Enjoy 5 recent podcast interviews with Toby Witte, either as a guest or as a host on his own podcast Supersizing Bliss, a companion to his book of the same name.

The topics are wide ranging from midcentury modern homes, Mies van der Rohe’s Edith Farnsworth House, real estate metrics, valuation of custom homes, and the art of designing for happiness. Hopefully some of this might proof insightful for you.

SPACES

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In this episode of SPACES, Toby Witte, discusses the importance of thoughtful home design that prioritizes happiness and quality of space over mere square footage.

He challenges conventional home valuation methods and emphasizes the role of architects in creating enriching living environments. Witte shares insights on maximizing small spaces, sustainable building practices, and the significance of meaningful entrances in homes. He advocates for a shift in mindset towards valuing quality over quantity in home design, encouraging homeowners to invest in elements that enhance their living experience.

SUPERSIZING BLISS

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A new look at the Edith Farnsworth House, the masterpiece by architect Mies van der Rohe - About the research, book, its architecture and its three lives. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Michelangelo Sabatino, a historian, curator, preservationist, professor of architectural history and heritage in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, as well as author of “The Edith Farnsworth House. Architecture, Preservation, Culture” and “Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975”.

SUPERSIZING BLISS

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A look behind the curtain of an architectural historian’s Instagram account for midcentury modern and innovative architecture in the US. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Paige Claassen, an architectural historian about her Instagram account Claasshaus.

SUPERSIZING BLISS

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A conversation with Mr. Modernism about the incredible building stock of midcentury modern homes in North Carolina and the USA and the archival efforts of NC and US Modernist. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with George Smart, the “accidental archivist and architect” who has helped archive thousands of midcentury modern homes nationwide.

LIVED IN

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Toby Witte, founder of Wittehaus joins the podcast to share what he has observed and what he hopes for when it comes to residential design. Tune into this episode to have your preconceptions about house and home challenged, broadened, and turned upside down.Toby Witte is the principal of Wittehaus, a Forbes Magazine 2025 Americas Top 200 Residential Architect, and he is a modern, luxury home designer who thinks like an architect. Author of the 2023 book Supersizing Bliss, Toby is passionate about rethinking the way we think about our homes and approach home design.