{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Build It Forward","title":"Building a Culture of Asking Questions with Steve Baczek","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1957,"description":"In this conversation on Build It Forward, Nick Falkoff of Auburndale Builders sits down with Steven Baczek, Architect, and Amy Lieb, Executive Director of Studio HPDC, to talk about carpentry training, learning culture, and how people actually grow in the trades over the course of a career.\nThe conversation explores how carpenters and builders learn on the job, why mentorship and asking good questions matter more than memorizing answers, and how training programs can help accelerate learning without replacing real-world experience. Steve draws on his background in the trades, architecture, and building science to explain why teaching the right questions is often more important than providing solutions.\nThis episode also looks at the cultural side of construction, from how builders and architects communicate to how crews develop confidence, discipline, and responsibility over time. It's a real, practical conversation about what it takes to keep learning in an industry that should never stop changing. #LongLiveOurBuildings\nChapters\n00:00 – Introduction\n01:00 – Steve's path from the trades to architecture\n04:00 – Teaching trades and teaching culture\n07:30 – Learning by asking better questions\n11:00 – Why information is not the same as training\n15:00 – Creating safe spaces to learn and ask questions\n18:30 – Architects, builders, and responsibility\n23:00 – Training as an investment, not a cost\n27:30 – Learning never stops\n32:00 – Closing thoughts\nThis episode was filmed at Studio HPDC's 200-year-old Passive House teaching barn.\nwww.studiohpdc.org\nConnect with:\nSteven Baczek, Architect\nInstagram: @stevenbazcekarchitect\nwww.stevenbaczekarchitect.com\nAmy Lieb\nStudio for High Performance Design and Construction\nInstagram: @studiohpdc\nwww.studiohpdc.org\nWork with Auburndale Builders on your high-performance build:\nvision@auburndalebuilders.com\nMusic:\n\"Welcome to the Johnsons\" from the album Bird Mode\nby E*Lightning aka Jon Erickson, CPHB...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-Ao_bwqJOd8XP1Oqx5_ardqmHaaRKP_qhVtz4noqcLM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZjE0/MzBkN2UyMTQwMzc0/M2NmZTY4NGRkZDQw/ZDUyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}