Podcast appearances and mentions of urban habitat

We report from the CTBUH International Conference at London's Barbican Centre where keynote speakers and city-building experts discuss how to do density better.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have a dramatic lack of affordable housing options, but for decades, federal policymakers have stripped away public resources. One problematic result is a privatized, market-driven orientation to affordable housing through what are called Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties. A new report says that policymakers must act to rein in corporate profiteers by increasing accountability that ensures affordable housing, with dignity for all. That report is called The Failure of For-Profit Affordable Housing — and How Tenants Are Organizing for Change, and it was written together by Urban Habitat and the East Bay Community Law Center. We're joined by Michael Trujillo, a staff attorney at the East Bay Community Law Center and a lead researcher on the new report. Read the report: https://urbanhabitat.org/resource/the-failure-of-for-profit-affordable-housing-and-how-tenants-are-organizing-for-change/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Affordable Housing Profiteering w/ Michael Trujillo from the East Bay Community Law Center appeared first on KPFA.

Luke LeungLuke is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Fellow; He is also a Centennial Fellow from The Pennsylvania State University Architectural Engineering Department; Board of Directors for USGBC (United State Green Building Council), Illinois; Chairman of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning) Committee on “Tall Buildings”; Chairman of the Building Pressure Committee, Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings; Sustainable Committee with Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Part Time Professor at IIT; Member of the Chicago Sister Cities Program with China; MBA from University of Chicago, MS and BAE from Architectural Engineering at Penn State University.Luke Leung is the Director of the Sustainability Engineering Studio for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP. He is the incoming Chair of ASHRAE Environmental Health Committee; Team leader for ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force, Commercial Buildings; Group Leader for LCA and Embodied Carbon, ASHRAE Decarbonization Task Force; National Renewable Energy Laboratory IN2 Incubator Industry Advisor; BOMA Toronto, Health Committee Co-Chair. His work includes Burj Khalifa, the world's current tallest man-made structure; Multiple times “Excellence in Engineering” award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); Selected projects also include Pertamina Tower (Net Zero Supertall), General Motors Global Headquarters, XiongAn Net Zero Development, Beijing Finance Street, Embassy of Ottawa in Canada, Embassy in Beijing, Lakeside – 55 million sqft low energy development, a LEED Platinum building with the first large scale horizontal wind turbine in the city of Chicago; etc., and has served as a member of the editorial team for the CTBUH guide Natural Ventilation in High-Rise Office Buildings, ASHRAE “Design Guide for Tall, Supertall, Megatall Building Systems”, among other publications.TeamHosted by Kristof IrwinProduced by M. WalkerEdited by Nico Mignardi

Urban density is an inevitable issue for our cities. As more and more people move into urban areas, we need to know how to do density right and make it welcoming on a human scale. We report from the annual Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat conference, which this year has the theme of ‘Humanising High Density', and we discuss the rerelease of a book from the 1920s extolling the virtues of a busy, bustling city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Timber Talks, Antony Wood, President of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, shares his insights on using mass timber in tall building construction for sustainability and efficiency. We discuss the potential for embodied carbon reduction and the benefits of sustainably managed forests. Antony also describes innovative mass timber buildings and the possibility of off-site manufacturing. We explore the future of timber construction and emerging technologies for tall building design. Tune in for this informative discussion with one of the industry's leading experts! 

Mention the name César Pelli and you can almost predict the sort of building you might see — shiny, sleek, and tall. Usually very tall. For decades, Pelli has been a byword for skyscrapers, and was even awarded a Lifetime Achievement by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. When he died in 2019, his practice had completed over a hundred major projects, many of them dominating the skyline of the major cities of the world. And while they are hard to fault, they can sometimes be hard to love. But does that matter?

Richard Lyall, President of RESCON, joins Marlon and Ray to dig into the complicated question: Can 1.5 million homes be built in Ontario within the next 10 years? Tune in to hear Richard, Marlon and Ray discuss the challenges, the opportunities and the politics around the crucial housing initiative.Panelists in this episode: Richard Lyall is an accomplished and experienced executive who has represented the residential construction industry in Ontario since 1991. He is a frequent speaker and popular source quoted by media on construction industry issues. His insightful columns appear regularly in The Toronto Sun, Canadian Real Estate Wealth, Storeys, Builder Bites, Daily Commercial News and Canadian Construction Business. He has a successful track record in advancing RESCON's vision, mission and values through his high-level board and strategy work. He was honoured with the 2019 Canadian Lifetime Volunteer Award from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans for his contributions to enriching the organization's educational efforts and is also on a steering committee of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. He is also on the Ontario Housing Supply Action Plan Implementation Team.Marlon Bray is the head of Altus Group's Ontario pre-construction and contract administration services as part of the Cost and Project Management team. With over 25 years of experience, specializing in budgeting, value optimization, and providing visibility on risk through the entire lifecycle from early due diligence through to completion. Marlon oversees a team that leads the way with cutting-edge estimating technology and data analytics, bringing a greater level of transparency, and added value to all projects he is involved with.Raymond Wong is the Vice President of Data Operations for Altus Group's Data Solutions team.   Overseeing 60+ researchers across Canada, Ray's primary responsibility is to ensure data collection is all-encompassing, reliable and accurate and that it adheres to the Altus Group data governance guidelines.  Ray works closely with both internal and external clients to ensure the information meets their needs and that it is both accurate and timely.  He also regularly presents on key market trends to clients and at industry events.

