Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect


Latest Episodes

Ep 184: The Architect as Brand
September 07, 2025

The Architect as Brand explores how personal reputation and firm identity collide, coexist, and shape modern architectural practice.

Ep 183: Tips for being an Architect AND a Good Person
August 24, 2025

Architectural career tips meet life lessons in a conversation about balancing professional success with being a genuinely good person. This is Tips for being an Architect and a Good Person.

Ep 182: How AI is Changing Architecture
August 10, 2025

Discover how AI tools are transforming architecture, from design and research to workflow efficiency, and shaping the future of practice.

Ep 181: Attitude Reflects Leadership
July 27, 2025

How leadership behavior shapes culture, trust, and growth - why people mirror what leaders model, and how influence is built through everyday actions.

Ep 180: Size Doesn’t Matter
July 13, 2025

The phrase its just a small project has probably caused more confusion, blown more budgets, and strained more relationships than wed care to admit. It sounds harmless, maybe even charming - the ar

Ep 179: Is Half the Story Enough?
June 29, 2025

Architectural influencers on social media can bring real insight to the table while others blur the line between experience and performance, you should evaluate what youre seeing, questioning why it

Ep 178: Under Pressure
June 15, 2025

What happens when architects face extreme pressure? Ep. 178 explores how stress reveals character, process, and priorities in practice.

Ep 177: Hanging Out Your Shingle
June 01, 2025

Theres a moment in almost every architects career where the idea first surfacesquietly at first, then louder over time: What if I started my own firm? Maybe its the itch for creative freedom, mayb

Ep 176: Little White Lies
May 18, 2025

Weve all stared at the calendar, convinced theres a hidden twenty-fifth hourplenty of room to redline that section, nudge the model, and squeeze in just one more detail. Well sort it during biddi

Ep 175: Stupid Questions
May 04, 2025

Nobody wants to be the person who asks a question that causes everyone else within ear shot to turn and look at them. We spend the early part of our careers trying to prove we deserve a seat at the ta