EP 007021 March 2021 · 47 min
A conversation with the wonderful Laura Simpkins from Pride Road Architects
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A conversation with the wonderful Laura Simpkins from Pride Road Architects
Laura Simpkins' story is useful because it shows architecture practice life as it actually happens: career ambition, family, pressure, timing and adaptation.
Stephen Drew speaks with Laura Simpkins about Pride Road Architects, larger practice experience, family, parenting, the pandemic, career adaptation and launching her own route through the Pride Road Architects franchise.
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How larger practice experience can shape a later career route
How parenting and family life affect architecture careers
What career adaptation looked like during the pandemic
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I am Stephen Drew from the Architecture Social and currently right now I am wallpapering, I'm not wallpapering, I'm painting my rooms which means that I'm living in the living room so this is an audio only podcast. However, I'm super thrilled to be joined by an architect called Laura Simpkins who has a fantastic architectural practice. I originally saw...
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