Being Adaptive as an Architect | KGA Studio Architects & Travis Hendrix

About this episode

Matt Krueger interviews architect Travis Hendrix about his career, design philosophy, and recent awards.

In this first of two episodes, Matt Krueger talks with Travis Hendrix, an architect at KGA Studio Architects in Denver. In 2024, Travis was awarded with 3 MAME awards, Young Leader Award, Best Whole House Remodel Under 700K, and Best on the Boards Architectural Design. Also Travis was a speaker this year at the International Builders Show. Hear about his unconventional path into the field, his philosophy on human-centered design, how to be adaptive as an architect and how meaningful architecture goes beyond square footage and style. Travis is passionate about neuroscience and architecture, next episode will go more in depth on neuroscience and architecture. Stick around to the end for a trivia segment that adds a fun twist to a truly inspiring episode. See more of Travis's builds: https://kgarch.com See more of Matt's builds: https://bykrueger.com

People in this episode

Host: Matt Krueger

Guest: Travis Hendrix

Topics covered

• architecture
• human-centered design
• adaptability
• neuroscience
• awards
• inspiration

Keywords

• architecture
• human-centered design
• MAME awards
• neuroscience
• KGA Studio Architects
• adaptability
• inspiration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KGA Studio Architects

Places: Denver

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