Explore every episode of the podcast Talk Architecture
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| The Undervalued Architect: How Education Fuels the Profession's Misunderstanding - Part 2 | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:24:40 | |
We dive into the conversation on "reforms in architecture education" to understand further how education affects the profession in a profound way. The principles from Mark Alan Hewitt's 2020 reforms explained in arch daily —emphasizing embodied cognition through hand drawing, physical model-making, haptic engagement, and sensory-rich practices—can absolutely be integrated into both the ARB Competency Outcomes Framework and the RIBA Themes and Values framework. Both are deliberately outcomes-based and flexible, allowing schools to innovate in how they deliver competencies without prescribing specific methods. This openness creates space for embodied approaches as effective pedagogical tools to meet required outcomes. Link here: https://www.archdaily.com/941809/12-ways-to-reform-architectural-education © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Undervalued Architect: How Education Fuels the Profession's Misunderstanding - Part 1 | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:27:30 | |
Another “unfiltered” critic argues that architecture education is the root cause of the profession being undervalued and widely misunderstood. The defense of the profession, we contend, must begin in academia, where the core problem lies in situating architecture schools to comply with—and be dictated by—non-architects who neither understand nor uphold the profession’s essential competencies. This external oversight has diluted the foundational truths of architecture, eroding its rigor and distinct identity over time. By allowing administrators, accrediting bodies, and university structures dominated by non-practitioners to shape curricula and priorities, schools inadvertently prioritize bureaucratic compliance, interdisciplinary trends, and measurable outcomes over the deep, tacit knowledge and creative judgment that define architectural expertise. This shift not only weakens the training of future architects but also sends a broader signal to society that architecture is a generic design discipline rather than a profound synthesis of art, science, ethics, and cultural responsibility—further contributing to its undervaluation in the public and professional spheres. Part 2 will be about the "reforms in architecture education". © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Use of Sensory-driven Architecture Principles to Achieve Inclusive & Therapeutic Spaces [Part 1] | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:29:26 | |
A new season on Sensory-driven Architecture principles and ideas. The first part of this proposition of using sensory-driven architecture principles to achieve inclusive and therapeutic spaces as explained by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, started on a research to combine 'architecture', 'disability' and 'phenomenology'. Definitions and approach to how we could go about as architects go above and beyond accessibility and universal design is articulated in Part 1. Reference to Juhani Pallasmaa's The Eyes of the Skin and Kevin Mark Low's small projects plus ideas on Universal Design principles. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Pushing the Envelope in Architecture Design | 07 Jan 2024 | 00:15:50 | |
The idiom 'push the envelope' means "to surpass normal limits or attempt something viewed as radical or risky" (Merriam-Webster) and that is true about the design thesis topic choice and justification. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Museum is not recommended to be a design thesis topic - Part 2 | 07 Jan 2024 | 00:22:58 | |
Further explanation on why a museum is not a recommended topic for students of architecture, by deep diving into 2 hypothetical projects of a museum compared to a library design, describing the design development and processes and what it entails. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Museum is not recommended to be a design thesis topic - Part 1 | 06 Jan 2024 | 00:10:51 | |
An opinion piece based on a comment on the Facebook group “Architectural Insurgency: Kuala Lumpur” that I said, “A student doing a museum project will ignore context”. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Psychology in dealing with Clients in Architecture Practice | 30 Dec 2023 | 00:13:49 | |
"Educating the client" does not mean you will be 'schooling' them as notably they are 'above you' (as the paymaster). Education here means the ability to sell your service by using the psychology learned in sales and the ability to create a conversation with the client to maintain a healthy professional relationship. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Criticism on Malaysian Architecture Identity Debate | 29 Dec 2023 | 00:13:13 | |
If the Berita Harian news article is anything to go by, the use of the Malaysian identity debate is a poor strategy if it’s relegated to the patterns, embellishment, motifs, and decorations on skyscrapers. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Malaysian Architecture Identity Issue Again: Perpetual identity or perpetual debate? | 29 Dec 2023 | 00:34:13 | |
