Episodes

  • Detailer 13 - Tyler Goodwin

    Detailer 13 - Tyler Goodwin
    Dec 27 2024
    David catches up with developer Tyler Goodwin of Seaforth Land to talk about how 'profit' shouldn't be a dirty word, 'brutal' market conditions for retrofit and affordable, working in Canada and the Far East, the love and care that has gone into his latest creation - the revitalised Space House in central London, dubbed the coolest new building in London...and being a silversmith

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    51 mins
  • Detailer 12 - Leanne Tritton

    Detailer 12 - Leanne Tritton
    Dec 13 2024
    David catches up with Leanne Tritton in a sunny Hampstead Heath to chat about the PR firm she founded, ING, her upbringing in Australia, her campaigning for more toilets and less wasting of buildings, the bliss of gardening, being an 'itchy' 'doer' and repaying an old favour to her one-time Nepalese cleaner and childminder in her homeland

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    33 mins
  • Detailer 11 - Joe Morris

    Detailer 11 - Joe Morris
    Nov 29 2024
    'My name is Joe'. David catches up with Joe Morris to talk about the pressures of running an architecture business, education, veganism and having a restaurant (EDIT) as part of the Morris + Co family, bike building, circularity, sustainability, and how it all fits together. Also, how to make coffee from a carrot...

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    45 mins
  • Detailer 10 - Sadie Morgan

    Detailer 10 - Sadie Morgan
    Nov 15 2024
    David catches up with architect, move and shaker, and general force for good Sadie Morgan to talk design, infrastructure, Michael Heseltine, growing up on a commune, surviving cancer, falling off motorbikes, climbing Kilimanjaro, one-arm swimming - and having the most embarrassing accident at Heathrow airport...

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    35 mins
  • Detailer 9 - Giles Barrie

    Detailer 9 - Giles Barrie
    Nov 1 2024
    What's it like to interview Donald Trump? In the run-up to the US election, David talks to someone who has - renowned built environment journalist-turned PR at FTI, Giles Barrie. Giles describes how he secured a one-to-one with 'The Donald' and how Trump even phoned him up after he got back to the UK - along with his thoughts on the UK property scene, journalism, prospects for growth, post-Budget - and even Charlton Athletic.

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    30 mins
  • Detailer 8 - Nick Searl

    Detailer 8 - Nick Searl
    Oct 18 2024
    David catches up with developer, runner, cyclist and all-round-good-egg Nick Searl on Brighton seafront to discuss the secrets of good places, turning 60, leaving Related Argent, King's Cross, Brent Cross, leaving time for new experiences, working in Thailand, Club Peloton - and doing hundreds of press-ups on a sleeper train...

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    44 mins
  • Detailer 7 - Richard Upton

    Detailer 7 - Richard Upton
    Oct 4 2024
    David goes to the pub with inspirational developer Richard Upton. But not just any pub - the Bell in Ticehurst, which Richard is 'looking after' for the next 40 years or so, and whose make-up distils so many of the principles he believes in to make the world a better place

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    49 mins
  • Detailer 6 - Stella Ioannou

    Detailer 6 - Stella Ioannou
    Sep 17 2024
    David catches up with Stella Ioannou, the powerhouse curator of Sculpture in the City, the celebration of all things public art in London's Square Mile. Stella chats about how she selects artists, the pressures of getting the works shown, the power of public art has on passers-by, plastic bags in trees, giant golden paper bags, gorillas, how people are more accustomed to artworks in the Instagram age, and the parallels between her past as a dancer, and artworks in the city.

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    35 mins