Tom is an award-winning architect and founder of Tom Lee Studio. He has experience across a diverse set of typologies and firms including HDR where he served as Design Principal, and other leading firms including John Ronan Architects, Goettsch Partners, JAHN, Leers Weinzapfel, and Kohn Pedersen Fox.Listen in to hear how drawing influenced Tom's journey in architecture and how he uses sketching as a unique form of communicating design.
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25: June Campbell | NOMA Stories from a Purple Spectrum
June Campbell, is a member of the National Organization for Minority Architects Council (NOMAC). She is the wife of Wendell Campbell, one of the founders of NOMA, who was the organization’s first president.This episode also includes special guests, Leslie Campbell and Bryan Hudson.Listen in to hear stories from June about her life and about NOMA's founding.
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24: Ann Thompson | Developing History
Ann Thompson, FAIA, is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest. She leads the design and planning of projects across the company’s portfolio of mixed-use, mixed-income, affordable and luxury developments, as well as all engineering, zoning and entitlement efforts. Listen in to hear about Ann's career journey from architecture to development, and about how developers take on roles in building communities.
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23: Annabell Ren | Everywhere All at Once
Annabell Ren is the co-founder of the Chicago based firm, New Office. Listen in to episode to hear her experiences as an immigrant to the US, and for a conversation about making cultural designs feel genuine to communities.
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22: Carol Ross Barney | Design is a Superpower
Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, HASLA, is an architect, urbanist, and educator. She is the 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient, of which she is the first living woman to be individually honored.
Listen to stories from her career journey, the mentors that inspired her, and conversation on how design should be in every day life for the public to experience.
Welcome to Beyond the Surface! Our podcast highlights underrepresented voices in architecture. We humanize architects by uncovering who they are beyond the surface. Every month, we interview a designer, discussing how their identity, role models, and other design ideas shape who they are as people.
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