Designing lives, shaping lifestyles with Chad Oppenheim

What happens when architecture is driven by passion, adventure and the power of nature? On the latest episode of Design Your Life, Chad Oppenheim joins Vince Frost for a wide-ranging conversation on creativity, resilience and designing life beyond buildings. From growing up in suburban New Jersey dreaming through films like Star Wars and James Bond and becoming fascinated by the dramatic architecture of movie villains' lairs, to creating some of the world's most extraordinary hospitality projects shaped by desert, sea and landscape, including Desert Rock Resort and Shibara Resort, Chad shares the experiences that formed his worldview. Tune in as Vince and Chad explore travel as education, the realities of running a creative business, balancing ambition with family, and why great architecture should engage every sense; sound, scent, emotion, memory and our connection to the natural world. A powerful conversation with one of architecture's most passionate voices.

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Designing lives, shaping lifestyles with Chad Oppenheim is an episode from Design Your Life with Vince Frost by Hello.

This episode is 64:08 long.

This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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