Single Serves Podcast

Single Serves ep. 304 - Blonder on Smart Density

Naama Blonder has a bold vision to change what good development can and should look like. With that in mind, she co founded Smart density in 2017. Her professional work spans across planning and architecture. And by marrying the two disciplines, she brings a deeper and more realistic understanding of how municipal policies take physical.
She's also the subject matter expert for the city of Toronto expanding housing options in our neighborhoods committee, a board member of Cahuilla an affordable housing provider. She also coauthored the housing affordability report of the Ontario association of architects and served at the design review panel for the city of Burlington, where she provided urban design advice for development applications.
Last, but not least, she practices what she preaches and lives with her husband and child in a multifamily building in a transit accessible area of Toronto near the local park.
 
Notes from the interview:
Namaa’s Mini Mid-Rise
Hi-Lo prototype by Phaedrus Studio
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: ©2022 Produced by Révélateur Studio & edited by Chris Rodd
 
 

Single Serves ep. 303 - Tannenbaum on Impactful Communications

George Tannenbaum has spent well over half of his life in the advertising business yet he still manages to be a nice and very funny guy. He currently makes a living working directly for clients and agencies.
Before that, George worked at illustrious outfits, such as Ogilvy helping run his dream account: IBM. He also worked for R/GA, Hal Riney and Partners, Ally & Gargano, and Lowe. In the course of his career, his work has earned many awards, and he also writes a popular advertising blog called "Ad Aged" which I recommend you read because it's very funny.
 
Some things mentioned in the podcast:
George’s rules for measuring the quality of your messaging.
The Remy Julienne FIAT ad.
Nissan Pathfinder “Dog Love Trucks” ad.
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.

Single Serves ep. 302 - Spoke on Citizen-Driven City Building

Chris Spoke is the founder and ceo of August, a Toronto-based agency that designs and builds digital products. He's also the founder of Skyline, a weekly newsletter that tracks Toronto's growth and development and a fierce advocate for smart, future-proof city building.
Chris and I connected over our shared interest in city building, especially as it relates to the political hot-potato issue of the missing middle.
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.

Single Serves ep. 301 - Nodrick on Making Space for Creativity

Jonathan Nodrick is the founder of Rollout, a custom wallpaper company. Jon Started Rollout over 15 years ago with the vision to create a company where creativity could strive. A place where creativity and art could coexist with design to make as a viable commercial enterprise that would have the power to invigorate, inspire and shake up established notions of wallpaper design. You may have encountered rollout in the myriad projects their wallpapers have been specified or one of the many installations they've created for the industry with illustrious partners, such as the Interior Design Show or Design Milk. Today, Jonathan and I will talk about making space for creativity, literally and figuratively.
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: ©2021 Produced by Révélateur Studio & edited by Chris Rodd

Single Serves ep. 215 - Krug on Innovating in the Residential Sector.

Catherine Krug is the Product Director at R-Hauz, which provides prefabricated residential buildings for landowners and real estate investors. Catherine is responsible for the "Design Outcome", defining and optimizing the R-Hauz product line in terms of user needs and functionality, marketability, and pricing.
R-Hauz came to be in 2018 to provide affordable & sustainable housing for urban families. They design, build and deliver turn-key mass-timber residential buildings, that can be customized to fit the market needs.
This is our third installment in a series of interviews on mass-timber architecture that we've had on this podcast. Check out our other episodes on the subject, number 108 and 204 with Andrew Waugh and Michael Green respectively.
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: ©2021 Produced by Révélateur Studio & edited by Chris Rodd

Single Serves ep. 214 - Thomson on Revisiting the Modern Classics

Andy is the principal and founder of Thomson Architecture, Inc. A graduate of UBC's School of Architecture in 2003, Andy's 24 yrs of experience in Germany, the US and Canada in the field of green design & construction combined with his love of the outdoors, informs the work we do today. When Andy isn't glued to the computer, he can be found windsurfing, cycling, or riding electric skateboards. Andy speaks English, German and French.
Andy and I talked about hid interest in using mid-century modern designs that we issued by the CMHC between the 40's and the 70's as part of their "pattern books" comprising set of designs that homeowners could purchase for a nominal sum and then build. His goal is to adapt these plans to the 21st century in order to promote a higher degree of sustainability in residential architecture while advocating for a return to simpler, smaller dwellings that do less with more.
Check it out to learn more about his endeavour and his philosophy of design.
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: ©2021 Produced by Révélateur Studio & edited by Chris Rodd 

Single Serves ep. 213 - Rubinoff on Urban Community-building

Matt Rubinoff is a creative problem solver and the founder of Stackt market. Beginning his career in marketing and communications, he later shifted his focus to real estate and marketing with Tusk Global Limited. As president, he developed a clear vision for an interactive public space that encourages community connection, which eventually turned into Stackt.
Stackt is a unique marketplace occupying vacant land in downtown Toronto aimed at connecting brands, people and delivering experiences that keep evolving.
Matt envisions the concept of Stackt popping up in other locations. And the genesis, present of future of places like Stackt is what we will discuss today.
You can learn more at stacktmarket.com
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: Produced by Révélateur Studio, ©2021 and edited by Chris Rodd.

Single Serves ep. 212 - Goldreich on The 4.5-Day Work Week

Amos Goldreich graduated Architectural Association in London in 1999, and subsequently worked for a number of London firms, including the likes of David Chipperfield, Stanton Williams, Haworth Tompkins and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. In 2010, Amos established Amos Goldreich Architecture, which is heavily involved in social projects. Amos is also part of the think tank Architects Aware, actively working to fight London's growing homelessness.
I wanted to interview Amos about his recent switch to a 4.5-day work week for his entire office and discuss with him the benefits, drawbacks and challenges.
Check it out, perhaps it will inspire you to do the same!
 
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
Credits: Produced by Révélateur Studio, ©2021 and edited by Chris Rodd.