Planning Congress 2025 Podcast Episode 02 - Retrofitting Suburbia

The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. Recognised in 2017 and 2023 by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists, Ellen Dunham-Jones joins us to discuss retrofitting suburbia and give an introduction into her keynote at the Planning Congress. Along with co-author June Williamson, Ellen literally wrote the book on the topic and maintains a unique database of over 2,500 suburban retrofits.

Ellen gives a fantastic introduction to suburban retrofitting, the benefits they can bring to suburbs, some existing case studies from her extensive database and some lessons for Australia.

Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/

PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/

UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/