Recent podcast episodes
- Season 3
- Episode 5
- 26 September 2023
- Architecture
Buildings offer shelter. Good architecture does more: it is a form of care for the mind and spirit. So how do we ensure sustainable equitable care for everyone, all social and emotional needs included?
- Season 3
- Episode 4
- 12 September 2023
- Architecture
There is wisdom in the vernacular. But does this knowledge offer something more than feel-good nostalgia? Are traditional buildings models for low-impact architecture that must be emulated?
- Season 3
- Episode 3
- 29 August 2023
- Manufacturing
As we aim to ‘do good’, we often wrestle with what to buy. Which materials are less harmful to the planet? But can a product also be net positive? Could manufacturing help reverse global warming?
- Season 3
- Episode 2
- 15 August 2023
- Construction, Governance, Practice
We need a transformational shift: a rethink of the way we work, the goals we set, the processes we deploy. But how should we push forward? Who can help us get to where we need to be?
- Season 3
- Episode 5
- 26 September 2023
- Architecture
Buildings offer shelter. Good architecture does more: it is a form of care for the mind and spirit. So how do we ensure sustainable equitable care for everyone, all social and emotional needs included?
- Season 3
- Episode 4
- 12 September 2023
- Architecture
There is wisdom in the vernacular. But does this knowledge offer something more than feel-good nostalgia? Are traditional buildings models for low-impact architecture that must be emulated?
- Season 3
- Episode 3
- 29 August 2023
- Manufacturing
As we aim to ‘do good’, we often wrestle with what to buy. Which materials are less harmful to the planet? But can a product also be net positive? Could manufacturing help reverse global warming?
Recent blog posts
- Krushi Bhawan
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 25 September 2023
Krushi Bhawan is a government complex in Bhubaneswar (Odisha, India) that defies the expectations of an office building morphology by letting the state’s rich cultural heritage seep through its site.
- Punggol Digital District
- Himani Naidu
- 21 September 2023
Punggol Digital District (PDD) is a large business park developed in the northeast part of Singapore in which architecture, nature and are all integrated assets of the masterplan.
- Puyangjiang River Corridor
- Himani Naidu
- 21 September 2023
Beijing firm Turenscape has restored the heavily polluted Puyangjiang River in eastern China and turned its banks into an alluring park, crisscrossed by an elevated network of colourful sinuous boardwalks.
- Krushi Bhawan
- Mrinmayee Bhoot
- 25 September 2023
Krushi Bhawan is a government complex in Bhubaneswar (Odisha, India) that defies the expectations of an office building morphology by letting the state’s rich cultural heritage seep through its site.
- Punggol Digital District
- Himani Naidu
- 21 September 2023
Punggol Digital District (PDD) is a large business park developed in the northeast part of Singapore in which architecture, nature and are all integrated assets of the masterplan.
- Puyangjiang River Corridor
- Himani Naidu
- 21 September 2023
Beijing firm Turenscape has restored the heavily polluted Puyangjiang River in eastern China and turned its banks into an alluring park, crisscrossed by an elevated network of colourful sinuous boardwalks.
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Recommended podcast episodes
- Season 3
- Trailer
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- Architecture, Urbanism
The climate crisis is here. Extreme weather is perturbing all lives rapidly across the world. How should buildings and cities respond? Should action be rooted in science or vernacular know-how? Or maybe both?
- Season 2
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- Construction, Governance, Practice
We need a transformational shift: a rethink of the way we work, the goals we set, the processes we deploy. But how should we push forward? Who can help us get to where we need to be?
- Season 3
- Episode 4
- 12 September 2023
- Architecture
There is wisdom in the vernacular. But does this knowledge offer something more than feel-good nostalgia? Are traditional buildings models for low-impact architecture that must be emulated?
- Season 3
- Trailer
- 25 July 2023
- Architecture, Urbanism
The climate crisis is here. Extreme weather is perturbing all lives rapidly across the world. How should buildings and cities respond? Should action be rooted in science or vernacular know-how? Or maybe both?
- Season 2
- Episode 2
- 14 February 2023
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What is a high-performing building? Do the two yardsticks of performance — efficiency and well-being — complement each other? If there are trade-offs, how do we prioritise?