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Practice of Architecture: Bryan Boyer on Urban Technology and the Future of Cities

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

2025

Hello Reader,

After a few weeks of travel and back-to-back events, I’m finally home for a short breather and catching up on sharing one of my favorite recent conversations from Practice Disrupted.

In Episode 210: Architecture, Technology, and the Future of Cities, I sat down with Bryan Boyer, co-founder of Dash Marshall and Faculty Director of the Urban Technology program at the University of Michigan.

Bryan’s work lives at the intersection of architecture, design, and technology, where cities are not just built environments, but living systems shaped by data, code, and automation.

We discussed how his Urban Technology program is preparing the next generation of designers to navigate this hybrid world—one where architects must understand systems, not just structures. Bryan challenges us to ask:

What if we trained architects to think like technologists, policymakers, and entrepreneurs all at once?

The result is a conversation about risk, innovation, and relevance, and why the built environment needs new kinds of thinkers to design for the future.

Keep learning and growing,

Evelyn M Lee, FAIA | NOMA

Founder, Practice of Architecture

Host, Practice Disrupted & Fractional COO

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