XX|LA Architects Podcast

AWA LEGACY: MINI-STORIES– XX|LA EPISODE 037

I’m bringing you a set of mini-stories that were taped live at the AWA 100th Building Our Legacy event on September 10, 2022 at the HenryBuilt showroom in LA’s art distri

Interview with Barbara Elwood: AWA 100th Special Episode – XX|LA Episode 036

This special episode is released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Association for Women in Architecture and Design.  In today’s episode, I’m joined by Barba

Interview with Audrey Sato by Annie Chu – XX|LA Episode 035

Today’s episode is going to be a little bit of a different one, because the roles are reversed! Annie Chu of Chu+Gooding Architects, who is featured in Episode 31, gracio

Interview with Karin Liljegren – XX|LA Episode 034

Karin Liljegren is founder and principal of Omgivning, an architecture and interior design firm whose practice is rooted in a love for the extraordinary urban fabric of d

Interview with Tracy Stone and Abbi Naylor – XX|LA Episode 33

Today’s guests are Tracy Stone, principle of Tracy A Stone Architect, and designer Abbi Naylor. Tracy is the founder of The Elysian Valley Arts Collective, a 501c3 non-pr

Interview with Eera Babtiwale – XX|LA Episode 032

Eera Babtiwale is Vice President of Sustainability at HMC Architects, a mother of 3, a board member of Designing Futures Foundation, Chair of USGBC-Inland Empire, and an

Interview with Annie Chu – XX|LA Episode 031

Annie Chu is an architect, interior designer, educator, and a founding principal of the award-winning firm Chu+Gooding Architects.  Annie is an alumnus of Sci-Arc and Col

Interview with Lise Bornstein – XX|LA Episode 030

After a pandemic-induced break, it’s a pleasure to kick off new episodes of the podcast with guest Lise Bornstein, architect and partner at KFA Architecture.  I feel like

Interview with Helena Arahuete – XX|LA Episode 029

Helena Arahuete started working for John Lautner in 1971 and rose to the role of Chief Architect in his office.  She continues today as Principal of Lautner Associates, m

Interview with Kishani De Silva – XX|LA Episode 028

Kishani DeSilva has worked in the architecture and design industries for over twenty years in the project and major program management arena. Prior to her current appoint

Interview with Christina Monti – XX|LA Episode 027

Christina Monti, owner of CDM Consulting, started her career in landscape architecture after graduating from Texas A&M University. A self-proclaimed non-designer (I don’t

Sci-Arc Spin Room with Ning Lui, Kristy Balliet, and Barbara Bestor–XX|LA Episode 026

This episode is a live recording from Sci-Arc graduate thesis Spin Room, with student (now graduate) Yi Ning Lui, her advisor Kristy Balliet of BairBalliet, and distingui

FINANCIAL PLANNING ROUND TABLE WITH RENEE COHEN – XX|LA EPISODE 025

This episode features financial planner Renee Cohen, and guests Harper Halprin of AAHA Studio and Luciana Tagliaferri of Tagliaferri Architects, in a candid discussion ab

Interview with Emmanuelle Bourlier – XX|LA Episode 024

Emmanuelle Bourlier is the co-founder and CEO of Panelite, as well as a mother and skater. Emmanuelle co-founded Panelite while in grad school at Columbia University 21 y

Interview with Elena Manferdini – XX|LA Episode 023

This episode features Elena Manferdini, the recipient of the ICON award at the 2019 LA Design Festival. This interview was recorded at the event at Row DTLA. Elena is the

Interview with Helena Jubany – XX|LA Episode 022

Helena Jubany, FAIA has a real knack for developing leaders, as well as a sharp business acumen. Helena’s 30 year career specializing in education and public sector archi

Interview with Rachel Allen – XX|LA Episode 021

What I admire about Rachel Allen is the pragmatic, intelligent, and unapologetically hard-working ethos that she brings to her work.  As founding principal of RADAR (Rach

Interview with Mina Chow – XX|LA Episode 020

In episode 20, we’re putting the “LA” in XX|LA by speaking with an architect who is also a film maker!  Mina Chow is an architect and professor at the USC School of Archi

Interview with Rennie Tang and Sara Wookey – XX|LA Episode 019

I’m fascinated by architects who work in interdisciplinary and collaborative ways, and my latest guests bridge architecture and dance in a fascinating way!  In this episo

Interview with Irma Ramirez – XX|LA Episode 018

Irma Ramirez is a professor in the architecture department and director of the China Study Abroad program at Cal Poly Pomona. Her accolades include the NCARB Grand Prize,