"I’ve never met a woman architect before..." podcast Michele Grace Hottel

In this long awaited podcast episode, I speak with Architect and Broker Associate Brian Linder, AIA

A seasoned real estate professional with 20 years of experience in high-end, custom residential design and construction and a master’s degree in architecture, Brian Linder, AIA, brings design-oriented expertise to the buying and selling of estates, architectural properties and historic residences.
Over the course of his career, Brian has represented some of the most notable properties in Los Angeles, including work by Rudolf Schindler, Angélil/Graham, Coop Himmelblau and Eric Owen Moss. His sophisticated eye and understanding of complex real estate transactions have enabled him to assist buyers in finding value for their investment at every level of spending. A skilled marketer and Certified Negotiation Expert, Brian has also helped owners and developers market distinctive projects, from land with plans through the construction of speculative ventures. Viewing architecture as an opportunity, he brings his expertise to help buyers find the most interesting, well-designed homes available in their price range, and to help sellers get the highest possible prices for their special architect-designed homes.
Brian has built his real estate practice around a concept he calls “The Value of Architecture.” This concept is based on the notion that architectural homes provide countless lifestyle benefits, carry greater premiums, and tend to be less sensitive to market fluctuations. Brian leads the ongoing UCLA Extension course “The Value of Architecture” and has further developed this thesis in presentations to the American Institute of Architects, the Society of Architectural Historians and various local and national audiences. Brian is also committed to promoting architecture as art, featuring the work of practicing architects, including Marmol Radziner, Pugh Scarpa, and Patrick Tighe, on his website.
Brian spent several years as an architect and construction manager before earning his broker’s license and joining the firm formerly known as Mossler Deasy & Doe, the original marketers of architectural real estate in Los Angeles. Licensed in California, Texas and Washington, Brian has since been involved in the sale of architectural properties from Southern to Northern California and marketed out-of-state properties as far afield as New Canaan, Connecticut. In addition to working out of Compass’s Beverly Hills office, Brian holds court in Austin, Texas and has sold numerous architectural homes in a wide radius, including properties in Marfa, Texas, the minimalist modern art and architecture mecca.
When he’s not representing clients in real estate, Brian enjoys spending time with his kids, doing hot yoga several times a week—sometimes followed by a cold plunge in the ocean or Barton Springs when in Austin—hiking, mountain biking, surfing, touring architectural homes, organic gardening and chicken husbandry (he has seven raised beds and eight laying hens in his front yard), traveling, meditation and Native American studies. Brian holds a BS in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University and MA in Architecture from UCLA. He is an active member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

Here’s a link to his website:  https://thevalueofarchitecture.com/



Link to Blog:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/09/interview-podcast-w-brian-linder-aia-of.html

Nicole Lynam is the owner and principal architect of Ke Design LLC located in Tempe, Arizona. Ke Design is a commercial architecture firm that specializes in the design of gas stations, convenience stores, and other fuel industry facilities.

Nicole graduated from Arizona State University in 2007, obtained her initial architecture license in Arizona in 2013, acquired her firm in 2020, and has now expanded architecture licensing to 13 U.S. states. Nicole's 25-year career has provided a variety of experience in residential design, commercial design, land development, surveying, environmental engineering, and civil engineering.

Link to website: https://www.kedesignllc.com/

Link to blog: https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/08/interview-podcast-w-nicole-lynam-of-ke.html

In Episode 53 of "I've never met a woman architect before..." podcast listen to John E. Sather of SWABACK Architects + Planners as he answers the four questions and talks about his experience at Taliesin and starting a practice with fellow associate Vern Swaback, FAIA (one can listen to my podcast with Vern here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1918516/9932946 )
Link to "I've never met a woman architect before..." Blog:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/08/interview-podcast-w-john-e-sather-of.html


John E Sather AIA, AICP
Managing Partner


John Sather is an Architect and Land Planner based in Scottdale, Arizona, and is the Managing Partner of Swaback Architects + Planners. He and his business partner, Vern Swaback, started the firm almost 45 years ago, after both left the Frank Lloyd Wright (FLLW) Foundation based at Taliesin and Taliesin West. Vern Swaback was a direct apprentice to FLLW and John was a student at the School of Architecture that continued on after Wright’s death. He currently serves as a Board of Trustee member of the School of Architecture founded by FLLW. 
John’s work spans the US, Mexico, and Hawaii. His architectural involvements are centered on special case assignments where the project goal is to create precedent-setting design, such as Univision Television Headquarters, one of the largest rammed earth structures built in modern time. Additionally, he has designed numerous resorts and residences, and recently perhaps the most important environmental education and research center focused on desert and arid lands, which will be located in the Sonoran Desert. 
His land planning/community design work in Hawaii, Lake Tahoe, and Sedona includes some of the most environmentally sensitive communities in the US. He has received awards for virtually all of his work, and has had numerous articles published about both his planning and architectural work. He has traveled to virtually all parts of the world in his ongoing study of architecture and community design.

