Architecture Today Podcasts

Transforming Thamesmead, blending brutalism and biodiversity, natural capital accounting, Living in the Landscape and delivering a vision for a post-pandemic world.

The Architects Climate Action Network, collective action, change-making, giving the RIBA a run for its money and channelling positive energy into the race against the clock.

Working on school buildings, making sense of masterplans and the challenges involved in wrapping an existing building in a new exoskeleton and an entirely new facade.

The Greenwich Design District, designing a new part of the city and the distinction between delivering a characterful masterplan of separate parts and building an architectural zoo.

Cove Ridge, the relationship between architecture and photography, riffs on post-modernism and the joys of cinematic space.

The critical role of clear data, honest evaluation and comprehensive feedback and lessons learnt from decades at the forefront of sustainable design.

The Museum of the Home, hitting the right balance between conservation and transformation, the delicate relationship between engagement and education and the role of the museum as an agent of change.

Displacement and migration, bridging the gap between academia and activism and the Global Free Unit's mission to channel architects' expertise to the people who need it most.

East Anglia's otherworldly character, taking inspiration from local materials, artful informality and the fine line between thoughtful reinterpretation and straightforward pastiche.

Architect speak, crit culture, feeling like an outsider and the importance of plain speaking and finding time to watch TV.

Late-night parties, too-loud television and other factors that come into play when people of different generations live side by side.

Postmodernism versus multiform, making clients smile and the role of pattern, playfulness and ornament in contemporary architecture.

The Illuminated River project, painting with light and the challenges involved in realising the longest public art project in the world.

Montague House, reading the site, marriage guidance counselling and the delicate chemistry between architect and client.

The Quality of Life Foundation, tapping into local knowledge, inviting the public to rate housebuilders’ performance and enshrining fun and wonder within the public realm.

The Post Building, the challenge of wrapping a historic building in an entirely new facade, the future of the workplace and the transition from precocious young talents to grumpy old men.

The trouble with education, learning from Summer School and the importance of talking frankly about architecture as a career.