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

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the second of a series on local Architects and Urbanists for the San Diego Design Week theme of: INSPIRATION The interview was done we sat in the upper floors by the rare books collection of the San Diego Central Library designed by one of Kevin deFreitas' mentors: Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA. Kevin deFreitas, FAIA Fo...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the first of a series on local Architects and Urbanists for the San Diego Design Week theme of: INSPIRATION The first part of this interview was done during the Pandemic shutdown and I wanted to replay this interview to remind us of this part of our history and the effects that it has on the creative community and their Ins...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! Michael Vallen graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture Virginia Polytechnic University. Residential and multi-family work in the Washington DC region and Southern California. 1950s Airstream restoration expert with a workshop and restoration facility near Santa Fe New Mexico. The work can be...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! Kevin Harris, Assoc. AIA  Kevin Harris is the Director of Sales & Marketing at AGS Stainless, Inc. (AGS), a railing manufacturer specializing in 100% offsite fabrication of custom railing systems. Prior to his position with AGS, Kevin founded 4 industry-leading firms including 2 information technology firms; one specializing in...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This episode is part 2 of four interviews with the CRAN  (Custom Residential Architects Network) Getting Your Work Published: Digital Edition panelists.  I was the moderator.  This is not part of the AIAU course or the AIA and is solely the opinions of Michele Grace Hottel and her guests.  The AIA CRAN  AIAU: Getting Your Work Publ...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This episode is part 3 of four interviews with the CRAN  (Custom Residential Architects Network) Getting Your Work Published: Digital Edition panelists.  I was the moderator.  This is not part of the AIAU course or the AIA and is solely the opinions of Michele Grace Hottel and her guests.  The AIA CRAN  AIAU: Getting Your Work Publ...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This episode is part 1 of four interviews with the CRAN  (Custom Residential Architects Network) Getting Your Work Published: Digital Edition panelists.  I was the moderator.  This is not part of the AIAU course or the AIA and is solely the opinions of Michele Grace Hottel and her guests.  The AIA CRAN  AIAU: Getting Your Work Publ...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the second interview onEntreArchitect  Echolfest, a meeting of the architecture minds in the hills (or mountains)  of Vermont in August of 2021. Ann Sussman, RA, is an architect, author and researcher passionate about understanding how people experience buildings. Her book, Cognitive Architecture, Designing for How We respo...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the sixteenth episode in the #WFH series that was started during the 2020 pandemic. Djana Venolia, AIA International Associate Djana is a Brazilian architect and urban designer. She has worked with architectural services, interior and landscape design, and media services for residential, commercial and hospitality projects...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the fourteenth of a #WFH series that began during the pandemic in 2020. Elsa Contreras Elsa Contreras attended California State University, Fresno and received a BA interior design with a minor in construction management. She is also a Graduate from California State University, Northridge, and received an MS in family consu...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the fifthteenth of a #WFH series that began during the pandemic in 2020. Katharine MacPhail believes that architects are for everyone, and is on a mission to relieve as much of the stress from home renovations as possible for homeowners through sharing information and tips from experts and those who have gone before on her...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the thirteenth of a series began during the pandemic in 2020. Evelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, Founder of the Practice of Architecture, and Co-Host on the Podcast, Practice Disrupted. Lee seamlessly integrates her business and architecture background with a qualitative and...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the twelth of a series began during the pandemic in 2020 Kristi Byers, Architect and Founder AIA, LEED AP BD+C Kristi’s design eye, technical expertise and consensus-building leadership skills have been honed over her 22 year sof project and community leadership experience on commercial, industrial, civic, university, K-12,...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the tenth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Rosa T. Sheng, FAIA is Principal and Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and SF Higher Education Studio Leader at SmithGroup. She is also the founder of Equity by Design [EQxD] and 2018 Past President of AIA San Francisco. T...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the eleventh of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Dr. Karen Makoff is a psychologist with a private practice in Los Angeles. She has a specialty in child and adolescent psychotherapy. She has a PhD in clinical child psychology and did a fellowship in clinical child and adolescent psyc...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the ninth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Craig J. Schmitt As co-Director of the Sports practice at a large architecture firm, Craig focuses on development/delivery of the firm’s professional sports, entertainment and hospitality projects. His passion for designing sports and ent...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the eighth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Margit E. Whitlock AIA LEED AP                                                                     Principal / Creative Director Architectural Concepts, Inc. 3958 First Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 www.4designs.com Margit E. Whitlock AIA L...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the seventh of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Earl Parson is an architect practicing in northern Arizona, from his home base in Prescott and also the property he's developing near the Grand Canyon, outside the town of Williams. Earl attended Washington University school of arc...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the sixth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Danei Cesario AIA, RIBA, NCARB, NOMA is the 333rd black female architect in American history. Hailing from Manchester, England, she is an internationally licensed architect, project manager, + public speaker. She is currently part of Skid...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the fifth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Evelyn Warner: I’m an Architect with a 30+ year career in Architectural Design and Construction, including nearly 10 years with NAVFAC SW.  I’ve worked on of some of the most complex project types in the industry and some of the largest i...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the fourth of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Marc Dixon Architect Marc Dixon is a Melbourne-based architect engaged in Architectural Practice since 1997. This office is engaged in a variety of projects including residential, commercial, hospitality and retail through to social hous...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the third of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. William J. Martin AIA Bill Martin grew up In Northern New Jersey just outside New York City. He attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he studied architecture and for a time, managerial economics. He then returned to the...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This is the second of the #WFH interviews and blogs that were started during the 2020 pandemic. Jeff Echols is on a mission to change the way architects do business by helping them communicate Empathy ( not ego ) so clients see Value ( not commodity ). He's the President and Chief Strategy Officer at echoEngagement, the host o...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This interview was done as part of the series for the Monterey Design Conference 2019 but it became the first part of the #WFH series that came about as the world starting shutting down for the Covid Pandemic, that we are still experiencing now... Lawrence Scarpa,  FAIA Principal, Brooks + Scarpa Architects Biography The work of La...

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This Interview with Michael E. Willis, FAIA, NOMA was done during the AIA California Monterey Design Conference in 2019 MICHAEL E. WILLIS, FAIA, NOMA  Mr. Willis founded MWA Architects Inc. in 1988 and served as a Principal until 2016. Since 2017 he has been an independent design consultant, and teaching at his alma mater Washingto...