Here we go again after we had that Search for Malaysian Architecture Identity debate in the 1980s, we are flogging the same issue... again. I am all for Malaysian architects being advocates fighting for their rights to get mega-big projects and not having the Government give them to foreign architects, but I don't understand when we talk about 'identity'. It invariably is about the lack of patterns, embellishments, and motifs of design that have old Malay architectural characteristics. In fact, on my last trip to Fosters' building in Tronoh, the UTP auditorium had songket-type patterns on the inside wall. I don't want to be in the middle of the motifs and patterns debate (not identity, because this is a bigger debate), so I leave it at that. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Reflection on the 1st episode - Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum | 28 Dec 2023 | 00:30:54 | |
After almost 4 years since we first published the 1st episode called "Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum" which is the most listened-to episode in the Talk Architecture podcast, a reflection on the topic in terms of 'design methodology' and the studio curriculum is deliberated in this episode. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Introduction to stress and burnout - similarities and differences - Part 1 | 19 Dec 2023 | 00:37:17 | |
This is an introduction to stress and burnout, the similarities and differences in the context of architects and building professionals. The article that is being referred to is in this LINK. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Design problem and design process in architecture studio curriculum - Part 3 | 19 Dec 2023 | 00:22:48 | |
A discussion on the diagram posed earlier in the first episode of Talk Architecture and discussed in this blog: Life is a design thesis. However, the 'design problem' is explained in more detail by referring to the diagram (shown in thumbnail) which is a flow chart of the design processes in 4 phases (for the design thesis) but much of the components and stages can be applied to any architecture program in 1-5 years. © 2023 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Design problem and design process in campus design projects - Part 2 | 19 Dec 2023 | 00:28:06 | |
A proposal for the school of architecture to have a university campus design project that includes a master-planning exercise in the beginning for design thesis students to engage in. It is crucial to have a good studio tutor team where they have a commonly understood philosophical approach and the complexities and expectations of the design thesis projects will be fulfilled as there will be a lot of design problems to be identified and solved by each student taking in different building types and in-between spaces issues. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2] | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:37:09 | |
The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Lillian Tay discusses a variety of issues from gender roles in taking care of children and the challenges to women architects who decided to start a family, how the local government can provide for nurseries in office areas and whether there is the glass ceiling for women architects. Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton University and worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York. Lillian returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1991. At Veritas Design Group, she provides the design direction and was leading numerous award-winning projects. Lillian contributes to society as the Malaysian Architecture Institute (PAM) President from 2019-2020 and sits on the Board of Architects, Malaysia (LAM). Recently, she won the PAM Gold Medal for Design Excellence. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image from https://theveritasdesigngroup.com/ Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Identity politics in architecture - Part 1 | 15 Dec 2023 | 00:23:19 | |
When a person identifies themself as an 'architect' even though they do not have a license or a professional qualification, it does not mean that they are confronting the status quo or wish to cause mischief to the profession. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Design problem and design process in architecture design studio - Part 1 | 15 Dec 2023 | 00:29:51 | |
The use of the 'design problem' to comprehend how it works in the architecture design studio process is crucial so that the school of architecture academics can communicate better with each other, in developing the architecture design curriculum. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Viral video of the Professor falling off the ramp is wrong. | 24 Nov 2023 | 00:13:18 | |
The viral video of the Professor falling off the ramp is wrong. It should not have been viral or used incorrectly as the message conveyed is not helping at all and due to ignorance, the real matter of access audit training and disability awareness training take a step back / regressed from this viral video. No one will appreciate this and it’s of no laughing matter. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Need for an Anti-Discrimination Act for Disabled and Older Persons in Malaysia - Part 2 | 18 Nov 2023 | 00:21:24 | |
This is a continuation of the Part 1 episode of the same title. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Need for an Anti-Discrimination Act for Disabled and Older Persons in Malaysia - Part 1 | 18 Nov 2023 | 00:13:12 | |
