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Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica
Episode 4: Anna Mansfield on the loss of shared spaces after covid and the importance of designing for the needs of women and young people
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Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with David Rudlin at BDP
Episode 3: David Rudlin talks about the importance of urban design and why planning needs to rediscover its capacity to create good quality places
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Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Selina Mason at Lendlease
Episode 2: Selina Mason talks about people-focused urbanism and the work she is doing on Birmingham’s Smithfield scheme
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Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Jo Wright at Perkins & Will
Episode 1: Jo Wright talks about the impact on her career of working in Berlin before the wall came down and designing for the long term
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Building Talks: our new podcast season all about urban design and creating communities
Tune into the Building Talks podcast from tomorrow to hear leading experts on how to deliver thriving communities and great places to live
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Growing into new markets: CPC Project Services’ Steve Mole explains his plans to diversify
Fresh from success at this year’s Building Awards, CPC Project Services’ managing partner tells Building about his vision for growth – and where he sees the firm operating in 10 years’ time
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Why have buildings become so boring? Thomas Heatherwick launches his campaign for change
In this exclusive interview, the Heatherwick Studio founder outlines the philosophy behind his mission to put the soul back into building design
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‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He wants to do things his own way.
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‘I love developing, contracting, designing’ – Gary Neville on his journey from pitch to property
With his £400m St Michael’s scheme finally underway, the former Manchester United star sits down with Daniel Gayne to discuss his real estate career
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‘I came back from maternity leave and didn’t have a desk’ How one CEO is using her experiences to help others
The boss of M&E consultant FHP believes opportunities for women are, finally, looking up – just don’t make them wear a pink hard hat
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‘Sometimes you pinch yourself.’ The boy from the Chester semi running €4bn Arcadis
Alan Brookes tells Dave Rogers more consolidation in the sector is inevitable, why we should just get on and build HS2 and singing for his supper
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They used to call me ‘sir’ on site: Buro Happold’s Sarah Prichard on her journey to the top
For International Women in Engineering Day, one of the sector’s only female MDs talks about tossing coins, working in the Middle East and where the sector goes from here
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Time for ministers to enforce boardroom diversity? Meet Lara Oyedele
Have we reached the point where diversity needs to be enforced through regulation? The CIH president thinks so
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5 minutes with … Riaz Dudhia at Nelsons
The commercial property solicitor would simplify and relax planning restrictions. He enjoys playing tennis and Italian food
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Expansion plans and adding value: Currie & Brown boss Alan Manuel points the way ahead
Currie & Brown is now owned by multi-national giant Dar Group and has ambitions to expand its turnover 50% by 2027 - here’s how
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5 minutes with … Lisa Gledhill at EcoWorld London
The firm’s managing director of development on balancing creativity with rigorous discipline, how the industry can improve its recruitment and her best-ever day as a Bradford City supporter
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In business with Rapleys’ Justin Tuckwell
In the past few years Rapleys’ income from building consultancy has increased 300%, catapulting the man behind it to managing partner of the whole firm
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‘The day I convince myself I know everything is the day I go’: an interview with Bam’s John Wilkinson
The firm’s well-travelled COO on margins, a changing industry and the Iron (Scunthorpe United to you and me)
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‘We’re the victims of short-term policy-making’: Interview with Jennie Daly
The chief executive of Taylor Wimpey thinks a national housing strategy is needed. Jennie Daly tells Joey Gardiner why housebuilders need to ‘repair’ their reputation
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Pushing forward the green agenda: Introba’s Brian Goldsmith and Doug Kerr
Source: Introba Introba’s new office in Holborn, designed by Dar Group stablemates Perkins + Will