The Crit That Wasn't About AI
📰 Olson Kundig put 300 people in a room and asked what wastes their time. One rule: don't call it an AI meeting. The lists came back honest, and a big share of the complaints already had a fix sitting inside the firm.
Design Technology
235: 'How Olson Kundig Scaled AI Adoption Across a 300-Person Firm', with Marlene Chen and Blair Payson
A conversation with Marlene Chen and Blair Payson about scaling AI adoption across a 300-person architecture firm by prioritizing culture, office-wide critiques, democratizing visualization, and managing change and software licensing.
Define Your Value Before Someone Else Does
📰 In this edition, explore how AI might reclaim architecture’s purpose by capturing process over paperwork, redefining value before owners dictate it, and building tools that empower every skill level.
232: 'Bringing Joy Back to Architecture', with Tatjana Dzambazova
A conversation with Tatjana Dzambazova about how AI can restore joy to architecture by shifting focus from speed to process, capturing design reasoning, and redefining architects’ value beyond mere cost and efficiency.
The Non-Sexy Work Is Where the Real Leverage Lives
📰 The unglamorous work (spec sync, project setup automation, data plumbing) is where actual leverage lives. Charles Portelli FAIA on his career path and building tools for the AEC industry from the inside.
226: 'Think Slower to Move Faster', with Charles Portelli
A conversation with Charles Portelli about bridging the gap between architecture and software, the importance of foundational data infrastructure, and how patience in building internal tools can lead to more effective project management within large architecture firms.
Your Best People Can't Scale. Their Knowledge Can.
📰 Discover how to avoid the busyness trap in architecture and engineering. Learn from Joachim Viktil's insights on scaling expertise, the generation-to-precision gap, and why impactful growth is about more than just hiring.