Flower power! David catches up with Luke Tozer to talk about his latest creation to (beatifully) aid cycling safety - the Tulip Cycle Wands - now being trialled in Westminster, and the latest on his practice's crusade with others in the Architects' Action for Affordable Housing

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To the Max - David visits the Homegrown Club to catch up with Max Farrell and talk about the LDN Collective, market conditions, storytelling, the pressures and benefits of working for your famous architect father, and the enduring legacies of the Farrell Review

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David catches up with care homes owner, Everest-scaler, Atlantic rower and Marathon des Sables runner extraordinaire Linda Blakely to find out what makes her tick - and what's next on her remarkable bucket list of charity fundraising adventures

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David catches up with Del Hossain - architect, design professor, recruitment and careers guru, coach, mentor, clinical hypnotherapist, amateur boxer and all round good egg, to talk through life, the universe and everything - and why 'mum architects' are the best in the business

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David catches up with artist, curator and architectural teacher Alicia Pivaro to talk about her decision to voyage to the Arctic to try to help change the world, the empowering sides to the menopause, design on TV, bad housing, community consultation and grass roots power, cold water swimming, Bond girls - and pink muck boots

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David catches up with Stephen O'Malley, chief executive of engineering firm Civic at property conference MIPIM in Cannes to talk about his experiences of the bike ride there from London, growth of the practice, system thinking, post-riots Dublin, Manchester, housing, joinery, the 'patchy' market - and architects living with cows in a barn for a month...

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David meets Tom Larsson of developer Grow Places, who is aiming to add sensitively to the delicate ecosystem around the Truman Brewery and Brick Lane, retaining the spirit and energy of the area and taking the local community with him on the journey. Tom talks about his path from architecture to development, heritage, all-night raves, horses, coffee, podcasts as consultation, the perils of gentrification - and his early inspiration from a two-inch powerball...

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Power player! David catches up with Gordon Adams - the man who went from his family farm in Australia to ultimately spending12 years as head of planning and cultural affairs at Battersea Power Station Development Company, shepherding the £10 billion project through from the building's derelict state to today - and even accommodating some peregrine falcons as its illustrious residents

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David catches up with Professor Yolande Barnes of The Bartlett to tap into her future-leaning expertise - and neurodivergance - in predicting property changes as they affect markets, offices, cities - and the way we work, live and play

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Dome truths - David catches up with Tim Pyne, who came to notoriety chiefly by designing four of the zones in the Millennium Dome saga and is now one of the leading figures in net zero thinking as the creator of the Footprint show. Listen in for an entertaining romp through his career, design, sailing his boat for 10 years...and fox flaps!

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