Future of the American City

Future of the American City


Latest Episodes

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
March 24, 2022

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are principals and founders of Weiss / Manfredi Architecture / Landscape / Urbanism. They join Charles Waldheim to discuss their practice and their work on the La Bre

David Gissen
March 10, 2022

David Gissen is a designer, author, and educator. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his interest in architecture and the bodies it imagines.

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
February 24, 2022

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an urban designer and educator. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her proposal for a global moratorium on new construction.

Jorge Otero-Pailos
February 10, 2022

Jorge Otero-Pailos is an artist, architect, and educator whose work is concerned with the future meaning of the past. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his recent practice.

Grahame Shane
December 30, 2021

Grahame Shane is an architect, urbanist, and educator. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his career in urban design.

Lisa Servon
December 16, 2021

Lisa Servon is Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss the unbanked and underbanked and the financi

Alex Krieger
December 02, 2021

Alex Krieger is an architect, urbanist, and author. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present.

Fritz Steiner
November 04, 2021

Fritz Steiner is Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work in ecological planning and his new book, Megaregions and America’s Fu

Vishaan Chakrabarti
October 21, 2021

Vishaan Chakrabarti is an architect, urbanist, and founder of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his recent work and practice.

Billy Fleming
October 06, 2021

Billy Fleming is an urban planner and Director of the McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work, research, and advocacy