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Sep 2023
44m 10s

#307 - HA HA

Evan Troxel & Cormac Phalen
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In this episode we discuss Evan’s earliest of 3D modeling and feeling slighted by Cormac’s reaction to the cutting edge imagery from decades past. Cormac revisits his despair about what he feels is the downfall of architectural magazines and their “content".

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