Welcome back to the last episode from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this one, we're going to Jeddah, after a stop in beautiful Yanbu at the Red Sea, and stay with a local and look at a very special construction site standing still. And then head back to Riyadh to visit The Camel Festival and look at some beautiful camels entering the Camel Beauty Contest. THE DRESS CODE A few words about the dress code in Saudi Arabia. It is expected that both men and women dress modestly. This includes covering the arms and legs and wearing an abaya (a headscarf) for women. As a Saudi Arabian visitor, it is important to respect local customs and dress codes. In the first three days, Cynthia would be wearing a headscarf to cover her hair, but then we were told that it's not necessary for women to cover their hair, so she stopped doing that and never had any comments about it. Except people smiling and saying, you're beautiful when they saw her blonde hair. That happened quite a few times here at the night market in Yanbu. It is also worth noting that the dress code in Saudi Arabia can vary depending on the region you are in and the specific circumstances. For example, we are expected to dress more modestly when visiting holy sites or attending religious events. NIGHT MARKET IN YANBU After checking in, we spend a lovely evening at the Night Market in Yanbu. The buildings are traditional style but fully restored – it was shut down for 10 years and recently reopened. We have a nice chat with a young lady named Mashaal, who has a small doll shop in the Night Market. As we depart, Masaal's mom, who didn't speak any English, approaches and gives us a bag of delicious dates as a gift. No strings attached. Truly just a gift. The weather is lovely, and we stroll the courtyard outside the Night Market. It is not crowded, but everyone is active, with many families here and kids in 3-foot-long electrical mini-cars driving around on the square. We're surprised by how little noise there is – people are generally quiet with no loud voices. FACTS ABOUT YANBU Yanbu is a port city with a population of 188,000 (250,000 in the urban area), located on the Red Sea west coast of Saudi Arabia. It is considered to be one of the major industrial cities in the country, even though it's quite small. It is home to the Yanbu Industrial City, which is one of the largest industrial complexes in the Middle East and is known for its oil refineries and petrochemical plants. Yanbu is known for its rich history, which dates back at least 2,500 years. According to Wikipedia, it was established in the year 491 BC. Its earliest history places Yanbu as a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. In more recent times, the city served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The city is also home to several universities, including the Yanbu Industrial College and the University of Yanbu. Yanbu is known for its beautiful beaches and is a popular tourist destination, especially for those interested in marine life and scuba diving. It is also part of the coral reefs of The Red Sea, which are known for their diversity and beauty. MEETING OUR COUCHSURFING HOST TARIQ We made it to Jeddah, where we're CouchSurfing with Tariq. He's a very friendly Pakistani who has lived in Saudi Arabia for 25+ years. He used to live in Yanbu but is now in Jeddah, the bigger city around 350 km down along the Red Sea coastline. We're joined by another traveller, Jack. A Swiss guy who lives in Dubai. And with Cynthia from Florida, USA, and me from Denmark, we're quite a little international group. It is normal when you're CouchSurfing and staying for free with a local that you repay by taking the host to dinner. But here, our host insisted on paying for us. JEDDAH With a population of almost 5 million people, Jeddah is the second largest city in Saudi Arabia and is considered one of the country's most important cultural and economic centres. The city is known for its rich history and culture, as well as its thriving business sector. THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING – OR NOT The next day, we drove out to see a massive, deserted construction site in what is to be Jeddah Economic City in the northern part of Jeddah. The world's tallest building under construction in Saudi Arabia is the Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower. It's to be the first skyscraper to reach 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) or more. For comparison, One World Trade Center on Manhattan, New York, the tallest building in the U.S., is roughly only half that with 541 meters. The building is being built by the Jeddah Economic Company. It's expected to have over 200 floors with residents, offices, hotels, and recreational spaces, 59 elevators, and is to be the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. The design is created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the building that currently is the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. There was steady progress, but in January 2018, the ambitious project was stopped, and about one-third was completed. It was stalled by Saudi political intrigue, labour issues with a contractor, and COVID shutdowns and remains in limbo to this day. Most people say that there are no plans to restart construction. But there might be hope. In an article from HowStuffWorks.com, the president of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a global non-profit, Antony Wood, is quoted for saying: " I genuinely do believe that at some point the project will be finished, because it's an embarrassment not to finish it. What I don't know is if it will adhere to its original design or if it will ultimately be the tallest building in the world." I guess we'll just have to wait and see. OLD TOWN OF JEDDAH One of the most interesting aspects of Jeddah is its Old Town. We spent the afternoon walking around a maze of narrow streets and traditional homes. This area is a window into the past and it gave us a glimpse of what life was like in Jeddah many years ago. The old town is a mix of architectural styles, including Ottoman and traditional Islamic. The buildings are made of coral stone, which was abundant in the region and has proven to be a durable material for construction. The homes in the old town are typically tall and narrow, with intricate wooden balconies and doors. The narrow streets, with high walls and arches, create a sense of intimacy and mystery. One of the most famous landmarks in the old town is Al-Balad, a historic neighbourhood that is considered the heart of Jeddah. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to many of the city's oldest and most important buildings, including the Shaf'i Mosque, the Ottoman Consulate, and the Red Sea Palace. Al-Balad is also known for its traditional markets, where visitors can buy everything from spices and perfumes to textiles and jewellery. Visiting the old town of Jeddah is a must for anyone interested in the history and culture of Saudi Arabia. Whether you're wandering the narrow streets like we were, admiring the coral stone architecture, or shopping in the local markets, you'll be transported back in time and experience the traditional way of life in this fascinating city. A LOOK IN THE HISTORY BOOK Saudi Arabia has a rich and varied history that stretches back thousands of years, but the modern-day kingdom is not that old. It was founded in 1932 by King Abdulaziz Al Saud, who united the various tribes and regions of the Arabian Peninsula under his rule. Before the formation of the kingdom, the region was home to a number of important civilizations, including the Nabateans, who built the city of Petra, and the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the region for centuries. The region also played a key role in the spread of Islam, with the holy cities of Mecca and Medina located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Throughout the 20th century, Saudi Arabia underwent significant economic and social changes as the country began to modernize. The discovery of oil in the 1930s transformed the kingdom into a major global player, and the country began to invest heavily in infrastructure and education. Overall, the history of Saudi Arabia is a complex and fascinating one, shaped by centuries of cultural, economic, and political change. Today, the kingdom is a modern, prosperous nation that is working to balance its traditional values with the demands of the 21st century. KING ABDULAZIZ CAMEL FESTIVAL We drove the 1,000+ km back to the capital, Riyadh, and on our last day in Saudi Arabia, we went outside Riyadh to look at The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival. It's an annual event – a celebration of the cultural and historical importance of camels in the country. The festival has auctions and various competitions, such as racing and camel beauty contests. Yes, camel beauty contests. More on that a bit later. Visitors can also enjoy traditional Bedouin music and dance performances, as well as traditional handicrafts and clothing exhibitions. The festival is a great opportunity to learn about the significance of camels in Saudi Arabian culture and to experience the country's rich heritage. The festival typically takes place in the desert area of Janadriyah, near Riyadh. It's a big area with a lot of sand. So, dare I say it? We got stuck again. This time a bunch of guys came over and had a lot of fun pushing the car. When that didn't help, the loudest guy came up and told me to get out of the car. I don't think he felt like a Danish guy could handle this. He got in, and I got back with the other guys pushing. When we got unstuck, he took a few laps driving fast around in the sand where I just got stuck, and showed us his driving skills. A lot of fun with some friendly and helpful locals. Unstuck, we returned to the area with the camels in the Camel Beauty Contest. This is something they take very seriously. Maybe a part of that is because the prize for the winner is 66 million US dollars – around 60 million Euros. It's a competition in which camels are judged on their physical appearance, including factors such as fur, head shape, and hump size. The camels are also sometimes decorated with jewelry and painted designs. The competition is a traditional aspect of Bedouin culture and is considered an important cultural event in Saudi Arabia. In an earlier event, 44 camels were disqualified for cosmetic surgery and Botox! We saw some camels with their fur cut in beautiful patterns and a guy showing up his dancing camel. After it the camel came up to him and gave him a hug. END OF THE SAUDI ROAD TRIP We're almost at the end of this epic road trip across the country and back. Overall, we drove more than 4,000 kilometers in ten days. It's been fantastic to find a travel buddy in Cynthia. And this will not be the last time we have adventures together. A few months after this, we went to Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Sao Tomé & Principe in Africa and a trip to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. All of that is coming up in future episodes of The Radio Vagabond. If you like what you hear, please share it with a friend. Thanks for having me in your ears. My name is Palle Bo, and I gotta keep moving. See you.

