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Talk Architecture

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Send us a text For Architecture Academics, a special podcast on: Why Research Framework cannot be used in Architectural Design, specifically in the Architecture Studio Design Thesis Curriculum. An introduction to a topic addressing what is currently wrong with the way we teach architecture in universities where research and publication becomes increasingly important and how we have lost our way in producing credible architecture graduates. Refer to the link below on a previous Facebook post (...

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Send us a text For Architecture Academics, a special podcast on: Why Research Framework cannot be used in Architectural Design, specifically in the Architecture Studio Design Thesis Curriculum. An introduction to a topic addressing what is currently wrong with the way we teach architecture in universities where research and publication becomes increasingly important and how we have lost our way in producing credible architecture graduates. Refer to the link below on a previous Facebook post (...

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Why Research Framework cannot be used in Architectural Design - an Introduction.

Send us a text For Architecture Academics, a special podcast on: Why Research Framework cannot be used in Architectural Design, specifically in the Architecture Studio Design Thesis Curriculum. An introduction to a topic addressing what is currently wrong with the way we teach architecture in universities where research and publication becomes increasingly important and how we have lost our way in producing credible architecture graduates. Refer to the link below on a previous Facebook post (...

4 weeks ago

25 minutes

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A Recap on Sensory-driven Architecture Principles for Disabled Persons Specifically

Send us a text The seven principles of sensory-driven architecture, which focus on engaging human senses to create meaningful and immersive built environments, are often derived from the broader concepts of sensory design. 1. Sight (Visual Engagement) 2. Sound (Acoustic Harmony) 3. Touch (Tactile Experience) 4. Smell (Olfactory Design) 5. Temperature (Thermal Comfort) 6. Movement (Kinesthetic Awareness) 7. Emotional Resonance (Human-Centered Experience) This episode, Naziaty Mohd ...

1 month ago

17 minutes

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The Use of Sensory-driven Architecture Principles to Achieve Inclusive & Therapeutic Spaces [Part 2]

Send us a text The concluding part (Part 2) of this proposition of using sensory-driven architecture principles to achieve inclusive and therapeutic spaces as explained by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, is based on a research to combine architecture, disability and phenomenology. Based on an internet literature search, the 7 principles of Sensory-driven Architecture Principles are: Sight (Visual Engagement)Sound (Acoustic Harmony)Touch (Tactile Experience)Smell (Olfactory Design) Temp...

1 month ago

23 minutes

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The Use of Sensory-driven Architecture Principles to Achieve Inclusive & Therapeutic Spaces [Part 1]

Send us a text A new season on Sensory-driven Architecture principles and ideas. The first part of this proposition of using sensory-driven architecture principles to achieve inclusive and therapeutic spaces as explained by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, started on a research to combine 'architecture', 'disability' and 'phenomenology'. Definitions and approach to how we could go about as architects go above and beyond accessibility and universal design is articulated in Part 1. Reference to Juhani Pall...

1 month ago

29 minutes

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Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2]

Send us a text The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Lillian Tay discusses a variety of issues from gender roles in taking care of children and the challenges to women architects who decided to start a family, how the local government can provide for nurseries in office areas and whether there is the glass ceiling for women architects. Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton U...

1 month ago

37 minutes

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Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 1]

Send us a text In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Lillian Tay discusses on a wide range of issues regarding women architects, starting out in the beginning, the role of women in general, whether there is discrimination in architecture and architectural practice in reality. Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton University and worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York. Lillian returned to Kuala...

1 month ago

26 minutes

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Teaser: Conversation with Lillian Tay on Women Architect in Leadership Roles

Send us a text A Teaser introduction on a conversation with Ar. Lillian Tay in the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles. (Part 1 & 2 - coming soon.) Bio: Ar. Lillian Tay is the Vice President of Veritas Design Group, est. 1987. She was trained at Princeton University and worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York. Lillian returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1991. At Veritas Design Group, she provides the design direction and was leading numerous award-winning projects. Lillian contri...

2 months ago

7 minutes

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Conversation with Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2]

Send us a text The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim discusses on how younger women architects need to find that balance in their profession, flexibility arrangements with your boss, having empathy with your staff, the importance of "me time" and resetting your mind over the weekend, the importance of learning from one another in an office and the construction industry and learning how to market oneself with your variou...

2 months ago

32 minutes

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Is being an architect worth it?

Send us a text Commentary on the article entitled "Being an architect isn't worth it" says commenter published on 15 August 2025. Naziaty Mohd Yaacob argued that the connection to bridging the gap between architecture education and practice is to breakdown what exactly is the learning to acquire skills and knowledge to be an architect when it comes to 'design' as the student needs to get this part right, which is identifying and solving the 'design problem'. Link to the Dezeen.com article © 2...

