Negroni Talks #S14 - Is Architecture Coming Round To The Circular Economy?
The UK public love The Repair Shop on TV, as grandad’s favourite old toy is given a new lease of life. Sadly, in terms of the climate crisis, the re-use of objects has a pretty negligible impact compa...
18 Okt 202458min
Negroni Talks #S13 - QUEER EYE FOR THE RESI: A Challenge To Housing Conventions
The different typologies of building and space in which we live are broad and disparate, as housing models have evolved over the centuries to suit different needs. From cellular abodes to open-plan sp...
12 Sep 20241h 26min
Negroni Talks #48 -Pressing Problems: Architecture (Un)Covered?
Architects don’t just design buildings, they also ‘craft narratives’ to help explain them. Storytelling and the art of telling a good story plays an important role in successfully getting permissions ...
12 Aug 20241h 28min
Negroni Talks #S12 - Fit For Purpose: Are Architects Built For The 21st Century?
Do we think that architects are fit-for-purpose in the 21st century? The world is seemingly changing at an incredibly rapid pace, with the needs of clients and society in a state of constant flux. Str...
22 Juli 20241h 44min
Negroni Talks #s11 - Westward Ho! From Ealing Green to Old Oak Common
Sir John Soane built Pitzhanger Manor at a time when Ealing was considered a nice location to have a ‘country retreat’. Things have obviously moved on since 1804 and in 2024 the house can be found sit...
11 Juni 20241h 50min
Negroni Talk #47 - So Giving Co-Living: Good Intention Or Bad Invention?
We’re living in housing crisis, and apparently a loneliness epidemic with everyone shut away doing their own thing behind closed doors. Surely the answer to this is for human beings to move away from ...
30 Maj 20241h 35min
Negroni Talks #46 - Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: An Age Old Problem In Architecture?
You’re an architect until you die, it’s a vocation and not a job. At least, that’s what some people would have you believe, with starchitects continuing to design well into their 90’s and succession p...
30 Apr 20241h 44min
Negroni Talk #45 - The Last Bastion: A Battleground Between Value And Values?
The Barbican is under siege! This might seem to be a natural and unremarkable occurrence for a medieval fortified outpost. However, the Barbican in question is a mixed-use residential and cultural com...
20 Mars 20241h 24min