Welcome back to the last episode from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this one, we're going to Jeddah, after a stop in beautiful Yanbu at the Red Sea, and stay with a local and look at a very special construction site standing still. And then head back to Riyadh to visit The Camel Festival and look at some beautiful camels entering the Camel Beauty Contest. THE DRESS CODE A few words about the dress code in Saudi Arabia. It is expected that both men and women dress modestly. This includes covering the arms and legs and wearing an abaya (a headscarf) for women. As a Saudi Arabian visitor, it is important to respect local customs and dress codes. In the first three days, Cynthia would be wearing a headscarf to cover her hair, but then we were told that it's not necessary for women to cover their hair, so she stopped doing that and never had any comments about it. Except people smiling and saying, you're beautiful when they saw her blonde hair. That happened quite a few times here at the night market in Yanbu. It is also worth noting that the dress code in Saudi Arabia can vary depending on the region you are in and the specific circumstances. For example, we are expected to dress more modestly when visiting holy sites or attending religious events. NIGHT MARKET IN YANBU  After checking in, we spend a lovely evening at the Night Market in Yanbu. The buildings are traditional style but fully restored – it was shut down for 10 years and recently reopened. We have a nice chat with a young lady named Mashaal, who has a small doll shop in the Night Market. As we depart, Masaal's mom, who didn't speak any English, approaches and gives us a bag of delicious dates as a gift. No strings attached. Truly just a gift. The weather is lovely, and we stroll the courtyard outside the Night Market. It is not crowded, but everyone is active, with many families here and kids in 3-foot-long electrical mini-cars driving around on the square. We're surprised by how little noise there is – people are generally quiet with no loud voices. FACTS ABOUT YANBU Yanbu is a port city with a population of 188,000 (250,000 in the urban area), located on the Red Sea west coast of Saudi Arabia. It is considered to be one of the major industrial cities in the country, even though it's quite small. It is home to the Yanbu Industrial City, which is one of the largest industrial complexes in the Middle East and is known for its oil refineries and petrochemical plants. Yanbu is known for its rich history, which dates back at least 2,500 years. According to Wikipedia, it was established in the year 491 BC. Its earliest history places Yanbu as a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. In more recent times, the city served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The city is also home to several universities, including the Yanbu Industrial College and the University of Yanbu. Yanbu is known for its beautiful beaches and is a popular tourist destination, especially for those interested in marine life and scuba diving. It is also part of the coral reefs of The Red Sea, which are known for their diversity and beauty. MEETING OUR COUCHSURFING HOST TARIQ We made it to Jeddah, where we're CouchSurfing with Tariq. He's a very friendly Pakistani who has lived in Saudi Arabia for 25+ years. He used to live in Yanbu but is now in Jeddah, the bigger city around 350 km down along the Red Sea coastline. We're joined by another traveller, Jack. A Swiss guy who lives in Dubai. And with Cynthia from Florida, USA, and me from Denmark, we're quite a little international group. It is normal when you're CouchSurfing and staying for free with a local that you repay by taking the host to dinner. But here, our host insisted on paying for us. JEDDAH With a population of almost 5 million people, Jeddah is the second largest city in Saudi Arabia and is considered one of the country's most important cultural and economic centres. The city is known for its rich history and culture, as well as its thriving business sector. THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING – OR NOT The next day, we drove out to see a massive, deserted construction site in what is to be Jeddah Economic City in the northern part of Jeddah. The world's tallest building under construction in Saudi Arabia is the Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower. It's to be the first skyscraper to reach 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) or more. For comparison, One World Trade Center on Manhattan, New York, the tallest building in the U.S., is roughly only half that with 541 meters. The building is being built by the Jeddah Economic Company. It's expected to have over 200 floors with residents, offices, hotels, and recreational spaces, 59 elevators, and is to be the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. The design is created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed the building that currently is the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. There was steady progress, but in January 2018, the ambitious project was stopped, and about one-third was completed. It was stalled by Saudi political intrigue, labour issues with a contractor, and COVID shutdowns and remains in limbo to this day. Most people say that there are no plans to restart construction. But there might be hope. In an article from HowStuffWorks.com, the president of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a global non-profit, Antony Wood, is quoted for saying: " I genuinely do believe that at some point the project will be finished, because it's an embarrassment not to finish it. What I don't know is if it will adhere to its original design or if it will ultimately be the tallest building in the world." I guess we'll just have to wait and see. OLD TOWN OF JEDDAH One of the most interesting aspects of Jeddah is its Old Town. We spent the afternoon walking around a maze of narrow streets and traditional homes. This area is a window into the past and it gave us a glimpse of what life was like in Jeddah many years ago. The old town is a mix of architectural styles, including Ottoman and traditional Islamic. The buildings are made of coral stone, which was abundant in the region and has proven to be a durable material for construction. The homes in the old town are typically tall and narrow, with intricate wooden balconies and doors. The narrow streets, with high walls and arches, create a sense of intimacy and mystery. One of the most famous landmarks in the old town is Al-Balad, a historic neighbourhood that is considered the heart of Jeddah. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to many of the city's oldest and most important buildings, including the Shaf'i Mosque, the Ottoman Consulate, and the Red Sea Palace. Al-Balad is also known for its traditional markets, where visitors can buy everything from spices and perfumes to textiles and jewellery. Visiting the old town of Jeddah is a must for anyone interested in the history and culture of Saudi Arabia. Whether you're wandering the narrow streets like we were, admiring the coral stone architecture, or shopping in the local markets, you'll be transported back in time and experience the traditional way of life in this fascinating city. A LOOK IN THE HISTORY BOOK Saudi Arabia has a rich and varied history that stretches back thousands of years, but the modern-day kingdom is not that old. It was founded in 1932 by King Abdulaziz Al Saud, who united the various tribes and regions of the Arabian Peninsula under his rule. Before the formation of the kingdom, the region was home to a number of important civilizations, including the Nabateans, who built the city of Petra, and the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the region for centuries. The region also played a key role in the spread of Islam, with the holy cities of Mecca and Medina located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Throughout the 20th century, Saudi Arabia underwent significant economic and social changes as the country began to modernize. The discovery of oil in the 1930s transformed the kingdom into a major global player, and the country began to invest heavily in infrastructure and education. Overall, the history of Saudi Arabia is a complex and fascinating one, shaped by centuries of cultural, economic, and political change. Today, the kingdom is a modern, prosperous nation that is working to balance its traditional values with the demands of the 21st century. KING ABDULAZIZ CAMEL FESTIVAL We drove the 1,000+ km back to the capital, Riyadh, and on our last day in Saudi Arabia, we went outside Riyadh to look at The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival. It's an annual event – a celebration of the cultural and historical importance of camels in the country. The festival has auctions and various competitions, such as racing and camel beauty contests. Yes, camel beauty contests. More on that a bit later. Visitors can also enjoy traditional Bedouin music and dance performances, as well as traditional handicrafts and clothing exhibitions. The festival is a great opportunity to learn about the significance of camels in Saudi Arabian culture and to experience the country's rich heritage. The festival typically takes place in the desert area of Janadriyah, near Riyadh. It's a big area with a lot of sand. So, dare I say it? We got stuck again. This time a bunch of guys came over and had a lot of fun pushing the car. When that didn't help, the loudest guy came up and told me to get out of the car. I don't think he felt like a Danish guy could handle this. He got in, and I got back with the other guys pushing. When we got unstuck, he took a few laps driving fast around in the sand where I just got stuck, and showed us his driving skills. A lot of fun with some friendly and helpful locals. Unstuck, we returned to the area with the camels in the Camel Beauty Contest. This is something they take very seriously. Maybe a part of that is because the prize for the winner is 66 million US dollars – around 60 million Euros. It's a competition in which camels are judged on their physical appearance, including factors such as fur, head shape, and hump size. The camels are also sometimes decorated with jewelry and painted designs. The competition is a traditional aspect of Bedouin culture and is considered an important cultural event in Saudi Arabia. In an earlier event, 44 camels were disqualified for cosmetic surgery and Botox! We saw some camels with their fur cut in beautiful patterns and a guy showing up his dancing camel. After it the camel came up to him and gave him a hug. END OF THE SAUDI ROAD TRIP  We're almost at the end of this epic road trip across the country and back. Overall, we drove more than 4,000 kilometers in ten days. It's been fantastic to find a travel buddy in Cynthia. And this will not be the last time we have adventures together. A few months after this, we went to Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Sao Tomé & Principe in Africa and a trip to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. All of that is coming up in future episodes of The Radio Vagabond. If you like what you hear, please share it with a friend. Thanks for having me in your ears. My name is Palle Bo, and I gotta keep moving. See you.

