Mistakes Well Made: Episode 4

Mistakes Well Made

Trials in Architecture — and the Successes They Sparked!

Welcome to Mistakes Well Made, a Live Series Event by Architizer that poses a challenge for guests: Tell us about the mistakes you made and the challenges you faced early in your career, and how lessons learned from those moments helped make you who you are today.

For Episode 4, we welcome Julia Gamolina, Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Madame Architect. Madame Architect an online magazine celebrating the extraordinary women that shape our world, designed to show young women entering the industry the myriad choices they have in crafting a dynamic, meaningful, and interesting career.

During what promises to be a refreshingly honest talk about both architecture and advocacy, we'll learn about the hurdles Julia faced in architecture school and professional practice, as well as the challenges she navigated in founding and developing one of the foremost platforms for celebrating women in the AEC industry.

About Julia

Julia Gamolina is dedicated to the built environment and the visibility and advancement of the women who shape it. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine, Madame Architect. Thus far, Madame Architect has told the stories of over 250 architects and designers, including Frida Escobedo, Neri Oxman, Dorte Mandrup, Deborah Berke, and Odile Decq. Julia's writing has also been featured in Fast Company, A Women’s Thing, Metropolis Magazine, Architizer, and the Architect's Newspaper. In addition, Julia is on the AIANY Oculus Committee, a member of the Design For Freedom Working Group, a programming committee member of ULI NYC's Women's Leadership Initiative, and a member of Brick & Wonder and the Female Founder Collective.

About Paul

Paul Keskeys is Editor in Chief at Architizer, and is a registered UK architect. Paul graduated from UCL and the University of Edinburgh, gaining an MArch in Architectural Design with distinction. Paul has spoken about the art of architecture and storytelling at many national industry events, including AIANY, NeoCon, KBIS, the Future NOW Symposium, the Young Architect Conference and NYCxDesign. As well as hundreds of editorial publications on Architizer, Paul has also had features published in Architectural Digest, PIN—UP Magazine, Archinect, Aesthetica Magazine and PUBLIC Journal.