In this special episode, we had a LIVE conversation from the expo floor of A'23, the AIA Conference on Architecture.

We're joined by Patrick Chopson, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of cove.tool, a cloud-based software that helps design teams optimize energy, cost, and carbon emissions for buildings.

We had a great conversation discussing the state of the climate and a surprising silver lining to recent climate news. The financial risks that are at play are finally spurring sustainability efforts.

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

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Tomas Osinski, artist, architect, and industrial designer joins us to discuss the Invisible House in Joshua Tree, a 5500 square foot, 4 bed and 4 bath privately owned home that is available for rent for filming, photography, intimate events, and larger outdoor experiences.

The home is designed as one long, continuous, narrow space with a 100-foot-long interior pool as its centerpiece. Intended to appear as it has lightly landed in this moonscape, minimally disturbing the site, the structure is built on a series of reinforced concrete pillars and appears to float. The name Invisible House comes from the mirrored tempered glass that wraps the entire façade and reflects the surrounding environment, almost disappearing amongst the desert rocks and shrubs.

We discuss several aspects of the design in this episode – the inspiration, process, design considerations for the high desert environment, and hidden elements like structural, mechanical, and utilities for the home, and much more!

Tomas Osinski | Website

Invisible House | Instagram

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Travel by Design, an original podcast from Marriott Bonvoy

Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Remember These Days," by Matt Large

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Roger Krulak, Founder and President of FullStack Modular, joins the show to discuss offsite construction and the processes of FullStack Modular. This is a wide-ranging conversation that you don't want to miss. We discuss the best process for design and construction, insights from a developer's perspective and how developers should rethink their approach, some of the missteps Katerra had and the subsequent perception of modular/offsite construction, media coverage of offsite construction, and so much more!

FullStack Modular | Website | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | Email

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Travel by Design, an original podcast from Marriott Bonvoy

Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Remember These Days," by Matt Large

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John Marx AIA, Co-founding Principal and Chief Artistic Officer at Form4 Architecture, joins the show to discuss placemaking in the metaverse. We discuss our understanding of the metaverse today, the elements of placemaking, practical uses for the metaverse, and so much more!

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Travel by Design, an original podcast from Marriott Bonvoy

Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Remember These Days," by Matt Large

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Sanjay Raghavan, Head of Web3 Initiatives and Geoffrey Thompson, Chief Blockchain Officer at Roofstock join the show to share their insight into a recent real estate deal that sold a home as an NFT. We breakdown the components of the technology for novices to understand, discuss the technological and business insights behind the deal, explore what it could mean for the real estate and building industry in the future, and so much more!

Roofstock | Website | Twitter

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Travel by Design, an original podcast from Marriott Bonvoy

Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Perfect Time," by Toby Tranter

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Dena Prastos, AIA joins us to highlight a trailblazing new category in the architecture industry. Dena is the first "waterfront architect," and her design firm, Indigo River, has a unique focus on progressive waterfront architecture, resiliency, and climate adaptation. In this conversation we discuss the typologies involved, jurisdictions that oversee the work and their motivations, the unique blend of design, technology, engineering, and nature that encompasses her work, and much more.

Indigo River | Website

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Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "How Did We," by Toby Tranter

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Dr. Mani Golparvar, CTO and co-founder of Reconstruct, joins the show to discuss their service. Reconstruct, a Software-as-a-Service company, integrates reality modeling, building information modeling (BIM) and project scheduling to visually track progress, analyze productivity, and proactively detect potential delays using predictive analytics; in turn empowering construction companies to keep their projects on schedule and on budget. We discuss the problem they set out to solve, benefits, use cases, and much more!  

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Behind the façade of every world-class hotel, there’s a story waiting to be heard. Join host Hamish Kilburn as he meets the architects, designers, and visionaries who dive deep into the craft of design and connect us to the world’s most extraordinary travel experiences.

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Intro - "Keep Calm and Chill" by Soundroll

Outro - "Jellyfish Chute," by Jobii

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Eugene Colberg, Principal at Colberg Architecture shares his experience in bank design to explore the evolution of design and ponder what's next for banking.

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Anthony Winston III, Owner & Principal Engineer of Winston Engineering and Roy Walters, Civil Designer at Winston Engineering, join the show to discuss the role of civil engineering, design processes, why you should have a civil engineer on your project, and much more!

Winston Engineering | Website

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Outro - "Fight On," by Pro Reese

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Nitin Govila, Engineer, Meditation Trainer, and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Serge Ferrari, joins the show to discuss the importance of considering noise when designing and building spaces and the effects that it can have on your mental wellness. We also explore the difference between sound and noise, design solutions for mitigating noise, and much more!

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Physiological, motivational, and cognitive effects of aircraft noise on children

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Outro - "Bounced Back," by Blue Topaz

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In this episode, Catarah Coleman and Shoneji Robison, co-owners of Southern Girl Desserts, join Dimitrius to share the story behind the buildout of their second location, designed by Dimitrius. From pre-design to the turn over of keys, you'll hear about all the nuances of designing and building this bakery. We discuss Southern Girl Desserts backstory, complexities of designing a tenant improvement, a unique design configuration called a "ghost kitchen," the challenges of construction, and more!

Ricardo Meza, Development Associate at Asana Partners, who at the time was the Project manager at Primestor shares his insights from the perspective of the property manager.

Leandro Tyberg, President and Co-founder of Primestor, explains Primestor's approach to development including their community-centric approach to design, finding tenants, and employees.

Founded in 2007, Southern Girl Desserts is co-owned by Catarah Coleman and Shoneji Robison, who combined their family recipes to create a Southern cupcake and dessert arsenal. The women pride themselves on their time-honored recipes, learned through many years of home-cooking. Most recipes are family-inspired, but plenty flavor combinations are dreamed up by the Dessert Divas themselves. Coleman and Robison received national recognition when they competed on and won Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.” The women were bestowed with a $10,000 prize and the opportunity to cater the Chicago Toy and Game Fair, a black-tie gala. The women are also featured for their celebrity dessert catering on E! Networks’s “L.A. Sugar," and recently introduced nationwide shipping.

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