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
Design Thinking and Critical Thinking, Part 2: What Happens in a Crit
Part 2, and this time the question is the word itself. Does “crit” come from critical thinking? The root is the same: the Greek kritikos, the ability to judge and discern — to separate, sift and decide. Criticism, critique and crit all...
Design Thinking and Critical Thinking, Part 1: The Bridge to Practice
Is critical thinking in architecture any different from critical thinking in engineering or other design disciplines? I went looking, and the striking line I found is this: firms treat problem identification and critical thinking as the definit...
The Case for Sensory Design
Start from a phenomenon we all know: the dulling of the senses. Do the same thing daily and the sensation fades. Bathing in a river is the opposite — touch, smell, taste, sight and sound arriving at once, grounding and thrilling, though for som...
Teaching Quality Spatial Design in the Studio (Part 2) - What Works!
The educator’s answer to Part 1, and it comes from Porto. At FAUP — the school shaped by Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura — spatial intuition isn’t treated as a mystical gift but as a systematically trained muscle. Three ...
Teaching Quality Spatial Design in the Studio (Part 1) - What Went Wrong?
Why is there such a lack of quality in spatial design among architecture students? I’ve watched this for a decade, and the research is clear that it isn’t a shortage of talent — it’s a systemic shift in how architecture is taught and conceptual...
