Nakita Reed: Modern World Quandaries

Unintentional Consequences of Progress and Other Modern World Quandaries

This episode is a special joint re-broadcast presented in collaboration with the Tangible Remnants podcast hosted by Nakita Reed.

Basilica's co-founder and director Melissa Auf der Maur sat down with Nakita Reed for an in depth conversation on polite racism, gender roles, feminism, climate change, preservation, sustainability, music, culture, inequities designed into the American system, cultural differences between the US & Canada, as well as where they think we are on the pendulum swing of progress and our hopes for the future.

Thank you to Nakita for collaborating with us on her podcast Tangible Remnants and for sharing your time and thoughts with Basilica Hudson and our listeners.

Tangible Remnants is a podcast that explores the interconnectedness of architecture, historic preservation, sustainability, race & gender.

About Nakita Reed
Nakita Reed is an award-winning architect with experience in preservation, restoration, and adaptive use of historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable strategies in design and construction.  She has a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. She is a registered architect, a LEED®-Accredited Professional, and a certified Passive House Consultant.

In 2012, she co-founded a woman-owned boutique architecture firm that specialized in historic preservation and sustainable design.  Looking to make a bigger impact, she joined Quinn Evans’ Baltimore office as an Associate in 2019 to continue blending historic preservation and sustainable design. She serves on the boards of Preservation Maryland, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and is a past chair of the Maryland Green Building Council.  She is also the host of Tangible Remnants, a podcast that explores the intersection of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race & gender.

About Basilica Hudson
Founded in 2010 by Melissa Auf der Maur and Tony Stone, Basilica Hudson is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts center located in Hudson N.Y. that aims to foster a more sustainable community, ecology and economy through advocacy and innovative multidisciplinary programming. Housed in a reclaimed solar-powered 1880s industrial factory on the riverfront in Hudson, NY,  Basilica Hudson supports the creation, production and presentation of independent arts and culture, and strives to forge experiences that aspire to the scale, grit and beauty of its surroundings. Follow Basilica Hudson on all platforms @basilicahudson