There used to be nothing around Wembley stadium, but Quintain has been changing that. Wembley Park is their project to transform 85 acres of city. Quintain chief executive Angus Dodd shows us around and explains why they switched to private rental in 2015 and how the alternative would have been disastrous

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After the London Olympics were over, two giant sheds were left on the Olympic Park - the former Press and Broadcast Centres. There was scepticism when it was announced that Delancey was going to make these redundant hangars into a technology innovation centre. For one, it's not the easiest place to reach – but now when you arrive, you’ll find a campus with character and a fascinating mix of tenants, from upstart start-ups to Ford, from UCL’s robotics lab to fashion e-and soon, an outpost of the V&A museum. In this podcast, Gavin Poole, chief executive of Here East and Joy Nazzari, founding director of brand consultancy dn&co to discuss the journey from shed to destination workspace

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Menno Schilthuizen, evolutionary biologist, describes why pigeons are changing the colour of their feathers, why blackbirds sing earlier in the morning, and how supporting greater biodiversity by design would support the human animal, too

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Karen Livingstone, Director of Masterplan and Estate for the Science Museum Group, talks about the vision for York 2025, a new historic quarter for Manchester and the trouble with London’s Exhibition Road in this discussion about the role of the museum in the city

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A special recording of the Urbanisation forum on Connectivity, hosted by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce at Google's UK headquarters in King's Cross. Speakers include Simon Dixon, Deloitte's Global Transportation Leader; Jon Simpson, Google's Smart Building Technical Lead; Max Ryerson, CEO & Chief Digital Strategist at StratForce; Geoffrey Palmer, Sweco's Director of Buildings; Transport for London's Iain Macbeth, Head of Foresight and Linda Thiel, Director of the London Studio of White Arkitekter

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When Barking and Dagenham’s development arm, BeFirst, appointed White Arkitekter to redesign the Gascoigne East estate, the practice’s Swedish roots were a contributing factor. In this podcast, London studio director Linda Thiel describes how they are taking a Scandinavian walkable and open approach to the regeneration of an East London estate.

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“Cities are defined by their buildings,” says Simon Silver, Director at Derwent London. “It worries me as a Londoner when I see buildings that are soul-less. How did they win planning? How did they get through?” While they are not known for placemaking per se, wherever you stand in Fitzrovia, you are spitting distance from a Derwent London building. With a portfolio of 5.5m square feet, 98 per cent of which is in Central London, Silver has a strong sense of how buildings contribute to the fabric of place.Silver talks about materiality, soul-less glass towers, and how buildings should speak to each other, not just stand silently shoulder to shoulder

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King's Cross Central is the most successful regeneration project in the UK, recognised for its dynamism and quality of environment. Just over halfway through this mammoth 67 acre development, Robert Evans, partner at developer Argent, responds to recent criticism that King's Cross is too clean and too safe, explores the question of value, estate management, edge conditions and the challenge of making a place for everyone.

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We look at the city through the lens of neuroscience with Araceli Camargo, cognitive neuroscientist and lab director of The Centric Lab, with consultancy director Josh Artus on applications in the built environment

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Liverpool Waters is a huge dockland development that consists of five neighbourhoods, two ferry terminals and the Everton football club will transform the waterfront over the next 20 years. Controversial with UNESCO, who has threatened to withdraw the city's Heritage Site status on the basis of the development, in this podcast we talk to Ian Pollitt of Peel about their plans for this mammoth site.

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