Design:ED

Mark Cavagnero - Mark Cavagnero Associates

Dec 22, 2025

Mark Cavagnero returns to Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast to discuss the renovation of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, the pressures of a building opening, and the role that cultural heritage plays in architecture

Thomas Phifer - Thomas Phifer and Partners

Dec 8, 2025

Thomas Phifer returns to the DESIGN:ED podcast to discuss the opening of the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, the reverence for light in architecture, and his response to being the inaugural recipient of Architectural Record’s Architect of RECORD award.

Scott Specht - Specht Novak Architects

Nov 24, 2025

Scott Specht, founder of Specht Novak Architects, joins the podcast to discuss the design of Austin’s Stealth House, an accessory dwelling unit with no exterior windows, and how this project can serve as a prototype for housing on non-traditional site

Tod Williams & Billie Tsien - Rerelease

Nov 17, 2025

In this classic DESIGN:ED Podcast, originally released September 2021, Tod Williams & Billie Tsien join the podcast to discuss the Barack Obama Presidential Library commission, the David Geffen Hall renovation at Lincoln Center, and reflect on their careers and what it means to be a mentor to other architects

Bob Weis - Author and Speaker

Nov 10, 2025

Bob Weis, former president of Walt Disney Imagineering, joins Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast to discuss how design influences human experience, storytelling through design, and how Disney shaped his view of architecture from his 40-year career with the company.