Power of Place

Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #8 | Orangutan Lofts – Bill Parks and Andy Parks Strap on your toolbelt, pull up your work-boots and join Edward for a constructive discussion with father-son developer duo Bill Parks and Andy Parks.  Bill reminisces about his many innovative residential projects, including Stonewater Lofts in Fremont, a site-specific installation inspired by the orangutan habitat at Woodland Park Zoo and re-created with the help of […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #7 | Wild Utopias – Susan Robb Join us in this episode to fly away with Seattle artist Susan Robb, whose work is often both ephemeral and monumental. Susan speaks with Edward about her subversive multi-media art practices (encompassing sculpture, photography, video, performance, and interventions) in both Seattle and Tacoma, and her artistic project to articulate and represent our emotional connection to […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #6 | No Cutting Corners – Bradley Khouri Join us in this episode for a chat with innovative architect Bradley Khouri, principal of b9 Architects.  Bradley’s expansive portfolio includes mixed-use and multi-family sustainable buildings across Western Washington. Hear Bradley dish about his experience with rapidly evolving zoning codes and their effect on housing affordability and sustainable architecture; meet a practical architect who is […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #5 | Vulcan Deep Space 10 – Christopher Blado and Weston Brinkley Time-travel with Edward to learn about Seattle Commons, Seattle’s legendary Central Park that never was, with Christopher Blado and Weston Brinkley.  Chris and Weston are members of the Atlas Obscura Society, a nationwide organization dedicated to finding and preserving the mystery and magic of everyday life. Atlas Obscura devised a counterfactual walking tour of Paul […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #4 | Backyards not Backrooms – Norm Rice Join us to welcome Norm Rice, Seattle’s esteemed mayor who presided over Seattle during its breakout “grunge” era, from 1990 to 1997. Seattle’s first African American mayor and author of Gaining Public Trust: A Profile of Civic Engagement, Mr. Rice shares his faith in civic engagement as an engine for urban renaissance. Particularly instructive for […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #3 | Healing Houses – Heidi Schor and Paul Damen Buckle your seatbelts and get ready for a transcendent journey through time and place through the psychically attuned, restorative interior design practice of Heidi Schor and Paul Damen, aka House Healers. This adventurous and perceptive duo relies on a sixth sense to retrieve the souls of neglected and forgotten Seattle houses, many of which they […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #2 | Top Pot Tales – Michael Klebeck Join us in this episode for a coffee klatch with Seattle-based restaurant entrepreneur and branding genius Michael Klebeck, Chief Creative Officer of the The Confectioners Society and creator of Top Pot Doughnuts, Mod Pizza, Sun Liquor Distillery, Zeitgeist Coffee and other trend-setting West Coast food & design environments and brands.  An attentive student of design […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #1 | Flying Buildings – Kevin Eckert Join us in this episode as we chat with Pacific Northwest architect and thought leader Kevin Eckert, founding partner of Build, LLC.  Kevin speaks passionately about the generative influence of Danish modernism on his aesthetic. Yet it is his background in structural engineering that equally informs his architectural and building practice. Inspired by the vision […]
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