182I_Ted Baillieu, former Premier of Victoria and architect

"We have the most expensive construction industry but not the best quality."

Are you interested in urban retrofitting? What do you think about the materials used in the built environment? How can we provide better urban services?

Interview Ted Baillieu, the former Premier of Victoria and architect. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, affordability, cities with split personalities, getting families back in cities, regreening cities, and many more.

Ted Baillieu is an architect and a Victorian politician. During his time in Parliament 1999-2014, Ted served as Premier of Victoria and Minister for the Arts from 2010 to 2013, and held Shadow Portfolios in Tertiary Education, Training, Gaming, Planning and the Arts. Since 2013 Ted is currently an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, School of Design, and Melbourne University’s Honorary Enterprise Professor associated with the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning. He Co-Chaired the Victorian Government’s Cladding Task Force (2017-2019) and Chaired the Victorian Government’s ANZAC Centenary Committee (2013-2019). He has more than 20 years as a practicing architect (Mayne & Baillieu) and was formerly Trustee Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Trust, Board Member Tourism Victoria, Melbourne Comedy Festival and Australian Children’s Television Foundation, and Patron of Multicultural Arts Victoria.

You can find out more about Ted through these links:

Ted Baillieu on LinkedIn;
@TedBaillieu as Ted Baillieu on X;
Ted Baillieu on Wikipedia;
Ted Baillieu at the Parliament of Victoria;

Connecting links you might be interested in:

No.048 - Interview with Hussein Dia about urban mobility opportunities;
No.117 - Interview with Colin Chee about the small footprint living in cities;
No.181R - Built environment prototyping for design-value;

What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available.

I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.

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