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Joy in Collaboration: Two Bay Area Designers Unified Through Mutual Respect
Our podcast delves into the art and science of collaboration within the built environment industry. Hosted by Drew Lang, founder of Brick & Wonder, we explore the stories and strategies behind successful collaborations that drive innovation and shape the built world around us. In this episode we moved the conversation to the west coast, where...
Workshop Review: Financial Management for Service and Consulting Businesses
Many of the businesses that make up the built environment industry have service-based business models: architects, interior designers, engineers, accountants, publicists, strategists, brand designers, photographers, and more. Without careful financial management, service-based businesses can suffer from narrow profit margins, with projects running at breakeven or even at a loss, reducing the possibility for growth. Only…
A Passport to Usonia: Two perspectives on Frank Lloyd Wright’s suburbia
Welcome to the Brick & Wonder Podcast, Working Together, where we delve into the art and science of collaboration within the built environment industry. Hosted by Drew Lang, founder of Brick & Wonder, this podcast explores the stories and strategies behind the collaborations that drive innovation and shape the built world around us. In this…
Workshop Review: Newlab – A Public Affairs Case Study
Following a Brick & Wonder Site Tour of Newlab in the Brooklyn Navy Yards in February 2024, we decided to share a Public Affairs Case Study of the Newlab development project. Public Affairs and Partnerships are often overlooked aspects of taking a real estate development project from concept to commissioned building. While the designers toil away in schematics…
A Brooklyn Collaboration: Values-Driven Business in the Built Environment
Welcome to Working Together, a podcast where we delve into the art and science of collaboration within the built environment industry. Hosted by Drew Lang, founder of Brick & Wonder, this podcast explores the stories and strategies behind successful collaborations that drive innovation and shape the built world around us. In this episode we spoke…
Workshop Review: Branding the Built Environment
Brand is as essential as it can seem ephemeral. How do we define it, craft it, and drive its visibility in a noisy and competitive landscape? Brand strategy matters to businesses – and to buildings – and there isn’t a fixed formula for making it work. In this March 2024 workshop, Alexandra Thom, Executive Creative Director at Revolver, walked through…
Workshop Review: Cultural Projects
Cultural spaces hold a special place in our hearts, and for good reason: they are spaces devoted entirely to the joy of human expression and creation. They are also spaces to which access is largely democratic. Though great architecture can create exceptional private homes, luxury condo developments, cutting-edge office buildings, and even exceptional infrastructure, museums and…