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Latest Episodes
Poster perfect
Despite the growth of digital displays in public places, printed posters remain surprisingly ubiquitous. We visit a new museum dedicated to the art. Plus: we hear from the head of Gensler and Helsinki’s deputy mayor.
Landscape design: Roberto Burle Marx
We visit the New York Botanical Garden’s horticultural tribute to the Brazilian modernist landscaper. Plus: we meet Tony Fadell at the Starmus science and arts festival and speak to the president of architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Shelter from the Storm
How is London tackling homelessness – and what role can architects and designers play? In an extended roundtable discussion, we speak to the team behind the UK capital’s only non-government funded free homeless shelter.
Big Insights: Woods Bagot
To kick off our Big Insights series, we speak to the CEO of architecture firm Woods Bagot about his priorities, hopes and preoccupations. Plus: we look at Berlin’s playgrounds and find out how design can provide dignity in old age.
Redesigning the hotel
Can technology lead to more humane hospitality? We visit Toronto’s The Annex Hotel to find out why they think it can. Plus: The Woolmark Company’s latest collaboration with Prada, and designer Philippe Malouin on the future of office furniture.
Manifestos: architecture of the future
Can a manifesto change the world? In truth there are probably quicker ways but that didn’t stop the London Festival of Architecture and the Design Museum commissioning 10 young London-based practices to compose one each. We hear them out.
What’s next for Notre Dame?
Tears fell as the spire of Paris’s most famous cathedral crumbled – but should Notre Dame be rebuilt as it was? Josh Fehnert asks professor Alan Dunlop whether it’s best to reuse or redo. Plus: our verdict on the TWA hotel in New York and a word with Maruni art…
Restoring Cuba
Havana celebrates its 500th birthday this year and some of its buildings are beginning to show their age. Restoration and reuse are proving challenging – but also rewarding, as Lucinda Elliott reports. Plus a word with the CEO of Rapt Studio and a Victorian renovation project in London.
Book covers: turning the page
We find out from our favourite designers what makes a book fly off the shelves and Josh Fehnert and Chiara Rimella ask if it’s okay to judge books by their covers. Plus: EU election logos and how design influences the ballots.
Cities of the future
What will our cities look like in 2050? We ask an architect and urban planner to answer just that. Plus: a listed building comes of age in London, and part one of our series on office furniture and the changing world of the workplace.