Interview with Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transport links as veins, urban renewal, and many more. With over 23 years industry experience, Richard Morrison leads AECOM's Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC. A highly experienced Smart Cities advisor, Richard has led projects such as the Smart City Strategy for Bradfield, NSW's Smart City; to Neom a Giga project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You can find out more about Richard through these links: Richard Morrison on LinkedIn; @ICT_Ninja as Richard Morrison on Twitter; Richard Morrison as a speaker at the Sydney Build 2023 expo; Richard Morrison as part of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Connecting episodes, that might interest you: No.006I - Interview with Daniel Prohasky talking about planning for the future; No.069I - Interview with Dr Éva Kereszty talking about the importance of urban services; No.075I - Interview with Gavin Cotterill talking about cyber security; No.078I - Interview with Ammon Beyerle talking about affordability in design; No.090I - Interview with Matthew McCartney talking about establishing new cities; No.096I - Interview with Chris Maher talking about housing affordability; No.099I - Interview with Noel Tighe talking about opportunities being the other side of concerns; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

009: Broadgate - Exchange House with Bill Baker, PE, SEGet ready for a real treat! A new engineer, a seasoned veteran, or someone outside of the industry altogether, there's incredible insight in this episode! As the lead structural engineer for the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, Bill Baker is a world-renowned structural engineer with projects sprinkled in many prominent skylines across the globe. Bill is a Consulting Partner with SOM in their Chicago office and has received honorary doctorates from four well-known universities and has been honored with many prestigious awards including the Gold Medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers; the American Society of Civil Engineers OPAL Lifetime Award for Design; the Gustav Magnel Gold Medal from the University of Ghent; the Fazlur Rahman Khan Medal from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; and the Fritz Leonhardt Preis.In this episode, we discuss the Broadgate – Exchange House which is located over the Liverpool Street Station in London, England. This project is a bridge/building hybrid structure with clear spans of up to 250 feet. The ten-story steel-framed structure is positioned over one of London's busiest rail stations. To say innovation was a necessity for this project is an understatement. Listen to how Bill thought through the challenges presented and arrived at the final design. I think you will really enjoy the journey through this discussion!If you enjoy this show and want more content like this, visit gablmedia.comMentioned in this episode:Gabl Membership

Hanif Kara is a civil and structural engineer and professor in practice at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and the co-founder of AKT II, a 350-person engineering practice based in London. The firm won the Stirling Award for Peckham Library in 2000 (with (Will Alsop), the Sainsbury Laboratory in 2012 (with Stanton Williams), and the Bloomberg European Headquarters in 2018 (with Foster + Partners). He is co-author of Blank: Speculations on CLT with Jennifer Bonner, and the recipient of the 2022 Fazlar Khan Lifetime Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Intro/Outro: Great Things, by Echobelly Discussed: One Park Drive (with Herzog & De Meuron) Castilla (with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) 240 Blackfriars (with AHMM) The Tower and the Bridge by David P. Billington Joint studio with Farshid Moussavi, using reclaimed steel Google HQ London (with BIG & Heatherwick Studio) The Francis Crick Institute (with HOK & PLP Architecture) Culture flaps at SCI-Arc and The Bartlett

Mention the name César Pelli and you can almost predict the sort of building you might see — shiny, sleek, and tall. Usually very tall. For decades, Pelli has been a byword for skyscrapers, and was even awarded a Lifetime Achievement by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. When he died in 2019, his practice had completed over a hundred major projects, many of them dominating the skyline of the major cities of the world. And while they are hard to fault, they can sometimes be hard to love. But does that matter?

