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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...

How did he do that? What was the special sauce? David catches up with Roger Madelin to get the whole story about how he spearheaded the latter-day regeneration of King's Cross, and how he intends to overcome the challenges of creating an even bigger series of 'wow' places at Canada Water with British Land Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with Real Estate Balance managing director Sue Brown at Avison Young's new London HQ to talk equity, diversity and inclusion in property - including examples of its abuse - Donald Trump, MIPIM through the years, parasites, UKREiFF, the making of Docklands, following Chelsea FC, and the 'astounding' power property has to create change... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

David travels to Ealing to catch up with Robert Gordon Clark - PR guru, London commentator, actor, and theatre company owner - and chat about the dramatic, sporting, property and professional sides to the capital city and beyond that have fuelled his life so far Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flower power! David catches up with Luke Tozer to talk about his latest creation to (beatifully) aid cycling safety - the Tulip Cycle Wands - now being trialled in Westminster, and the latest on his practice's crusade with others in the Architects' Action for Affordable Housing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To the Max - David visits the Homegrown Club to catch up with Max Farrell and talk about the LDN Collective, market conditions, storytelling, the pressures and benefits of working for your famous architect father, and the enduring legacies of the Farrell Review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with care homes owner, Everest-scaler, Atlantic rower and Marathon des Sables runner extraordinaire Linda Blakely to find out what makes her tick - and what's next on her remarkable bucket list of charity fundraising adventures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with Del Hossain - architect, design professor, recruitment and careers guru, coach, mentor, clinical hypnotherapist, amateur boxer and all round good egg, to talk through life, the universe and everything - and why 'mum architects' are the best in the business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with artist, curator and architectural teacher Alicia Pivaro to talk about her decision to voyage to the Arctic to try to help change the world, the empowering sides to the menopause, design on TV, bad housing, community consultation and grass roots power, cold water swimming, Bond girls - and pink muck boots Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David catches up with Stephen O'Malley, chief executive of engineering firm Civic at property conference MIPIM in Cannes to talk about his experiences of the bike ride there from London, growth of the practice, system thinking, post-riots Dublin, Manchester, housing, joinery, the 'patchy' market - and architects living with cows in a barn for a month... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

David meets Tom Larsson of developer Grow Places, who is aiming to add sensitively to the delicate ecosystem around the Truman Brewery and Brick Lane, retaining the spirit and energy of the area and taking the local community with him on the journey. Tom talks about his path from architecture to development, heritage, all-night raves, horses, coffee, podcasts as consultation, the perils of gentrif...

Power player! David catches up with Gordon Adams - the man who went from his family farm in Australia to ultimately spending12 years as head of planning and cultural affairs at Battersea Power Station Development Company, shepherding the £10 billion project through from the building's derelict state to today - and even accommodating some peregrine falcons as its illustrious residents Hosted on Aca...

David catches up with Professor Yolande Barnes of The Bartlett to tap into her future-leaning expertise - and neurodivergance - in predicting property changes as they affect markets, offices, cities - and the way we work, live and play Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dome truths - David catches up with Tim Pyne, who came to notoriety chiefly by designing four of the zones in the Millennium Dome saga and is now one of the leading figures in net zero thinking as the creator of the Footprint show. Listen in for an entertaining romp through his career, design, sailing his boat for 10 years...and fox flaps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Life is a rollercoaster - David catches up with celebrated engineer Hanif Kara OBE of AKTII to talk through his life and early designs of rollercoasters and oil platforms through to his long collaborations with people like Zaha Hadid, the state of engineering and education, winning the Stirling Prize four times, AI, designing in Saudi, and the spirit of entrepreneurialism that comes from being an...

David catches up with developer Tyler Goodwin of Seaforth Land to talk about how 'profit' shouldn't be a dirty word, 'brutal' market conditions for retrofit and affordable, working in Canada and the Far East, the love and care that has gone into his latest creation - the revitalised Space House in central London, dubbed the coolest new building in London...and being a silversmith Hosted on Acast....

David catches up with Leanne Tritton in a sunny Hampstead Heath to chat about the PR firm she founded, ING, her upbringing in Australia, her campaigning for more toilets and less wasting of buildings, the bliss of gardening, being an 'itchy' 'doer' and repaying an old favour to her one-time Nepalese cleaner and childminder in her homeland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

'My name is Joe'. David catches up with Joe Morris to talk about the pressures of running an architecture business, education, veganism and having a restaurant (EDIT) as part of the Morris + Co family, bike building, circularity, sustainability, and how it all fits together. Also, how to make coffee from a carrot... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.