Latest Urban design Podcast Episodes
Labour promises a post-election housing surge
Open City - July 03, 2024 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Fran Williams is joined by Jan Kattein, architect, lecturer, author and founding director of Jan Kattein Architects. Labour vows major housing announcements ‘within a fortnight’ of winning the election // South London squatters take the emergency housing crisis into their own hands /...
Reimagining UK department stores as sustainable housing
Open City - June 26, 2024 23:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin is joined by Hilary Satchwell, architect, urban designer and director of Tibbalds, a South London-based planning and urban design firm. Bold new plans to reimagine UK department stores as sustainable housing // Architects set out their vision to boost affordable housing after t...
Campaign to save the Beatles’ birthplaces
Open City - June 21, 2024 19:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin is joined by Henrietta Billings, the Director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, a charity dedicated to securing the long-term future of Britain’s buildings. 86 historic buildings added to SAVE’s building at risk register // Labour’s manifesto commitments on housing watered down // Re...
General Elections, Unemployment and Awards
Streets Ahead - June 13, 2024 14:51 - 43 minutesAdam's left his job, Ned's won an award, Laura's touring the country, oh, and there's a general election in the UK. It's been quite a hectic few weeks at Streets Ahead. By the way, if you want ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (http...
Labour moots community buy-outs of derelict land
Open City - June 13, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin is joined by Jack Cornish, Jack is the author of a new book called The Lost Paths: A history of how we walk from there to here. He also holds the venerable title ‘head of paths’ at The Ramblers - Britain’s largest walking charity. Labour moots community buy-outs of derelict lan...
Architects call for a new ministry of housing
Open City - June 06, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Sahiba is joined by Hugh Pearman, an architectural writer and editor who is also chair of the 20th Century Society. Architects demand a new ministry of housing // C20 files for emergency spot listing of London’s City Hall // Cambridge discovers zero emission cement // And could King’...
The surprise snap election being celebrated by architects
Open City - May 30, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin's joined by Adam Peggs, a journalist and activist. The surprise snap election being celebrated by architects // No Grenfell Tower criminal charges before 2026 // London’s Mayor pledges £100 million pounds to kickstart stalled housing // Liverpool Street station’s contentious re...
Museum of London’s contentious demolition cleared for approval
Open City - May 23, 2024 00:04 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin's joined by John Elledge, a journalist and author of the new book “A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps”. Museum of London’s contentious demolition cleared for approval // Government minister accused of misleading ‘15-minute city’ claim...
Planning Workplace Dynamics
Better Planners Podcast - May 21, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShelley, Mary, and special guest Kristy Kilbourne, are back with a great episode discussing various issues that come up in the Planning Department or Planning Office and those workplace dynamics at play. This episode actually came from a listener's voicemail who was seeking advice on issues in...
Calls for new public ballots on all tall buildings above 60 metres
Open City - May 09, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin's joined by Alpa Depani, an architect and the head of strategic planning and design at the London borough of Waltham Forest. Calls for new public ballots on all tall buildings above 60 metres // House building drops to its lowest level since the pandemic // Single-sex toilets t...
Labour vows to build on the ‘grey-belt’ and deliver 1.5 million homes
Open City - April 25, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Sahiba spoke to Charles Holland; the architect and author of the new book 'How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone' // Labour vows to build on the ‘grey-belt’ and deliver 1.5 million homes // Birmingham set to refuse controversial tower above a listed hospital // Scottish arch...
Potholes and Pavements
Streets Ahead - April 24, 2024 11:13 - 51 minutesLaura's got a book out and we're here to plug it, 1) because it's brilliant and 2) because it'd be awkward if we didn't. Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network is the story of the UK's fitful, sometimes painful transformation from a car-dependent nation of vill...
Gender pay gap widening among UK architectures biggest firms
Open City - April 18, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin spoke to the architect, author and columnist Eleanor Jolliffe // Sadiq Khan pledges to end rough sleeping in the capital // The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report delayed yet again // Gender pay gap widening among UK architectures biggest firms // And the AJ and SAVE launch a comp...
Rent rises set to outpace wage growth for next three years
Open City - April 11, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin spoke to the Chief Executive of Camden Highline, Simon Pitkeathley // Rent rises set to outpace wage growth for next three years // Outrage over King Charles’ ‘ideal town’ proposal in Kent // Contentious Barbican demolition plans tipped for approval // And the fascination with ...
Brutalism and Biodiversity
Open City - April 07, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode Paul spoke to the landscape architect, urban designer and Director of Landscape and Placemaking at Peabody, Dr Phil Askew. Their discussion centered around the landscape-led regeneration of Thamesmead; the brutalist post-war townscape in south east London hailed as the ‘town of t...
Norwich City Council 'disappointed' after sell flagship homes lost to right to buy
Open City - March 28, 2024 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Sahiba spoke to Amandeep Singh Kalra. Amandeep is the Associate Director of Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham council. // Norwich City Council 'disappointed' after sell flagship homes lost to right to buy // The UK has the worst value housing of any advanced econo...