Major Projects Director Steve Gonzalez returns, this time to share key learnings from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's (CTBUH) international conference that took place in November 

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com DC TOWER III WITH KONE ELEVATORS TOPS OUT IN VIENNA DC Tower III, a serviced apartment complex with a KONE elevators system, topped out at 359 ft in Vienna, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on November 2. A celebration ceremony was held in early October. The structure holds 832 student and serviced apartments, and elements of the façade create a window alcove overlooking the Danube River and city in each apartment. Amenities include a fitness studio, an in-house cinema and a rooftop bar. Sensors were installed to detect any shifts in the ground due to the building's proximity to the underground rail line. Although structurally topped out, the project will not be passed on to its owners until 2022. Image credit: courtesy of Dietrich Untertrifaller To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Sea levels are rising at an alarming rate worldwide. And yet, we keep moving to waterfront communities regardless of the threats. What does this mean for the buildings and residents of waterfront cities like New York City and Miami? How do we build our cities to be more resilient? Or is the best course of action to convince millions of people around the world to abandon their homes for higher ground? Host Kevin O'Connor speaks with Antony Wood, professor and executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Jim Murley, the Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County, and Jainey Bavishi, head of New York City's Resilience Office about what's being done now to mitigate this growing risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the All In podcast, Host Miriam Castro is joined by Melissa Jones, the Executive Director of the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII), and Cristal Little, a Vallejo Housing Justice Organizer for Urban Habitat. Jones and Little discuss educating their Bay Area communities about rent moratoriums and equitable state- funding. They also detailed the benefits of their data-sharing collaboration during COVID-19. This powerful and timely conversation touches on aligning equity throughout decision-making, consistent community engagement, and the power of women in leadership. Find Resources for this episode at: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-s3e2/

Special guest Neal (Neo) Dombrowski, a botanist at Red Butte Garden and cofounder of  Urban Habitat, discusses the organization Urban Habitat - a community organization whose aim is to remove noxious weeds in the Salt Lake City foothills and Red Butte Canyon and educate people on the native local flora. Conscious Content Consumption for the week is the science fiction novel The Power by Naomi Alderman - a story of what happens when there is a shift in who is the dominate gender.Follow on Instagram @longhairdocarepodcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/longhairdocare) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antony Wood has been Executive Director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat since 2006, responsible for the day-to-day running of the Council and steering in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, of which he is an ex-officio member. Based at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Antony is also a Research Professor in the College of Architecture at IIT, and a visiting professor of tall buildings at Tongji University Shanghai.  A UK architect by training, his field of speciality is the design, and in particular the sustainable design, of tall buildings. We talk to Antony about the way tall timber buildings are transforming the urban habitat, and how a very large research project is encouraging the uptake of mass timber construction. Antony also shares his vision for what a mass timber city might look like and how you can contribute to the significant body of work being undertaken. Enjoy the conversation!Contact: awood@ctbuh.org  Production by Deeelicious Beats Music "Game Play" by Quality QuestPodcast is a Mass Timber Construction Journal Production www.masstimberconstruction.com  Rotho Blaas "Build the [Im]possible" Solutions designed for building in wood that are easily accessible adapting to the needs of all. Sponsor Wanted Here Looking for global sponsorship opportunities in the mass timber sector? Why not consider sponsoring?

Welcome to the seventh episode in our mini-series featuring conversations focused on Racial Equity and Social Justice with the members of SVCF’s Community Advisory Council. Listen to the previous episode in the mini-series here, and continue to subscribe to the podcast to hear future episodes. Program Director of Land Use and Housing at Urban Habitat and SVCF Community Advisory Council member Tony Roshan Samara joins the podcast for a conversation focusing on “Just Recovery.” In conversation with SVCF Director of Capacity Building Mauricio Palma, the two community leaders discuss this community action framework that requires a lens of equity and prioritizes those who are most affected by a crisis. Tony seeks to engage groups across sectors to use the Just Recovery framework as a tool to address systemic issues. In SVCF’s Philanthropy Now podcast series, we explore trends in the world of philanthropy, social impact initiatives in Silicon Valley and beyond, and we look at how SVCF promotes innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems. Access the full show notes at siliconvalleycf.org

Interested in extending your professional knowledge or upskilling to earn more money?   Jenny and Toni discuss all the certifications and memberships available that will raise your value as a real estate agent. Besides the obvious skills you need to service a client, there's no magic combination of courses a real estate agent should take.  A long-term commitment to learning can include signing up for in-class courses, online courses or membership engagements with like-minded individuals in your field. This can go a long way towards improving your chances for a boost in your income level that truly reflects your hard work.  Jenny and Toni put together a list of the best coaching and certificate programs that will help you produce real results and stay on top of the competition.  ORGANIZATIONS: UDI https://udi.bc.ca/ BNI https://www.bni.com/ BIA https://www.bia.bc.ca/ ULI https://uli.org/ Tall Building and Urban Habitat https://www.ctbuh.org/ COACHING: Transformation Catalyst https://www.transformationcatalyst.ca/ Kate Northrup https://katenorthrup.com/ Tom Ferry https://www.tomferry.com/ Jeff Shore https://jeffshore.com/blog/ Brian Buffini https://www.buffiniandcompany.com/

Genay, Rose, and Z are alums of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) a strategy and program under Urban Habitat in the Bay Area. We discuss how personal experience informs social activism and how BCLI empowers and equips people of color with the tools to join  and run commissions. The ladies talk about what brought them to BCLI and how folks can get involved in their communities to make positive change. We shout out groups doing the work, our families and each other. Resources are below! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-ab-1436-stop-pandemic-evictions-statewide/ Bay Area Housing Justice Organizations  Causa Justa https://cjjc.org/ Tenants Together https://www.tenantstogether.org/ ACCE https://www.acceaction.org/vol-prop15?splash=1 Oakland Tenants Union http://www.oaklandtenantsunion.org/ Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California https://nonprofithousing.org/ Oakland’s Planning Commission  The Planning Commission makes decisions on Oakland’s (housing) development proposals and policy recommendations https://www.oaklandca.gov/boards-commissions/planning-commission

