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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#365: PRO TALK With Architect Peter Pfeiffer

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Austin, Texas, Architect Peter Pfeiffer about building in hot climates, how to spot problem clients, and doing research on your own house.

Transcript

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1:23.6

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1:35.3

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, a regular discussion with industry professionals.

1:43.3

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

1:45.6

I am joined today by architect Peter Pfeiffer of Austin, Texas.

1:50.1

Peter is a pleasure to have you on this show.

1:51.8

Thank you so much for doing this.

1:53.4

I'm looking forward to it, Patrick.

1:55.8

You are probably one of the most famous architects in the country, I would say. What made you want to

2:02.8

become an architect? Well, first of all, that's, I'm not sure to agree with the most famous

2:09.0

architects in the country, one of them, but still, it doesn't matter. In my circles, Peter,

2:13.8

you're a legend, and I am grateful that you're on the show. Well, thank you. Like a lot of my colleagues in architecture, it was probably pretty early in life.

2:21.8

I was maybe 12 or 13 years old, and I have to credit my mother with this.

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