Bad Words Good Buildings – Details, episodes & analysis

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Bad Words Good Buildings

Leah Kiren Solk & Yuliya Ilizarov

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 4

Two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry.

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🇺🇸 USA - design
09/12/2025
#88
🇺🇸 USA - design
28/11/2025
#100
🇺🇸 USA - design
05/11/2025
#92

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https://www.solkarchitecture.com/
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https://www.coburncm.com/
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https://www.guggenheim.org/
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https://www.instagram.com/badwordsgoodbuildings

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Let's talk about Money: Part II

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 • Duration 57:39

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry.

This is Part 2 of two episodes that will speak to the financial side of design and construction. We share some of our pet peeves with design magazines in the way they give expectations on project costs, and how owners can think critically about the information presented. We continue to get into soft costs and the devaluation of labor as a reflection of American societal values.

Read an interview with the architect who built our "Good Building" this week. He thinks it was a failure; we respectfully disagree.

Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture

Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management

PS - We have noticed that whoever is better caffeinated talks much more during our recordings. Please bear with us while we navigate that balance this season.

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Let's Talk About Money: Part I

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 • Duration 01:01:10

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry.

Today we begin to unpack construction costs to understand why building responsibly is so expensive. This is Part 1 of two episodes that will speak to the financial side of design and construction. Learn how architects and general contractors structure their businesses and how unseen overhead and labor costs contribute to the total project cost. We also chat about how transparency and open communication will lead to a better (and less expensive) project experience.

Find photos and more information on this week's "Good Building" here.

Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture.

Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management

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Welcome to Bad Words Good Buildings

Season 1 · Episode 1

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 • Duration 46:50

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry.

In today's episode, we reflect on what brought us together to make this show. We share a few anecdotes about how we met, started our businesses, and why we like doing our jobs. Get to know us and hear a bit about what we'd like to explore this season.

Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture. Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management.

PS - We did fact check if all boats are female. Maritime tradition often genders boats as she/her, however, there are exceptions to every rule and we encourage listeners to search their hearts and name their boats accordingly.

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Why Should People Give a Shit About Design? Part I

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 • Duration 58:27

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry.

In this week's episode we kick off the topic of design by asking: what is good design? How does design relate to beauty and differ from taste? We use New York City as a proving ground for this discussion and encourage listeners to think about how they consume design and what speaks to them in their own built environments.

Since we live and work in NYC, our Good Buildings for this two-part topic about the importance of design will be notable public buildings in our beloved city. In this episode we dive into the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, which Yuliya and Leah don't 100% agree on.

Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture

Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management

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