Leslie Gordon from Urban Habitat talks with me about the housing crisis in Oakland, California and the Bay Area. We talk about the ways Urban Habitat is filling the gaps in the community through coalition building, leadership development, and public policy. We go in depth into land use, Community Land Trusts, and good old gentrification. Resources are below!   Rooted in Home: https://urbanhabitat.org/sites/default/files/Rooted%20in%20Home.pdf Criminalization of Poverty: https://jotf.org/report/the-criminalization-of-poverty-how-to-break-the-cycle-through-policy-reform-in-maryland/

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com COVID-19 CONCERNS FORCE DELAY OF CHICAGO CONDO TOWER Construction of a luxury residential tower in Chicago has been put on hold until at least the end of September after a lender for the project cut off funding, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on July 10. Codevelopers Time Equities, JK Equities and Oak Capitals have shut down the site of the 74-story, 421-unit 1000M, which was designed by Helmut Jahn for a site on South Michigan Avenue, after construction lender Goldman Sachs ordered a 90-day period to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lender expressed concerns "about economic stability of the market," according to Time Equities chairman and CEO Francis Greenburger. While Goldman Sachs could resume funding the US$470-million project after the review, the developers were exploring other financing options. Image credit: courtesy of Helmut Jahn To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SKYSCRAPER PLANS SCALED BACK IN DETROIT In Detroit, plans for a 480-ft-tall skyscraper are on hold, and those for another, Bedrock LLC's mixed-use tower on the former site of the J.L Hudson department store, have been scaled back from 62 stories, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing the Detroit Free Press and Curbed Detroit. Michigan Opera Theatre, the entity behind the 480-ft-tall tower on the site of the 1922 Detroit Opera House, cited changing market conditions for its decision. Bedrock, meanwhile, announced in late January it still plans to create a "tremendously impactful" building, though it will not be the city's tallest. Ground was broken on the site in December 2017. Bedrock has hardly been idle in the Motor City, responsible for projects including the office-to-residential conversion of the David Stott Building, completed in summer 2019, that restored it to its 1929 Art Deco glory. Bedrock tells EW that Schindler handled elevator modernization, which was particularly challenging since the floorplan involved a "huge core in the center containing six elevators." Image credit: courtesy of Bedrock To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com FINAL TOWER COMPLETED FOR LONDON PROJECT Construction of the 50-story Principal Tower, the final piece of the Principal Place project that borders the City of London, has completed, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing Foster + Partners. Principal Place, a comprehensively planned mixed-use project on the border of Shoreditch near the heart of London, creates a new neighborhood that draws on the industrial heritage of the area. The project includes a 15-story office building that hosts the London headquarters for Amazon, which sits next to Principal Tower, one of London’s tallest residential buildings. There are also six eateries and a bar. Image credit: by Nigel Young/Foster+Partners To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com ELEVATOR TOWER AMONG DETAILS APPROVED FOR TORONTO TOWER New details, including an adjacent, 15-story elevator core, have been approved for Northam Realty Advisors' and BTS Realty's 70-story, 277-m-tall condominium tower set to rise on top of the Bell Trinity Square office complex at 483 Bay Street in Toronto, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing Urban Toronto. Revealed in renderings, a façade of staggered, rectangular frames and a landscaped "reveal" between the 29th and 30th floors distinguish the structure. According to the plan by architect IBI Group, the elevator tower would rise next to Bell Square's existing atrium. "Residents would first ride these elevators to and from the ground, with a transfer to the new building at any level from 11 to 15," the source observed. Image credit: courtesy of IBI Group To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP TOP-50 TOWERS LIST FOR CTBUH 50TH ANNIVERSARY thyssenkrupp released its Top-50 Buildings List in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) Annual Conference, being held through October 30 at the World Congress Center in Chicago. During the event, MULTI CEO Michael Cesarz and Head of the Research & Innovation Center Markus Jetter planned to discuss “The Third Dimension of People Transportation” and “Lift and the City: How Elevators Change and Reinvent the Shape of Cities,” respectively. thyssenkrupp states it has “played an instrumental role in creating elevator systems that have empowered architects and developers to create awe-inspiring buildings,” providing as examples the 71 elevators — including the fastest in the Western Hemisphere — and 12 escalators at the 1,776-ft-tall One World Trade Center in NYC, and the more than 40 TWIN elevator systems, which feature two cars operating independently in one shaft, that will be in operation in NYC’s Hudson Yards by 2022. Observing that MULTI was honored with CTBUH’s Innovation Award at last year’s conference, thyssenkrupp says its vertical-transportation equipment serves many skyscrapers throughout North America, including 181 Fremont in San Francisco; Stantec Tower in Edmonton, Canada; and Duke Energy Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.   Image credit: courtesy of thyssenkrupp To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes│Google Play | SoundCloud│Stitcher │TuneIn

"We need to think about a new quality in our organization where we are not only protesting against the things that are really hurting our communities and neighborhoods, but we're also really cultivating expertise on ideas and visions that we might have for the neighborhood and community. Finding ways that rather than having these issues come forth in competition, that we can actually have a big enough solutions put forth that incorporate. And one of the areas that we have been specializing in is something called Movement for Regional Equity and what that basically means is that the decisions that are made at a regional level are taken up by the community and our metropolitan region." Special Guest: Carl Anthony.

"It's been a great joy and privilege in my life to work with individuals, with communities, with groups—sometimes in traditional organizations and non-profits—sometimes at a community level. We're living in a time where I think we're being called to move from a politics of protest and saying no to one of saying yes, and of governance, and of really learning how to take charge of the basic infrastructure of our lives. Communities are taking back locally produced energy and energy grids. People are working on knowledge about where their water comes from and soil—and also their sense of meaning and community and creativity and art in the broadest sense of: how do we imagine a new culture that is truly inclusive of all?" Special Guest: Paloma Pavel.

