How Experience Makes You A Better Architect

April 11, 2021

In this mini-episode from ACM Design Architecture & Interiors produced by Julia Murphy, daughter of Amy Conner-Murphy, Amy reflects on what makes someone a good architect. Listen as Amy shares how the practice of listening and observing and an education by life experience is what she knows has made her a better architect. Raising her own family has had great input on her ability to understand how a home and family function, so it was poignant for Amy to reflect on her evolution as an architect with Julia. Julia composed this mini-episode as part of a school project for her university.

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