Los Angeles, CA
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This week David and Marina discuss strategies for acing your job interviews! The two cover everything from preparation to key talking strategies and behavior, what to bring and wear, asking for the right salary, closing the interview, and some interview hacks most interviewers are not aware of!... View full entry »
This week David and Marina answer questions from a listener regarding employee reviews. What are they? How can I get what I want? How should I prepare for one? How do I ask for a raise? Have a comment, question or story? Leave a direct voicemail at our new hotline: 213-222-6950 ! Listen for free... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Frances Anderton, the Host of KCRW's Design and Architecture show to discuss the current state of Los Angeles, moving from the UK to LA, what drew her to architecture, her transition from design to radio show host, the challenges of interviewing, and more!... View full entry »
This week David and Marina answer a call in from a listener asking if she should enroll in IPAL (the Integrated Path To Architectural Licensure) in undergraduate school to become a licensed architect and if IPAL should be a factor when choosing a university. Aspiring architects don't miss this... View full entry »
This week David and Marina answer questions from a listener to have a discussion about conceptual thinking in sustainable designs and how to apply to graduate schools.Have a comment, question or story? Leave a direct voicemail at our new hotline: 213-222-6950 ! Listen for free on Midnight... View full entry »
This week David and Marina discuss software in design and architecture. Don't worry! It's not as boring as it sounds! The two cover the more pragmatic and specific issues and the more conceptual ones: everything from what programs you need to know to design and to get hired different offices; how... View full entry »
This week David and Marina answer questions from listeners covering: How to get a job in a different city; if it's worthwhile working in a big city like NYC; Design offices and corporate ones, leaving one for the other; and finding the right mentor. Have a comment, question or story? Leave a... View full entry »
This week David and Marina discuss their recent three-day experience the mall, aggressive retailers, bathroom doors with gaps, and review the 2.2 billion-dollarSalesforce Transit Center and Park (review begins at 32:11): Cracked beams, ineffective art-installations, equality in public spaces, and... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Dana Cuff, Founding Director of cityLAB and Professor of architecture and urbanism at UCLA, to discuss the challenges of changing state policies, combining urban design and research, why smart architecture hasn't quite revolutionized the design world, life... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Christopher Hawthorne, the Chief Design Officer of Los Angeles, to discuss his transition to becoming the city's first Chief Design Officer, how LA is preparing for the 2028 Olympics, strategies for solving LA's housing shortage, why multi-family projects... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Andrew Kovacs - Architect and Founder Office Kovacs and Curator of Archive of Affinities - to discuss the lack of opportunities for young progressive architects in the US, designing an installation for Coachella, the positives of Postmodernism, using... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Anshuman Prasad, Movie Set Designer and Concept Artist, to discuss transitioning from architecture to set design, the Hollywood industry, creature design, fictional places, the construction of sets, and much more! Enjoy and please leave a review! Anshuman... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Audrey Sato to discuss her office Sato Architects, marketing, unpaid internships, why residential buildings are rewarding to design, her podcast on women in architecture XX|LA and more! Listen for free on Midnight... View full entry »
This week David and Marina question if eating Peeps is sexual, emasculating in-flight snacks, competition tower designs, negativity towards fellow designers, and other creative professions. Enjoy! Listen for free on Midnight Charette | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Alexis Kraft, Architect, Interior Designer and Educator, to discuss living in San Francisco and New York City, Studio O+A, experimental (and dangerous) arts in design school, 'open office' designs, cool building designs and facades, and more. Listen for... View full entry »
This week David and Marina answer a post from an Archinect forum thread written by a 15-year old who aspires to become an architect. In the original post, the author wonders what some of the pros and cons are of architecture, how he/she should prepare for architecture school and the profession... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Architect Khaldoon Khaireddin to discuss multi-family housing buildings, his office, starting a business, working with developers, practicing in Los Angeles and more. Enjoy! Listen for free on Midnight Charette | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Elizabeth Timme & Helen Leung, Executive Directors of LA-Más to discuss the founding the organization, maintaining non-profit status, aiding communities through policy and architecture, social responsibility in design and more. Enjoy! LA-Más is a... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Ryan Tyler Martinez to discuss all things architecture including teaching pedagogies, current trends in the profession, becoming a licensed Architect, film-making, SCI-Arc, the politics of being an architecture student and more! Listen for free on Midnight... View full entry »
This week David and Marina discuss how to create a design portfolio that will you interviewed and hired. The two cover everything from the critical points most designers overlook and what employers look for in a portfolio to format, binding, book size, graphics, which projects to include... View full entry »
This week David and Marina have a mixed conversation on the social awkwardness of Irish Pubs, perceived racism, the architecture of bars, talkers versus do'ers, honesty in offices, bitchy servers, the importance of exit interviews and other random things. Enjoy! Listen for free on Midnight... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Alissa Walker, Curbed's Urbanism Editor, to discuss how autonomous vehicles should be implemented in cities, housing densification in Los Angeles, the city's plan for the 2028 Olympics, the essential components of walkable streets, alternative modes of... View full entry »
This week David and Marina discuss what should happen with the Notre Dame Cathedral post-fire, the architecture proposals for its rebuilding, memorial architecture, crisis response, tearing down buildings, the 9/11 development and the Game of Thrones: Battle of Winterfell. Enjoy!Listen for free... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Jimenez Lai & Joanna Grant, Partners of Bureau Spectacular and Professors at UCLA and USC, to discuss the evolution of their office, architecture typologies (why would a parking structure be interesting?), graphics, near-death experiences, favorite... View full entry »
This week David and Marina review Lascaux IV: The International Centre of Cave Art by Snøhetta. The two share their experience visiting the museum and their critique of the building's many galleries, architectural detailing, organization, cave art facsimile, and the artwork itself. The project... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Neil Denari - Architect, Founder of NMDA, Professor at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design - to discuss his experimental music, urban design, teaching, the craziness of living in New York City during the 80s, why he loves Los Angeles, Paris, the development... View full entry »
This week David and Marina discuss their recent trip to France: tiny airplanes, a 20-hour layover in Paris, the architecture of the small southern French towns, local foods and people, Parisian attire, smelly cheese, socialism, normal French eating etiquette and more! Listen for free on Midnight... View full entry »
David and Marina discuss how to create a successful design résumé to get hired. The two cover everything from what to include if you have little experience, résumé length, what offices look for in a résumé, how to stand out, how it should be structured, custom graphics, font size, including... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Alvin Huang - Architect and Professor at USC - to discuss his time in London, the AA School, meeting Rem Koolhaas, his office, teaching at USC, cheap foods, all nighters, wikipedia and more.Listen for free on Midnight Charette |... View full entry »