In the context of Malaysia, what is the root cause of the problems that disabled and older persons are facing in Malaysia? The problem lies in disabled and older persons being side-lined and unable to participate in life, be it in public life, economic life, learning, or cultural life, due to the fact that the legislation that was supposed to empower disabled and older persons is discriminatory and segregational rather than anti-discriminatory. It is evident in the planning and implementation of the PwD Act 2008 that real changes were not forthcoming as the focus was on projects rather than solving the bigger problems and how the power is in the hands of the Government and not in the hands of persons with disabilities. This podcast explains exactly what that means. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Barriers & Challenges in Mainstreaming Disability in Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030 | 17 Nov 2023 | 00:14:40 | |
I delivered a keynote speech at the SDG Summit event organized by the Northern Corridor Implementation Agency under the NCER at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia yesterday and did a podcast on it. The title is Barriers & Challenges in Mainstreaming Disability in Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Reflections on the experience of collaborating in designing a campus | 16 Nov 2023 | 00:17:58 | |
I was at an event at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak in Malaysia, a recipient of the Aga Khan Award in Architecture in 2007. It was designed by Sir Norman Foster and GDP Architects the local architecture company collaborated to complete the design and got it built. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Role of Architecture: Eisenman Vs Alexander debate [Introduction] | 12 Nov 2023 | 00:13:15 | |
Introducing a discussion on this question: if 'harmony' is the end goal, why do we need 'disharmony'? This is more of a teaser episode or at least an introduction to the topic. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Millennials Vs Gen Zs : what is the difference in the context of architecture? (Part 1) | 12 Nov 2023 | 00:31:08 | |
Gen Zs are those under 27 years old, and I was involved in their education when they were 21 years old and it was tough learning an architecture course totally online during the pandemic for a year and a half. They missed out on visiting places and learning in a more hands on way. They now need to relearn architecture. Another factor that millennials have an advantage over Gen Zs is the fact that digital tools are not imposed on them early in second year and was optional. That to me is the greatest setback why many Gen Zs are confused about wanting to be an architect. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| When and why did architecture isolate itself as a profession?: Eisenman vs Alexander [Part 2] | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:21:26 | |
When and why did architecture isolate itself as a profession? Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 1] | 14 Sep 2025 | 00:26:13 | |
In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Lillian Tay discusses on a wide range of issues regarding women architects, starting out in the beginning, the role of women in general, whether there is discrimination in architecture and architectural practice in reality. Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton University and worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York. Lillian returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1991. At Veritas Design Group, she provides the design direction and was leading numerous award-winning projects. Lillian contributes to society as the Malaysian Architecture Institute (PAM) President from 2019-2020 and sits on the Board of Architects, Malaysia (LAM). Recently, she won the PAM Gold Medal for Design Excellence. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image from https://theveritasdesigngroup.com/ Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| When and why did architecture isolate itself as a profession?: Eisenman vs Alexander [Part 1] | 22 Oct 2023 | 00:28:33 | |
When and why did architecture isolate itself as a profession? Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| A Review on - The Nature of Order: Chapter 10 on Pleasing Yourself by Christopher Alexander | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:24:23 | |
An intriguing book by Christopher Alexander called "The Nature of Order", and a chapter that caught my attention: Chapter 10 on Pleasing Yourself, compelled me to review section 7 on "A group of architecture students who were not pleasing themselves". Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Job Burnout Symptoms for an Architect [Part 3] | 09 Oct 2023 | 00:21:12 | |
After listening to even 10 minutes of this podcast interview (YouTube link below) on the topic of : Your Toolkit for Preventing Burnout and Improving Resilience In Tough Times| The Mel Robbins Podcast Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) And Disability - Part 1 | 09 Oct 2023 | 00:20:32 | |
I would like to make the argument for all 17 Sustainable Development Goals 2030 to be disability inclusive in this podcast episode, although SDG goals 4, 8, 10, 11, and 17 are the obvious ones. It is projected by 2040, that 17% of the Malaysian population to be 65 years and above, plus now 16% of the population in any country is estimated to be disabled persons. (US data states that 70% of older persons are disabled). Have we started to discuss Mainstreaming Disability In The Implementation Of The Agenda 2030 And Its SDGs, hence what and how is the way forward? This episode gives an overview of the link #Envision2030 (click below), and in later episodes, we will discuss in detail the SDGs and disability. #Envision2030: 17 Goals To Transform The World For Persons With Disabilities
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| Job Burnout Symptoms for an Architect [Part 2] | 26 Sep 2023 | 00:29:33 | |
