In this episode, I spoke with Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Madame Architect, Julia Gamolina. Julia is dedicated to the built environment and to the visibility and advancement of the women who shape it, a mission manifested through the incredible work she is doing with Madame Architect. She is an Associate Principal and Business Development Director at Ennead, where she focuses on the educational, cultural, and healthcare markets. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute, where she teaches a graduate level Professional Practice Seminar on the history and practices of the profession. 

Julia’s writing has been featured in Fast Company, A Women’s Thing, Metropolis Magazine, Architizer, and the Architect's Newspaper. She has lectured nationally and internationally at institutions, including Harvard, Columbia, Yale, UPenn, Pratt, the IE School of Architecture and Design, Georgia Tech and more, as well as NeueHouse, AIANY/The Center for Architecture, the Architecture & Design Film Festival, and the Women, Architecture and Sustainability Congress in Bogota, Colombia. 

She has served as a guest critic for design reviews at Cornell AAP, Columbia GSAPP, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and was the opening keynote speaker at AIA ‘22 in Chicago, interviewing AIA’s new CEO, Lakisha Woods. In 2021, Julia was named one of Apartment Therapy’s Design Changemakers and one of Commercial Observer's Top Young Professionals. In 2019, she also received a Special Citation from AIANY for her work with Madame Architect. 

Julia received her Bachelor of Architecture at Cornell University, graduating with the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal for exceptional merit in the thesis of architecture. 

Show Notes:

• juliagamolina.com
• madamearchitect.org
• Madame Architect’s Expanding the Conversation series
• Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
• Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace by Stacey Vanek Smith