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Audio Library
Spotlight on Design: Mia Lehrer Associates
Spotlight on Design
April 6, 2010
Landscape planner Mia Lehrer, FASLA, founding partner of Los Angeles-based Mia Lehrer + Associates discusses the power of landscape to both enhance the livability of a city and heal the environment. Lehrer presented the firm’s work, including the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan, and the Orange County Great Park.
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Analyzing the Data: Smart Growth Performance in a Challenging Market
Smart Growth
April 5, 2010
Are smart growth projects economically competitive against more traditional forms of development? Laura Cole, vice president, Robert Charles Lesser & Co, unveils national research that highlights the performance of smart growth projects and ranks consumers’ green building product preferences.
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Maryland's Smart Growth Experience: Assessing the Impact
Smart Growth
March 18, 2010
Gerrit Knaap, director of The University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, describes the challenge of making Maryland’s innovative smart growth policy a state-wide reality.
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Solar Decathlon Houses Shine Light on Architecture, Energy Efficiency, and Smart Technologies
Building in the 21st Century
March 11, 2010
Richard King, director of the Solar Decathlon, reviews the results and lessons learned from the fourth U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathalon and shows plans for future events.
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Spotlight on Design: Lake | Flato Architects
Spotlight on Design
February 2, 2010
The modern vernacular buildings of Lake | Flato Architects combine ingenuity and craftsmanship with new technologies. In 2004, the San Antonio-based firm was chosen as the Firm of the Year by the American Institute of Architects. Hear Ted Flato, FAIA, one of the founding principals share the studio's work and design philosophy.
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The Business Side of Smart Growth: Local Assets, Local Approaches
Smart Growth
January 25, 2010
Dale Roberts, owner of The Java Shack Coffeehouse in Arlington, Virginia, discusses the role of small businesses as catalysts for successful smart growth.
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Parking Garages: Beauty or the Beast
January 25, 2010
Ned Cramer, editor-in-chief of Architect examines famous architects’ designs for parking structures and challenge the field to transform this humble form into works of beauty.
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2009 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
Smart Growth
December 1, 2009
The EPA presents the 2009 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, which recognizes communities using principles of smart growth to create better places.
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Spotlight on Design: Leon Krier
Spotlight on Design
October 27, 2009
Léon Krier is the recipient of the Richard Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture and 2006 Congress for the New Urbanism Athena Award. The noted architect and urban planner discussed his work, including the town of Poundbury, England, which he designed for the Prince of Wales.
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Conserving Energy by Using the Earth Itself
Building in the 21st Century
October 15, 2009
Loretta Hall, author of Underground Buildings: More than Meets the Eye and a certified green building technical professional, uses modern examples to show that earth-sheltered buildings are comfortable, spacious, and surprisingly common.
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