DUST founding principals Cade Hayes and Jesús Robles Jr. join the podcast to discuss the use of materiality within design, the importance of understanding place, and how the firm’s ethos has elevated its practice.

"When [designing] private residences in remote natural landscapes, what’s most important is crafting something that blends into its natural environment. Can we, through the architecture, make what is already there more pronounced?"

– Jesus Robles Jr., DUST

Hosted by Austin, Texas–based architect Aaron Prinz, Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED podcast has featured the most renowned architects of our time—such as Art Gensler, Kengo Kuma, and Glenn Murcutt, as well as rising professionals in the next generation, such as Pascale Sablan, Michael Murphy, and Jenny Wu, all available in our library.