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Talk Architecture

Naziaty Mohd Yaacob is a dedicated Architecture Educator & Universal Design Advocate & Consultant with 28 Years of Academic Experience.Began in April 2020, hosted by Naziaty, Talk Architecture engaged the listeners with deep conversations and reflections on architecture education and practice.2025 series on "disability and architecture" and "women in architecture".

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28:12

The Dumbing Down of Architecture Education - Part 2

Talk Architecture ·

2025/07/01

Send us a text Based on a post by a civil engineer / surveyor that was critical of young architects in particular, whom was called "make-up artists" that makes decisions for the the consultants team, based on marketing and pitching ideas with the client and not even gone to the site, had people commenting. Thus the case being made resulted in Naziaty Mohd Yaacob's commentary on what is one of the most glaring problem in architecture education - the lack of feeling and knowing what an architec...

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18:22

The Dumbing Down of Architecture Education - Part 1...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/06/25

Send us a text This is a criticism of the trend to oversimplify "architecture education" in my opinion, so that "design" (competencies) can be controlled. All architects and architectural designers need to be livid about this, and nothing else. I saw a post that the UIA Education Committee wants to have a webinar called "Aligning Education Across Allied Built Environment Disciplines". I copied this quote: This panel discussion seeks to explore innovative ways to bridge disciplinary boundaries...

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19:27

The MAW Review 2: Awards, Heroes & Pride (Managing Egos)

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2025/06/24

Send us a text Expanding on the last episode on The MAW Review: A Commentary on the Malaysian Architecture DialogueLet's focus on The MAW Review 2 and delve into the keywords found during the discussion on "awards", "heroes" and "pride". I added "managing egos" to the 'pride' discussion as an afterthought on what we need to do in the architecture industry and although it is not the main part of the conversation, much of it has to happen some how. A lot have been said about "awards", and...

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30:49

The MAW Review: A Commentary on the Malaysian...

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2025/06/24

Send us a text The Malaysian Architecture Week is still on-going and Naziaty Mohd Yaacob managed to catch up with what's happening by coming for the Borak Borak 04 session and listening to the speakers and the conversations after left me thinking that a small opening was created by the architecture fraternity to be more open and more critical on architecture practice and education. This is my review on the event and other thoughts. © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image ...

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22:54

Conversation with Eleena Jamil on Women Architect in...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/06/08

Send us a text The Concluding Part [Part 2] of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Dr. Eleena Jamil explained the concept of a "glass ceiling" for the women architect in the Malaysian architecture industry that is predominantly male-dominated, and among other things gave suggestions on what institutions could do to provide the support needed for the women architect to better serve the industry. More podcasts on this topic coming soon with interviews lined-up. © 2025 Talk A...

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22:40

Conversation with Eleena Jamil on Women Architect in...

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2025/06/05

Send us a text In Part 1 of the series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles, Ar. Dr. Eleena Jamil discusses some questions posed by female mid-level architects such as: Have you ever faced discrimination, even subtly, when working on large-scale projects involving many male consultants, clients, and contractors? and; Have you ever faced resistance or bias when stepping into leadership roles in architecture? Tune in to find out more and do give your opinion / feedback on what you thin...

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10:20

Teaser: Conversation with Eleena Jamil on Women...

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2025/06/03

Send us a text Kicking off with a teaser on a series on Women Architects in Leadership Roles with Ar. Eleena Jamil, the Principal of Eleena Jamil Architect, an Adjunct Professor and was in the Dezeen Architect of the Year 2018 and featured in 100 Women: Architects in Practice, published by RIBA in 2023. There will be two parts of the interview with your host, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, discussing among other things, about gender roles, work-life balance and advice on how to negotiate the male-domin...

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31:55

Introduction - Women in Leadership Roles

Talk Architecture ·

2025/05/19

Send us a text This is a warm-up introduction to the bigger topic of "Women in Architecture" which is part of a new series. Using an article as a reference to a general topic: Five Reasons Why We Don’t See More Women In Leadership RolesLINK Mila Smart Semeshkina (the author of the article) proposed there topics: 1. Gender Bias; 2. Lack of Role Models; 3. Work-Life Balance; 4. Stereotypes and Expectations; and 5. Limited Access to Networks and Opportunities This podcast episode is provid...

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26:29

A Commentary on - Designing for Disability Justice...

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2025/04/19

Send us a text A new series on the critical model of disability, where under the 'architecture and disability' umbrella, using readings and commentaries, we analyse the article by Matthew Allen (2021) in Part 3 and concluding episode. Designing for Disability Justice: On the need to take a variety of human bodies into account © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image of a street corner by the author. Graphite ProGRAPHITE is a platform for creatives and trailblazers aiming ...

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24:59

A Commentary on - Designing for Disability Justice...

