Hey Y'all, Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Architect's Purpose Podcast! 

Ep1. The Fountainhead By Ayn Rand This episode focuses on the eternal battle of:  The Individual vs The Collective  

The Fountainhead weaves a web of characters pushed to their most extreme versions of them selves, which in turn, represent our internal dialogue with the fight between the constant need for approval of others and our own self esteem.  It is absolutely crucial for us to act as individuals first, only then can we truly help the collective.   

Topics Discussed:  Is Roark all good and Keating all bad? Should be build in styles of the past? Cheap Imitators Ruin Architecture Should we design in plan or section? Can artificial intelligence replace the soul of architecture? How difficult is it to get your vision built? Don't depend on the opinions of others, that way lies insanity. Is technology making education worse?   

Hosts: Montgomery Borg Architectural Designer Los Angeles, California https://www.linkedin.com/in/montgomery-borg-397862169/ https://www.instagram.com/montgomeryborg/

 Michel Borg AIA RID LEED AP Licensed Architect Design Director Page/ Dallas, Texas https://www.linkedin.com/in/michel-borg-1470725/  

This podcast is based off of the class "The Role of an Architect in Contemporary Society" taught at the University of Texas at Arlington by Michel Borg. The class is structured by reading books and having a discussion of them. If you would like to read along, here's a list of the books below.

 Ep1. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand  

Ep2. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King  

Ep3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson  

Ep4. Architecture's Odd Couple by Hugh Howard  

Ep5. Walter Gropius: The Man who Built the Bauhaus by Fiona McCarthy  

Ep6. The Fountainhead: Revisited  

Ep7. The Architect’s Suicide: A Fictional Account by R. M. Beckley   

Ep8. From Bauhaus to Our House  by Tom Wolfe  

Ep9. My Beautiful City Austin by David Heymann  

Ep10. Four Walls and a Roof by Reinier de Graaf  

Ep11. Complexity + Contradiction in Architecture  by Robert Venturi  

Ep12. Building Art:  The Life and Work of Frank Gehry  by Paul Goldberger  What should we do after? Drop your book recommendations or topics in the comments