Latest Urban design Podcast Episodes
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...
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 ...
State Housing Policy in Oregon and the 2024 Legislative Session
Better Planners Podcast - January 29, 2024 14:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome back to Better Planners podcast in 2024! We're starting the year off with a big one on state housing policy in Oregon, what to expect for the 2024 legislative session, and how planners and other allied professions can participate in the public process at the state level. We talk a lot ab...
Reestablishing the link between housing and health
Open City - January 25, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Merlin spoke to the architect and co-founder of the Stirling Prize-winning practice Haworth Tompkins, Graham Haworth. // Calls for a Royal Commission into housing and health as 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes // A new wave of multistorey industrial developments transforming...
Bonus Lecture: Savannah
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:03 - 44 minutesSponsored by Historical Concepts & ESRI. Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUfnBc0jaE Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 39: New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:03 - 58 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRJbrIWQOk Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 38: Edge Cities and the Crisis of the Object
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:03 - 56 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIbPQwU4eY Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 37: Equity, Race, and Place
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:03 - 1 hourWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLxv-6_HJM Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 36: Expansion of the Regulatory Framework
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:03 - 14 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t78HkrNYmvs Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 34: Block, Superblock, & Space of Flow
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:02 - 52 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB08BrmgGD4 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 30: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 2
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:02 - 1 hourWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhKd-OOq5HM Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 29: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 1
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:02 - 51 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn7TDE-gcVg Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
Lecture 27: The City of the Dreadful Night
Doug Allen's History of Urban Form - January 24, 2024 19:02 - 46 minutesWatch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxIOZiYSuRg Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation! To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.
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