099I_Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall

Are you interested in the citizen engagement in urban areas and its effects? What do you think about the need for updating our educational systems? How can professionals check their egos? Interview with Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the citizen’s role, educational reforms, giving back to the environment, and many more. Noel Tighe is an Associate Director at Denton Corker Marshall. Registered in the United Kingdom he is a member of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Australian Institute of Architects. In career spanning 30+ years, he has undertaken leading roles on multi-award-winning projects in the commercial, education and civic sectors, in Australia, Europe and Southeast Asia. Noel is a Green Star Accredited Professional and has brought this knowledge to lead projects with award winning sustainable credentials including: Manchester Civil Justice Centre in the UK Asia Square in Singapore Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney He has extensive experience in the restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings on projects such as: Hampton Court Palace in the UK Abbotsford Convent in Collingwood, Melbourne New exhibition galleries at the Heritage Listed Australian War Memorial in Canberra Noel has demonstrated a commitment to informing and empowering communities to the development of their local environment. This experience was instrumental for the successful campaign to preserve Melbourne's Abbotsford Convent for community use and later works to convert the estate into one of Australia's leading arts precincts. You can find out more about Noel in the shownotes. Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.015I - Interview with Luke Housego about Mortal Engines :D ; No.031R - City attachment and use of urban services; No.069I - Interview with Dr Éva Kereszty about needed educational reforms; No.078I - Interview with Ammon Beyerle about uncomfortable but needed and robust conversations; No.086R - Advancing landscape sustainability science; No.087I - Interview with Paul Brookbanks about the connection to the environment; No.093I - Interview with Jeni Paay about research raising questions which are uncomfortable; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay