Rice Architecture Tête-à-Tête
by Rice Architecture Tête-à-Tête
Tête-à-Tête is a student-produced podcast series that strives to highlight architectural discourse both within Rice Architecture and the global architecture community. Each episode is intended to keep architecture enthusiasts, professionals, academics, and students informed of current happenings.The podcast team works to foster and curate exciting conversations with a range of guests including lecturers, faculty members, alumni, students and professionals. Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up with new releases!
Episodes
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S7E4: An Interview with New Affiliates
The latest episode of Tête-à-Tête features an interview by Rice Architecture alumna Lindsey Chambers with Ivi Diamantopolou and Jaffer Kolb, co-founders of New York-based design practice New Affiliates. In the interview, Diamantopolou and Kolb discuss the challenge of representation--creating...
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S7E3: An Interview with Eric Höweler
The latest episode of Tête-à-Tête features an interview by graduate student Lindsey Chambers with Eric Höweler, co-founding principal and partner of Höweler + Yoon Architecture LLP and Associate Professor in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the interview, Höweler…
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S7E2 Interview with Viola Ago
The latest episode of Tête-à-Tête features an interview by graduate student Lindsey Chambers (M.Arch. '22) with former Rice Architecture Wortham Fellow Viola Ago. She discusses her thoughts on the roles of digital technology, compositional physics, and empathy in the design process. Themes in...
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Interview with Amelyn Ng
The latest episode of Tête-à-Tête features an interview by graduate student Lindsey Chambers with former Rice Architecture Wortham Fellow Amelyn Ng. She discusses her Stay-at-home Stress and Screenspace projects, which are concerned with what designers can learn from stay-at-home experiences…
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Interview With Anzilla Gilmore, Justin Taplet and Micki Washington
The latest episode of Tête-à-Tête features an interview by graduate student Lindsey Chambers with architects Anzilla Gilmore, Justin Taplet, and Micki Washington. Anzilla Gilmore is the current assistant director for project management and engineering at Rice University, Justin Taplet is an...
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Interview with Giorgio Angelini
An interview with designer, musician, and filmmaker Giorgio Angelini. After touring in bands for much of his 20s, Giorgio enrolled in the Masters of Architecture program at Rice University during the 2008 real estate collapse. It was during his time at Rice that the seeds for Giorgio’s…
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Interview with René Graham
An interview with René Graham, who in addition to being a licensed architect, co-founder and design principal of a joint architecture & real estate development practice, Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Architecture, as well as a Visiting Critic at Texas A&M College of...
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Interview with Frank Barkow
An interview with Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger, an American/German architectural practice based in Berlin and New York, founded in 1993 by Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger. Their practice is a research-based approach to architecture and design, allowing the work to respond to advancing...
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Interview with El Cielo
An interview with Armando Hashimoto and Surella Segú. El Cielo, their architecture and urban design practice based in Mexico City since 2001, has extensive experience in the public, private and academic sectors. El Cielo generates visions of the future through consulting for urban development,...
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Interview with Fala Atelier
An interview with Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, and Ahmed Belkhodja. Fala Atelier, their architecture practice based in Porto, Portugal, utilizes playful graphics to develop and represent the joy and lightness embodied by their work. Fala Atelier is the winner of the 2019 Rice Design…
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September Series: Conversation with Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs
An interview with Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs of HOME-OFFICE. In this episode, Brittany and Daniel discuss their latest projects and how architecture overlays with labor, ecology, and the politics of collectivity.
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September Series: Interview with Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers
An interview with artists and architects Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers of Minneapolis-based creative practice Dream the Combine. In this episode, Jennifer and Tom discuss the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration and share their thoughts on the need for change within the architectural...
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September Series: Interview with Deborah Berke
An interview with Deborah Berke, founder of the New York-based firm Deborah Berke Partners and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. In this episode, she discusses the active role that listening can take in the pursuit of an equitable and iterative design process.
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September Series: Conversation with Carlos Jiménez
An interview with Carlos Jiménez, Rice Architecture Professor and founder of Carlos Jiménez Studio. In this episode, he discusses the temporal nature of architecture, the process of constructing images, and the importance of valuing local contexts.
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September Series: Interview with Helen Leung and Elizabeth Timme
An interview with Helen Leung and Elizabeth Timme of LA-Más, an urban design non-profit organization known for its multidisciplinary and contextual approach to engagement, public policy, and design. Helen and Elizabeth discuss how they've adapted their practice in response to COVID-19, potential...
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“City of Permanent Temporality” Lecture by Kristian Koreman
For those who could not attend in person, please enjoy this recording of Kristian Koreman’s lecture titled, “City of Permanent Temporality.” Koreman is the founding director of ZUS (Zones Urbaines Sensibles), a multidisciplinary firm practicing in the fields of architecture, urbanism and…
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Interview with Rob Rogers: Part Two
An interview with Rob Rogers, FAIA, founding partner of ROGERS PARTNERS Architects + Urban Designers and a Rice School of Architecture alum. The second installment of this two-part alum spotlight mini series focuses on Rogers’ work on campus and his experiences as a Rice student.
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Interview with Rob Rogers: Part One
An interview with Rob Rogers, FAIA, founding partner of ROGERS PARTNERS Architects + Urban Designers and a Rice School of Architecture alum. The first installment of this two-part alum spotlight series focuses on Rogers’ work in the public realm.
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Interview with Jeannette Kuo
An interview with Jeannette Kuo, co-founding partner of Zurich-based Karamuk Kuo Architects and Assistant Professor-in-Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. The conversation focuses on Kuo’s interest in a pedagogy-praxis model and her time spent on campus during the...
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Conversation about Rice Architecture Preceptorship with Andrew Bertics
A conversation with Andrew Bertics about the Rice Architecture Preceptorship Program and his experience working for Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York.
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Conversation with Reto Geiser
A conversation with Reto Geiser on the implications of designing across a variety of scales and mediums, including his work on exhibitions, environmental graphics, and book projects. Implicit in this discussion is an emphasis on the spatial qualities of books.
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Conversation about Rice Architecture Preceptorship with Madeleine Pelzel
A conversation with Madeleine Pelzel about the Rice Architecture Preceptorship Program and her experience working for Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in London.
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Interview with Maria Lisogorskaya
Maria Nicanor speaks with Maria Lisogorskaya, one of the founding directors of Assemble. They discuss what it means to operate as equal partners in a collective, and they talk about Assemble’s multi-disciplinary work, including the ongoing educational project at the Material Institute in New...
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Interview with Alan Maskin
An interview with Alan Maskin, principal and owner of Olson Kundig, about the unconventional design challenges he pursues and how they shape his practice and inform his firm’s collaborative approach. He also shares how his experience with competitions has influenced his body of work and expanded...
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Conversation about Rice Architecture Preceptorship with Ethan Chan
A conversation with Ethan Chan about the Rice Architecture Preceptorship Program and his experience working for Johnston Marklee in Los Angeles.
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Conversation with Mark Wamble
A conversation with Mark Wamble about his company Architectural Safety Components and the process of designing and fabricating aesthetically-minded emergency lighting. He also discusses the lessons he learned, which he plans to bring back into his firm, Interloop—Architecture.
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Interview with Frida Escobedo
Jesús Vassallo speaks with Frida Escobedo, the visiting Cullinan Professor for the Spring 2019 studio entitled "Ruination". They discuss how her education influenced her approach to teaching and the topic of her studio course.
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Lecture by Jack Self "Attitude as Form"
A highlight from the 2018-2019 academic year, please enjoy this recording of Jack Self's lecture entitled "Attitude as Form". Jack spoke at the MATCH Auditorium in Houston, Texas as part of the PLAT & Rice Design Alliance lecture series: Sharing as well as part of the Cullinan Lecture Series.
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Conversation about Rice Architecture Paris with XDGA
This week’s episode features a conversation between Aylin Nazli and two studio critics from the Spring 2019 semester of the Rice Architecture Paris program. Doug Allard and Lieven De Boeck are members of Xaveer De Geyter Architects (XGDA) located in Brussels and recently completed the spring…
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Conversation between Lars Lerup and Aaron Betsky
This week’s episode features a conversation between Aaron Betsky and Lars Lerup following Lars’ farewell lecture "Building the Unfinished: An Intellectual Autobiography of a Life in Design." They discuss Lars’ focus on Houston within his research, his transition to studying similar cities in...
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Lunchtime Response with Lars Lerup and Aaron Betsky
For those who could not attend the event in person, enjoy this recording of the Lunchtime Response with Lars Lerup and Aaron Betsky following Lars' Farewell Lecture. The response was held on April 5, 2019. Find more information at Rice Architecture News:...
