Talk Architecture
Hosted by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, Ph.D.
Malaysian Architect | Universal Design & Accessibility Expert (MS 1184 Specialist) | Former Associate Professor (28+ years) | Advocate for Inclusive Spaces & Women in Architecture
Launched in April 2020, Talk Architecture delivers intimate, reflective conversations on architecture education, practice, and human impact—hosted solely by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob. Rooted in Malaysia yet resonating globally, the podcast connects local insights with universal challenges faced by architects worldwide.
Every episode centres inclusivity, empathy, and equity, drawing on Naziaty’s expertise in universal design, ageing-in-place, sensory architecture, and professional well-being. Global listeners value candid critiques of education models, graduate employability hurdles, and practice realities.
Essential listening for architecture students, professionals, educators, and thought leaders everywhere who are shaping inclusive, resilient built environments in an era of technological and demographic change.
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Talk Architecture
Latest Episodes
Expert Overnight: Why Design in School Should Work Like Design in Practice
I used to think designing in school and designing in practice were two different worlds. In this episode I argue the opposite: schools of architecture need to teach the same design process students will use when things actually get bui...
Paralysis by Analysis: The Design Process Is Not Linear
The Design Process is Crucial to understand by tutors and students.Continuing the Q&A sparked by a listener's comments on my YouTube series, this episode tackles a question every student of architecture wrestles with: how much ...
If the Client Is on Top, the Pyramid Falls.
Scrolling Threads, I came across a post by Mior Aizuddin Fahmi of Bunga Design Atelier, setting out a pyramid he'd been given by Kevin Mark Low: the project at the top, then subcontractor, main contractor, community, requirements and brief, con...
Nobody Needs a Ministry of Higher Education
Malaysia is debating the repeal of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971, and I want to go further: abolish AUKU, and abolish the MQA with it. Speaking as a former academic who felt the injustice of that Act first-hand, I don't see ...
Who Was the Office Built For? · Neurodivergent Spaces: The Standard Isn't Neutral
Most buildings and workplaces are built around one narrow prototype of how a person should communicate, learn and behave — and that choice stops looking like a choice once it becomes the standard. Drawing on Eva Redford's research-based essay <...
