All Episodes
The Developer podcast — 113 episodes
Homesick: What happens when London's affordability crisis meets the climate crisis?
Participatory building: How community construction takes engagement to a new level
Neuroarchitecture: The impact of design on the unconscious mind
Design by AI: Why we need to hack the algorithm
Trauma and place: Avoiding triggers in design and engagement
Purple pounds: Designing for the deaf and disabled
Fighting for a Feminist City in Glasgow
The civic role of a new town hall
Is this the year of the landscape architect?
How local councils are leading on net zero in spite of central government
We need to talk about SLOAPs: Sites Leftover After Planning
Turds in the plaza: How do we fix public art?
Painting the town: What street art brings to public spaces
Dignity by design: What is the architecture of a good life?
Could adventure playgrounds boost community and solve the building skills shortage?
Embracing industrial: The call for more urban sheds, breweries and makerspaces
Camden Highline: The campaign to green the tracks
Breaking the cycle of demolish, rebuild
Cultural compact: How to fund grassroots arts and boost wellbeing in deprived places
Co-designing Horatio's Garden: "The planting is informed by different ways of seeing"
Paul Monaghan and the Office for Place: Beauty is not shorthand for 'traditional'
The death and life of city trees with Elaine Cresswell, ReShaped
Urban quilting: Valerie Beirne on stitching a place in time
Ageing in place: A new almshouse for London
The alchemy of office community: “We want radiators, not drains”
Tom Chance on Community Land Trusts: “It’s about giving communities democratic muscle”
Urbanistas at 10: “It's a playground to explore authentic leadership as a woman”
Happy or not? Mount Anvil’s unique approach to community engagement
The architectural history of Queer Spaces: "Flowers blossoming in the desert of Modernity"
Ilaria del Beato, CEO, Frasers Property UK: "We need to rise to these challenges"
Josie Parsons, CEO, Local Space: “Improving thermal efficiency is the best thing we can do”
Socius: “Why is anybody doing greenfield development?”
Doughnut economics and renewing places with equity
Roger Wade, CEO, Boxpark: "The centre of our communities don't need to die"
Ageing in place: Dementia-friendly engagement and design
Stockport's Weir Mill: These buildings have stories to tell
Gentrification: What's the alternative
The social value of good design
Representation: What not to do with Dr Leslie Kern
Developers on climate: “We can’t change policy, but we can not make things worse”
Designing for hate crime: The trouble with wide open public spaces
"Offices will be much more pay-as-you-go" – Claire Cockerton
Councils spend more on dog waste than teenage girls
"Manchester is a city on the up, but not all of it" – Andrew Westwood
Wild Streets: Empowering citizens to design greener places
"We're throwing away 1,000 Boeing 747s every day in construction waste"
"What are the models of revitalisation for small cities?"
Dr Omeasoo Wãhpãsiw: "Space and place matters, but more importantly who designs and who builds it"
"We're seeking the best talent in Real Estate" Martha Thorne, IE University
“We see ourselves as social impact developers” Adam Higgins, Capital & Centric
David Cowans, Places for People: “We need to be part of the solution”
Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees on housing, transit, history and Black Lives Matter
Leslie Kern: The making of a Feminist City
What is shopping for?
What is a city centre without offices?
First Base: "Social-based outcomes help you sleep at night"
Permitted Development Rights: "We're going back to Victorian slums"
Radical Rethink 3: Taking an idea from inception to action
Radical Rethink 2: How to run a radical business
Why we need a Radical Rethink of the spaces between the buildings
Designing Chelsea Barracks
Together apart: Physical distancing and sociality in urban space
The Drain Gain: The story of Glasgow's Smart Canal
Food and place: Carolyn Steel on food, community and cities
Nick White: Biodiversity Net Gain, background and emerging trends
Mayfield Manchester: “We call it 'worthwhile' use”
Mayor of Hackney: “Don't assume everyone thinks like you”
Citu in Leeds: “Re-engineer from first principles: what and how you build”
A tale of two cities: How Glasgow is trying to close the deprivation gap
Kevin Barton: “We need to make urban fabric work harder”
Berkeley Group: Why incorporating nature into real estate makes sense
Made in Dagenham: The £1bn Beam Park development
Floodproofing Leeds: Martin Farrington from Leeds City Council
Designing water-sensitive cities: Dirk van Peijpe, De Urbanisten
Making resilience add up: Investing in climate mitigation
Natascha McIntyre Hall on Portsmouth: “Focus on purpose”
“Capital is at risk; finance people don't like that” Alastair Mant, UKGBC
Selina Mason on London's Olympic legacy: “That feeling of normallness isn't here yet”
Developer vs Architect: “There’s a shift. Something’s changing”
Curating culture: How can we foster culture in the city, can it be created?
Claire Slinger: "Liverpool is a very well-kept secret"
Dr Patrice Derrington: "Communities are protesting; developers are demonised"
What's the future of downtown? Tim Tompkins, Rachel Fisher, Patricia Brown
Anne Power: “Placemaking interventions have reinforced inequality”
Stuart Lipton: “If we are having fun, we feel better”
Lendlease's Dan Labbad: "You've got to be humble"
Demolition was “a complete waste of time, energy, money and carbon”
Designing for the blind: RNIB and Countryside Properties
Extinction Rebellion: "Everything has been very polite up until now"
"The Bee Network is unlocking cycling and walking in Manchester"
“Drill music isn’t going to kill you”: Why we need music venues
Jan Gehl: "First life, then spaces, then buildings"
Jane Riddiford: Community engagement, the real thing
Sarah Gaventa: "London is only here because of the Thames"
Roundtable: What are the barriers to child-friendly cities?
Paul Monaghan: "It's about improving the everyday architecture of Liverpool"
Brick by Brick: "We're turning a little into a lot"
Beyond shopping: What's the future of the High Street?
"Wait, could we do a mixed-use thing at Canada Water?"
Bonus walking tour: Wembley's Rental Rebellion
The new Wembley Park: Building a community for renters
How they put Here East on the map
What can we learn from the rapid evolution of urban animals?
"It's not going to be a Bilbao iconic thing"
BONUS EPISODE: The Urbanisation Forum at Google HQ
Estate regeneration the Scandi way
Buildings must speak to each other
King's Cross: "A work in progress"
This is your brain on the city
Exploring Liverpool Waters
Curating retail at the new Television Centre
Playground or panopticon? Designing adulthood
The secrets and barriers to child-friendly places