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It’s not everyday that you hear a success story that’s changing the face of our cities.In this podcast we speak with David Basulto, founder and editor in chief of Archdaily to hear his personal story. David and his partner grew the most widely read architecture website in the world; 300 000 daily readers and about 70 million page views per month. I…
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Vernon Collis tenaciously questions how we see and do things as architects and engineers. We spoke with him about his fierce and thorough inquiry of his own views and those of the building industry. Vernon Collis has developed an integrated design consultancy that specialises in resource efficient, sustainable design for developing countries. His m…
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Péter Pozsár, Orsi Janota and the core team from Hello Wood are reshaping architectural education as you read this. We spoke with them about their cutting edge approach and future visions.During their week-long Summer University in the beautiful Hungarian countryside near Budapest, students from around the globe connect, learn, laugh, party, create…
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Listen to this motivating story of a sculptor who takes action on his insights.Known for his remarkably intricate plant sculptures, Nic Bladen is an acclaimed South African jeweller and sculptor. His dream is to create complete libraries of plant sculptures, which preserve and record the biodiversity and beauty of different plant landscapes for fut…
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Listen to this uplifting story of how one woman's resourceful creativity has created a thriving business that a community of women and their families can depend on.Doron Shaltiel from Quazi Design innovates with up-cycled waste paper magazines to create beautiful design pieces, jewellery, interiors and lighting. Based in Swaziland, all their produc…
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Listen to the unusual journey of this top end furniture maker. It's as dynamic and original as the furniture itself. David Tragen creates bespoke and limited edition furniture, sculpture and lighting as well as offering short woodworking courses from his rural Cheshire workshop in the UK. The career path of a freelancer, like David, is often very d…
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