The Anti-Architect

In this episode, Christian sits down with Farida Abu-Bakare, the director of global practice at the award-winning architecture, urban design, and planning firm WXY. For more than a decade, she has worked throughout North America and Africa to build an extensive portfolio, including aviation, culture, healthcare, higher education, justice, residential, science, and technology projects. In addition, Farida is the emeritus Community Affairs Director of Atlanta’s NOMA Chapter (National Organization of Minority Architects), whose mission is to champion diversity within the design profession. Her work with NOMA led her to co-found BAIDA (Black Architects and Interior Designers Association). This Canadian non-profit organization promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession of architecture and interior design. Farida is also passionate about contributing to the future of the profession in Canada and serves on the provincial self-governing body, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), as an elected OAA Council member on a three-year term (2021-2023).

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Show Notes

In this episode, Christian sits down with Farida Abu-Bakare, the director of global practice at the award-winning architecture, urban design, and planning firm WXY. For more than a decade, she has worked throughout North America and Africa to build an extensive portfolio, including aviation, culture, healthcare, higher education, justice, residential, science, and technology projects. In addition, Farida is the emeritus Community Affairs Director of Atlanta’s NOMA Chapter (National Organization of Minority Architects), whose mission is to champion diversity within the design profession. Her work with NOMA led her to co-found BAIDA (Black Architects and Interior Designers Association). This Canadian non-profit organization promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession of architecture and interior design. Farida is also passionate about contributing to the future of the profession in Canada and serves on the provincial self-governing body, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), as an elected OAA Council member on a three-year term (2021-2023). https://www.wxystudio.com/ https://theantiarchitect.com/

What is The Anti-Architect?

Welcome to The Anti-Architect Podcast. I’m your host Christian Giordano. As the president and owner of design firm Mancini Duffy, I’m driven by a quest for learning and radically changing the industry through tech-first innovation. With this podcast, I’m hoping to improve the industry that I’m so passionate about by taking a critical look at how architects work with their clients and, in turn, how our clients view us.

It’s my goal to showcase all of these experiences - good and bad. Was it the architect or the client - or somewhere in between? I aim to bring my audience new voices from our industry, interesting people with diverse backgrounds. Through shared experiences, stories, and projects my hope is that we can improve our profession.

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