http://shoptalk.london PODCAST produced by World Architecture News en-uk http://shoptalk.london http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/images/ShopTalk_London_ArtCover_1400px.png PODCAST produced by World Architecture News 1400 1400 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Anthony_Wood.mp3 Two must-go-to events are approaching; the Council for Tall Buildings conference in Dubai on PolyCentric cities and WAN’s Reclaiming the Streets Symposium in London. Both events seek to exploit the opportunities being created by new technology and to share knowledge and visions for safer, cleaner, more efficient cities. But are these visions compatible? We ask Antony Wood, CEO of the Council for Tall Buildings whether the future is in the sky or in the street..? Shop Talk Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:26:47 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_TOM_KUNDIG2.mp3 Today’s guest is Tom Kundig, founding partner at Seattle based Olson Kundig. His firm has recently won the WAN AWARDS Tall building award with a project in South Korea. In this episode, we chart the firm’s string of successes from 2010 when they won the House of the Year Award with a unique concrete house on a hillside. Shop Talk Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:30:49 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Andre_Kikowski.mp3 In our latest Shop Talk podcast WAN’s Editor in Chief Michael Hammond talks to New York based architect Andre Kikoski at the New London Architecture Centre in central London… “We’re doing a new project in China. To get on a plane and emerge in China is so powerful. You realise that the world is as big or as small as we make it and that design has the power to cross borders and transcend time and space.” Commenting on the Hudson Yards development in New York Andre said: “It’s the single largest private development in US history, a staggering amount of square footage. Our client at Hudson Yards said ‘we challenge you to show us something we’ve never seen before.'” Andre was shortlisted for WAN’s 21/21 initiative three years in row. In addition his practice was shortlisted for the restaurant and bar category for WAN’s sister brand World Interiors News and Andre is a WAN Awards judge this year. Nick Myall News editor Shop Talk Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:20:25 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_C40_KIRSTEN_STEPHANO.mp3 We catch up with Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate KIC in the Netherlands and Stefano Boeri the Milan architect successfully pioneering vertical city forests in Italy. Shop Talk Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:30:26 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Nakheel.mp3 In this unusual programme we explore Dubai through the eyes of Sanjay Manchanda CEO of Nakheel. This burgeoning city has enabled many architects to realise some of the world’s most incredible projects. Projects that otherwise would have gathered dust in the filing cabinet most architecture firms have. “Unbuilt” Listen to Sanjay talking about Zaha’s Opus project and his open invitation to architects “bring us your dreams”… Shop Talk Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:52:46 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_LMN_Architects_SVD.mp3 In this episode, we meet Stephen Van Dyke of LMN Architects. Stephen talks to us about the pioneering spirit that still exists in his home town. A spirit that has attracted commercial giants to this small, former frontier town jammed up in the far NorthWest corner of the USA? Shop Talk Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:28:22 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Gustafson_Porter_Bowman_v3.mp3 In this episode, we visit the North London studio of Gustafson Porter + Bowman and talk to directors Neil Porter and Mary Bowman about the role of Landscape Architecture in tomorrow’s cities. Shop Talk Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:24:53 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_C40_Reinventing_Cities.mp3 In this episode, we talk to Mark Watts from C40 to discusses an ambitious initiative by Climate group C40 involving an incredible 49 sites in 19 cities creating a series of unique opportunities for architects to engage with city leaders and make a difference. Shop Talk Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:02:38 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/150_SHOPTALK_HOK_Workplace.mp3 Shoptalk’s Michael Hammond interviews Gordon Wright, Senior Vice President, Director of Workplace Global, HOK about their recently published report, The New Financial Workplace. Shop Talk Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:47:24 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Third_Nature_Climate_Tile_v2.mp3 In this episode we meet Flemming Rafn Thomsen and Jeppe Ecklon from Tredje Natur (Third Nature) a Danish firm who are pioneering a possible solution to the growing problem of urban flash flooding. In the next 30 minutes our guests take us underground in Copenhagen to explain how their innovative concept, the Climate Tile, works. Along the way, we talk about monster rain, floating car parks, the battle for square metres in our cities and coffee shops. Shop Talk Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:42:46 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Lance_Josal_v2.mp3 When we start preparing these programmes, we have a pretty good idea of the story or person we want to present. Well that’s the plan anyway. We’re talking to architects of course, so anything can and often does happen. So it was with today’s guest that as the interview progressed, a whole new narrative started to evolve, one that could or should ring twin alarm bells of danger and opportunity to every practising architect. We expect this episode to spark some thought provoking discussions about the very future of architecture, if you want to comment, we’d love to hear from you just email us on studio@shoptalk.london or tweet us on @WANShopTalk The music selected by Lance is Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Theme. “Architects are always looking for Utopia.” We start with a small boy in Fargo North Dakota helping his father on a construction site… stick with it, its an amazing story. His name is Lance Josal by the way. Shop Talk Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:52:06 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Deyan_Sudjic_Design_Museum_v2.mp3 WAN’s Michael Hammond talk to Deyan Sudjic, Director of London’s Design Museum about the ten year quest to find a new building that would showcase the UK’s design industry, connect with and draw from the past but also provide a platform and a base for the next generation of designers to learn, draw inspiration and drive forward the UK’s role as a leader in this field. Key facts: The Design Museum's new £83-million London home by John Pawson and OMA opened in November 2016 at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. Dutch architecture practice OMA worked with London firm Allies and Morrison, and Arup engineers to restore the shell of the 1960s Grade II*-listed