Doug Austin, FAIA, LEED AP, is founder, CEO, and Chairman of AVRP Studios, a design firm with offices in San Diego and Vancouver. Doug is a respected architect, land-use leader, and policy influencer. A former planning commissioner for the City of San Diego, Doug serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for YIGBY (Yes in God’s Backyard) San Diego. He also is a member of the President’s Council of Advisors at Cal Poly SLO, where he received his B.ARCH. 

Doug and his teams have designed more than $3 billion in projects over his career in multiple cities across multiple continents.

On this episode of Beyond the Doors, co-host Daniel Shkolnik and Doug enjoy a lively conversation that explores Doug’s successful design career; the firm Doug founded in 1976 out of his home which is now one of the largest design shops in San Diego; Doug’s approach to design; San Diego’s housing crisis; and much more.

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The key moments in this episode are:

00:00:00 - Welcome and Meet Doug Austin

00:02:00 - Doug’s Journey: Architect to Citizen Architect

00:05:00 - Learn by Doing: Early Career Challenges

00:10:00 - Affordable Housing: Creative Solutions for San Diego

00:15:00 - San Diego’s Urban Evolution

00:20:00 - Overcoming Zoning Challenges

00:30:00 - Balancing Growth and Sustainability

00:35:00 - A Vision for San Diego’s Future

<a href="https://www.avrpstudios.com/doug-austin.html#:~:text=Doug%20Austin%2C%20FAIA%2C%20LEED%20AP,projects%20both%20domestically%20and%20internationally.">Doug Austin, FAIA, LEED AP,</a> is founder, CEO, and Chairman of <a href="https://www.avrpstudios.com">AVRP Studios</a>, a design firm with offices in San Diego and Vancouver. Doug is a respected architect, land-use leader, and policy influencer. A former planning commissioner for the City of San Diego, Doug serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for YIGBY (Yes in God&rsquo;s Backyard) San Diego. He also is a member of the President&rsquo;s Council of Advisors at Cal Poly SLO, where he received his B.ARCH.&nbsp;
Doug and his teams have designed more than $3 billion in projects over his career in multiple cities across multiple continents.
On this episode of Beyond the Doors, co-host Daniel Shkolnik and Doug enjoy a lively conversation that explores Doug&rsquo;s successful design career; the firm Doug founded in 1976 out of his home which is now one of the largest design shops in San Diego; Doug&rsquo;s approach to design; San Diego&rsquo;s housing crisis; and much more.
Follow and subscribe at <a href="https://olasmedia.com/shows/20-doors">OlasMedia.com</a> to stay updated!
The key moments in this episode are:
00:00:00 - Welcome and Meet Doug Austin
00:02:00 - Doug&rsquo;s Journey: Architect to Citizen Architect
00:05:00 - Learn by Doing: Early Career Challenges
00:10:00 - Affordable Housing: Creative Solutions for San Diego
00:15:00 - San Diego&rsquo;s Urban Evolution
00:20:00 - Overcoming Zoning Challenges
00:30:00 - Balancing Growth and Sustainability
00:35:00 - A Vision for San Diego&rsquo;s Future

San Diego real estate agent Nathan Abbo and San Diego multi-family developer Daniel Shkolnik bring decades of experience to Beyond the Doors, a podcast that gives listeners behind-the-scenes info about housing politics and policy, deals, trends, and more. Nathan, a native to East County San Diego, has been working in real estate his entire professional career. Licensed in 2005, Nathan has closed hundreds of transactions. Daniel owns and operates Atlas West Group, a multi-family development platform launched 4 years ago in San Diego. Prior to that, Daniel successfully operated a real estate investment business for 15 years. Atlas West Group is one the first to build deed-restricted units without public subsidy in Southern California, and the first to take advantage of the City of San Diego’s ADU Bonus Program. Nathan and Daniel, and their guests, dish on what’s working, what isn’t, where the markets are headed, and more. These guys are experts, but they don’t sound like stuffy suits. They break things down for their listeners. They discuss what investors want, what brokers are seeking, what renters desire, what landlords need to do to survive, where interest rates are headed, the art of the deal, and more. Their show is lively, fun, honest, and informative – a must-listen for people in the land-use, housing, and real estate arena.

San Diego real estate agent Nathan Abbo and San Diego multi-family developer Daniel Shkolnik bring decades of experience to Beyond the Doors, a podcast that gives listeners behind-the-scenes info about housing politics and policy, deals, trends, and more. Nathan, a native to East County San Diego, has been working in real estate his entire professional career. Licensed in 2005, Nathan has closed hundreds of transactions. Daniel owns and operates Atlas West Group, a multi-family development platform launched 4 years ago in San Diego. Prior to that, Daniel successfully operated a real estate investment business for 15 years. Atlas West Group is one the first to build deed-restricted units without public subsidy in Southern California, and the first to take advantage of the City of San Diego’s ADU Bonus Program. Nathan and Daniel, and their guests, dish on what’s working, what isn’t, where the markets are headed, and more. These guys are experts, but they don’t sound like stuffy suits. They break things down for their listeners. They discuss what investors want, what brokers are seeking, what renters desire, what landlords need to do to survive, where interest rates are headed, the art of the deal, and more. Their show is lively, fun, honest, and informative – a must-listen for people in the land-use, housing, and real estate arena.

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San Diego real estate agent Nathan Abbo and San Diego multi-family developer Daniel Shkolnik bring decades of experience to Beyond the Doors, a podcast that gives listeners behind-the-scenes info about housing politics and policy, deals, trends, and more. Nathan, a native to East County San Diego, has been working in real estate his entire professional career. Licensed in 2005, Nathan has closed hundreds of transactions. Daniel owns and operates Atlas West Group, a multi-family development platform launched 4 years ago in San Diego. Prior to that, Daniel successfully operated a real estate investment business for 15 years. Atlas West Group is one the first to build deed-restricted units without public subsidy in Southern California, and the first to take advantage of the City of San Diego’s ADU Bonus Program.

Nathan and Daniel, and their guests, dish on what’s working, what isn’t, where the markets are headed, and more. These guys are experts, but they don’t sound like stuffy suits. They break things down for their listeners. They discuss what investors want, what brokers are seeking, what renters desire, what landlords need to do to survive, where interest rates are headed, the art of the deal, and more. Their show is lively, fun, honest, and informative – a must-listen for people in the land-use, housing, and real estate arena.

San Diego real estate agent Nathan Abbo and San Diego multi-family developer Daniel Shkolnik bring decades of experience to Beyond the Doors, a podcast that gives listeners behind-the-scenes info about housing politics and policy, deals, trends, and more. Nathan, a native to East County San Diego, has been working in real estate his entire professional career. Licensed in 2005, Nathan has closed hundreds of transactions. Daniel owns and operates <a href="https://www.atlaswestgroup.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.atlaswestgroup.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1721840797415000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0gvPdRACZ3dWgE5INWaiQ-">Atlas West Group,</a> a multi-family development platform launched 4 years ago in San Diego. Prior to that, Daniel successfully operated a real estate investment business for 15 years. Atlas West Group is one the first to build deed-restricted units without public subsidy in Southern California, and the first to take advantage of the City of San Diego’s ADU Bonus Program.
Nathan and Daniel, and their guests, dish on what’s working, what isn’t, where the markets are headed, and more. These guys are experts, but they don’t sound like stuffy suits. They break things down for their listeners. They discuss what investors want, what brokers are seeking, what renters desire, what landlords need to do to survive, where interest rates are headed, the art of the deal, and more. Their show is lively, fun, honest, and informative – a must-listen for people in the land-use, housing, and real estate arena.

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