Brandon and Tana Anderson

03/22/21 • 89 min

Brandon and Tana Anderson, founders of LIVstudio join the show to talk about their shared backgrounds in Texas before finding each other and igniting their partnership during a semester abroad in Italy. The couple went on to work for many of the top Denver architecture firms as well as Lake Flato before forming LIV and crafted some of the best restaurant interiors in Denver such as Il Posto, Super Mega Bien, Sushi Rama and Denver Central Market. This conversation could have gone much longer than the hour and twenty minutes that it did and there is actually bonus material after the end crits.

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Nicole McIntosh and Jonathan Louie

Nicole McIntosh and Jonathan Louie, founders of Architecture Office and faculty members at Texas AM's Department of Architecture, join the show as a brief interlude from Colorado designers. However this episode is seen as a continuation of their recent lecture at the University of Colorado Denver. They talk through their unique origins (Nicole's at 7:30 and Jonathan's at 35:33), educational backgrounds, how they came together and the work they are creating now. This episode also contains a bonus clip after the credits where they talk about winning the Architectural League Prize and their experience with Kevin Hirth (1:11:30).

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Kaci Taylor

Kaci Taylor, founder of THE5WH and architect at Page Southerland Page, joins the show for a frank conversation about her career and experiences as the only black female architect in the state of Colorado. We talk about her beginnings in LA to her education at the University of San Francisco and Tulane and then her move to Denver. In Colorado, she worked through multiple firms, struggling with hostile work environments, until she landed at Page and started THE5WH as a way to better implement her design philosophies. She gives us a frank and powerful story of navigating the built environment and the profession as a black woman all with her inspiring passion for helping people and improving lives with design.

This episode also includes an extended conversation, after the end credits, about race and the profession as well as what Kaci is currently pushing forward with AIA Colorado.

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