Detailer

In the third of a series of Salons for furniture firm Sixteen3, David talks to entrepreneur and author Arthur Kay, Natasha Reid of Matter Space Soul and Lauren Davies of Arup about their thoughts on how - and what kinds of - radical changes might be needed to stave off environmental calamity and make the world a better place Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David sits down in a restaurant on the South Bank to chat with Bell Phillips director Jay Morton about her decision to stand as RIBA president, being a 'forever campaigner' knocking on doors with Ed Miliband, banging the drum for city architects and the public to use architects more, whether she would advise her son Wren to go into the profession, Bognor, Butlins, the Bartlett... and how, perhaps,...

David catches up with engineer Sinéad Conneely of Simple Works at UKREiiF in Leeds to talk about personal and professional challenges, being a business owner in tough times, purpose-driven development, being a B-Corp, designing monasteries - and her hopes for the ultimate project: a velodrome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with Deborah Saunt of DSDHA to walk through Somers Town, a hidden corner of London where her practice has stitched back the urban fabric between King's Cross' mega-projects based on play and popular green spaces Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murray 4 Mayor. David catches up with Peter Murray to quiz him about his ambitions to be London Mayor in 2028. Why is he doing it? What are his main policies, aside from 'GSD' (Getting Stuff/Shit Done)? How much will it cost? And why does he think London has lost its way? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David chairs a panel on the subject of loneliness at the Sixteen3 Showroom in Clerkenwell London with Alex Lifschutz of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Nicola Bacon of Social Life, and James Teatum of Noiascape. How can the built environment help reduce the impacts of this silent killer? Are new models of residential development the way forward? And is the modern world of screens and social media h...

David meets up with founding partner of engineers Heyne Tillett Steel, Mark Tillett, to chat about the journeys both personal and professional in 20 years of practice, the image of the engineer in society, collaboration, cycling, low carbon, high energy, the stresses of being a business leader, a 6/10 optimism rating - and letting kids into the building to smash things up in exchange for sweets Ho...

David takes a walk and talk with UKREiiF managing director Nathan Spencer through Westminster and St James' Park to discuss the past, present and future of the show; his humble origins, selling an Xbox to fund a job interview journey; diversity and inclusion; disrupting MIPIM; destination Leeds - and beyond; his ambitions on becoming an inward investment force...and his love of collecting Pokemon...

David catches up with John Nordon, creative director of Igloo, in Cannes in the south of France to celebrate cycling and 'bikepacking' there for MIPIM from Rome, the 20th anniversary of the Club Peloton charity ride from London and the friends and business ventures it has spawned, 'whatever works' and new approaches to development - and the time when Rafael Vinoly nearly torched a university on Jo...

David travels to City Island in London to talk to Stevan Tennant, managing director, development, at Ballymore, about getting the ingredients right for regeneration, his hopes for Camley Street in King's Cross, housing, ballet and other cultural magnets - and how his vinyl music collection is perhaps a bit like creating places with authenticity and heart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

David catches up with Place recruitment guru and bundle of energy Tamsyn Curley to discuss architecture, candidates and applicants, the firms and people she admires most, gym workout sessions at dawn six days a week...and her love of all things Ibiza Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David travels to a showflat in Clapham Quarter to meet Andrew Whiting of Hût Architects (its designer) and Jamila Saha of Haworth Tompkins to discuss 'Build the Way', an entry-level architecture traineeship providing an alternative and accessible route into the built environment professions that Whiting has helped develop and Saha has enjoyed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

David sits down with the Lord Mayor of Westminster Paul Dimoldenberg in his splendid office overlooking Buckingham Palace to talk through his role - 'the best job he has ever had' - balancing apoliticism with his political past and nature, 'homes for votes', gold chains, robes, being the walking mayor and proud father of YouTube sensation Amelia - interviewer extraordinaire from Chicken Shop Date...

