2024-05-02T23:46:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150254401/ply-on-balancing-architectural-practice-and-teaching Alexander Walter 2021-03-17T09:00:00-04:00 >2021-03-18T03:39:41-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0e/0e050122168ed245af008cad28fd2ab2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For this week's <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1222145/studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshot</a>, Archinect connected with Craig Borum and Jen Maigret, the two principals of Ann Arbor-based collaborative architecture practice <a href="https://www.plyplus.com/" target="_blank">PLY+</a>. The team was recently recognized as leading new practitioners by The Architectural League of New York, receiving one of this year's coveted <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150250449/the-architectural-league-of-new-york-announces-the-2021-emerging-voices" target="_blank">Emerging Voices Awards</a>. <br></p> <p>Borum and Maigret shared with us how their faculty positions at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning create dual demands of practice and teaching, how the team had to adapt to working remotely during the pandemic, and when it is time to say no to potential projects.<br></p>