This is the concluding episode of a two-part series, where Part 2 discusses 'job burnout risk factors, ' the consequences of job burnout' and, 'handling job burnout'. We referred to 2 other articles from Architizer and Monograph, including the article found in the link below, "Job burnout: How to spot it and take action" by the Mayo Clinic staff. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Job Burnout Symptoms for an Architect [Part 1] | 26 Sep 2023 | 00:31:41 | |
Job burnout for an architect and designer could be based on many factors and if not resolved or identified early could lead to depression. Part 1 episode discussed based on the article found in the link below, "Job burnout: How to spot it and take action" by the Mayo Clinic staff, is discussed in the architecture practice context. Content included: 'job burnout symptoms' and 'possible causes of job burnout'. Part 2 will deal with 'job burnout risk factors, ' consequences of job burnout' and, 'handling job burnout'. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Idea of Adaptability - Part 2 | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:19:00 | |
Continuing the discussion exploring the two subjects of 'adaptability' and 'visualization' in the context of architecture (education and practice) and mental health balance (human being and cognition from a psychological perspective). Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Idea of Adaptability - Part 1 | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:10:52 | |
Reading Stewart Brand's book "How Buildings Learn - What Happens After They're Built", for the first time in 1995, I see now the relevance of the idea of adaptability more than ever. Whole attitudes can be changed with regard to architecture and education. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Proposal for a New Curriculum Idea in Architecture - Part 2 | 08 Sep 2023 | 00:26:18 | |
What is missing in the first degree of architecture course (Part 1) where graduates are confused? Example: I miss design but I cannot get work with an architecture company. It has been 2 years now, and I am working in an engineering company... Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Antidote for Addiction is Connection and Community- Part 1 | 22 Aug 2023 | 00:20:28 | |
This is the first part of a ‘common sense’ series on mental health and well-being for the architect focusing on “connection and community” as important factors to growth and development. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Teaser: Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles | 03 Sep 2025 | 00:07:57 | |
A Teaser introduction on a conversation with Ar. Lillian Tay in the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles. (Part 1 & 2 - coming soon.) Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton University and worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York. Lillian returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1991. At Veritas Design Group, she provides the design direction and was leading numerous award-winning projects. Lillian contributes to society as the Malaysian Architecture Institute (PAM) President from 2019-2020 and sits on the Board of Architects, Malaysia (LAM). Recently, she won the PAM Gold Medal for Design Excellence. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image from https://theveritasdesigngroup.com/ Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Proposal for a New Curriculum Idea in Architecture - Part 1 | 20 Aug 2023 | 00:24:24 | |
This is a serious proposal on how any architecture course in Malaysia especially, needs to be revised or create a new architecture curriculum in the higher institution of learning. The approach is based on the philosophical approach and from the point of view of Architecture's roots in Arts and Humanities, however able to assuage current needs and problems in architecture education and practice. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Commentary on architects who suffer from stress and burnout symptoms | 18 Aug 2023 | 00:09:38 | |
A topic that has not been recognized enough and a concern that needed to be raised. An architect can be triggered in the workplace environment by the lack of mental health balance. What are the underlying reasons for being triggered or feeling distressed or uncomfortable after receiving the sensation in terms of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching? More often than not, trigger/s are just reminders of our discomfort and even fears about something. In the architectural context, fear of losing your job, not getting due increment, feeling injustice, being overwhelmed and fatigued due to overload, and many other things may occur in the office or from home as well. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Missing ‘creativity’ in architecture: difference between education and practice | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:21:28 | |
Creative expression is more of an individual act rather than a collaborative one, hence 'creativity' does not happen as we think it needs to. So how do the architect deal with the lack of creative expressions in their everyday? Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Special Edition on the Work-Life Balance of the Architect | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:12:52 | |
What is the work-life balance of the architect? Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| What has the intuition to do with architectural design? - Part 3 | 12 Aug 2023 | 00:35:37 | |