2 months ago

9 minutes

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Conversation with Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 1]

Send us a text In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim discusses on networking at top management level, advice when fresh graduates started out in employment, stepping out of the comfort zone and keep on challenging oneself and even marketing for oneself, the importance of the right mentor, and how acquiring knowledge and keep on doing so helps you to gain confidence, amongst other issues of managing an office. Bio: Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Ra...

2 months ago

18 minutes

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Teaser: Conversation with Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim on Women Architect in Leadership Roles

Send us a text A Teaser introduction on a conversation with Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim in the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles. (Part 1 & 2 - coming soon.) Bio: Ar. Almaz Salma Abdul Rahim, Managing Director of Almaz Architect Sdn Bhd. Throughout her 41 years of experience in the industry, she has been involved in over 250 design works in Malaysia winning awards. She was the convenor of Singgah KL, a Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) event in 2025 promoting the archit...

2 months ago

6 minutes

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Conversation with Cheryl Quan on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2]

Send us a text The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Cheryl Quan discusses about the issues women architects face when "maternity leave" happens amongst other issues, the role of the institutions such as PAM, and more detailed deliberations on the Malaysian Architecture Week (MAW) and the awareness needed to get the public to know about the architect's role and function in society. Bio: Ar. Cheryl Quan is the principal of Cheryl Quan Architect...

2 months ago

39 minutes

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Conversation with Cheryl Quan on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 1]

Send us a text In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Cheryl Quan discusses about her experiences and challenges in her practice and recounted how she struggled in the beginning when there were clear gender-based biases she was up against. As one of the main curator of the recent exhibition and talks in conjunction with the Malaysian Architecture Week (MAW), after a seven year sabbatical, she found confidence again to be part of the architecture fraternity and co...

2 months ago

19 minutes

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Teaser: Conversation with Cheryl Quan on Women Architect in Leadership Roles

Send us a text A Teaser introduction on a conversation with Ar Cheryl Quan in the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles. (Part 1 & 2 - coming soon.) Bio: Ar. Cheryl Quan is the principal of Cheryl Quan Architect and partner in OTCQ architects, a practice focused on responsive, community-driven, and environmentally conscious design. She was named one of the 40 Under 40 Emerging Architects in 2023. Known for her material sensitivity and a willingness to embrace experimental approac...

3 months ago

9 minutes

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Conversation with Aisyah Razin on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 2]

Send us a text The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Aisyah Razin explained on how it is important to "always be curious, consistent and grounded" for women architects to negotiate the building industry. The content is more on how you need to manage yourself with other people. More podcasts on this topic coming soon with interviews lined-up. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image contributed by Ar. Aisyah Razin Graphite P...

3 months ago

35 minutes

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Conversation with Aisyah Razin on Women Architect in Leadership Roles [Part 1]

Send us a text In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Aisyah Razin discusses about the importance of mentors, getting the right opportunity and architectural company in the beginning, creating a high content value in yourself, having the right mindset and priorities, amongst other things. Tune in to find out more and do give your opinion / feedback on what you think on this matter. Bio: Ar. Aisyah Razin is an emerging Malaysian architect redefining leadership wit...

3 months ago

22 minutes

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Teaser: Conversation with Aisyah Razin on Women Architect in Leadership Roles

Send us a text A Teaser introduction on a conversation with Ar Aisyah Razin in the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles. (Part 1 & 2 - coming soon.) Ar. Aisyah Razin is an emerging Malaysian architect redefining leadership with clarity, conviction, and just the right amount of chaos. As Technical Director at TriArch Architects Sdn Bhd (formerly S&A Architects), she oversees a range of architectural works, with recent focus on high-rise residential developments - balancing de...

3 months ago

10 minutes

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Why architecture graduates don’t know how to sketch and solve problems on the spot?

Send us a text This commentary is a reaction to Ar. Firadaus Khazis’s post where he stated that architecture graduates has problems with “not just plans, sections, elevations, but the ability to sketch out ideas, details, and solve problems on the spot”. The root of the problem is in the lack of teaching and learning of the students in architecture school to acquire the right skills to work out design problems from the very beginning and how the architecture curriculum failed to uphold the ba...

3 months ago

26 minutes

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Architecture Design Studio Learning - What Constitutes Failure in Teaching?

Send us a text Since March 2025, we have listened to the conversations with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced Education Model, the MAW Review and did episodes on social media comments coming from the the architecture fraternity (with episodes on the Dumbing Down of Architecture Education), so ... what have we learned so far? We can't ignore the 'elephant in the room' and it is the "Failure in Teaching Architecture Design". Specifically the disappointment in not helping students and gradua...

4 months ago

27 minutes

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The Dumbing Down of Architecture Education - Part 3

Send us a text Based on a post by an architect asking for solutions to a "popular opinion" that he kept on hearing architects say, which is " how university graduates / architectural education don’t meet the standards / not up to par", and asking that those people who complains to offer solutions, this episode is on exactly that. The solution to the 'dumbing down of the architecture education' that is happening right now. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image of '...

4 months ago

26 minutes