28 Stephen Turner - Building Commissioning Today and Building Big Tomorrow
Stephen Turner is the President of Stephen Turner Inc., a building commissioning company based in Providence, Rhode Island. With over 35 years of expe...
Vertical City
Share:
Listens: 11
About
Vertical City is building a foundation for a sustainable urban future. We interview the world's top architects, urban designers, engineers, microbiologists, transportation and sustainability experts to discuss different technologies and ideologies in support of further developing the concept of a Vertical City as a potential solution to many of our world's greatest problems. If you enjoyed this podcast, or you would like to learn more about urbanism, sustainability, innovation and large-scale architecture, visit us at www.verticalcity.org.
27 Lei Yi’an - The Case for 3D Cities
Lei Yi’an is a professor at Peking University in Beijing and the author of Next Revolution. In this new book, he argues that humanity’s next step is t...
26 Richard Potestio - Portland’s Advocate for Commons-Centric Development
Richard Potestio is a Portland Oregon-based architect and the founding principal of Potestio Studio. In his work, Rick advocates for dense, mixed-use ...
25 Kierán Suckling - Protecting Species through Innovation and Action
Kierán Suckling is Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Biological Diversity, a non-profit membership organization with over one millio...
24 Gilbert Van Kerckhove - “The Beijing Fireman”
Gilbert Van Kerckhove has lived and worked in Beijing for over 30 years. An electrical engineer by trade, Gilbert has worked closely with the Chinese ...
23 Sonja Trauss - Advocating For Housing Development in San Francisco
Sonja Trauss is the head of the San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation (SFBARF), which promotes the development of market rate housing and looks t...
22 Narendra Varma - How Biodynamic and Local Agriculture Can Save The Planet
After retiring early from Microsoft and traveling the world, Narendra Varma became interested in permaculture design and biodynamic agriculture. He mo...
21 Gluck+ - The Advantages of the Design Build Process
In this episode, Lennon chats with three members of the architecture firm Gluck+, a firm that specializes in architect led design build. We talk about...
20 Hong Gang - Building The First Vertical City in China
Hong Gang is the Chairman of Greatview Packing, and an advocate for building a vertical city in China. In this episode, we talk about how politics sha...
19 Lynn King - Local Food, Culture, and Vertical Cities
Lynn King lives in Shanghai where this interview takes place. In Shanghai, Lynn is helping to spark an ecologically-sourced local food movement. In th...