The subject of intuition in the architectural design process by the designer is explored further, by defining and interpreting in the architectural context using this reference: How to Develop Your Intuitive Decision MakingBY WINSTON SIECK UPDATED SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 LINK: Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| What has the intuition to do with architectural design? - Part 2 | 11 Aug 2023 | 00:17:33 | |
Part 2 of a series on what and how intuition works in architecture design. This episode takes us on a deeper understanding of the process intuition plays in architectural design. Focusing on architecture education and the defense of the design in the context of critique, the author proposes how intuition needs to be developed from architecture school even, as the basis for the 'design creator' to gain confidence in their belief. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| What has the intuition to do with architectural design? - Part 1 | 11 Aug 2023 | 00:16:12 | |
Part 1 of a series on what and how intuition works in architecture design. This episode is the introduction with a cursory explanation of the process intuition plays in architectural design. Taking the idea that visualization and visioning a goal or outcome over and over again (like striking a ball into the goal, in football) and how detailed one needs to be to get the outcome one wants. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Reason Why This Podcast Exist | 06 Aug 2023 | 00:30:54 | |
This episode is an interlude and necessary broadcast on why this podcast "Talk Architecture" exists. It lies in 'righting the wrong' in architecture, starting with education and the link between what is wrong in architecture and the lack of proper 'architectural criticism' as the core learning component as well as a method of inquiry in schools of architecture. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| What architecture school did not teach you? (Part 2) | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:22:20 | |
The second installment to the 2 part episode entitled: What architecture school did not teach you? Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| What architecture school did not teach you? [Part 1] | 12 Jul 2023 | 00:29:38 | |
Discussing one important skill that architecture school did not teach you. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Conversation with Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2] | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:32:05 | |
The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim discusses on how younger women architects need to find that balance in their profession, flexibility arrangements with your boss, having empathy with your staff, the importance of "me time" and resetting your mind over the weekend, the importance of learning from one another in an office and the construction industry and learning how to market oneself with your various skills. Bio: Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim, Managing Director of Almaz Architect Sdn Bhd. Throughout her 41 years of experience in the industry, she has been involved in over 250 design works in Malaysia winning awards. She was the convenor of Singgah KL, a Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) event in 2025 promoting the architecture profession. More details at the website: https://www.almazarchitect.com/ © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image contributed by Ar. Almaz Salma Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| The Purpose of Life - Why Architecture? | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:41:33 | |
Why did you take 'architecture'? Because something in you, intuitively resonated with that idea of learning architecture. Whether you end up being a practicing and professional architect or an artist or filmmaker, you once learned architecture and that journey had you asking at least subconsciously the “purpose of your life” and here you are - listening and still wanting to know more about architecture by doing it. Talk Architecture 2023, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Photo credit Self-Portrait "Still in Love with Architecture", Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, 2023. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Chat with a former student on architecture [Part 2] | 06 Jul 2023 | 00:26:14 | |
Part 2 dives deeper into the aspects of the design process where the “feedback that tutors give” depends on whether it’s the 'coach', 'consultant', or 'expert' role in the studio program. I talked about what is a “well-run program” compared to a “not well-run program” with respect to the design and execution of the program and whether the different roles mentioned are in place,. This framework is essential to the success and completeness of the student’s learning experience. Some blogs on the design process are available in the 'Life is a Design Thesis' blog. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||
| Chat with a former student on architecture [Part 1] | 06 Jul 2023 | 00:27:49 | |
Sometimes an opportunity unfolds itself and you need to take it. In this case, in the form of a chat with a former student. I took notes but I hope that in the future I could do a podcast with the ex-student for now, I concentrated on a couple of points: 1. Feedback that tutors give during the design process and, 2. Learning from doing academic programs (studio projects) and working outside (competition or office) at the same time. Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere! | |||