars can teach us more about how we should be building for Earth. Continuing a decade-long association with NASA’s Johnson Space Center Human Habitability Division & Langley Research Center, the mission of SEArch+ is to conceive, investigate, and develop innovative 'human-centered' designs enabling human beings not only to live, but to thrive in space environments beyond Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women Build Reina

Women Build Reina

Women Build speaks to Sherry Larjani, Managing Partner at Spotlight Developments and Heather Rolleston, Principal and Design Director at Quadrangle Architects about why they formed an all-female team to combat the gender imbalance in the real estate development industry, the sometimes surprising responses they received as a result of it and how condo living can be covid-proof. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.