building in west London. Shop Talk Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:49:22 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Ollie_Spragley.mp3 London’s housing market is under relentless pressure and homes are becoming ever more unaffordable, pricing out some of the key demographics that the city so desperately needs to keep growing. Enter The Collective, a new concept for the UK aimed squarely at young professionals, bridging the gap between University and family homes, the Collective is taking the market by storm and becoming a property flagship of the sharing economy. We talk to Ollie Spragley, Planning and Design Manager about how Co-housing is challenging the market and the planning system. Shop Talk Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:45:30 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/WAN_THIS_WEEK_Richard_Rogers.mp3 This year marks the 40th anniversary of the completion of the Pompidou Centre in Paris, designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. Shop Talk Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:44:32 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Chris_Darling.mp3 Demand in the London property market is rocketing which is making it difficult and in some cases impossible for key workers to get a foot on the property ladder. Some commentators are now predicting a perfect storm as financial, social, planning and technology sectors align creating a building boom to meet this demand. This is good news for the housing gap but will architects get moved further down the chain of influence in the rush to build high volume housing projects? Here, WAN Editor in Chief, Michael Hammond talks to Chris Darling of Darling Associates who responds to the recent Government White Paper on Housing… Shop Talk Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:33:46 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Peter_Murray_v6.mp3 Today’s guest is one of the best known figures on the London Architecture circuit. His journey through the world of architecture started at the age of seven. Now in his seventies, his joint passions for cycling and the built environment have been harnessed in a relentless campaign to reconfigure the streets of London and provide a vision for cleaning up transport in our cities. Incredibly, Peter Murray has never practised architecture. In our exclusive interview, Peter explains how he manages to influence design through communication. Shop Talk Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:06:03 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Russell_Acton.mp3 September 2016 saw the completion of the world’s tallest mass wood structure: Brock Commons at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the beautiful city of Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. The structure is a hybrid system of CLT floor slabs, glulam columns, steel connectors and a concrete core. It stands at 18 storeys and 53m high – the maximum height permitted on campus. This stage of construction was completed four months ahead of schedule, and took under 70 days. The focus is now on the interiors, which are scheduled for completion in May 2017. The building will house 404 students. Michael Hammond, WAN’s Editor in Chief, recently spoke to Russell Acton, Principal at Vancouver-based Acton Ostry Architects who were the brains behind the building, in close collaboration with structural engineer Fast + Epp, tall wood advisor Architekten Hermann Kaufmann of Austria, and Structurlam in Penticton BC. Shop Talk Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:50:23 +0000 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_UKCW16_Concrete_v2.mp3 Last Wednesday, World Architecture News hosted a fascinating panel discussion at UK Construction Week on the hot topic of the day: concrete. Chairing the discussion was Michael Hammond, WAN’s Editor in Chief, and sharing thought-provoking observations and opinion from the panel were experts in the field, Simon Anson, Associate at Arup Associates; Robert Fry, Managing Director – International of Aukett Swanke Architects; Jason Parker, Partner at MAKE Architects, and Elaine Toogood, Senior Architect at The Concrete Centre. Shop Talk Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:55:29 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_UKCW16_Infrastructure.mp3 Now that the dust is finally settling after the whirlwind that was UK Construction Week in Birmingham last week, we’ve had the chance to take stock of some of the fascinating encounters and discussions we experienced at the show. High on the list is a panel discussion hosted by World Architecture News on Tuesday 18th October on the vast topic of ‘Inspirational Infrastructure’. Shop Talk Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:29:46 +0100 World Architecture News http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/media/SHOPTALK_Crossrail.mp3 Michael Hammond goes underground to speak to two of the protagonists of the biggest construction project in Europe about the architectural and engineering challenges involved when building on such a massive scale When we describe Crossrail as a ‘big’ project, that’s something of an understatement. Now 75% complete, Crossrail, the UK’s largest ever rail infrastructure project, will comprise 42 km of new tunnels, 10 brand new stations and improvements to 30 other existing ones on the new Elizabeth Line. Once complete in 2019, a fleet of 66 trains of 200m long (that’s the length of two football pitches) will carry an estimated 200 million passengers a year. The route will run from Shenfield to the east of London to Reading to the west of the capital, also providing an all-important rail link to Heathrow Airport. The project will generate around 55,000 new jobs, 57,000 new homes, 3.25 million sq ft of new shops and offices, £42 billion for the UK economy, with a 10% increase to London’s rail capacity. With the approach of UK Construction Week (which opens today in Birmingham) Michael was keen to talk infrastructure. He was fortunate enough to get together with Julian Robinson, Head of Architecture at Crossrail, and Oliver Tyler, Partner at WilkinsonEyre – the architects responsible for the impressive design of the new Liverpool Street Station on the Elizabeth Line. For such a colossal project to be running on time and on budget is a Herculean achievement by anyone’s standards. Michael asks Julian what the secrets to the success story that is Crossrail are (the answer is in the podcast). And on a purely pragmatic level, Michael also enquires as to how all the construction materials and equipment are physically transported to their destination below the ground. In turn, Oliver discusses the way in which the various architects appointed to Crossrail have had to think ‘volume’ rather than ‘envelope’ when designing cathedral-like underground spaces with a ‘wow’ factor. Michael also asks how much individual expression versus corporate identity WilkinsonEyre has been allowed at Liverpool Street in terms of the architecture. It’s a very interesting reply, but you’ll have to tune in to the podcast to hear it! Shop Talk Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:11:34 +0100