Design Principles Pod

← Design Principles Pod12 nov 2025 · 58 min

Your Beam Is Too Big: Architects & Engineers

Your Beam Is Too Big: Architects & Engineers12 nov 202558 min

Send us Fan Mail Start with a flooded hotel room, end with a four‑metre cantilever, and in between unpack the messy, creative space where structure meets form. We sit down with structural engineer Joel Marsh of Pocket to map out how architects and engineers can move beyond transactional deliverables and into a truly design‑led process that saves money, reduces RFIs, and produces cleaner, more elegant buildings. Joel opens the playbook: meet early, sketch by hand at 10–15%, and use those conc...