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David Taylor

37 episodes

1 week ago

Commute-sized conversations with host David Taylor and guests exploring the built environment, cities, design and more

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Commute-sized conversations with host David Taylor and guests exploring the built environment, cities, design and more

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Places & Travel,

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Episodes (20/37)

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Detailer 36 - Arthur Kay

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 a business built on the waste from coffee beans...

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1 week ago

54 minutes 50 seconds

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Detailer 35 - Luka Vukotic

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!

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3 weeks ago

49 minutes 19 seconds

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Detailer 34 - Rob Heasman

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-the range wind-surfer in a raffle at the London Boat Show...

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1 month ago

46 minutes 19 seconds

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Detailer 33 - Muyiwa Oki

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

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1 month ago

42 minutes 36 seconds

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Detailer 32 - Sam McClary

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 'stick to her knitting'...

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2 months ago

48 minutes 34 seconds

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Detailer 31 - Peter Barber (edit)

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

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2 months ago

45 minutes

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Detailer 30 - Alicia Pivaro: part 2

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'

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3 months ago

39 minutes 51 seconds

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Detailer 29 - Ab Rogers

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.

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3 months ago

52 minutes 19 seconds

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Detailer 28 - Basil Demeroutis

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'

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4 months ago

50 minutes

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Detailer 27 - Roger Madelin

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

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4 months ago

59 minutes 52 seconds

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Detailer 26 - Sue Brown

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...

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5 months ago

48 minutes 25 seconds

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Detailer 25 - Robert Gordon Clark

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

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5 months ago

49 minutes 34 seconds

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Detailer 24 - Luke Tozer

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

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5 months ago

42 minutes 55 seconds

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Detailer 23 - Max Farrell

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

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6 months ago

45 minutes 55 seconds

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Detailer 22 - Linda Blakely

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

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6 months ago

43 minutes 16 seconds

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Detailer 21 - Del Hossain

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

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7 months ago

49 minutes 22 seconds

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Detailer 20 - Alicia Pivaro

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

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7 months ago

55 minutes 16 seconds

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Detailer 19 - Stephen O'Malley

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...

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8 months ago

54 minutes 44 seconds

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Detailer 18 - Tom Larsson

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 gentrification - and his early inspiration from a two-inch powerball...

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8 months ago

49 minutes 55 seconds

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Detailer 17 - Gordon Adams

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

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9 months ago

50 minutes