The Developer podcast
Episodes
The new Wembley Park: Building a community for renters
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There used to be nothing around Wembley stadium, but Quintain has been changing that. Wembley Park is their project to transform 85 acres of city. Qui...
How they put Here East on the map
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After the London Olympics were over, two giant sheds were left on the Olympic Park - the former Press and Broadcast Centres. There was scepticism when...
What can we learn from the rapid evolution of urban animals?
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Menno Schilthuizen, evolutionary biologist, describes why pigeons are changing the colour of their feathers, why blackbirds sing earlier in the mornin...
"It's not going to be a Bilbao iconic thing"
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Livingstone, Director of Masterplan and Estate for the Science Museum Group, talks about the vision for York 2025, a new historic quarter for Ma...
BONUS EPISODE: The Urbanisation Forum at Google HQ
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special recording of the Urbanisation forum on Connectivity, hosted by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce at Google's UK headquarters in King's Cross. ...
Estate regeneration the Scandi way
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Barking and Dagenham’s development arm, BeFirst, appointed White Arkitekter to redesign the Gascoigne East estate, the practice’s Swedish roo...
Buildings must speak to each other
13 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Cities are defined by their buildings,” says Simon Silver, Director at Derwent London. “It worries me as a Londoner when I see buildings that a...
King's Cross: "A work in progress"
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
King's Cross Central is the most successful regeneration project in the UK, recognised for its dynamism and quality of environment. Just over halfway ...
This is your brain on the city
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at the city through the lens of neuroscience with Araceli Camargo, cognitive neuroscientist and lab director of The Centric Lab, with consulta...
Exploring Liverpool Waters
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Liverpool Waters is a huge dockland development that consists of five neighbourhoods, two ferry terminals and the Everton football club will transform...
Curating retail at the new Television Centre
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At Stanhope's first residential development in White City, the hand-picked selection of restaurants were open before residents had even moved into the...
Playground or panopticon? Designing adulthood
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Playground design reflects the workforce we hope to create, the behaviour we hope to correct and the adult we aim to engineer. Anthropologist Nitasha ...
The secrets and barriers to child-friendly places
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Child-Friendly City movement gains traction, with cities eager to attract families, we discover how children are the generators of successful p...