Episodes

  • Building Tradition Episode 29, Interview with Thomas E. Austin, Architect of the Capitol
    Aug 12 2025
    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.
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    32 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 28, The Palladio Awards with Nancy Berry
    Jul 8 2025
    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.
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    26 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 27, Interview with Carl Lounsbury
    Jun 3 2025
    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 American life in the 18th century.
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    33 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 26, Interview with Kathryn Brown
    May 13 2025
    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 architects who preserve our architectural history.
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    27 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 25, Interview with Christina Rae Butler
    Apr 8 2025
    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 skills gap in the construction and historic preservation field.
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    29 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 24, Interview with Greg Tankersley of McAlpine Architects
    Mar 11 2025
    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.
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    32 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 23, Craftsmanship and the Building Arts with Judy Hayward
    Feb 11 2025
    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.
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    25 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 22, Interview with Christine Franck
    Jan 14 2025
    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, 'natural building,' and traditional building's ability to connect us.
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    35 mins