
Building Our Future
Bert Broadhead & guests explore developing themes in innovation, technology & futurology in real estate and the built environment.
Episodes
38 episodes
Tim Panagos | How can IoT integrations help manage infection control in the built environment?
How can IoT integrations help manage infection control in the built environment?Tim is CTO of Microshare, creating smart facilities solutions for the built environment. He is in charge of the stra...
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Andrew McMullan | Masterplanning for wellness & designing homes for the young
How do we design buildings and places with wellness in mind? Do we need to reconsider residential design to reflect changing life priorities?Andrew Mcmullan is a British architect whose fresh and optimistic approach to design has helped ...
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33:49

Martha Weidmann | Transforming spaces into experiences with original art
Martha Weidmann is CEO and Co-Founder of Nine Dot Arts in Denver, Colorado. Nine Dot Arts is a consulting firm that not only curates inspirational art experiences, but also serves as an advocate for ...
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Katie Kasabilis | Innovation (in the workplace) by design
nnovation; everyone wants it but how can we help create it through urban and building design?Katie Kasabilis is an urbanist, architect and educator whose career has straddled the worlds of practice and academia. She is currently an assis...
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41:42

Pradyumna Pandit | Buildings With Minds of Their Own
What are “smart” buildings & how will they change the way we design, build and use our built environment?Pradyumna Pandit is the Vice President UK & Ireland of Digital Energy, a at Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energ...
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36:45

Nicholas Boys Smith | Building beautiful, building better
Nicholas Boys-Smith left a job in banking to set up Create Streets, a research institute that supports "community-led regeneration" and prioritises high-density, low-rise buildings over tower blocks. ...
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40:57

Dror Poleg | Rethinking Real Estate
How can we navigate technology’s impact on the world’s largest asset class?Dror Poleg is the author of Rethinking Real Estate and the Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology and...
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34:21

Andrea Pizziconi | Real estate as a catalyst for social change
Can real estate development deliver social justice?Andrea Pizziconi is a singer, songwriter and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Christie Company (a pioneer in affordable, mixe...
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38:59

Vanessa Hale | the changing shape of the real estate industry
Breaking down the barriers: the built environment in a post-digital world where sectors, silos and boundaries are increasingly blurred.Vanessa Hale is Director of Research at BNP Paribas Real Estate and brand-new, and youngest ever, chai...
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Mike Bristow | Can P2P lending boost UK housing production?
Can P2P lending boost housing delivery numbers by financially enabling SME house-builders? What does the P2P market need to learn from recent history to ensure a fair & transparent market of risk / reward for investors? Is technology the ri...
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36:31

Indy Johar | The Great Rotation and the Built Environment
What is the great rotation and how will it affect the built environment in the years to come?Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of Project 00 & Dark Mat...
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38:30

Ben Gleisner | How to shape the built environment by better understanding social & ethical preferences
Can technology help the built environment better reflect people’s changing social and ethical consumption choices?Ben is an economist, environmentalist and social entrepreneur. He has founded several businesses and charities, and worked ...
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Alexandra Steed | Building Better Cities through Landscape Architecture
How can well-designed landscape & public realm help create better cities for people?Alexandra is a chartered landscape architect in the UK, and also worked for a number of years in Canada where she was responsible for a series of inn...
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Charlie Wade | UK Managing Director, VTS
Charlie Wade is UK Managing director of PropTech giant, VTS. In their own words, VTS is the commercial real estate industry’s leading leasing and asset management platform. Landlords use VTS to maximise portfolio performance by transforming the...
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Mark Pilkington | Retail Therapy;Why the retail industry is broken - and what can be done to fix it
Is there really a Retail Apocalypse? Why is the retail industry in the state its in and how can property owners help to rebuild towards a brighter retail future? Mark Pilkington is author of the newly-released book,
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Savannah de Savary | Founder & CEO, Built-ID
Can technology nurture greater community engagement in the shape of develop projects and will this help “democratise” real estate? My guest today is Savannah de Savary, founder and CEO of Built-ID...
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Fiona Fletcher-Smith | Group Director of Development & Sales, L&Q
Building communities at the scale needed to meet the challenges of the UK’s housing shortage.In 2018, Fiona Fletcher-Smith left City Hall (where she was Executive Director of Development, Enterprise and Environment) to join
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Dr Lee Bofkin | Co-founder & CEO, Global Street Art
One man’s mission to live in painted cities; how can street art transform both buildings and communities?Holding a PhD in Evolutionary Mathematics from Cambridge, Lee was a former break-dancer with the Soul Mavericks Crew where he repres...
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34:05

Antony Slumbers | Founder, AntonySlumbers.com
What is Artificial Intelligence and how is about to reshape our approach to work? Will this mean that SpaceAsaService becomes the new normal for the build environment? Antony is a renowned speaker in the property world and a globall...
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Ros Pomeroy | Co-founder, Brainy Birdz
Do we give enough thought to the impact that the design and layout of our workplaces has on our individual & collective productivity & well-being? I delve into the world of workspace science to find the answers.Ros Pomeroy is a c...
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Justin Shee | Founder & CEO, The Kohab
Can we better serve our ageing population through a new model of inter-generational co-living?Justin Shee is the founder of The Kohab; a new inter-generational retirement living company, bringing o...
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30:37

Gemma John | Founder & Director, Human City
Can the application of traditional social sciences to big data help better tailor the future of the built environment to societal needs?Gemma John is an anthropologist, helping to influence urban planning and development.After ten...
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Gabrielle McMillan | CEO, Equiem
Can technology bridge the service gap between buildings with amenity & space-as-a-service?Gabrielle McMillan is the founding CEO of Equiem and has led the Equiem business and team from inc...
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Lara Marrero | Studio Director & Retail Practice Leader, Gensler
Are brand engagement & media overtaking transactions as the primary purpose of bricks-and-mortar retail? Where else in the build environment is brand influencing building design and utility?Lara Marerro is a Studio Director & Retail Pract...
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Andrea Carpenter | Author & Founder, Women Talk Real Estate
Does the history of the European Real Estate market hold any clues for the direction of the future?My guest today is Andrea Carpenter, a communications consultant in the property industry, founder & director of this podcast’s partner, th...
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