In Episode #18 of Adelaide (un)Planned we talk architecture with Tony Giannone, Director of Tectvs and national president elect of the Australian Institute of Architects. Is there such a thing as an Adelaide architectural style? Does design review deliver better buildings or a better city? Is SA's planning reform a missed opportunity? Listen to Tony's vision for an Adelaide of small parts and projects combining to make a better city.

In Episode #17 Michael and Daniel are joined from Sydney by landscape architect Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard. Sara's research into peri-urban landscapes prompts some interesting observations about Adelaide's Parklands. Once wasteland, and now national heritage listed! But have Australian cities drawn inspiration from international contexts at the expense of our own history and context, including Australia's indigenous culture? Listen in to Sara's vision for our future cities which includes embracing the edge of our cities and the regions that surround them.

Andrew Wallace is the unofficial spokesperson for Hindley Street in Adelaide's West End, a place for nightlife but also a street rich in history (Australia's first council meeting was held here), culture and diversity. He's also a workplace design expert and in Episode #16 of Adelaide (un)Planned Andrew offers his views on the post-pandemic relationship between workplaces and the city. Working from home may be good for some people but what does might it do for the hospitality businesses the city depends on? Will our workplaces become more elastic, centres of collaboration and socialising? Perhaps they will if Andrew's 'cool Adelaide' vision and the 1980s revival comes about...

In Episode #15 Michael and Daniel ask 'how green is Adelaide?' with regular listener and Minister for Environment and Water David Speirs MP. Will more regulation or better incentives make our city greener and more climate resilient? Find out about how the city's national parks have jumped in popularity since the Covid pandemic and how the new Glenthorne National Park and opening up the city's reservoirs to recreation will help get more people into nature. Also how can the Adelaide Parklands be less elitist? And more about David's vision for a greener, cooler, wilder and more livable Adelaide.

Episode #14 of Adelaide (un)Planned talks trees with Craig Wilkins of the Conservation Council SA. How big a problem is tree loss in our city and suburbs, and is it a problem of our public spaces, or private property? For a greener future, should we educate, regulate, or reward citizens to manage urban trees in their gardens? In this podcast Michael and Daniel also talk society and politics. How much attention do our elected reps pay to our letters and emails? And what will the Covid pandemic mean for our environment and our connections to nature?

Podcast #13 of Adelaide (un)Planned takes on transport planning with engineer and economist Scott Elaurant, as Michael and Daniel seek out the dark secrets of traffic modelling. Is something wrong with the models, or is it just the way we use them? And when did project managers take over from traffic engineers as the bogey men of urban decision making? The team also talk about Adelaide's bus reforms (!), and learn why the French build the best light rail.

Chelsea Lewis from the Gumeracha Main Street Project joins Daniel and Michael for Episode #12 of Adelaide (un)Planned. Gumeracha is a small Adelaide Hills community making big and small changes to their main street. Starting with 50 local stories a few years ago this community has developed a vision and is implementing it through art, events, bus shelters, infrastructure and more. Community-led placemaking in action!

Community engagement specialist Becky Hirst joins Michael and Daniel for Episode #11 of Adelaide (un)Planned. Hear about Becky's passion for communities, where it all started back in 1999, and the 50,000 South Australians who have been exposed to the 'Becky Hirst Effect'. What are the secrets of successful engagement? What about trust, or the lack of it? Why Becky doesn't get involved in local engagement!!! And... digital discussion forums are the future... but we mustn't forget face-to-face....And a rant from Daniel about the lack of pop-up bikeways in Adelaide and why social distancing could send our workplaces backwards.

In Episode #10 we head to the main street with David West, an Adelaide local and an international expert on town centre retail and place management. Having managed the big malls, as well as Adelaide's premier shopping street Rundle Mall, David explains why shopping centres offer some of the secrets to creating successful main streets. Also in this episode...how the 3000 Business Improvement Districts worldwide could teach Australian cities a thing or two. Could local centres do well post-Covid? Is main street one word or two? Recorded online, stay healthy, enjoy listening.

Joining Michael and Daniel for episode #9 is their good mate Steven Burgess. Steve is a passionate advocate for creating great streets, and an engineer! Listen in to find out why 'small cities are the new black', the value of the 'third place', why cities have a choice now about how their streets and public spaces will be post-coronavirus, and why Austroads is no good for designing streets (and the kiwis do it better). Recorded online with a few audio hiccups.