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S3 Ep2: In conversation with Jennie Daly
May 14, 2024

Home Truths Episode 2: In violent agreement Jenny Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, appears in today’s episode of Building Talk’s latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill. Daly started her

S3 Ep1: Home Truths: In conversation with Peter Freeman
May 07, 2024

Home Truths Episode 1: The Swiss Army knifePeter Freeman, chair of Homes England, is the guest in todays first episode of Building Talks latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill. Freeman, who

S3: Home Truths trailer: A radical rethink for housebuilding
April 30, 2024

Home Truths is the Building Talks podcast series taking a deep dive into the housing crisis. Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill talk to high profile guests about the need for a radical rethink of housebuilding in this pivotal election year.

S2 Ep5: Building Talks... 180 years of history (bonus episode with former editors)
December 12, 2023

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Building Talks podcast.As you may know, Building Magazine is 180 years old this year - having launched as The Builder back in 1843.In this special one-off episode, we celebrate by going back to the not-too-

S2 Ep4: Building Talks... Creating Communities - Episode 4: An interview with Anna Mansfield at Publica
December 05, 2023

Our guest in episode 4 of Building Talks Creating Communities is Anna Mansfield, a director at the research-based urban design consultancy Publica.Anna initially thought she wanted to be a fashion designer, but found her way into architecture, and from

S2 Ep3: Building Talks... Creating Communities - Episode 3: An interview with David Rudlin at BDP
November 28, 2023

Our guest in episode 3 of Building Talks Creating Communities is David Rudlin, urban design director at BDP. David is one of the UKs leading urban designers and planning experts. He began his career as a town planner andis a big supporter of the idea

S2 Ep2: Building Talks... Creating Communities - Episode 2: An interview with Selina Mason at Lendlease
November 21, 2023

Our guest in episode 2 of Building Talks Creating Communities is Selina Mason, director of masterplanning and strategic design at Lendlease.Selina has been at the heart of debates around urban design and how we build better cities for the last two dec

S2 Ep1: Building Talks… Creating Communities – Episode 1: An interview with Jo Wright at Perkins & Will
November 14, 2023

Welcome to Building Talks Creating Communities.New developments can face massive local opposition, attacked for poor design, a lack of public services, and low quality civic space.These are the challenges we'll be tackling in season 2 of the Buildi

6: Building Talks... Net Zero - Episode 6: Materials matter: How to use concrete and steel responsibly in buildings
November 29, 2021

Episode 6 of our Building Talks Net Zero podcast is a bumper edition as it's the last in the current series. We talk to the engineering firm Webb Yates about key construction materials: Anna Beckett and Tom Webster explain the potential to reuse or recycl

5: Building Talks... Net Zero - Episode 5: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
November 22, 2021

Episode 5 of our Building Talks Net Zero podcast series features an interview with Ben Houchen, Tees Valley mayor, on his ambitions to make the region a hub for the governments so-called green industrial revolution.Houchen is a strong advocate for hyd