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2025/04/19

Send us a text A new series on the critical model of disability, where under the 'architecture and disability' umbrella, using readings and commentaries, we analyse the article by Matthew Allen (2021) in Part 1 episode. Designing for Disability Justice: On the need to take a variety of human bodies into account © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image of a street lamp by the author. Graphite ProGRAPHITE is a platform for creatives and trailblazers aiming to elevate their ...

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31:16

A Commentary on - Designing for Disability Justice...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/04/19

Send us a text A new series on the critical model of disability, where under the 'architecture and disability' umbrella, using readings and commentaries, we analyse the article by Matthew Allen (2021) in Part 2 episode. Designing for Disability Justice: On the need to take a variety of human bodies into account © 2025 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Image of a hospital foyer by the author. Graphite ProGRAPHITE is a platform for creatives and trailblazers aiming to elevate the...

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35:09

Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced...

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2025/03/18

Send us a text The continuation discussion on a "Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced Education Model - Part 2", with your host, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, concentrates on these points on architecture education: 1. The obsession with 'formalism' and having an identity to build a brand giving 'false confidence' to a graduate. 2. Focus need to be on the 'power of relationships' when dealing with building type, for example "an airport is not about a gateway, but how to accommodate a large ...

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24:16

Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/03/13

Send us a text You are welcome to listen to a "Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced Education Model - Part 1" [Talk Architecture Podcast with your host, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob] The first episode highlights the education systems particularly the Greek Civilisation's influence on current university models on liberal arts, which is all about "relationships". The idea that everything is interrelated such as 'space and time'. Kevin Mark Low explains this fundamental aspects of education, ...

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13:35

Teaser on a Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The...

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2025/03/11

Send us a text A heads up to the coming two-parter episodes on a Conversation with Kevin Mark Low on The Balanced Education Model. In the teaser episode a synopsis on what is a balanced education model based on the fundamentals referred to the Greek civilisation and how it gives rise to the liberal arts education and eventually disciplines such as architecture. A broader perspective of what is happening and how in the end the underlined importance of being able to 'critique' in architecture e...

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22:21

Form-making in Art and Architecture: The Role of...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/02/23

Send us a text The first part of this series explains the mastery of designing with “the plan and section” is now a missing skill in current architecture education where schools of architecture neglect this very important skill by allowing students to design with 3D modeling first and emphasizing too much on this aspect. This discussion focused on how the emergence of Functionalism and the Bauhaus influences has been disregarded since digital architecture emerged and how architecture ed...

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21:17

Form-making in Art and Architecture: Differences and...

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2025/02/22

Send us a text We introduce this topic that whets our curiosity on the differences and similarities of form-making in art and architecture. A quick observation and discussion was made on the "aesthetics" objective that defines how one would approach this subject. This will follow as a series and the following sub-topics will be discussed: 1. The Role of the Bauhaus and the Emergence of Functionalism 2. From the Classical to the Modern Movement Aesthetics in terms of Form-making 3. How A...

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26:50

The Bauhaus and its influences on current...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/01/19

Send us a textThe Concluding [Part 3] episode focuses on the main discussion of Why the Bauhaus is still important to be a precedent and model for architecture education and the learning of the architecture graduate.The idea of functionalism is not separated from form. What is separated is how architecture needs to be the “mother” of the creative and design process in the design studios and other influences from planning, surveying and estate management has messed up the architecture design c...

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25:13

The Bauhaus influences on current architecture...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/01/19

Send us a textPart 2 discussion on the topic of how Bauhaus influences current architecture education and practice, do refer to the YT video by Dans Le Gris on the “What is the Bauhaus? Discover the Pioneers of Modern Design”.The discussion expanded on the points taken from the video where in Part 3 we will focus more on the relevance of Functionalism and what we learned about the Bauhaus and how we need to reset architecture education to be instilled with the Bauhaus Movement in it’s truest ...

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36:32

In the Context of Architecture, How do you turn...

Talk Architecture ·

2025/01/19

Send us a textConcluding part [Part 3] discussing the crucial moments when the “bad news” / feedback given to you feels like a rejection and make you feel like a failure. How do you react to that so that you could turn the rejection around and move on? An overview of the architecture community including groups in social media platforms, society in general and others such as consultants in the construction industry, property developers and education sector, may influence the architect on ...

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30:05

In the Context of Architecture, How do you turn...

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2025/01/18

Send us a textPart 2 discussion takes you to a specific case of an entry level / recent graduate who felt like leaving architecture, though they so wanted to be a licensed architect. The Reddit post is: [click on link]I feel like a failure for not pursuing Architecture anymoreAn interesting point on how the architecture community needs to create a more nurturing environment for people in transitions (just graduated for example) is necessary where in this case it is found online but it could m...

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