Our nation’s suburbanization has prioritized the use of cars and highways, leading to traffic, pollution and inequity. Silicon Valley is no exception. In this episode, Vinita Goyal, Program Officer for Housing and Transportation at SVCF, talks with Bob Allen, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Urban Habitat; Gary Hsueh, Director of Mobility Programs at Prospect Silicon Valley; and Lalo Gonzales, Program Manager  at the Youth Leadership Institute. Listen in as they discuss the state of transportation in the Valley and how the region can address community needs. Access the full show notes at siliconvalleycf.org

"As we open and see that what we're carrying around inside ourselves, what we have created around us is kind of a fear story. When we actually step into the fierce love story that we long for, we start having a much more joyful experience and one where we're not at war with our earth community. One where we're actually welcoming growing things in our backyards and on our roofs, where we're seeing that space is imagined in a whole other way. And also, we do need to live closer together if we're going to preserve wilderness and agricultural land and green space—it's essential that we learn how to be with one another. And we're excited for this moment because we feel that it's probably one of the most energizing, innovating moments that we've ever lived through. And it's accelerating." Special Guests: Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel.

Urban Habitat Collective are a diverse group of Wellingtonians working to collectively design and build a medium-density, stacked neighbourhood. Collective members Bronwen Newton and Lew Skinner talked to Sadie Coe about their vision of social living and a sharing of skills and resources in an urban community.

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HANGING GARDENS THE CENTRAL FEATURE OF SINGAPORE TOWER Heatherwick Studios drew inspiration for the approximately 31-story-tall EDEN residential tower in Singapore's Orchard Road neighborhood from first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's vision of a "city in a garden," the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing Architects' Journal. Each of EDEN's 20 luxury residences will have its own generous garden balcony, "recreating the verdant backyard access once ubiquitous across homes here," Thomas Heatherwick said. The façade is being constructed of concrete walls displaying an abstract map of Singapore's terrain. Developed by Swire Properties, EDEN is expected to be complete by the end of this year. Image credit: Swire Properties and Heatherwick Studio To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes│Google Play|SoundCloud│Stitcher│TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com “TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT” DESIGN SELECTED FOR PARIS Youssef Tohme, Buzzo Spinelli, Hardel Le Bihan and Adjaye Associates are part of a team of architects that conceived the winning design for the Brunesceau development on the Seine River in southeast Paris, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing the Architects' Journal. To be built on a 10,000-m2 former brownfield site, the development will include skyscrapers and 25,000 m2 of office space, 800 housing units and 20,000 m2 of retail. Architect David Adjaye, who designed a 100-m-tall (or roughly 30-story) residential tower for the project, called it "truly transformative," featuring massive public terraces and using mostly renewable or reclaimed energy. Image credit: Hardel Le Bihan, Youssef Tohme, Adjaye Associates and Buzzo Spinelli. To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes│Google Play|SoundCloud│Stitcher│TuneIn

Dubbed “the leading national watchdog of state and local economic development subsidies” and “God's witness to corporate welfare,” Greg founded Good Jobs First in 1998 upon winning the Public Interest Pioneer Award. He has been training and consulting for state and local governments, associations of public officials, labor-management committees, unions, community groups, tax and budget watchdogs, environmentalists, and smart growth advocates more than 30 years.Greg backed into subsidy reform accidentally, while creating a national consulting practice against plant closings from Chicago from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s. He is associate producer of the 1984 PBS documentary The Last Pullman Car and consulted for state agencies in Illinois, New York, and Washington State. His 1986 Early Warning Manual Against Plant Closings (upon which he trained all 50 states' Dislocated Worker Units under contract to the U.S. Department of Labor) and his 1989 study “Intervening With Aging Owners to Save Industrial Jobs” (the first study to quantify the risk of job loss due to a lack of succession planning) set precedents that guided many public agencies and non-profits.Numerous plant closings he worked on involved abuse of economic development subsidies; factories that had received past incentives were now being shuttered. Usually, the fine print revealed that such abuses were technically legal; those revelations lead to public outrage and the enactment of clawbacks and other safeguards to prevent future waste. Sometimes there was a basis for legal challenge: in 1987, Greg wrote a study that triggered the City of Duluth's successful lawsuit against Triangle Corporation; the nationally-reported verdict arrested the closure of that city's largest factory, Diamond Tool, based on an Industrial Revenue Bond contract. Between 1990 and 1992, he assisted the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers in Elkhart, Indiana in their multiple-abuse lawsuit against American Home Products that settled for $24 million on the eve of trial.Collecting the reforms prompted by these revelations (clawbacks, disclosure, job quality standards, etc.), Greg wrote No More Candy Store: States and Cities Making Job Subsidies Accountable in 1994. It was lauded by the International Economic Development Council as “very impressive research” and reviewed by the National Conference of State Legislatures a “famous polemic that contends that subsidies for economic development are mere corporate giveaways, and that calls for greater accountability and public restraint.”Founding Good Jobs First in Washington, DC in 1998, partnering with the Fiscal Policy Institute to launch Good Jobs New York in 2000, and welcoming the Corporate Research Project in 2001, Greg has built a full-service resource center for constituency-based organizations and public officials seeking to reform economic development. Since its first report in 1999, Good Jobs First has issued more than 100 studies, setting a long string of influential research precedents about economic development subsidies.Good Jobs First's 50-states-plus-DC “report card” studies, such as “Show Us the Subsidized Jobs,” have made it de facto the arbiter of best state and local practice in transparency (disclosing deal-specific costs and benefits online). It is also the go-to source on best practices for job creation and job quality standards, and for enforcement including “clawbacks,” or recapture safeguards. Led by research director Phil Mattera, Good Jobs First research analysts Leigh McIlvaine, Tommy Cafcas and Kasia Tarczynska monitor subsidy news in all 50 states and provide front-line technical assistance.In response to GJF's 2003 study, A Better Deal for Illinois, that state enacted the nation's best subsidy disclosure system. In 2005, New York City enacted the best local disclosure ordinance in the nation (enhanced in 2010) after repeated agitations by Good Jobs New York's Bettina Damiani with the NYC Industrial Development Agency.Greg's 2005 book The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) was widely reviewed by daily newspapers, specialty tax and development publications, C-Span's Book TV, The New York Review of Books, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Business Week called it a “powerful compendium of corporate tax dodging in the U.S.” and State Tax Notes wrote: “meticulously documented …scrupulously accurate …evocative storytelling…”He has book chapters in Building Health Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers, and Policymakers (American Bar Association, 2009) and Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis (MIT Press, 2009).Greg summarizes the job-creation benefits of smart growth for working families in this article in Urban Habitat's Race, Poverty and the Environment entitled “Public Transit and Urban Density Create More Good Jobs.”

Eric Jensen of BYU Law on Trump's first speech to the UN General Assembly. Author Solomon Skolnick shares his quiz book about the US Citizenship test. Joshua Lindsay of BYU can help anyone enjoy an opera. Antony Wood of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat wants to change the way we move through cities. Rachel Wadham from BYUradio's Worlds Awaiting on how to find the right books for your child.

