The Second Studio is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, the show covers a wide array of subjects with humor and honesty and features a variety of creative professionals in unscripted and more personal conversations.
This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by Architect Brett Woods, Founding Partner of Los Angeles-based Architecture and Interior Design Office, Woods + Dangaran to discus…
This week David and Marina have a casual chat about clothes shopping for weddings, making resolutions for the New Year, staying motivated, finding happiness, balancing running a podcast and having a …
This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design talk with Homan Rajai, Co-founder and Co-creative director of Studio AHEAD about his story of self-discovery through travel; studying landscap…
This week David and Marina have a casual chat about old clothing; the value (and limitations) of open floor plans in homes (11:00); the idea of thresholds in space making; the downsides to designing …
This week David and Marina are joined by Architect Dorte Mandrup, founder and creative director of Dorte Mandrup Architecture to discuss her background in sculpture and medical school before transiti…
This week David and Marina have a casual chat about Google's Headquarters designed by BIG and Heatherwick, gingerbread house ideas, weddings, over-documenting life, and more! Enjoy
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This week Architect Joshua Aidlin, Founding Partner of Aidlin Darling Design joins David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by to discuss his background in the arts; his design appro…
This week David and Marina are joined by Alison Brooks, RIBA, FRSA, RDI - Founder and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects to discuss starting her career in London during a recession, starti…
This week David and Marina talk about the power of not checking emails; architects claiming to have no design process; architectural agendas; architects whose projects all look the same (but claim ot…
This week David and Marina are joined by design historian and media strategist Eva Hagberg to discuss the importance of publicists in the architecture industry; her transition into journalism after a…
This week David and Marina respond to a listener who feels that BIM has its benefits for complex work but might also be ruining the industry. The two provide an introduction to BIM, the limitations o…
This week David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, Founders of FAME Architecture & Design discuss 7 tips for selecting the right contractor and the qualities to look for in a good one:
1. Willing to innova…
This week Victor Mezhvinsky, President and Founder of FORMA Construction joins David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design to discuss his story of working for his father’s company; the impact his …
This week David and Marina partners at FAME Architecture and Interior Design discuss 5 things clients should know before starting a new home or remodel project: 1. Understanding the process of a proj…
This week David and Marina are joined by Tommy Zung, Principal of Studio Zung to discuss collaborating with Brizo; Brizo’s Modern Goddess campaign; the importance of self-expression in projects; his …
This week David and Marina have a casual chat about Marina's dental braces and the best pastry shop in San Francisco. The two also answer a listener's question about how designers should deal with th…
This week Architect Greg Faulkner, founder & director of Faulkner Architects joins David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design to discuss his background as a design engineer in the aircraft indust…
This week David and Marina answer two questions from listeners: How to cope with the feeling of failure in architecture school and whether or not architecture is hard and stressful. The two cover why…
This week David and Marina are joined by Architect Michael Bohn, Senior Principal for Studio One Eleven to discuss his background; befriending case study architect Edward Killingsworth; moving to Ind…
This week David and Marina share their thoughts on Renzo Piano's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and Pompidou Center, the relationship between beauty and structure, and architecture …