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#24 Thomas Dougherty: Lessons on Designing & Entitling Infill Urban Neighborhoods & Human Scaled Suburban Development
Architecture & Urban Design Stephanie Architecture & Urban Design Stephanie

#24 Thomas Dougherty: Lessons on Designing & Entitling Infill Urban Neighborhoods & Human Scaled Suburban Development

I invited Thomas Dougherty, or lead urban designer, back on the Podcast to discuss real life lessons behind several of our current projects at Building Culture.  We discuss Townsend, a 1+ acre infill site with 19 townhomes, a couple live/works and 10,000 SF of boutique commercial, that we are nearing approvals on. 

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#23 Sara Bega: Las Catalinas - Building a Stunning Car-Free, Kid-Friendly, Multi-Generational Town

#23 Sara Bega: Las Catalinas - Building a Stunning Car-Free, Kid-Friendly, Multi-Generational Town

Las Catalinas might be the most beautiful town built in the 21st century.  And my guest today, Sara Bega, has stewarded its evolution as Town Architect for a decade.  Las Catalinas is a car-free, kid-friendly, multi-generational community in Costa Rica.

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#12 Ruben Hanssen: Dutch City Building; Beauty & Culture; Everyday Experience; Tradition v Modernity

#12 Ruben Hanssen: Dutch City Building; Beauty & Culture; Everyday Experience; Tradition v Modernity

Today I interview Ruben Hassan, a Dutch podcaster and founder of the Aesthetic City podcast. Ruben shares his journey from being an engineer to becoming a full-time podcaster and filmmaker. We discuss the state of construction and development in the Netherlands and the importance of creating beautiful and sustainable built environments.

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#11 Thomas Dougherty: Infill Development; Smaller Scale & Vibrancy; Humanism
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#11 Thomas Dougherty: Infill Development; Smaller Scale & Vibrancy; Humanism

Today, I have friend and colleague Thomas Dougherty on the podcast. Last year Tom joined the Building Culture team as our lead Urban Designer. He studied architecture and urban design at Notre Dame and focused on inner block development and has become known as the "alley-guy" for his expertise in creating spaces in these areas.

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#9 Sam Day Pt. 2: Retrofitting Suburbia, Importance of Centers, Architecture School & Development

#9 Sam Day Pt. 2: Retrofitting Suburbia, Importance of Centers, Architecture School & Development

Today I'm dropping the second half of my conversation with Sam Day. In case you missed Part 1, head back to Episode 8 in our Podcast series to check it out. Sam is an architect, urbanist, and infill developer based in Oklahoma City--a rare combination of someone designing buildings (architect), creating spaces with those buildings (urbanist), and actually facilitating them coming out of the ground, including buying land, figuring out financing, leasing up, etc (development).

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