In this special episode of 'Detailer - Live!' to kick off 2026 and the new season, David chairs a 'salon' at Sixteen3's Clerkenwell showroom and chats to author and journalist Emma O'Kelly about Wild Saunas, Jennifer de Vere-Hopkins of Jestico + Whiles about 'Loos, Lobbies and Lifts' and Russell Brown of Hawkins\Brown about creating his own 'Curious Places for Conversation' Hosted on Acast. See ac...

David travels to Manchester's Mayfield project to catch up with landscape architect Pete Swift and chew the fat about 'Cyan Lines' and all things blue/green infrastructure, designing stadia including Everton's astonishing new home (even as a Red), keeping tradition and heritage alive, growing up against the background of the Toxteth riots, and the mindfulness that comes from riding his bike... Hos...

David catches up with Xavier Brice, CEO of the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, to discuss his role in creating London's cycle superhighways, road pricing, post-Budget, LTNs, building better cycling provision, the cautionary tale of Paris' experience, trains, trans, getting busy-mind-relief through riding long distance...and crashing into stray badgers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

David catches up with Arthur Kay, co-author of 'Roadkilll - unveiling the true cost of our toxic relationship with cars', to discuss the rise of the motor car, the sleight of hand and environmental problem that is the electric version, the philosophy of the good life, the keys to better-designed cities, horrific statistics on Halloween child deaths - and being a serial entrepreneur on the back of...

Going with the flow - David catches up with Luka Vukotic of Art Invest to find out how this developer and rowing fanatic is steering his boat through the choppy waters and headwinds of the current economic climate and bringing his placemaking expertise from King's Cross and elsewhere to Canada Water and beyond. Stroke! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with Earls Court Development Company CEO Rob Heasman to find out how it's going getting the 'wonder' back into the 40 acre site through great meanwhile uses like Come Alive - The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, allowing for 'beautiful' tall buildings, green space and a wide mix of uses, and drawing on the memories people have of the area - including his Dad winning a top-of-t...

David catches up with outgoing RIBA president Muyiwa Oki at the Institute of Directors in London to ask him about how it all went, the pressures of the presidential chains, his aims and ambitions, housing, AI, education, access for all, and - incidentally - being the youngest and first black man to sit in the Portland Place hotseat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with journalist-turned-BCO CEO Sam McClary on a walk-and-talk around The City to get the lowdown on the Council's ambitions under her stewardship, NextGen, equality, the future of the office as places, the tears she shed and heartbreak she felt on leaving Estates Gazette, and how she decompresses through hiking, biking, and making Lego towns. Oh, and how she was once told to 'stic...

David catches up with architect and urbanist Peter Barber to get the lowdown on his singular style, on still being 'naughty boys' in the 'tick boxy' world of housing, his distaste for AI - 'plagiarism software' that suppresses true creativity - on what music gives him, and the need for big policy ideas...which will happen when he is prime minister Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

So, how did it go? David catches up with artist and 'optimistic anarchist' Alicia Pivaro to get the lowdown on her inspirational 14-day trip of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle. Polar bears, guns, using vodka in watercolour painting, disappearing glaciers, cello recitals on the ice, wild swimming in freezing waters, walruses and making Arctic art in a 'ridiculously huge red dress' Hosted on Acast....

David travels to the Soane Museum to talk to Ab Rogers about 'Talking Buildings' - the show he curated about the life and works of his father, the late Richard Rogers. Ab talks about distilling a life of ideas into eight key projects, being a designer in his own right, the importance of colour; cities, sailing, carpentry, and harnessing dyslexia as a superpower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

David travels to TBC.London overlooking Tower Bridge to catch up with its developer, Basil Demeroutis of Fore Partnership. Basil talks about how ESG is 'broken', about creating 'beacons' for others to follow, how people are paying for purpose, the 'crisis of connection' affecting us all, wanting to be an astronaut, working on Number One Poultry next, and 'unlocking magic' Hosted on Acast. See acas...