Brian Cearnal's guest appearances

Brian Cearnal

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Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina

Gregg Hart

Robin Elander

James Joyce

Geoff Green

John Davies

Jim Cathcart

Dick Flacks

Shelli Varela

Trip Hawkins

Chris Kimball

Mike Jordan

Jodi Womack

Scott Mann

James Arnold Taylor

Keith Witt

OwlTail

Architect Brian Cearnal explains the drama behind the 250-room hotel project proposed for Santa Barbara's waterfront.The Wright family has proposed merging six lots to build 250 hotel rooms, but the city planning commissioners expressed concern that this site would better serve the community if it were housing. Cearnal walks us through the history of the site, and why hotel is preferred over housing. He also shares what's going on with La Cumbre Plaza, and the proposed 695-unit site envisioned for the area. Cearnal is one of Santa Barbara's most cherished architects, with four decades of experience designing buildings.Joshua Molina is journalist who currently writes for Noozhawk and teaches journalism at Santa Barbara City College and Cal State University, Northridge. He formerly covered politics and land use for the San Jose Mercury News. Santa Barbara Talks is an independently owned podcast where Molina looks to bring together voices from all perspectives to discuss and provide solutions to the challenges related to housing, education, transportation and other community issues. Subscribe to his podcast here and consider a contribution here.

Architect Brian Cearnal explains the drama behind the 250-room hotel project proposed for Santa Barbara's waterfront. The Wright family has proposed merging six lots to build 250 hotel rooms, but the city planning commissioners expressed concern that this site would better serve the community if it were housing. Cearnal walks us through the history of the site, and why hotel is preferred over housing. He also shares what's going on with La Cumbre Plaza, and the proposed 695-unit site envisioned for the area. Cearnal is one of Santa Barbara's most cherished architects, with four decades of experience designing buildings. Joshua Molina is journalist who currently writes for Noozhawk and teaches journalism at Santa Barbara City College and Cal State University, Northridge. He formerly covered politics and land use for the San Jose Mercury News. Santa Barbara Talks is an independently owned podcast where Molina looks to bring together voices from all perspectives to discuss and provide solutions to the challenges related to housing, education, transportation and other community issues. Subscribe to his podcast here and consider a contribution here.

Santa Barbara Talks: Architect Brian Cearnal Talks Housing, Hotels

Famed Santa Barbara architect Brian Cearnal talks about rebuilding during the COVID-19 pandemic and architecture in Santa Barbara.

Podcast 8: Architect Brian Cearnal

Cearnal Andrulaitus

Brian Cearnal talks with host Mark Sylvester about architecture, it's role in building a community, visualizing an engaging future and how we interact with physical spaces.This lively conversation ran the gamut from his early background, the influence of his dad, his learning to love architecture while a student at Cal Poly and finding his way to his own destiny. Brian shared tips for interviewing clients and what his ideal client looks like. This part of the discussion was good for any business owner, as knowing who your perfect client is - so you'll recognize them quickly. We talked about the new Honor Bar in Montecito as an example of building that contributes to the community.Best quote: Right here, right now.

Brian Cearnal talks with host Mark Sylvester about architecture, it's role in building a community, visualizing an engaging future and how we interact with physical spaces. This lively conversation ran the gamut from his early background, the influence of his dad, his learning to love architecture while a student at Cal Poly and finding his way to his own destiny. Brian shared tips for interviewing clients and what his ideal client looks like. This part of the discussion was good for any business owner, as knowing who your perfect client is - so you'll recognize them quickly. We talked about the new Honor Bar in Montecito as an example of building that contributes to the community. Best quote: Right here, right now.

It's Certainly A Lot More Than Architecture - Brian Cearnal,  Cearnal Andrulaitus, LLP