Episodes

  • Monumental Architecture and the Commission which Approves It

    Monumental Architecture and the Commission which Approves It
    Dec 9 2025
    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.
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    41 mins
  • Decorative Arts with Lenore Winters Studio

    Decorative Arts with Lenore Winters Studio
    Nov 11 2025
    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 artisans who create beautiful spaces.
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    33 mins
  • Architect Richard Sammons Designs the New Period House

    Architect Richard Sammons Designs the New Period House
    Oct 14 2025
    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 period houses and the "creative reconstructions" of buildings from the 18th and early 19th centuries."
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    28 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 30, Interview with Carl Elefante, FAIA

    Building Tradition Episode 30, Interview with Carl Elefante, FAIA
    Sep 9 2025
    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.
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    35 mins
  • Building Tradition Episode 29, Interview with Thomas E. Austin, Architect of the Capitol

    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

    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

    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

    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