Urban Design Podcast
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A podcast for professionals designing the physical environment of cities.
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224. What's Next for Colfax | Colfax Avenue is America’s longest Main Street and once called the nation’s “longest, most wicked street.” Due to changing demographics, innovative development, new zoning, and long-term support from the City of Denver, there is a new Colfax evolving, with $100 million in development and improvements along the corridor, and $500 million in the pipeline. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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223. Portfolio Design | At some point, we all need to create a portfolio of our best works. Putting a portfolio together could be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Harold Linton, the author of the Portfolio Design (third edition), shares with us how to avoid pitfalls and create a successful, professional portfolio in this podcast episode. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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222. Hamilton Place Renovation | There are many shopping malls in the US that are out-of-date and in need of renovation. Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee was built in 1987 with one million square feet of retail space. After many years, in 2011 the mall was in need of renovation and upgrades. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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221. Urban Design Committee. 2012 April Meeting. | This month’s meeting continued to focus on I-70 east highway issues and the UDC attempt to bring a R/UDAT to Denver to study the issues. Todd Wenskoski, Principal Planner for Denver Community Planning and Development attended, representing the planning dept. Robert Schmid informed the members on issues surrounding the Denver Zoning Code and Highlands West. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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220. Auraria Campus | Located immediately west of Denver's Central Business District, the Auraria Higher Education Center is home to three growing institutions: the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the Community College of Denver. Together, over 44,000 students attend the Auraria Campus. Built in the 1970s in an automobile-oriented suburban manner, the campus and the rest of Downtown are separated by major streets and challenging pedestrian connections. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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219. Reinventing Retail | This ULI Colorado Young Leaders Group Discovery Series event involved a panel discussion about the evolution of retail — particularly how brick-and-mortar stores are competing, and will continue to, with online retailers — followed by a networking reception with food and beverages. Panel topics ranged from how national retailers such as Target Corp. stay viable — and vital — to their customers to how Denver-based MapQuest Inc.’s new Vibe application may help boost business for mom-and-pop stores, restaurants and bars in local neighborhoods. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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218. The Whole Building Design Guide | The Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) was originally created under congressional authority to help federal agencies with building technology issues and information exchange. The WBDG is a web-based portal providing government and industry practitioners with one-stop access to up-to-date information from a 'whole buildings' perspective. | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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217. Pocket Guide to Miami Architecture | It can be overwhelming with all of the new travel books being offered today. That’s why we would like to introduce you to a small pocket guide series by Judith Paine McBrien. Her latest book is a Pocket Guide to Miami Architecture, featuring self-guided walking and driving tours through Miami and Miami Beach. A Pocket Guide is accompanied with beautiful illustrations by John F. DeSalvo. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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216. Urban Design Committee. March meeting. | This month we continue our efforts to bring a RUDAT to Denver to study the I-70 east expansion as well as issues surrounding downzoning in West Highlands, and a look at proposed zoning changes in Cherry Creek. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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215. Developing into the role of a facility manager for an academic campus | There are qualities and behaviors that academic institutions seek in order to promote individuals to facility officers and facility managers. APPA’s 2011 Thought Leaders Series identifies some of those characteristics for those hoping to manage facilities and the built environment. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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214. Top Ten Challenges and Opportunities to the Campus Mission | The 2011 Thought Leaders report from APPA identified ten critical planning issues, along with key strategies and questions to ask to evoke meaningful discussions. Topics discussed range from establishing a culture of innovation and collaboration, to making smart decisions about outsourcing. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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213. Educational Institution Workplace Demographics and Technology | Two major issues facing academic campuses are 1) changes in the demographics of both the workforce and the students, and 2) the ever-evolving role of technology. With a decline in skilled trades resources, educational institutions may not be in a good position to compete. Technology is rapidly changing the learning environment and the delivery methods, requiring a new look at how space is used. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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212. Restorative Development Regulations | Kaizer Rangwala is currently writing for Urban Planning and Economic Development News magazine. His latest article is titled “Restorative Development Regulations.” | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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211. Urban Design Committee | AIA URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETING 15 February, 2012 | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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210. Energy Plus Communities | Developer Norbert Klebl presents a new net-zero energy development called Geos Neighborhood in this podcast episode. Norbert had a vision of a sustainable neighborhood with simple but effective improvements throughout the development that will improve the quality of life for residents. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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209. How to print your presentations | As designers we always in need to present our work. Although in the digital world we often present our work in digital formats, there are still occasions when we need to print. In those instances we struggle with the quality of what we print. Jared Osborn with SOCO Imaging has some tips for us in this podcast interview. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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208. Western Land Restoration | As urban areas grow, they require more support from rural areas. That support includes recreational uses and food production. Some urban areas are working to bring some food production into the city, but there is not enough space to grow produce and provide cattle ranching. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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207. Multisport Training Center | Sports stadiums and training facilities have been around for centuries. As technology and the needs of athletes change, so do the design and function of these facilities. Dan Cohen, with Urban Investment Group, talked in this interview about a new sports facility being planned in Boulder, Colorado. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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207. Multisport Training Center | Sports stadiums and training facilities have been around for centuries. As technology and the needs of athletes change, so do the design and function of these facilities. Dan Cohen, with Urban Investment Group, talked in this interview about a new sports facility being planned in Boulder, Colorado. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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206. Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012 | As part of a research study with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLC, ULI’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate provides the latet in real estate market updates and predictions for the year. The report reflects the views of leading real estate executives from around the world who completed surveys or were interviewed as a part of the research process for the reports. Interviewees and survey participants represent a wide range of industry experts—investors, developers, property companies, lenders, brokers, and consultants. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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205. University Planning | The Impact of Facilities on Recruitment and Retention of Students at Educational Institutions Study was conducted and sponsored by APPA’s Center for Facilities Research | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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204. Will the Aerotropolis Fly in Denver? | With vision, collaboration, and new transit links, Denver International Airport (DIA) is on its way to becoming an Aerotropolis, or a 21st century airport linked with speedy global connections, which will boost the regional economy and make Denver an international destination, according to five of the region’s top public officials and business leaders who discussed the concept on December 8 at a ULI Colorado Explorer series program at the History Colorado Center in Denver. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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203. Post-Great Recession Retail Trends | There is no stronger driver of the economy than consumption. States and local governments have come to rely heavily on sales taxes. As a result, we have structured our local economy and measured success around how many big box retailers we can attract to our cities. More property and sales tax revenues generated from these big box retailers means fewer taxes levied on residents. Over the past century, these corporate big boxes have driven local main street stores out of business. However, the new economic reality points to a return toward more urban, smaller, quality oriented retailing. New research suggests that smaller urban development is more profitable than suburban big boxes.1 The smaller retail format also favors local businesses and promotes local place-making | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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202. Denver Civic Center | Civic Center Park is Denver’s hallowed ground. The park is the civic heart of the community. Ringed by Denver’s most important government and cultural institutions and a century’s worth of architectural icons, the Park and its surrounding district are in the midst of a significant revitalization. New programs and events are activating the Park like never before, and millions of dollars of rehabilitation work and new infrastructure have put the sparkle back on the Park’s physical features. New museums and infill developments nearby continue to enliven the surrounding area. | 12/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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201. Architecture 2030 | The warming of the earth’s atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels, the rapid depletion of global petroleum and natural gas reserves, current environmental calamities, and the long recession are converging to create the greatest crisis and opportunity of modern times. As these events intensify, they will dramatically change how we live, build and relate to the natural environment. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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200. TOD Marketplace | Emerick J. Corsi, Jr., president of Forest City Enterprises Real Estate Asset Services, the nation’s largest TOD developer, advised hiring a master developer and administrator to coordinate the project from start to finish. Station-area planning requires a physical site assessment, a market feasibility study, a public involvement process, branding and marketing, and master planning for the TOD site and adjacent area, including the station rail facilities, infrastructure, existing mixed uses, and open space. “Embrace the city and neighborhood next door,” he advised, by looking at development plans holistically and branding stations to create individual identify within the vision for the whole network. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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198. The Language of Towns and Cities | This is a new book written by Dhiru Thadani and titled The Language of Towns & Cities. It is a comprehensive visual dictionary for urban planners and designers. With the help of more than fifty contributors, this volume is richly detailed and illustrated with over 2,500 photographs, drawings, and charts. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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199. TOD Marketplace | Steven E. Goldin, director of real estate for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, advised focusing and simplifying the message to educate the public about the value of TODs, a concept he said is unfamiliar to 99 percent of Americans. | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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197. Urban Design Committee. November 2011 meeting. | Dean Foreman and Kitty Yuen, president of AIA Denver, sent a letter (enclosed to this email) to mayor Hancock objecting to the remaining northward expansion option of the highway, requesting the mayor postpone the Record of Decision and urging another look at the highway options while offering the services of the AIA to help resolve the impasse. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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196. Joshua Prince-Ramus- Agency | Modernism in the mid-century created a schism where architecture became about strict rules and dogmatic form making. To Joshua this was a clear failure, and it is time for us to change the situation. Form must be integral to function, and both must be maximized in appropriate equilibration. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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194. Christopher Sharples- Out of Practice | Shop Architects are not immune to this economy. The office was founded about 15 years ago by a group of friends and family. He shared with us an organizational chart of the firm that expressed the interconnected nature of the firm, one that informs the work that they produce. He spoke of a disconnect between what they saw in the AEC industry, the misdirection of branding and the interests they brought from outside influences. Passions for racing and aerospace have produce sensibilities that they carry into their work. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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192. Big Gifts, Deep Needs | Mr. John Cary presented us with a moving insight into his work with Public Architecture. He began with a quick exercise, he asked us to remember where we came from and why we got into this profession to begin with. John’s own background in a suburban environment, complete with a loud family system that “rarely afforded peace and quite” has had a profound influence on his current outlook on the practice of architecture. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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190. The firm of the future: big picture trends shaping the future of architecture firms | Ray is the president of Kogan and Company, a strategic management and planning firm specializing in the AEC industries. Ray shared with us 8 points that can help in that regard. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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188. Snøhetta | Today’s interview was a special treat for me personally. I have been following the award winning firm Snøhetta for some time, and have slowly been transformed into a fan due to such innovative project solutions as the National Opera House in Oslo and more recently their National September 11th Memorial Museum Pavilion. Today’s interview is with Mr. Craig Dykers, Senior Partner, Director and Architect with Snøhetta, and the lead designer for the 9/11 pavilion. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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186. Aesthetics and Sustainability | “I want to talk about green.” Carol Ross Barney begins her session talking about how the sustainable movement has thoroughly permeated our current social consciousness. ‘Sustainism is the new modernism.” Sustainability now has its own ‘ism’. Carol spoke of the dangers of green washing within architecture. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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184. Public Space Design in Europe, the Middle East, China, and Australia | Use of public spaces is different in Europe, Middle East, USA, China and Australia. And at same time it uses for same purpose – for people getting together. Zack Adelson with Studio LFA shares designed public spaces in all these geographical areas. He shares his experience with us in this podcast episode. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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182. Making Brown-Fields Green | An interview about Making Brown-Fields Green with Amelle Schultz, Niel Sullivan, Jonathan Ceci from AYERS/SAINT/GROSS. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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181. Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | Urban Design Committee. AIA Denver September meeting, 2011 | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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180. Master Planning for Net-Zero Energy | We already got accustomed to the net-zero energy buildings. Now the trend is spreading to the master planning. David Kahn with David Kahn Studio has been practicing net-zero energy planning for a while. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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178. Wild for the City: creating and sustaining urban nature parks | Urban Nature Parks is a choreographic experience of the nature for people that live in the city by the expression of Laura Starr from Starr Whitehouse. Urban Natural parks are thriving today and needed more than ever today. Experiences of nature even if they are man-made are very desirable in the city. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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176. Livable Communities | Dan Buren is Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute. Walkable and Livable Communities Institute been formed two years ago. Organization served to create and share information how cities can have better places for people. Walkable and Livable Communities Institute organizes training programs and creating education materials. The communication should be simple and visual that everyone could understand the message. Posters are one of the ways of communication. The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute also brings different disciplines together for creating better spaces. Burden noticed that main mistake made by the professional does not know how to work with different disciplines. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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174. Typology of Public Space | Urban spaces as well as architecture have typology. Dhiru A. Thadani has been researching the typology of urban spaces, and as a result has published a book The Language of Towns and Cities. This book is written in the format of a visual dictionary. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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172. Arapahoe Square | Arapahoe Square, the 30-square block district northeast of Denver’s Central Business District, is on the cusp of major change. Currently dominated by surface parking lots and run-down buildings, Arapahoe Square is the last Downtown-adjacent district to undergo revitalization. But now, the development community, the city, and businesses and residents from around the area are working together to help the district become Downtown Denver’s next great neighborhood. The city recently completed a vision plan for Arapahoe Square, and is currently following through with additional studies and strategies to help the district’s redevelopment advance. New infill projects are underway and stakeholders are discussing options for bicycles and transit, public spaces and streetscapes, new zoning and development standards, possible street network changes, and strategies for managing the district’s homeless population issues. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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170. Urban Acupuncture | Los Angeles, as any other metropolitan area, is struggling with park space and green spaces. To solve this problem Los Angeles is trying new techniques of urban acupuncture. The city has been creating more pocket parks rather than larger green spaces. Pocket parks are required to have a creative partnership of different stakeholders for financing, design, and maintenance. Those pocket parks improve ecological function and urban experience. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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169. Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | Following successive meetings with speakers and information about the re-alignment of Interstate 70 east of the Mouse trap and issues within and around the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, this month’s meeting will be dedicated to discussion of the complex issues surrounding this area of north Denver. What role the Urban Design Committee can and should take will be the focus. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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168. Social media for architects | Over the past few years, social media has become increasingly more integrated with how we do business. For example, some businesses use social media for recruitment, while others use it for marketing or even managing projects. Boyd Coleman with Coleman Design Group uses social media for advertising purposes as well as keeping in touch with current clients. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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166. Urban Fabric | The Urban Fabric Project emerged as a research project in the Urban Studio at Sasaki. Sasaki has three major studio's in its practice: Urban Studio, Campus Studio and International Studio. Gina, Eamonn and I are all part of the Urban Studio at Sasaki. Urban Studio does domestic urban work in the United States, primarily in smaller, post-industrial cities like Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cincinnati, Ohio, Bridgeport, CT, etc... The goal for the Urban Fabric Project was to step back from the majority of the work being done in Urban Studio and look more holistically at the types of cities we are working in today. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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165. Urban Design Views | This podcast is part two of a two part interview with Jason Rebillot, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Design School and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver. The focus of this interview is Mr. Rebillotʼs views and thoughts on the current state of the field of urban design. The interview was conducted by Charles Shifflett on June 27, 2011 on the campus of Tongji University in Shanghai, China. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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164. Urban and Building Integrated Agriculture, Part 5 | Chris Parr Director of Development, Denver Housing Authority Chris is the Director of Development for the Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver. Since 2004 Chris has been responsible for the delivery of over 1200 homes in Denver including the Curtis Park and Park Avenue HOPE VI Redevelopments as well as planning for two major redevelopment sites, South Lincoln and Sun Valley. Chris has helped the Housing Authority move towards an intense focus on energy efficient product achieving LEED certifications on various buildings. In recent years, efforts have grown to focus on true urban sustainability issues, such as transit and healthy food access. Prior to the Housing Authority, Chris worked for the Integral Group, a private development company working in several national markets. With Integral Chris served as the Denver Development Program Manger. Previous to that, Chris worked for an investment bank in Chicago managing asset holdings including real estate. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Wheaton College. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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163. Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | Two items filled the agenda; David Gaspers and Ellen Ittleson of Denver’s Community Planning Department discuss developments of the Arapahoe Square and the Northeast Downtown Neighborhood Plan, and Mike Harris of the DU Environmental Law Clinic and Drew Dutcher discuss events surrounding the expansion of I-70 and the EIS process nearing completion. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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162. Urban and Building Integrated Agriculture, Part 4 | Mr. Redmond is a native of Colorado where he developed an early love of both nature and entrepeneurship. His early exposure to ranching and agriculture and continuing experiences through life have developed into a unique blended expertise of technology, the natural sciences and development. Mr. Redmond has a Bachelors Degree in Geology from Tulane University, New Orleans LA. He has also earned Master’s Degrees in both Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture from the University of Colorado. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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160. Urban and Building Integrated Agriculture , Part 3 | Sundari Kraft is the organizer of Heirloom Gardens, LLC and Sustainable Food Denver. Heirloom Gardens is a Neighborhood-Supported Agriculture program operating in northwest Denver. Using a "multi-plot urban farm" model, Heirloom Gardens converts unused neighborhood yard space into organic vegetable gardens. The produce is harvested and distributed through a farmshare program, and at the local farmers' market. Sustainable Food Denver is an advocacy organization, currently focusing its efforts on passing a new Food-Producing Animals (hen chickens and dwarf dairy goats) ordinance through the City Council. Sundari is the author of the upcoming "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Homesteading" (June 2011). | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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159. Diffuse Urban Environments | This podcast is part one of a two part interview with Jason Rebillot, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Design School and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver. The focus of this interview is Mr. Rebillotʼs current research on diffuse urban environments. The interview was conducted by Charles Shifflett on June 27, 2011 on the campus of Tongji University in Shanghai, China. | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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158. Urban and Building Integrated Agriculture , Part 2 | Michael Buchenau, holds a master's degree in landscape architecture from Harvard University. Prior to joining DUG, Mr. Buchenau managed numerous largescale land planning and environmental assessment projects, including work in Mount Rainier, Yellowstone and Denali National Parks. As the Executive Director of Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) for the past 17 years, Mr. Buchenau oversees all of DUG's programs and operations including: garden site preservation, design and construction; garden organization, leadership training and community outreach; botanic and horticulture education; fund development; and fiscal management of the non-profit organization. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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156.Urban and Building Integrated Agriculture , Part 1 | Adam Brock is a permaculture teacher, ecodesigner, and sustainability consultant based in Denver, Colorado. Born and raised in Denver, Adam is a graduate of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with a concentration in Ecological Design. His studies included a semester of sustainable design at the Ecosa Institute in Prescott, Arizona; a Permaculture design course led by Andrew Faust; and a Permaculture Teacher Training course led byDave Jacke. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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154. How the Last Economic Downturn Effected Architectural and Landscape Firms in USA/ RNL Design | How the Last Economic Downturn Effected Architectural and Landscape Firms in USA/ RNL Design | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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152. Influencing Travel Behavior | The ways in which people travel and how and why people manage their travel needs Important because consequences of individual travel choices contribute to a number of problems – in advanced western economies - UK, European, US, Australian towns and cities levels of use of car cause congestion and associated economic costs; CO2 emissions, local air quality problems and, slower realization of its contribution to ill health, particularly as majority of adults no longer getting adequate levels of physical activity to stay healthy. Active travel one of easiest ways of getting this.. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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150. How last economic downturn effected architectural and landscape firms in USA/ Hyperform Design Co-op | It’s well-known that the last economic downturn most negatively affected professionals in the construction industry. Both bad and good things have come out of this turn of events. Many architectural firms started to examine their efficiency and even reconsider their business models. During that time, numerous new companies were formed. One of those companies is the Hyperform Design Co-op. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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148. 14th Street Initiative round table | Downtown Denver’s 14th Street has seen over $1 billion in new public and private investment in the past decade, elevating the street as one of Downtown’s most important corridors. 14th Street links Larimer Square and Lower Downtown with the Civic Center district, and found along its 12 blocks are fashionable hotels, the Theater District/Denver Performing Arts Complex, the Colorado Convention Center, and office and housing uses. To reflect and enhance 14th Street’s prominence, the City of Denver and the Downtown Denver Partnership have launched the 14th Street Initiative, a $14 million rebuilding of the street with widened sidewalks, a bike lane, substantial streetscaping, public art, and wayfinding signage. Construction is underway and the project is planned to be completed Fall 2011. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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147. Living city block | This podcast is an interview with Llewellyn Wells, President of Living City Block. The Living City Block mission is to "create a replicable, exportable, scalable and economically viable framework for the resource efficient regeneration of existing cities, one block at a time." The initial implementation will be in a block of lower downtown Denver, Colorado. The interview was conducted by Charles Shifflett on May 19, 2011. | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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146. Jane's Walk | Jane Jacobs needs no introduction. Every urban designer and planner is familiar with her work. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities is one of the key texts in urban planning. This year is the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking book. The principles of urban planning and design that Jane covers in her book are still very much applicable in today’s environment. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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145. Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | 5/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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144. Larimer Square | As urban designers we are trying to create a perfect urban environment that would be good for people, commerce, and environment. How hard is it? We find that this may be challenging, but achievable, in our interview with Joe Vostrejs, a COO of Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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143. ULI Colorado event, Sustainable Communities | Can developers go green and still stay in the black? The answer is complex and evolving, and the topic got a thorough going-over by both a panel of experts and a highly engaged audience at ULI Colorado’s May 12 presentation, “Financing Sustainable Development: New Realities for the Recovery.” | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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142. Visualization Techniques | In the past decade, good visualization tools became accessible to a majority of designers, thanks to software such as Sketch Up and Adobe Suite. Nevertheless, there is quite a bit to learn about these and other, more advanced software before you begin to use them. Bradley Cantrell shares his knowledge and experience about visualization in this podcast episode. Bradley has worked with a variety of graphic packages over the years | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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140. Urban Lighting | Marla Stauth is the owner of Frankly Lighting, LLC. Marla has been involved in various scales of urban lighting projects over the years. She noticed that it is important to use the appropriate amount of lighting in different conditions. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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138. Denver community planning | Denver is a growing midwest city in the U.S. Many find that this is a perfect city to live in. With rapid growth and many challenges, the new Denver’s Community Planning project is on the way, lead by Peter Park. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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137. Urban Design Committee - AIA Denver | Two major items dominated the April agenda. Frank Canon and Martin Willie gave a Power Point presentation of the Union Station Neighborhood Company’s recently released plans for Union Station, and Russell Clark, senior planner with Jefferson County, presented their 2010 Master Plan, and discussed issues surrounding the development of community plans for the North, South and Central Plains districts of the county. | 4/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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136. Milwaukee's redevelopment plan | Milwaukee is one of the many cities in the USA whose planning is a direct reflection of the automobile ownership and auto industry success; large highways are ruling the city’s grid. In the 1960’s, one of the city’s large transportation projects was building Park East Freeway. As a result, this freeway split the city and damaged the urban structure. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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135. ULI Colorado event, Big Building on Campus | Funding for education may be under the legislative scalpel these days, but you wouldn’t know it by the projects that are rising out of the ground on two of Colorado’s biggest campuses. | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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134. Urban planning in South Africa | Urban planning ideas are sometimes applied between one region to another without any adjustments to the local culture and climate. The example of such a direct transfer is South Africa, where English planning was implemented. Does it work? | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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133. Jane's Walk 2011 | Jane's Walk 2011 | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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132. Habitat for Humanity in urban areas | If you haven’t had a chance to get to know the work of the Habitat of Humanity, than this is your lucky day. Heather Lafferty is Executive Director of Habitat of Humanity in metro Denver, and will discuss Habitat’s past work and future plans. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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130. Vallagio | Peter Kudla is a visionary developer who is behind Vallagio at Inverness, Colorado, and the “midtown” concept in Denver. Peter’s passion and energy about his vision is contagious. It is impossible not notice this just by walking through his latest development, named Vallagio. Vallagio is a mixed use TOD development. The development has a main street, with retail on ground floor and condominiums above. Next to the main street are row homes and golf villas with a view of the Inverness golf course. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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129. Hines Competition, Part 2 | This podcast is the second installment in a two part series concerning the University of Coloradoʼs team experience in the Urban Land Instituteʼs Gerald D. Hines Urban Design competition for 2011. The first interview was with J.R. Ronczy, the team leader and part of the design team. This interview is with Tim Fredregill, an MBA candidate at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The interview was conducted by Charles Shifflett on March 24, 2011. The primary focus of the interview is the business teamʼs roles and responsibilities as well as their experiences during the intense competition period. | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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128. Place Branding | Almost every site development today has been assigned a brand, or is trying to re-brand itself. This is not where place branding starts or ends. Eugene D. Jaffe is a professor at the Graduate School of Business and Administration at bar-Ilan University, and has been studying place branding for the past decade. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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127. AIA Denver - Urban Design Committee | This podcast is a recording of the March 16th AIA Denver Urban Design Committee meeting. Three issues filled the agenda for the March meeting. Drew Dutcher, I-70 PACT member, and neighborhood representative for Elyria/Swansea area of north Denver, was joined by Juanita Gable, also from the Elyria Swansea neighborhood, and possible candidate for City Council, to discuss issues surrounding the re-alignment of I-70 through that neighborhood, and the potential involvement of the Urban Design Committee. | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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126. Central Park on the ship | Most of the time, we work with urban spaces that are static. Those spaces stay in the same geographical areas and exist in the same micro climate conditions. The expansion of the travel industry in the past few decades has affected our perception of spaces in transportation units. As a result, cruise ships have become more focused on outdoor spaces and experiences. They now have many more outdoor dining areas, plazas, and gardens. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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125. Hines Student Design Competition, Part 1 | Hines Student Design Competition 2011 | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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124. DWG Studio | Daniel Woodroffe is the owner of DWG Group, a small landscape firm in Austin, Texas. DWG Group focuses on creative design solutions for urban fabrics. Daniel’s international background is reflected in his work. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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123. ULI Colorado event, Speaker Event Series: Denver Mayoral Forum | Leccese is executive director of the Urban Land Institute’s Colorado chapter, which hosted a mayoral forum to introduce the development community to the slate of candidates competing in the May 3 election (with a runoff scheduled for June 7) to become Denver’s new mayor. The event was sponsored by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Trammell Crow Company. | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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122. Turbine-Covered Bridges | We have become accustomed to seeing wind turbines in large, open spaces. Is there a future for wind turbines in urban areas? Francesco Colarossi has designed a new way to integrate wind turbines with infrastructure and architecture. | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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121. Union Station redevelopment round table discussion | Denver’s Union Station redevelopment will create a new gateway to Downtown Denver and the region and re-energize Denver’s historic train station. As the hub of RTD’s expanding transit system, the $480 million project includes a new RTD light rail station, a new underground RTD regional bus terminal, and a new commuter rail station for RTD and Amtrak, along with several new signature public spaces. Hosted by Ken Schroeppel, creator of DenverUrbanism.com, our roundtable conversation about the Union Station project includes Anne Hayes, chair of Union Station Advocates, and Bill Mosher, owner’s representative for the Denver Union Station Project Authority. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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120. Holiday Sing-Along and Downtown Stroll | Two years ago our organization went through a strategic planning process. From this process we determined that one of our top priorities was to take our main street, Congress Avenue, and really turn it into a great place. We created a leadership team who identified a vision and needs to take Congress from where it is today, which is a good functioning street, to an exceptional destination or place | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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119. ULI Colorado event, Mayoral Forum: Session 2 | ULI Colorado event, Mayoral Forum: Session 2 | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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118. Planning and Community Development: A Guide for the 21st Century | In 2010, Dr. Norman Tyler wrote another good book about planning . It took over three years for Norman and co-author Robert M. Ward to complete the book, which targets planners, planning students, local officials, and community activists. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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117. ULI Colorado event, Repositioning Residential Real Estate | Event: Discovery Series, Repositioning Residential Real Estate (R3) Speaker: Darren M. Fisk, Jeff Hawks, Peter Kudla, Tim McEntee, David Zucker | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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116. RNL Design- International projects | At various points in our careers as designers, we work on projects in different countries with different standards and cultures. Thomas M. Wuertz, a design principal at RNL Design shares his vast experience in international projects in this podcast episode. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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114. Zero impact developments | You have probably heard by now about zero impact buildings, and may even worked in or on one. Jeffrey Bedard, a former developer currently with NREL, is taking this idea further. He believes it’s time to start thinking on a bigger scale – zero impact neighborhoods and whole zero impact developments. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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112. RNL - Xcel building | Not many new office buildings have been built in Denver in recent years. The Xcel Energy building is a new, and green, exception. Located within the heart of downtown, the Xcel Energy building was completed in 2010. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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111. AIA Denver - Urban Design Committee | This podcast is a recording of the January 19th AIA Denver Urban Design Committee meeting. This month the committee wraps up the commentary on the Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Plan and the National Western Stock Show Station Plan for submittal to Denver Community Planning and Development Department. | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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110. AGA Public Realm Strategies | A new book about public parks has been written by Alexander Garvin. The book is called Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities. This book covers everything about public parks, such as financing, management, role of the public, and design. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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109. ULI Colorado event, Mayoral Forum: Session 1 | Lucky for me, I was able to attend a workshop this morning hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) during which Dr. Tom Noel reviewed some of work accomplished during Denver’s previous administrations. Mayor Robert Speer was responsible for developing a City charter that grants Denver’s mayors more power and influence than mayors in many other cities. | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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108. Conversation Pods | There are many choices on the market for your perfect outdoor furniture. Nonetheless there is always room for designers to offer something new and innovative. Alexander Lotersztain, a designer and the owner of the Derlot company in Australia, designed a new version of the traditional picnic table called the Conversation Pod. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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106. Rehabilitation, restoration and preservation solutions, part 2 | Presentation focuses on an addition to the historical Tramway Building in Denver, Colorado. The project’s architect and structural engineer talk about challenges that could be expected in working with historical buildings. | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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104. Rehabilitation, restoration and preservation solutions, part 1 | Mark Grundmann describes corrosion mitigation options in existing concrete structures. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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103. ULI event, Recharging Colorado - How New Energy and Smart Land Use Are Growing our Job Base, Part 2 | A festive holiday spirit was the backdrop for ULI Colorado's Explorer Series event entitled Recharging Colorado-How New Energy and Smart Land Use are Growing our Job Base. It was held at the LEED-Certified Xcel Energy Building Headquarters at 1800 Larimer in downtown Denver. This forum featured a host of experts offering their perspectives on Colorado's New Energy Economy and its implications for real estate, job creation and climate initiatives. Denver Mayor and Colorado Governor Elect John Hickelooper were among those offering insights on the state's emerging challenges and developments as Colorado continues its transition to a green economy. | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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102. Ice hotel | Every year in November at Jukkasjärvi and Torne Rivers new construction begins of a magical building, the Ice Hotel. Arne Bergh, with his team, has been building ice hotels at that location for many years now. Every year there is a different building with new design and innovations, and a new name. | 12/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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101. AIA Denver - Urban Design Committee | This pod cast is a recording of the December 15th AIA Denver Urban Design Committee meeting. | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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100. Ice hotels | There are many different environmental building materials on the market. Nevertheless, Arne Bergh chooses to work with special material that is brought to us by nature – snow and ice. Snow and ice have been used for centuries by the Inuits to build houses. Even today they are still the most practical materials for very cold climates. Arne Bergh is a creative director of the Ice Hotel, which is built every winter in Sweden. He started building ice hotels years ago. | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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99. ULI event, Recharging Colorado - How New Energy and Smart Land Use Are Growing our Job Base, Part 1 | A festive holiday spirit was the backdrop for ULI Colorado's Explorer Series event entitled Recharging Colorado-How New Energy and Smart Land Use are Growing our Job Base. It was held at the LEED-Certified Xcel Energy Building Headquarters at 1800 Larimer in downtown Denver. This forum featured a host of experts offering their perspectives on Colorado's New Energy Economy and its implications for real estate, job creation and climate initiatives. Denver Mayor and Colorado Governor Elect John Hickelooper were among those offering insights on the state's emerging challenges and developments as Colorado continues its transition to a green economy. | 12/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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98. Ten tips for planners to convert a shopping center into a village center | Bruce Liedstrand, who is a former city manager of Mountain View, California shares his knowledge and experience of converting shopping centers in this podcast episode. | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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96. Composting | An overview of composting-- what it is, benefits, impact, and more. Session also explores how to implement composting at a school, how to create buy-in, and how to educate staff and students. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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94. Beyond design and construction | An interactive, engaging session on low/no-cost, easy to implement, measurable strategies that address waste management, energy and water savings, healthy food, indoor environmental quality, healthy materials, and procurement policies. | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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92. Pedicabs | The streets of China are crammed with pedicabs. This is an official form of transportation in high-density areas. In past decades, they started to migrate to the U.S. and Europe. A revision of the pedicab made it to Denver, Colorado in a mountain bike-pedicab hybrid. Steve Meyers founded Street Pedicabs in 1992. Since then, his company has grown, bringing the mountain bike-wheeled pedicabs all over the world. | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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90. Governor’s Energy Office K-12 Program Update/The Best of BEST | An update on the K-12 programs from the Governor’s Energy Office including recent accomplishments and upcoming opportunities, followed by a description of and case studies from the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program. | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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89. ULI event, Fly Like an eagle (P-3) | RTD has made an historic agreement - first of its kind in the U.S. - with Denver Transit Partners (DTP) to build the next 23 miles of FasTracks under a public-private partnership. | 11/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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88. Making Power Purchase, USGBC Colorado Green Schools Summit | Two school districts share their experiences from using Power Purchase Agreements for solar installations, including reviewing the RFP Process, evaluation criteria, contractual objectives, and team selection. Denver Public School District issued a joint RFP with the City of Denver, and Greenprint Denver Deputy Director Scott Morrissey shares insight from that process. | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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86. Boomtown 2050 | As many metropolises are still growing, only a few of them have a plan for how to accommodate the growth that may occur in the future. One of these examples is Perth, in Australia. Perth is predicted to grow rapidly in the next forty years. The population of Perth is predicted to double. | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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84. A holistic approach to greening your school’s building culture and curriculum | Facilitated by Annette Stelmack, USGBC Colorado Green Schools Initiative Immediate Past Chair Panelists: Ghita Carroll, Sustainability Coordinator, Boulder Valley School District; Jim Faes, Director of Sustainability, Denver Public School District; Stu Reeves, Energy Manager, Poudre School District; Susie Strife, PhD Environmental Studies Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder Session Description: Panelists shared the stories of how three school districts in Colorado have “gone green” and how they have brought sustainability into the classroom. | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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83. Urban Design Committee. AIA Denver October meeting, 2010 | In this meeting committee chairman Dean Foreman discusses the idea of expanding the role of the AIA Denver Urban Design Committee to act as a clearing house for the efforts of planning, design and transit groups in the Denver metro area, to promote the cooperation between established organizations, to use the resources of the AIA to promote their efforts and to act as a platform for positive change in the community. | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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82. Future of Small Towns | There are many more small towns than large metropolises. Some of them survive, and some will turn into ghost towns. Jamie Licko with Be Centro studied two small towns in Colorado called Woodland Park and Estes Park. She also worked on recommendations for officials of those towns in what to do to help towns prosper in the future. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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80. ROOT Magazine | While many professional magazines are available to us, they still don’t quite cover the whole garden of flowering interests and weedy needs. Amanda Jeter started a new publication called ROOT for landscape architect students. She found that there is a need for students to share their views. | 10/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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79. ULI Colorado Event, From the Potomac to the Platte | ULI Colorado event held September 30, 2010 at the Oxford Hotel was entitled appropriately due to the upcoming elections and ballot initiatives. Randy Pye, former Mayor of Centennial and currently Senior Vice President at Capitol Solutions served as the moderator. The keynote speaker discussed the regulatory and legislative initiatives forming in the U.S. Capitol and Federal agencies which will influence projects and communities in Colorado. Additionally a panel of experts in the Colorado forefront discussed the impacts bills passed in the Colorado legislature in a nonpartisan overview and analysis. | 10/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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78. Feasibility Studies of the City Centers | Each city center dreams about being great and prosperous – but not every city center has what it takes to get there. Jamie Licko and Michael Scott, with the firm Be Centro, do feasibility studies of city centers. They found that no “big silver bullet” can fix all the city center’s problems. Many factors affect the outcome of these plans. This not only includes good design, but also the demographics, economic viability of the city, infrastructure and many others. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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75. Urban Design Committee. AIA Denver September meeting, 2010 | Follow the discussion as Robert Schmid updates the committee on the status of Denver’s New Zoning Code and the effort to create a commercial primer for the code. The committee believes a presentation paralleling the efforts of the AIA Housing Committee would be helpful to local groups in understanding and using the newly completed document and is looking for interested people to volunteer for the effort | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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76. Shipping Containers | Shipping containers’ original purpose is shipping goods over long distances - but they’ve also caught the attention of architects. Architects have been experimenting with used shipping containers for decades. | 9/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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74. Mile High Development | Mile High Development is an old development company in Denver, Colorado. Over the years, the company has evolved from private to public-private partnership developments. In the 80’s and 90’s, Mile High Development built speculative projects that were financed privately. In late 90’s and 00’s, the company moved to public-private partnership (PPP) projects and affordable housing. | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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72. Function of Street Furniture | James Shaffer is President of Streetscapes, Inc. Through his work, he noticed that the functionality of street furniture should, in many cases, be much better. Street furniture could have more variety, and could function in many more ways be than just as benches or trash receptacles. | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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71. Urban Design Committee, July 2010 meeting | This pod cast is a recording of the July 21st Urban Design Committee meeting. This month’s meeting focused on two efforts. | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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70. Creating a Great Street | There are many good examples of great streets, as well as of those that were meant to be great and did not quite get there. Dennis Carmichael, with AECOM, has been working for many years on creating a great street in the US. He shares his professional expertise on what makes great streets work. | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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68. Regenerative Landscapes in China | The issue of sustainability is not just important in the US but in other parts of the world as well. China has been concerned with their natural resources for years. Michael Grove, with Sasaki Architecture, worked on many sustainable projects over the past 12 years in China. The initiation for sustainable projects varies between these two countries, but the goal is the same – revitalize our natural resources. | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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66. Turner Construction | Turner Construction is one of the largest construction companies in the U.S. Among many projects that Turner worked on over the years is Rugby Stadium at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado. The stadium is located in an urban area in close proximity with the fire department and residential neighborhoods. If you drive around this neighborhood you probably wouldn’t even notice that there is a stadium unless there is a game taking place. Gene Futur from Turner Construction is joining us on this podcast episode conversation about this stadium. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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64. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities | You are probably very familiar by now with green roofs and somewhat with living walls. Paul Kephart, who is a president of Rana Creek Living Architecture, will be telling us about positive outcomes to having a green roof in the projects. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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62. OZ Architecture | OZ Architecture is an architectural firm that is based in Denver, Colorado. Jim Bershof is sharing with us a history of the company and projects that the company worked on. OZ Architecture has been in business for several decades and has been changing with time. Today’s company specializes in park service projects, resorts, and libraries. | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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61. ULI Colorado Event, The Greening of TOD | ULI presented an event discussing sustainability and the so-called ‘Obama Trifecta’ formed by a historic collaboration among three Federal agencies: the US Department of Transportation (DOT), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Representatives from all three agencies discussed their past frustrations and enthusiastic approach towards working in concert together. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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60. Form Base Code Institute | You may have heard lately about many professional non-profit organizations and groups. As an urban designer or planner, one non-profit organization that you should know about is called the Form Base Code Institute. The Form Base Code movement started a while ago and you probably have heard a lot more about it in the past few years. | 8/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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58. Eva Wang Studio | Eva Wang grew up in Harbin, China, was educated in Chicago, USA, and now is running Eva Wang Studio in Shanghai, China. Eva Wang Studio provides a wide range of services to their clients, from planning through architecture to interior design. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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56. Leo A Daly | Leo A Daly recently opened their Beijing office, with Charles Peace and Yufung Guo in charge. Both Charles and Yufung have been working and living in China for many years. | 7/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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55. Emerging Neighborhoods | On Thursday, July 8, 2010 ULI Colorado hosted a YLG Discovery Series focusing on Emerging Neighborhoods. The program featured keynote presenters Peter Park, Director of Planning, City & County of Denver, and Mickey Zeppelin, founder of Zeppelin Development. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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54. MAD | MAD is an award-winning international company that was founded by Ma Yansong in the early 2000’s in Beijing, China. Today, MAD is a fifty-person architectural firm with a truly international team that builds their work around the globe | 7/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50. MulvannyG2 Architecture | Mulvanny G2 is a 40-year-old architectural company. Like many other businesses, Mulvanny G2 has gone through a series of transformations over the years. Today the company is an international organization, designing projects in the U.S. and outside its borders. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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48. Union Station in Denver | Union Station in Denver, Colorado, like many other railroad station sites, is going through a transformation. For decades, debate has been going on about what to do with the site and adjacent properties. Finally construction broke ground in 2009. Frank Cannon, who is a partner at Union Station Neighborhood Co., is overseeing the project. | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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47. Urban Design Committee | Urban Design Committee of AIA Colorado, June 2010 meeting. This podcast episodeis a recording of the June 16th Urban Design Committee meeting. In it ten local architects and professionals discuss the options for renovations and modifications to the 16th Street Mall. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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46. Social media and urban design | Social networking has become more popular over the past few years. As with any new technology, social networking has an effect on how urban designers do business. Once again, we have to adapt and adapt quickly. Ben Brown with Place Makers has been using social networking for a while in urban design projects. | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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45. Urban Design Committee | Urban Design Committee of AIA Colorado, May 2010 meeting. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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44. Public Art | What is public space without a piece of art? Public art can enhance and complete the urban space or destroy it. Henry Beer has been an advocate for public art for years. Henry also wrote a paper about this subject called Realizing a Program of Public Art. | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43. Form Base Code | Form Base code has been popular for the past decade. Many municipalities are switching from conventional zoning to form base code. Dick Farley talks about the pros and cons of Form Base code in this podcast interview. | 6/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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42. Zocalo | Zocalo is a young development company in Denver. One of the managing partners is Chris Achenbach, architect, who migrated into the development world. Chris started this transformation from design-building services that he provided to his clients and later on moved into partnership with a developer. He had to learn about financing of the projects and other specifics of running Zocalo. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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41. Avalon Bay | Avalon Bay is a national development and investment trust company that builds many residential projects. One of these projects is Avalon Chrystie Place in New York City. The project is built over the subway tunnel and accommodates many uses. Location of the apartment building brought challenges, which Fred Harris talks about in this podcast interview with Urban Design Podcast. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40. Manage your IT | As technology changes over the years so does the way urban planners and other design professionals do business. We use more computers for everyday work than 20 years ago. With these changes we have had to acquire additional knowledge along the way. We had to learn how to manage a single computer and a network of computers, and learn how to make decisions about upgrading or switching to new systems. Dr. Ramiro Montealegre is a specialist in Information Technology. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urban Design Podcast and AIA Colorado | Urban Design Podcast and AIA Colorado | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39. What every architect needs to know about business | You might be thinking about starting your own design firm, or perhaps you have already started one. If so, you should be concerned about developing a sound strategy for your new business. Why does this matter? Al Davis, a professor of business strategy and entrepreneurship, explains the importance of developing an effective strategy for your business. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urban Design News | April 2010 | 5/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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38. Great City | Great City is a Seattle based non-profit organization that focuses on mart growth in the Seattle area. How do they do that? | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urban Design Podcast and ULI Colorado | Urban Design Podcast and ULI Colorado | 4/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37. Green Infrastructure | Green infrastructure is contrasted to gray infrastructure. Dan Staley described green infrastructure as plants, woody plants, landscaping, and parks; he also described the functions that they are perform. New elements in green infrastructure include photovoltaic panels and wind turbines. | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36. Sprawl Repair Kit | We all know the problems that occurred with the sprawl that happened in the decades after World War II in the U.S. Many different solutions have been suggested for ways to improve suburbs. One of them has been proposed by Galina Tahchieva and is called the Sprawl Repair Kit. You might already be familiar with the Sprawl Repair Kit, but you probably did not know that Tahchieva has written a new companion book called The Sprawl Repair Manual. | 4/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35. Solar access | Dan Staley introduces listeners of this podcast to the benefits and conflicts with solar access. One of these conflicts is that in an urban environment, trees often grow into the solar access plains. Each species also grows at a different speed and to a different width and height, all of which must be incorporated into the design. | 4/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34. Ken Yeang | Eco-design has become popular over the past few decades in the architectural industry. Dr. Ken Yeang and the Llewelyn Davies Yeang Company started the practice of eco-design a few decades earlier. You can find Yeang’s work in many countries, including Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Jamaica, England, Turkey, Singapore, etc. | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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33. Density | Density is a very popular topic of conversation at any conference or seminar that focuses on city planning. David Dixon has been speaking and implementing his ideas on density for years. The density of the twenty-first century unlocks the ability to create communities that are more livable and foster economical opportunity and sustainability in David’s view. | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32. Olin | David Rubin asserts that the twenty-first century is a century of landscape architecture, while the twentieth century was about architecture. His argument is that landscape architects are building spaces for society and forming human interaction. | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31. 9th Smart Growth Conference | Ninth Smart Growth Conference was held in Seattle in February 2010. Attendance of this conference exceeded all expectations of the organizers. Such a high attendance emphasizes again the increasing importance of Smart Growth. | 3/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30. Virtual edge | What is beyond Sketch Up, 3D Studio MAX, and Form Z visualizations for urban planners? Brian Quinn is one of many who started to use the next level of modeling techniques. Brian builds his study models by using multi-user virtual environments (MUVE), mirror worlds, and immersive connected experience technologies | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29. The master plan of New Orleans | The master plan of New Orleans has been a very controversial project. The project is highly visible and politically charged. David Dixon with Goody, Clancy & Associates had an opportunity to work on the master plan of New Orleans. David was impressed how organized, thoughtful, and committed city officials were about rebuilding urban neighborhoods and preserving the remaining culture of New Orleans. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28. A realm of realities in landscape architecture | We often associate landscape architecture with architecture. The names are similar, but the fundamentals couldn’t be more different. For example, the building materials which used for projects in each discipline are very different. Architecture uses static physical materials that are at the end of their life cycle. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27. Small urban winds | Nowadays, we cannot seemingly get enough of green energy. We want to put solar panels in every project. Wind turbines are used but are less popular due to their complexity and the winds required for operation. Whatever the method of implementation, using green energy is a good thing. Bil Becker and his firm Aerotecture International, Inc., developed a new product that combined wind and solar energy into one unit. Even more impressive, this hybrid unit is aesthetically attractive and could be easily integrated into any design | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26. Drawing shortcuts | Jim Leggitt is one of the few who can express his ideas and thoughts through free hand sketches. This is indeed becoming rare skill in the world of computerized 3D modeling and animation. Many young designers ask themselves how valuable this skill is in today’s business. Advisably, learning free hand rendering skills takes more time and effort as compared to learning new 3D software applications. | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25. Feng shui in urban design | Often, we associate feng shui with architecture, interior design, and residential spaces. However, feng shui can be used in urban design as well. Feng shui can be implemented on a large scale, such as for entire city design, and in the small details, such as for the design of buildings and interiors. The principles of feng shui indicate that we are impacted by the universe; thus, we should start looking at our projects on a large scale. | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24. Virtual Cities | Over the past decade, we have moved from hand sketches to Photoshop renderings and have become accustomed to including three-dimensional representations of our designs in certain projects. Sometimes we even use three-dimensional animations to present our work. What is the next step for architectural presentations? | 1/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23. Urban design for an urban century | The book Urban Design for an Urban Century by Lance Jay Brown, David Dixon, and Oliver Gillham would be a great addition to any library. This book is a continuation of the work of these three different professionals. A true collaboration between the authors helped to create this book and open a dialog about urban design. | 1/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22. Vertical City | As a junior urban designer, Wong See Huat from Singapore had a chance to work on a few interesting urban projects. One of these projects was Vertical City in the Guang Ming central district of Shen Zhen, China. Wong See Huat contributed to this project while working for SCP Consultants Private Limited. | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21. Retrofitting Suburbia | One of the books released in 2009 about urban design is called Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson. This book looks into the projects that were built decades ago and no longer meet the social and economical needs of community. | 12/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20. Marketing for small firms | We are all looking for better ways to market our services. But do we really know what marketing is? Clifford E. Yong, a Professor of Marketing at the Business School, University of Colorado at Denver explain the essence of marketing | 12/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19. Effective Website | Over the past decade we have become accustomed to using the Google search to find any information that we need. Yellow and white pages are becoming obsolete. How is your company reacting to this change? Do you have a web site? What is the performance of your web site? | 12/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18. Succession Planning | Succession planning, as important it is, is often overlooked by owners of small firms. Wayne Cascio described this phenomenon as a fear of starting to plan for a successor like planning your own funeral. At same time, in managing a small business, we should understand the importance of succession planning, and its effect on the organization. | 12/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17. Transportation Demand Management | Over the years, many car sharing programs have been initiated around the world. One of these programs started in Boulder, Colorado in 1997. A group of Boulder citizens were very concerned about minimizing their environmental impact and strived to leave a sustainable legacy for future generations. They took the issue of transportation to heart and made a commitment to minimize their automobile use. In 1997, the “Little Red Car Co-op” was formed. The momentum continued forward, and in 1998, Boulder CarShare was founded and incorporated as a Colorado non-profit. | 12/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16. Sustainability | We are all familiar with one or more aspects of the LEED certification system. The YRG Sustainability company knows, in detail, all requirements and prerequisites. LEED is their core competency. YRG Sustainability has been involved in the creation of LEED at different levels. | 11/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15. LEED ND pilot project | The LEED program has been well known for past few years. Although the LEED certification system has been active for a many years, there wasn’t a LEED certification for urban planning until recently. LEED has been working on launching a new certification program for urban design, called LEED ND. There have been several LEED ND pilot projects initiated around the world. One of them is a Mueller project in Austin, TX. Dan Cohen worked on the Mueller project while serving as a Director of Planning at Catellus. | 11/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14. Urban Sociology | Sociology traditionally isn’t regarded by urban designers as one of the disciplines that is related to the design process or implementation. Nevertheless, as urban designers we can learn a lot from urban sociologists who will make our designs better and more functional. Aysu Kes Erkul is an urban sociologist who completed extensive studies on the impact of different forms of capital on the housing preferences of people, as well on their perceptions about the city they live in. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13. High performance building program | There are many initiatives that aim to improve the sustainability and environment of our homes and workplaces. One of these programs is called the Governor’s Energy Office’s High Performance Building Program, which was initiated in Colorado and is focused on reducing the use of energy for public and commercial buildings in support of the state’s climate action plan. Margaret Pauls of the Hutton Architecture Studio has been working on this program for many months. The Hutton Architecture Studio was recently selected along one other firm to be a consult for the GEO, guide the program, and provide outreach and assistance to the public through the High Performance Building Program. | 11/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12. Practicing Architecture in Russia | Many companies desire to expand their operations abroad without understanding the specifics, rules, and regulations for the industry as defined in another culture and dissimilar business practices. For example, providing architectural, planning, and landscape services for customers in Russia is much different from serving American clients. | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11. Condominium Inside the Block, St. Petersburg, Russia | Alexej Moldavskij designed and built numerous residential buildings in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of those projects is a condominium on Vasilievskij Island in the historical district of St. Petersburg. | 10/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10. Condominium on Vasiljevskij Island, St. Petersburg, Russia | Did you ever want to know how professionals in other countries work and what challenges they face? Alexej Moldavskij is an architect from St. Petersburg, Russia who has worked on numerous projects in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In this podcast he will tell us about a condominiums project on Vasilievkij Island in St. Petersburg, Russia that didn’t got build. | 10/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9. Denver's Historic Tramway Building | The Tramway Building was constructed in 1911 and is located in an historical part of Denver on Thirteenth and Arapahoe Street. Originally it was a part of the tramway system and served as a Denver headquarters and center with meeting halls, administrative offices, theaters, and a bowling alley. Throughout the years, the building changed ownership, and today it belongs to the Denver Center for the Performance Arts. It is home to the Denver Center Theatre Company, the Denver Center Theatre Academy, the National Theatre Conservatory, and the National Center for Voice and Speech. | 10/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8. Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo | Lonco Inc. has been in business for almost 40 years. Over the years, the company has changed ownership but has kept their view of doing business, which is to provide excellent service to clients and stay on top of the technological edge. Thus has helped to keep old clients and develop new business relationships such asCirque du Soleil, international fast food chain restaurants, Denver Botanical Gardens, and the city of Pueblo in Colorado. | 9/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7. Cortina Mixed-Use | You might have heard about Fort Collins last year after it was rated in 2008 as one of the 10 best cities to live in the USA by Money Magazine. This is not surprising. Sunny weather, friendly people, and dedicated bike lanes make Fort Collins attractive for people to live there. Vaught Frye Ripley Design is a multidisciplinary design firm that is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. | 9/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6. Outdoor Design Group, Inc. | As economic conditions changed over the past year, so have services offered by the Outdoor Design Group. The firm has moved from offering landscape designs... | 8/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5. Graczyk's Residence | Every city has various design guidelines to follow for different areas of the city. As Jim Graczyk discovered with his private property, they are not always followed, which can have a negative impact on the ambiance of the street. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4. Colorado Athletic Club | Nama Partners is a freshly formed architecture partnership between architectural designers and architects. Ken Manssouri, Mike Brettman, and Herb Casner have worked together at MCG Architecture... | 8/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3. IFP Courtyards | The courtyards and landscape at the Institute for Forensic Psychiatry (IFP) were designed by Kevin Shaffer while he was part of the RNL design team. He approached this project as an opportunity even though it looked like... | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2. Celebration of Hebe | The Statue of Hebe by Kevin Shaffer in Manitou Springs. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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