Archispeak Podcast Features Sven Shockey on the Design of Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One Our Design Director, Sven Shockey , takes listeners inside the design journey of Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Episode 390 of Archispeak , one of architecture’s longest‑running podcasts. In the episode, he explores what it means to design a building’s exterior before the interior program is finalized, how three distinct types of building‑integrated photovoltaics are assigned to 17 different