Building Cities

NEW EPISODE EVERY OTHER TUESDAY

Better Cities.
Better Living.

Building Cities explores the projects improving how we live—the challenges, the lessons, and the leaders behind them.

ABOUT THE Hosts

A Seasoned Architect
& Tech Founder.

Stefana Simic, AIA, is a Fulbright Scholar and licensed architect with BA and M.Arch degrees from Columbia University. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, MoMA PS1, and the National Museum of Qatar.

Alejandro Garcia-Amaya is a tech founder who has built venture-backed and bootstrapped companies, including one that served more than 130 Fortune 500 clients. He's also founder of RippleTalks; where unicorn founders share candid lessons with 20,000 venture-backed tech founders.

ABOUT THE show

Cities Shape Our Lives.

Cities Shape
Our Lives.

A city is a record of decisions: about access, productivity, play, movement, belonging, and everyday life.

Building Cities sits with the leaders behind those decisions. We trace the projects improving life today and shaping tomorrow—the bet, the constraints, the tradeoffs, and the lessons the next project can build on.

The Bet

The problem it was built to solve.

The Bet

The problem it was built to solve.

The Constraints

The tradeoffs.

The Constraints

The tradeoffs.

The Lessons

What can be learned.

The Lessons

What can be learned.

Episodes

01

How Bogota improved public transportation

47 min

01

How Bogota improved public transportation

47 min

02

Austin & San Antonio - Megaregion

52 min

02

Austin & San Antonio - Megaregion

52 min

03

How Singapore Made Water Go Further

41 min

03

How Singapore Made Water Go Further

41 min

04

Why Helsinki Starts With a Home

58 min

04

Why Helsinki Starts With a Home

58 min

05

How Paris Made More Room for Everyday Life

58 min

05

How Paris Made More Room for Everyday Life

58 min

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Building Cities — Projects improving how we live.