Council housing ratcheting up the political agenda
Open City - March 21, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin speaks to the President of the RIBA, Muyiwa Oki. // Council housing ratcheting up the political agenda ahead of big year of elections // How generative AI is transforming the work of architects and engineers // Heat pump rollout slammed for being too slow // And V&A’s director ...
The Plan for Drivers
Streets Ahead - March 19, 2024 11:30 - 40 minutesIn a special emergency episode, Ned and Adam try to make sense of the Plan for Drivers announcement. What does it mean for active travel and public transport? Will it actually change anything? What are the politics behind the announcement? You can read the Low Traffic Neighbourhood review here:...
Podcast Without Portfolio
Streets Ahead - March 18, 2024 14:33 - 40 minutesFrom lost panniers, stolen bikes and a proposed HS2 cycleway - this is our podcast without portfolio (our favourite kind) where we chew the fat on active travel. By the way, if you want ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (https://www...
Urban Planning and Neurodiversity
Better Planners Podcast - March 18, 2024 14:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShelley and Mary are back for another fascinating discussion around urban planning and neurodiversity. In this episode they interview Dr. Gala Korniyenko, who received her PhD at The Ohio State University. Her research explores the nexus of urban design, neuroscience, and the planning process. M...
BONUS: Mudlarking
Streets Ahead - March 14, 2024 12:20 - 19 minutesOkay, it's not strictly active travel - but it is walking, sort of. In this short bonus episode, Laura and Adam go Mudlarking on the Thame's foreshore and find Medieval pottery, clay tobacco pipes, a Boris bike and a traffic cone. Thanks to Chris from the Thames Explorer Trust for being our gui...
Spring budget criticised for failing to boost housing
Open City - March 14, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin spoke to Simon Vickery, the Programme Manager of the Open House Festival. // Spring budget criticised for failing to boost housing // A government report finds Lown Traffic Neighbourhoods are popular and effective // Grimshaw unveils major new redevelopment plans for Waterloo S...
Pocket Park Ep 1: A RLUIPA Case in Oregon
Better Planners Podcast - March 12, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to the first Pocket Park Episode! These episodes are shorter and focus on current events, stories, studies, etc, that are happening right now in the world. In this episode, Shelley and Mary, focus on a case in Brookings, Oregon that revolves around the Religious Land Use and Institutio...
Tidal Pools and the Landscape of Swimming
Open City - March 09, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode Paul spoke to the co-founder of architects Studio Octopi and Future Lidos Group; Chris Romer-Lee. Chris is a outdoor swimming enthusiast and tidal pool advocate, and his practice was behind the ambitious Thames Bath proposals which first caught peoples attention nearly a decade a...
Competition Probe into the UK’s Biggest Housebuilders
Open City - February 29, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin is joined by Tom Wilkinson. Tom is a writer and historian, and author of the new book ‘Emergency Money: Notgeld in the Image Economy of the German Inflation, 1914–1923' // Competition probe into the UK’s biggest housebuilders // Heatherwick to turn BT Tower into a luxury hotel ...
Government warned London house building is grinding to a halt
Open City - February 22, 2024 06:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Producer Poppy spoke to Fran Williams - the architectural journalist and occasional host of The Brief - to discuss the big stories in housing, architecture, and planning news this week. // Government warned London house building is grinding to a halt // A new benchmark for sustainable...
RIBA president slams Labour’s £28bn green U-turn
Open City - February 15, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Sahiba spoke to Rob Fiehn, the Director of the London Society // RIBA president Muyiwa Oki slams Labour’s £28 billion pound green U-turn // Michael Gove approves controversial South Bank tower plans // The public toilet crisis isolating vulnerable people // And delivery riders stage a...
Landscape-Led Waste Water Infrastructure
Open City - February 10, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode Paul spoke to the architect, curator and urbanist, Madeleine Kessler. Together they looked at waste water management in London, and investigated the value of holistic design-led approaches to major infrastructure projects. You can find an online version of Landscape for free her...
Solving the problem of cargo bike storage
Streets Ahead - February 03, 2024 10:48 - 38 minutesCycling is booming in London, and in cities around the world, as are cargo bikes. With prices ranging upwards of £2,000, theft is a real and present concern for owners, and a major barrier to more people experiencing the joy and convenience of owning a larger bike, whether for work, carrying chi...
Housebuilders throw support behind Labour as Conservatives ‘bow to Nimbyism’
Open City - February 01, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Sahiba spoke to Pooja Agrawal. Pooja is an architect, chief executive of Public Practice, and a trustee of Open City. // Housebuilders throw support behind Labour as Conservatives ‘bow to Nimbyism’ // Fresh plans submitted for London tower set to be joint-tallest in Europe // Channel ...
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