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Oct 29

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Episode 599: Architecture Won't Save a B...

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Naama Blonder to talk about her book she wrote with her partner Misha Bereznyak entitled Building Charm: A Hyper Practical Guide to Developing Outstanding New Neighborhoods. We chat about the book's focus on human scale and how it radically rethinks street design.
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