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The Midnight Charette podcast interviews architects from SHoP, Marmol Radziner & Laney

2020-02-06T18:09:00-05:00

David and Marina, the dynamic duo behind the Midnight Charette podcast, have hosted some big hitters in the architecture industry recently. We've particularly enjoyed their recent episodes featuring interviews with architects. Their informal style breaks the typically serious, academic format this industry tends to find comfort in, providing a fun peek into their guest's life in and outside of the work we've become familiar with. In particular, we encourage our readers to take a listen to the following episodes:

#160 - Gregg Pasquarelli Architect & Founding Principal of SHoP on The World's Slimmest Skyscraper and New York City

#156 - Leo Marmol FAIA on Design-Build Architecture, Technology, and Modernism

#153 - Anthony Laney On Starting Your Own Firm (And Being Successful At It)

In addition to these recent architect interviews, they've released a number of other episodes covering San Francisco's Castro District, movie reviews, random observations, and working in architecture. Che...

Have questions or comments on job interviewing? Send them to The Midnight Charette's "Design Companion" phone hotline!

2019-11-05T16:13:00-05:00

Here's a phone number worth having on speed-dial. The Midnight Charette podcast recently launched a “Design Companion” phone hotline that welcomes architects, designers, or anyone else, to call in with questions, comments and the like, on buzzworthy topics relevant to the community.

The Midnight Charette is currently accepting your most burning questions about job interviewing for their next Tips & Tactics podcast episode!

Here's how it works: Anyone who wants to share their questions, insights, observations, or concerns can call or text — if that's more your style — the Design Companion Hotline at 213-222-6950. If you call, the number goes straight to voicemail. The Midnight Charette will then play your message on the podcast and build a discussion around it. The hotline is always open for any topic, but as of right now, The Midnight Charette is focusing on interview-related questions.

With this episode, callers will have the opportunity to ask specific questions and receive spec...

Afternoon Delight with Midnight Charette

2019-02-07T18:01:00-05:00

This week we are joined, in studio, by David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, the hosts of the Midnight Charette podcast. You may be already familiar with their podcast, or perhaps you’ve just heard about the podcast since they released their episode with me a couple days ago.

The Midnight Charette has been podcasting for a while now. They're quickly approaching their 100th episode. They describe their show as an explicit podcast about design, architecture and people. The format is casual, and unscripted, and tends to run on the long side, 2 hours being about average for an episode. While this is an architecture podcast, it’s often not addressing architecture directly, rather, David and Marina discuss non-architectural issues from the perspective of a couple of architecturally-minded professionals.

Marina enjoying a cup of Brutal during the show

In today’s conversation we learn more about the host's backgrounds, and how they came together and conceived of the podcast. We also take a peek...

Archinect's Founder, Paul Petrunia, shares his true feelings about Archinect's trolls

2019-02-06T16:45:00-05:00

With a plethora of podcasts readily available, sometimes a good one worth listening to is hard to come by. This week Archinect's very own Founder/Director, Paul Petrunia, sat down with David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, from Midnight Charette, to discuss an array of topics. Known for their informal, unscripted, and in-depth interviews, Paul discusses Archinect's humble beginnings back in 1997 (22 years ago!), the problem with journalism today and the faults of internet technology, expanding Archinect into print and retail, dealing with forum moderation and trolls, and much more. The entire conversation runs almost 2 hours long.

Finding a balance between light-hearted discussion and in-depth design focused conversations Midnight Charette has created a platform, especially for young design professionals, to hear and learn what's out there in the profession. Known for their "brutally honest and often not work appropriate" discussions, these podcasts should be added to the must listen t...