188: Megan Whatton on The Urban Habitat Network. Mapping the habitats of wildlife around the world a section at a time. Megan is the Urban Habitat Network Manager for The Nature Conservancy. She works with scientists, partners, private landowners, citizen scientists and volunteers to re-imagine their properties as habitat for the benefit of wildlife and people. Most recently she was the volunteer coordinator for the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on the eMammal project to monitor mammal populations in the mid-Atlantic region. Megan has a M.S. Degree in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University and B.S. Degree from Ball State University. In this podcast: Megan introduces Greg and his listeners to the Nature Conservancy and the Habitat Network Project. This project creates citizen scientists around the globe and is working to map the globe with their data to paint a picture of the wildlife in every part of the world. Megan explains how this project got started and how easy, fun and rewarding being a member of the network can be. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/HabitatNetwork to see our list of podcasts and to sign up for weekly updates.

Terra Verde speaks with Tony Roshan Samara of Urban Habitat and Matt Vander Sluis of Greenbelt Alliance on the housing crisis in the Bay Area and the threats and opportunities it poses to creating sustainable and equitable communities. The post Housing Crisis: Equity and Environmental Discussion appeared first on KPFA.

Catherine Be welcomes Bianca Pratorius (artist, gardener and green comrade of the earth) and Howard Tonkin (Owner of Urban Habitat) to get back to the root of things SOIL. We gather talk about how you should garden according to your region to not only support you but the surrounding living habitate. Watch here: Listen here:

In every city in the world there is a viewing platform where you can gaze down upon the place from on-high. But why do we like to build tall and be high – what is it about standing tall and defying gravity that matters so much? Are Skyscrapers simply about vanity or are there practical and even spiritual reasons why we want to build so high? Mike Williams ventures up the Shard, the tallest building in London, with its architect Renzo Piano. He talks to Blair Kamin, Architecture Critic at the Chicago Tribune – the city that brought us the skyscraper, as well as experts Daniel Safarik, from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and Dr. Phillip Oldfield, from the University of Nottingham. Produced by Wesley Stephenson (Photo: The Sears Tower rises above the skyline in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Vicente Guallart has since July 2011 been Barcelona City Council’s Chief Architect and Director of Urban Habitat, with responsibility for Urbanism, Environment, Infrastructure and ICT. In recent years his firm, Guallart Architects, has carried out numerous architectural projects in which environment issues converge with information technologies, notably for the ports of Fugee and Keelung in Taiwan, the Sociopolis neighbourhood in Valencia and the Sharing Blocks in Gandia. He has been director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) since its founding in 2001 and ran the IAAC Media House project (in conjunction with the CBA at MIT), which won the 2002 Ciutat de Barcelona prize. In 2010 he co-directed the Fab Lab House project, winner of the Solar Decathlon Europe Audience Award. In 1992 he won a FAD award for a private house in the historic centre of Barcelona. He has been invited on three occasions to show in the official Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, with the Barcelona Metapolis, Denia Artificial Mountain and Hyperhabitat projects. In 2006 he was selected for the MOMA’s On Site exhibition in New York. He has lectured at a number of universities worldwide, including MIT, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard GSD. He is co-author of several books, such as the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture, and the author of Geologics

August 29 marks the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Families and communities in the Gulf Coast are still recovering and rebuilding today. To make matters worse, on April 20, 2010, we witnessed the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explode in the Gulf, spewing millions of gallons of oil into the ocean, marking it one of the largest environmental disasters of our time. Tonight's Apex Express discuss the impacts of the BP Oil Spill on the South East Asian American fishing community who make up approximately one third of the Gulf Coast fishing industry. We interview Miya Saika Chen, of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Tuan Nguyen of the Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation, Peter Ton who was recently a part of the Vietnamese American Volunteer Law Corps delegation to the Gulf Coast, and Lindsay Imai of Urban Habitat who works for transportation justice in the Bay Area. The post APEX Express – August 26, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

Sharon McGriff-Payne, "John Grider's Century: African Americans in Solano, Napa, and Sonoma Counties from 1845 to 1925; Lisa Marie Rollins, Ph.D. candidate, Founder and Director of AFAAD, Adoptee and Fostered Adult of the African Diaspora; Connie Galambos-Malloy, Strategic Planning and Development Director at Urban Habitat; Lisa Walker, Director of Cross Cultural Student Development at the UC Berkeley, addressing the: 2nd Annual Gathering from Adoptees and Foster Care Alumni of African Descent: Growing and Creating Together: Organizing Across Differences this weekend, Friday-Sunday, November 6-8, 2009, 8-5 with some evening events. We were looking to speak to Gregory Maqoma, choreographer, "Beautiful Me" at YBCA in San Francisco. His cell phone died and we rescheduled and broadcast the interview in a special broadcast, Nov. 6, 3:30 PM.

Architect Carl Anthony has taught at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and the University of California Colleges of Environmental Design and Natural Resources. He is former president of the Earth Island Institute, founder and Executive Director of Urban Habitat Program, convener of the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development and former Acting Director of the Community and Resource Development Unit at the Ford Foundation, where he also directed the Foundation's Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative and the Regional Equity Demonstration Initiative. He is currently finishing a new book, The Earth, The City, and The Hidden Narrative of Race, examining the connections between environmental justice, community development, and the changing face of globalization.In his book Anthony explores the important but usually hidden connections between the environmental movement, urban/community development and the social justice movement. The basic premise is that the three topics in the book's title (the earth, cities and racism) are generally considered separately. It's as if there's planet Earth, which is a green place that we are protecting, while most of us live in cities where people very often dissociate from the environment-- in fact thinking of cities as the antithesis of the environment. "Race" is usually invisible in both those contexts and it is an unacknowledged fact that many of the environmental problems we have are intimately connected with racism. To create sustainable cities and communities we have to start thinking of these things, not separately, but in relationship to each other. An outstanding, passionate advocate for urban social justice and environmental change, Anthony believes a multi-cultural coalition can lead the way to greener and more vibrant cities that work for all residents.This illuminating interview including topics such as: the paradox of the U.S. being founded on freedom and slavery, cheap oil replacing slavery as cheap industrial energy, the seminal influence of the civil rights movement of the 1960's on the environmental movement, how the environmental movement became a "white" movement, along with examples of the hidden threads connecting race, resources and many of our current ecological challenges.Recorded May 1, 2008 at Earth House Center in Oakland, California.