Bad Words Good Buildings

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. This week we are chatting about why it can be challenging to apply conventional green design principles to smaller projects. We dive into the waste involved in renovations, how to think about selecting new materials, passive house strategies, and why building smaller is both more sustainable and also budge...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. This week we continue to discuss the idea that architecture and construction are inherently tied to politics. We begin with a conversation about our personal and professional stories and thoughts about the topic of immigration. We then shift to the hot topic of tariffs, and specifically how uncertaint...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. This week we are exploring the concept that architecture is inherently a political act, which is now coming up against a highly conservative administration. We explore the White House mandate that all new civic buildings must be in a classical architectural style, the complete demolition of the ...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. In this episode we continue the discussion around why design is important in all our lives and how we are all deserving of access to good design. We think about the temporal nature of buildings throughout this episode, speaking about everything from building maintenance to industry trends. Since we l...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. In this week's episode we kick off the topic of design by asking: what is good design? How does design relate to beauty and differ from taste? We use New York City as a proving ground for this discussion and encourage listeners to think about how they consume design and what speaks to them in their own buil...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. This is Part 2 of two episodes that will speak to the financial side of design and construction. We share some of our pet peeves with design magazines in the way they give expectations on project costs, and how owners can think critically about the information presented. We continue to get into soft costs a...

Welcome back to Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. Today we begin to unpack construction costs to understand why building responsibly is so expensive. This is Part 1 of two episodes that will speak to the financial side of design and construction. Learn how architects and general contractors structure their businesses and how unseen overhe...

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Bad Words Good Buildings, hosted by Leah Solk and Yuliya Ilizarov. This is a podcast where two smart women shoot the shit about the design and construction industry. In today's episode, we reflect on what brought us together to make this show. We share a few anecdotes about how we met, started our businesses, and why we like doing our jobs. Get to know us and hear a bit about what we'd like to explore this season. Leah Solk is an architect and ...