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Podcast: Practice Disrupted by Practice of Architecture
Episode: 187: Architecture, And: A New Language for Material Decision-Making
Description: How a non-technical founder built a tech solution to transform material selection for architects.In the latest episode of Practice Disrupted, Evelyn Lee sits down with Vardhan Mehta, co-founder of AceLab, an AI-powered platform transforming how architects research and specify building materials. Vardhan shares his journey from practicing architect to tech entrepreneur, the inefficiencies he saw in traditional material selection, and how AceLab is helping firms make faster, data-driven product decisions.The conversation begins with Vardhan’s early career working on complex building envelopes for U.S. embassies and high-profile projects at MIT and Yale. He...