Detailer
Episodes
Detailer 38 - Pete Swift
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David travels to Manchester's Mayfield project to catch up with landscape architect Pete Swift and chew the fat about 'Cyan Lines' and all things blue...
Detailer 37 - Xavier Brice
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Xavier Brice, CEO of the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, to discuss his role in creating London's cycle superhighways, road pricing, pos...
Detailer 36 - Arthur Kay
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Detailer 35 - Luka Vukotic
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Detailer 34 - Rob Heasman
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 throu...
Detailer 33 - Muyiwa Oki
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Detailer 32 - Sam McClary
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Detailer 31 - Peter Barber (edit)
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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' w...
Detailer 30 - Alicia Pivaro: part 2
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 life...
Detailer 29 - Ab Rogers
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 lat...
Detailer 28 - Basil Demeroutis
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David travels to TBC.London overlooking Tower Bridge to catch up with its developer, Basil Demeroutis of Fore Partnership. Basil talks about how ESG i...
Detailer 27 - Roger Madelin
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 reg...
Detailer 26 - Sue Brown
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 prope...
Detailer 25 - Robert Gordon Clark
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David travels to Ealing to catch up with Robert Gordon Clark - PR guru, London commentator, actor, and theatre company owner - and chat about the dram...
Detailer 24 - Luke Tozer
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flower power! David catches up with Luke Tozer to talk about his latest creation to (beatifully) aid cycling safety - the Tulip Cycle Wands - now bein...
Detailer 23 - Max Farrell
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To the Max - David visits the Homegrown Club to catch up with Max Farrell and talk about the LDN Collective, market conditions, storytelling, the pres...
Detailer 22 - Linda Blakely
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with care homes owner, Everest-scaler, Atlantic rower and Marathon des Sables runner extraordinaire Linda Blakely to find out what ma...
Detailer 21 - Del Hossain
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Del Hossain - architect, design professor, recruitment and careers guru, coach, mentor, clinical hypnotherapist, amateur boxer a...
Detailer 20 - Alicia Pivaro
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Detailer 19 - Stephen O'Malley
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Stephen O'Malley, chief executive of engineering firm Civic at property conference MIPIM in Cannes to talk about his experiences...
Detailer 18 - Tom Larsson
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Detailer 17 - Gordon Adams
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 planni...
Detailer 16 - Professor Yolande Barnes
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Professor Yolande Barnes of The Bartlett to tap into her future-leaning expertise - and neurodivergance - in predicting property...
Detailer 15 - Tim Pyne
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dome truths - David catches up with Tim Pyne, who came to notoriety chiefly by designing four of the zones in the Millennium Dome saga and is now one ...
Detailer 14 - Hanif Kara
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life is a rollercoaster - David catches up with celebrated engineer Hanif Kara OBE of AKTII to talk through his life and early designs of rollercoaste...
Detailer 13 - Tyler Goodwin
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with developer Tyler Goodwin of Seaforth Land to talk about how 'profit' shouldn't be a dirty word, 'brutal' market conditions for re...
Detailer 12 - Leanne Tritton
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Leanne Tritton in a sunny Hampstead Heath to chat about the PR firm she founded, ING, her upbringing in Australia, her campaigni...
Detailer 11 - Joe Morris
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'My name is Joe'. David catches up with Joe Morris to talk about the pressures of running an architecture business, education, veganism and having a r...
Detailer 10 - Sadie Morgan
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with architect, move and shaker, and general force for good Sadie Morgan to talk design, infrastructure, Michael Heseltine, growing u...
Detailer 9 - Giles Barrie
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like to interview Donald Trump? In the run-up to the US election, David talks to someone who has - renowned built environment journalist-tur...
Detailer 8 - Nick Searl
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with developer, runner, cyclist and all-round-good-egg Nick Searl on Brighton seafront to discuss the secrets of good places, turning...
Detailer 7 - Richard Upton
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David goes to the pub with inspirational developer Richard Upton. But not just any pub - the Bell in Ticehurst, which Richard is 'looking after' for t...
Detailer 6 - Stella Ioannou
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with Stella Ioannou, the powerhouse curator of Sculpture in the City, the celebration of all things public art in London's Square Mil...
Detailer 5 - Steve Edge
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Edge is a 'prophet, madman, wanderer'. That's what it says on his business card, but he's also a brilliant story-teller, designer and branding g...
Detailer 4 - Louise Rodgers
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David catches up with PR-turned-writer and coach Louise Rodgers to talk about all things coaching, including how to frame the right questions, dealing...
Detailer 3 - Rob Fiehn
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
London Society director, Negroni Talks organiser, Site and Sound film series co-curator, 'collaborative' PR person, campaigner, and interlocutor betwe...
Detailer 2 - Pat Brown
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I chat with legendary 'convener', connector and city thinker Pat Brown about her musical past in Liverpool, mixing it with Julian Cope...
Detailer 1 - William Murray
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Detailer, I talk to William Murray, co-founder of MurrayTwohig, about his firm's 'non-parasitic' approach to placemaking, why...
Detailer - trailer
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this show, I - David Taylor - will be delving into the lives of friends old and new across the built environment professions, and finding out what ...