Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews husband-and-wife team Alan Stein and Nancy Vitris of Tanglewood Conservatories. They discuss the intersection of crafting by hand and machine, how they launched a craftsmanship training program in their local high schools and how this was the foundation for t…
Building Tradition
by Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA
From the editors of TRADITIONAL BUILDING, PERIOD HOMES, OLD HOUSE JOURNAL, and NEW OLD HOUSE, Building Tradition is a new podcast featuring interviews with industry leaders about traditional design, historic restoration/renovation; period inspired construction and the allied building arts. Join industry veteran, columnist and publisher Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA along with his special guests to hear about who's doing what to improve our built environment.
Latest Episodes
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews architect Thomas Kligerman, who is widely recognized for residential architecture that conveys a sense of place, is finely crafted, and has an emotional connection to landscape and memory. Listen in to a conversation about modern traditional architecture, coa…
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Steve Hendricks of Historic Doors who, with his team of skilled millwork building artisans, makes period authentic exterior doors as well as interior moldings.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Doug Bracken of Wiemann Metalcraft, a blacksmith and metal fabricator of ornamental metals. Listen in as they discuss combining heritage trade skills with modern technology to produce ornamental metalwork of enduring beauty.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Chris Pelletieri, renowned stone carver and teacher. Listen in as they discuss Pelletieri's traditional analog craft. His notable works include St Rita's Catholic church in Alexandria Virginia and the neo-Gothic Cathedral of Saint Divine on the Upper East sid…
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews award winning interior designer Barbara Eberlein, and Jerry Wind, author and professor. Listen in as they discuss how integrating AI into the creative process can help architects and designers do their best work.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews James C. McCrery, AIA, NCARB of McCrery Architects. Listen in as they discuss church design, enlightened clients, the enduring importance of beauty, and the often-overlooked truths behind building a successful architectural practice.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Thomas E. Luebke FAIA, Secretary of the United States Commission of Fine Arts. Listen as Luebke explains the meaning behind national monuments, their historical context and the important mission of the U.S Commission of Fine Arts.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Lenore Winters, of Lenore Winters Studio, an architectural artisan who serves designers, builders and their clients. Listen in as Winters tells the stories behind her artwork and shares advice for students, emerging professionals, craftspeople and building …
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Richard Sammons, of Fairfax and Sammons Architects, one of the most important and accomplished classical design firms in the country. Listen in as Sammons
explains how his classical design principals and use of sustainable materials inform and create new p…
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Carl Elefante, FAIA, principal emeritus of the award-winning firm Quinn Evans Architects. Listen in as they discuss traditional design, adaptive use, historic preservation, sustainability and practical solutions for the future of our built environment.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Thomas E. Austin, the Architect of the Capitol. Austin talks about how the historic preservation work he manages helps "inspires future generations," while inspiring him at work every day.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA sits down with Nancy Berry, Palladio Awards producer and editor of TRADITIONAL BUILDING. Berry shares her insight about who wins Palladio Awards and why, how the jury deliberates and what makes this national award the most coveted in the traditional building practice.
Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Carl R. Lounsbury, professor of History at the College of William and Mary, who served as the Senior Architectural Historian for Colonial Williamsburg for over twenty-five years. Listen in as professor Lounsbury discusses his research and his discoveries of A…
Listen as Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Historic Preservationist Kathryn Brown of Building Conservation Associates. They discuss her work on the U S Capital, the Jefferson Memorial and Harper's Ferry, collaborating with the National Park Service and the stone masons, engineers, and archit…
Listen as Host Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA interviews Christina Rae Butler, Dean, Professor of Historic Preservation and the Education Chair at the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. They discuss craftsmanship and the building arts and the opportunity to close the skil…
Listen as host Peter H. Miller Hon AIA interviews Greg Tankersley of McApline Architects. Tankersley covers everything from 'falling in love with his clients" to designing the "Inheritable House," to "diversifying our interests" from architecture to opera.
Host Peter H. Miller Hon AIA discusses craftsmanship, building arts, education, and skills training with Judy Hayward, Director of Education for the Historic Windsor Preservation Training Institute, and the Traditional Building Conference Series.
Host Peter H. Miller Hon AIA interviews Christine Franck, educator, author and architect who chairs the USA chapter of the International Network of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism. Listen in to hear Ms. Franck inspire our thinking about architecture of its place, urban planning, 'nat…
Host Peter H. Miller Hon AIA interviews Christian Sottile, professor of architecture at Savannah College of Art and Design and principal of Sottile and Sottile Architects. Listen as Sottile discusses his belief that traditional design and historic preservation are about the future.