Interviews – Page 2
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Malcolm Reading: making the case for architectural competitions
Malcolm Reading is still busy flying the flag for architectural competitions and British architecture, writes Ben Flatman
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Succession and global ambitions: Three generations of partners look to the future at Allies and Morrison
Firm founded in 1984 has built a reputation for understated and sensitive design. It has also been slowly building an international business, writes Ben Flatman
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How Grimshaw is planning to ride out recession and grow its way to diversity
Mark Middleton, global managing partner, talks about the practice’s vision, different ways of working and his new three-year business strategy
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Experience in itself
Patrick Lynch and Kieran Long discuss Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish architectural culture and museums as ‘machines for depolarsation’
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Neal Shasore: ‘It’s about what we need – for our community and our planet’
The head of the London School of Architecture believes we need to reimagine the whole education edifice. Here he talks to Ben Flatman about his own influences and why architecture needs to embrace a more flexible and diverse approach to training
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Interview | Chris Dyson: ‘Listen to what the site and place have to say’
From James Stirling to Spitalfields, Chris Dyson opens up to Ben Flatman about the importance of place and how he grew his practice organically
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Building Study
Building study: Learning from Denise Scott Brown
As Selldorf Architects unveils £30m proposals to reconfigure the National Gallery and Venturi Scott Brown’s landmark Sainsbury Wing, Elizabeth Hopkirk meets the women leading the project
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Multimedia
Jargon buster: Heat pumps
Simon Wyatt at Cundall on the pros and cons of replacing gas boilers with heat pumps
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Jargon buster: Greenhouse Gas Protocol and understanding emissions
Simon Wyatt explains why to understand your carbon footprint you need to look at all green house gases
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Jargon buster: Carbon neutral vs net zero
Don’t know the difference between carbon neutral and net zero? Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains it all here
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Interview: We’ve never found a practice who are our pin-ups
They used to look up to YAYA winners – then they joined those ranks. This year they took the AYA crown. So what’s next for Fergus Feilden and Ed Fowles, asks Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Listen: Nabers UK explained
The performance gap is a huge challenge, and now there is a system to verify office buildings in use - listen to how it works
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Listen: Cundall's Simon Wyatt on climate risk and finance
Pressure is growing from investors to design buildings for extreme weather events - do you understand the risks?
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Listen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
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Interview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
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Listen: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
Podcast: Also hear from Maria Smith on policies to get us to net zero
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Views from COP26: The mood from industry leaders in Glasgow
This week the Building Talks… Net Zero podcast hears from major contractors at COP | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
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Interview: Tom Bennett on eco-activism and the power of protest
The Studio Bark architect arrested during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration talks about what drives him
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Interview: Two of LETI’s founders talk about how the group began – and what next
Clara Bagenal George and Julie Godefroy share the inspiring story behind Building Design’s Architectural Leader of the Year
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Listen: Simon Allford talks about net zero
In the first episode of the new Building Talks… Net Zero podcast, hear from RIBA president Simon Allford | Heat and Building Strategy analysed | Net zero jargon-buster with Cundall’s Simon Wyatt