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Lars Lerup Farewell Lecture
For those who could not attend in person, enjoy this recording of Lars Lerup's Farewell Lecture titled "Building the Unfinished: An Intellectual Autobiography of a Life in Design" given in Farish Gallery of Anderson Hall on April 4, 2019. Find more information at Rice Architecture News:...
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Conversation about "At least I have you, egg."
This week’s episode features a conversation undergraduate students Anna Fritz and Julia Casbarian about their installations in the Mavis C. Pitman Award Exhibition entitled “At least I have you, egg.” The exhibition is currently on display in the Rice Media Center Gallery through March 28, 2019....
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Conversation with alumnus Scott Key
This week’s episode features a conversation between alumnus Scott Key and Career and Alumni Specialist Jacki Schaefer. Scott began his work on the Emergency Floor system during his time as a graduate student at Rice Architecture. He and fellow alumnus, Sam Brisendine, continued their work on this...
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Interview with Dana Cuff
This week on Tête-à-Tête we speak with UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Design professor, Dana Cuff. The episode introduces how Dana drew from her own education to inform her approach to architectural education, how her work at cityLAB pulls architecture, urban design and sustainability...
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Interview with DUST
This week’s episode features Rice Architecture Professor Carlos Jimenez speaking with Cade Manning Hayes and Jesus Robles Jr. Cade and Jesus are the founding members of the architecture firm DUST, based in Tucson Arizona. DUST was recently awarded the Rice Design Alliance 2019 Spotlight award.…
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Conversation with alumnus Christof Spieler
This week’s episode features a conversation between Christof Spieler and our alumni specialist Jacki Schafer. Their conversation dives into Christof’s experience as an engineering student at Rice and how the campus community fostered many of his additional interests. These interests later…
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Conversation with alumni Ethan Feuer and Florence Tang
This week’s episode features two interviews between Jacki Schaefer and alumni Ethan Feuer and Florence Tang. Their conversations include thoughts on how each of them pursued nontraditional architecture careers and how their experiences at Rice Architecture furthered and fueled their passions.…
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Conversation about Totalization with Troy and Nat
This week's episode features a conversation between your host Aylin Nazli, Troy Schaum and Nat Oppenheimer about what makes the Totalization program unique, how it fits into the curriculum at Rice Architecture, and the importance of collaborations between the students and professional…
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Conversation about Unmaking the Bed with Piergianna and Patrick
Patrick Daurio, M.Arch 2016, spoke with Gus Wortham Fellow Piergianna Mazzocca about the exhibition Unmaking the Bed, Unmaking New Orleans. The content for the exhibition was developed by students in Piergianna’s Spring 2018 studio entitled Unmaking the Bed. The exhibition furthers the student’s...
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Interview with Tom Emerson
Jack Murphy, M.Arch. student and co-editor of "PLAT 8.0: Simplicty", spoke with Cullinan lecturer Tom Emerson, founder of 6a Architects and professor at the ETH Department of Architecture (Zurich), about his thoughts on materiality, the relationship between nature and architecture, and the scalar...
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(Teaser Episode) Interview with Tom Emerson
Tom Emerson discusses nature and its relationship to architecture with graduate student Jack Murphy. Find more information at Rice Architecture News: https://arch.rice.edu/latest/news/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte-tom-emerson
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Conversation with Rice Construct
Tete-a-tete host, Aylin Nazli, dives into how Rice Construct is improving Houston communities through a conversation with Construct Director, Danny Samuels, and graduate student, Rose Wilkowski. Find more information on Rice Architecture News:...
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Interview with Peggy Deamer
How should architects be working? Peggy Deamer and The Architecture Lobby poses a solution. Find more information at Rice Architecture News: https://arch.rice.edu/latest/news/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte-peggy-deamer
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(Teaser Episode) Interview with Peggy Deamer
(Teaser Episode) Interview with Peggy Deamer by Rice Architecture Tête-à-Tête
About this show
Tête-à-Tête is a student-produced podcast series that strives to highlight architectural discourse both within Rice Architecture and the global architecture community. Each episode is intended to keep architecture enthusiasts, professionals, academics, and students informed of current happenings.The podcast team works to foster and curate exciting conversations with a range of guests including lecturers, faculty members, alumni, students and professionals. Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up with new releases!
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