Architect

33: Alzira Maldonado Protsishin | A Quilt of Perspectives

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Alzira is a Senior Design Architect at EXP focused on architecture in the public realm, particularly infrastructure projects. The conversation discusses Alzira’s journey between multiple countries and settling in Chicago. Listen to her talk about how working on large public infrastructure projects can have influences on all levels, including people on daily commutes. She also talks about the opportunity to give back as a mentor to aspiring architects while appreciating the impact of having strong mentors.

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32: Gabriel Ignacio Dziekiewicz | Design Legacy

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In this episode, we sit down with Gabriel Ignacio Dziekiewicz, president and principal in charge of design at DesignBridge, an award-winning Chicago-based architecture firm with nearly four decades of history. The conversation covers Gabriel’s family story, including his father’s journey in architecture and founding DesignBridge, and Gabriel’s personal discovery in architecture as he moved towards leading the firm and carrying on his father’s legacy.

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31: Monica Chadha | Design as Exchange

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Monica Chadha is the founder and principal of Civic Projects Architecture, a Chicago-based social impact design firm with a focus on high-quality design and long-term strategic thinking. Listen in for a conversation about how architects take perspectives from multiple parties to create a design process that drives projects forward.

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Pascale Sablan

30: Pascale Sablan | Authentically You

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Pascale Sablan is CEO of Adjaye Associates New York studio, overseeing projects in North and South America and the Caribbean. She is the 315th living African-American woman registered architect in the United States. She has previously served as President for the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), and was awarded the 2021 AIA Whitney M. Young. Jr Award for her advocacy efforts.
Listen in for a conversation on Pascale’s journey, and how being an active voice means standing up for yourself, highlighting others, and bringing diverse voices when talking about the design industry.

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Julie Eizenberg

27: Julie Eizenberg | Outside Perspective

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Julie is founding partners of award winning Santa Monica based architecture firm, KoningEizenberg Architecture. Together with partner Hank Koning, Julie has been awarded the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter Gold medal in 2012 and the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2019. Listen in to hear about Julie’s architectural career between Australia and the US from her “outsider” perspective.

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Tom Lee

26: Tom Lee | Drawing from Within

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Tom is an award-winning architect and founder of Tom Lee Studio. He has experience across a diverse set of typologies and firms including HDR where he served as Design Principal, and other leading firms including John Ronan Architects, Goettsch Partners, JAHN, Leers Weinzapfel, and Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Listen in to hear how drawing influenced Tom’s journey in architecture and how he uses sketching as a unique form of communicating design.

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Ann Thompson

24: Ann Thompson | Developing History

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Ann Thompson, FAIA, is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest. She leads the design and planning of projects across the company’s portfolio of mixed-use, mixed-income, affordable and luxury developments, as well as all engineering, zoning and entitlement efforts. Listen in to hear about Ann’s career journey from architecture to development, and about how developers take on roles in building communities.

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