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 built environments.  

Since we live and work in NYC, our Good Buildings for this two-part topic about the importance of design will be notable public buildings in our beloved city. In this episode we dive into the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, which Yuliya and Leah don't 100% agree on. 

Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture

Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management

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