My Interview with Bob Habian, AIA at the tect booth during AIA Conference A'23 in San Francisco.

Bob Habian, AIA CEO | Co-Founder – I connect building product manufacturers with architects and specifiers at the moment important product decisions are being made.

"We're reaching out to our peers, inside and outside of the building industry, to share an invitation to join us in the growth of our venture as stakeholders, not just passive observers. Look for the link in the comments and consider joining the tect | peopleverse® family, for a very little, a little more, or a whole lot. We value each and every consideration, and we welcome you on our journey to actively elevate the building industry."

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tectapp/
#tect #peopleverse #shareholder

One of the things that I have been doing during the pandemic opening up are reaching out to different architects and going to their offices to meet in person and
I have been visiting a lot of residential architects lately and I have my own projects so this is first in a series on #HousesHousing that I will be focusing on in the new year.

One of the first architects whose firm I worked at who primarily specialized in Houses is Marc Appleton. I worked for Marc in the early 90's. I would like to say that everything that I learned the right way is from that office.  And it shows with the list of architects who have gone on to start their own firms or have become partners in other firms, I have interviewed and will be interviewing quite a few of them in the coming months. 

Marc Appleton, Appleton Partners LLP-Architects
https://www.appleton-architects.com/

Marc Appleton is the founding Principal of Appleton Partners LLP-Architects, with offices in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California.  

He received a B.A. honors degree in English from Harvard College (1968) and a Master of Architecture degree from The Yale School of Architecture (1972.)
His design work has received many awards and has been widely published in Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Veranda, Luxe and other periodicals.  He is one of only fourdesigners who were consistently named among Architectural Digest's top 100 designers from 1991-2016.
 he has written, published or contributed to: 

Rexford Newcomb's Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States (Acanthus,1999), 

George Washington Smith: An Architect's Scrapbook (Tailwater, 2001), California Mediterranean (Rizzoli, 2007),
New Classicists (Images, 2008), Casa del Herrero (Rizzoli, 2009), Robert Winter's Myron Hunt at Occidental College (Tailwater, 2012), 

the series Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940 (Tailwater/Angel City Press, 2016-2020)  

Ranches: Home on the Range in California (Rizzoli, 2016) and Lotusland (Rizzoli, 2022.)


Publications from his Publishing Company:
Marc Appleton, Appleton & Associates, Inc. & Appleton Partners LLP – Architects, & Tailwater Press LLC
I. Books by Marc Appleton
• Academy Sant’ Antonio, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2018
• 40 Years - An Architectural Scrapbook, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016
• The Architect’s House, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016
• Ranches, Rizzoli International Publications, 2016
• New Classicists, Images Publishing, 2008
• California Mediterranean, Rizzoli International Publications, 2007
• George Washington Smith: An Architect’s Scrapbook, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2001
II. Edited and/or Published by Marc Appleton / Tailwater Press LLC
• The Steedman Silver, Robert Sweeney, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2019
• ICAA Southern California Chapter 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Ed. Marc Appleton, 2014
• Myron Hunt at Occidental College, Robert Winter, Tailwater Press, Inc., 2012


• Classicist, No. 15, Ed. Marc Appleton, 2018
• Casa del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial, Rizzoli International Publications, 2009
• Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States, Rexford Newcomb. Ed. Marc Appleton, Acanthus Press, 1999
• Santa Barbara Architecture, Wayne McCall. Fifth Impression, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2019
• Gordon B. Kaufmann, Roland Coate, Wallace Neff and Paul Williams, Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940 Series, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016-2018
Link to the blog:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/02/interview-podcast-w-marc-appleton-of.html

Interview with Lisa Raynes, architect and creator and owner of the Pride Road Architecture Franchise.

 Lisa is an architect that specialises in the domestic sector which, she discovered, is perfect for getting her "work-life balance just right."[1] After being made redundant twice due to maternity leave, she decided, in 2010, to set up Raynes Architecture, [2], out of necessity, as there were no architecture employment opportunities at the time. However, the gender inequality within architecture continued to frustrate her, so recently she created the franchise Pride Road in June 2016, which has been a Chartered Practice for only six months (as of January 2018), [3] yet is a "game changer for women in architecture,"[4] as it allows her to give her flexible business model to other architects, so they too could enjoy their families, as well as their work. Raynes argues that "On entering the architecture school, there is 50/50 split across genders but once you get into practice, the numbers fall to 20-30% of all architects being women," [5] so despite women being equally interested in architecture, they "fall prey to economic cycles far more than men and once [they] decide to have a family."

Link to Blog:
https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2022/11/holidaygiftlist-2022-and-interview-w.html
Link to SHEROES virtual symposium on women in architecture:
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk/blog/sheroes-of-architecture/