The Developer podcast

There used to be nothing around Wembley stadium, but Quintain has been changing that. Wembley Park is their project to transform 85 acres of city. Quintain chief executive Angus Dodd shows us around and explains why they switched to private rental in 2015 and how the alternative would have been disastrous Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the London Olympics were over, two giant sheds were left on the Olympic Park - the former Press and Broadcast Centres. There was scepticism when it was announced that Delancey was going to make these redundant hangars into a technology innovation centre. For one, it's not the easiest place to reach – but now when you arrive, you’ll find a campus with character and a fascinating mix of tenant...

Menno Schilthuizen, evolutionary biologist, describes why pigeons are changing the colour of their feathers, why blackbirds sing earlier in the morning, and how supporting greater biodiversity by design would support the human animal, too Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Livingstone, Director of Masterplan and Estate for the Science Museum Group, talks about the vision for York 2025, a new historic quarter for Manchester and the trouble with London’s Exhibition Road in this discussion about the role of the museum in the city Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special recording of the Urbanisation forum on Connectivity, hosted by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce at Google's UK headquarters in King's Cross. Speakers include Simon Dixon, Deloitte's Global Transportation Leader; Jon Simpson, Google's Smart Building Technical Lead; Max Ryerson, CEO & Chief Digital Strategist at StratForce; Geoffrey Palmer, Sweco's Director of Buildings; Transport for Londo...

When Barking and Dagenham’s development arm, BeFirst, appointed White Arkitekter to redesign the Gascoigne East estate, the practice’s Swedish roots were a contributing factor. In this podcast, London studio director Linda Thiel describes how they are taking a Scandinavian walkable and open approach to the regeneration of an East London estate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

“Cities are defined by their buildings,” says Simon Silver, Director at Derwent London. “It worries me as a Londoner when I see buildings that are soul-less. How did they win planning? How did they get through?” While they are not known for placemaking per se, wherever you stand in Fitzrovia, you are spitting distance from a Derwent London building. With a portfolio of 5.5m square feet, 98 per cen...

King's Cross Central is the most successful regeneration project in the UK, recognised for its dynamism and quality of environment. Just over halfway through this mammoth 67 acre development, Robert Evans, partner at developer Argent, responds to recent criticism that King's Cross is too clean and too safe, explores the question of value, estate management, edge conditions and the challenge of mak...

We look at the city through the lens of neuroscience with Araceli Camargo, cognitive neuroscientist and lab director of The Centric Lab, with consultancy director Josh Artus on applications in the built environment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liverpool Waters is a huge dockland development that consists of five neighbourhoods, two ferry terminals and the Everton football club will transform the waterfront over the next 20 years. Controversial with UNESCO, who has threatened to withdraw the city's Heritage Site status on the basis of the development, in this podcast we talk to Ian Pollitt of Peel about their plans for this mammoth site....

At Stanhope's first residential development in White City, the hand-picked selection of restaurants were open before residents had even moved into their luxury flats in Television Centre. Why is it important to get the mix right, and how does retail create community? How will it change when the affordable residences are built nearby - are these shops for them, too? On the day of the Bake Off final...

Playground design reflects the workforce we hope to create, the behaviour we hope to correct and the adult we aim to engineer. Anthropologist Nitasha Kapoor talks us through the history of playground design, and explains what kind of equipment we're using now. With the dawn of automation and AI, when it comes to child's play, resilience and creativity are on the agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

As the Child-Friendly City movement gains traction, with cities eager to attract families, we discover how children are the generators of successful places. Dinah Bornat of ZCD Architects explains what design makes a child-friendly development, explains what makes Barking Riverside work, and takes us on a walk around the Christchurch Estate in Hackney to unpick how to encourage unsupervised play....