Ep:#53 Reclaiming infrastructure space for people with Public City

Published: July 1, 2022, 9:50 p.m.

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What is a monument? And what should it be?
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\\nWhat does it mean to invest in the value of metaphor in architecture and landscape architecture?
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\\nHow is a Canadian architecture firm responding to the LGBT Purge, one of the longest and most harmful campaigns of discrimination conducted by the Canadian federal government against the LGBT community? Something few people know about today.
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\\nWe cover off a lot in this episode. And my goodness it will get you thinking.
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\\nToday I speak with Liz Wreford and Peter Sampson, the co-founders of the Canadian architecture firm, Public City.
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\\nWe talk about why architecture and landscape architecture should practice together as a family.
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\\nWe hear what winning the Governor General\\u2019s Medal in Architecture proved to them both.
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\\nWhat it\\u2019s like working and living with your business partner \\u2013 yes, Liz and Peter are also a couple.
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\\nAnd they talk to us about how authenticity, performance art and architecture came together as an award-winning combination.
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\\nThe story, and the outcome, is incredible.
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\\nSo throw on those running shoes, or grab that favourite beverage, and here are Liz and Peter.
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\\nAnd please don\\u2019t forget to let us know what you think of this episode, leave a review and subscribe.
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