Root Design Co. founder Ben Dozier joins the podcast to discuss pivoting his career into design, how building relationships are key to the business, and the studio's design process.

Gabriella Carrillo, co-founder of Mexico City–based Colectivo C733, joins the podcast to discuss winning the prestigious 2024 Obel Award and 36x36, a social design initiative in which the studio completed 36 architectural interventions throughout Mexico in 36 months.

California-based architectural photographer Joe Fletcher joins the podcast to discuss what elements create a compelling photograph, how the medium contributes to firm marketing campaigns, and the larger influence that photography and video has on the architecture profession.

Tatiana Bilbao joins the podcast to discuss her Mexico City–based studio’s approach to affordable housing, how design can define neighborhoods without gentrification, and the On Olive residential redevelopment in St. Louis.

Mark Rios (left) and Andy Lantz (right) of Rios join the podcast to discuss the 1901 masterplan to redevelop the area around Chicago's United Center, their experience-centered design process, and how their work on the Spotify Content Campus is influencing other creative endeavors.

Brian Korte, principal at Austin-based Clayton Korte, joins the podcast to discuss the complex design of the studio's Hill Country Wine Cave, the business impacts of transitioning firm leadership, and how the human experience is the driver for the design process.

Jess Field of Field Architecture joins the podcast to discuss how landscape informs the Bay Area-based practice's design philosophy, how materials enrich a building's form, and the new book Field Architecture: Conversations with the Land.