Play with Matches

UpSpring

Play with Matches is a podcast for the architecture and design industry’s boldest thinkers. Hosted by UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii, each episode goes beyond the work itself and into the thinking behind it, exploring the mindset shifts, strategic pivots, and defining moments that spark real change across the built environment.Through conversations with architects, designers, founders, and marketers, Play with Matches examines what happens when you stop following the playbook and start rewriting it.

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Play with Matches

Episodes (3)

Mar 31st Bruce Becker: Zero Emission Hospitality
Mar 24th Pallavi Dean: Design is Not Enough
Mar 20th Introducing Play with Matches (Coming March 24th)

Play with Matches

Mar 31, 2026
23 minutes
16 MB

What does it take to turn a forgotten landmark into a blueprint for sustainable hospitality? In this episode of Play with Matches, host Tiffany Rafii sits down with architect, developer, and policy leader Bruce Redman Becker, President of Becker + Becker, to unpack the story behind Hotel Marcel, the first Passive House certified hotel in the United States. From adaptive reuse and integrated design to policy reform and investor alignment, Bruce shares how bold environmental commitments can become a powerful creative and business advantage. Becker + Becker | Hotel Marcel | Show Transcript Think you’d make a great gue...

Play with Matches

Bruce Becker: Zero Emission Hospitality

UpSpring

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