Let's Talk Architecture

Let's Talk Architecture

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Using nature to turn billion Euro flooding into life quality bonus

Catastrophic cloudbursts are already reshaping Copenhagen. Instead of hiding the problem underground in massive pipes, what if rainwater could be used to improve everyday life in the city? In this episode, host Michael Booth meets Mette Skjold, CEO and senior partner at landscape ...  Show more

 . 28min 20sec
BLOX Unpacked

When BLOX opened in 2018, it divided opinion. Designed by OMA as the home of the Danish Architecture Center, the building was unlike anything Copenhagen had seen before, bold, complex and unapologetically different. In this episode, host Michael Booth is joined by DAC CEO Kent Ma ...  Show more

 . 30min 45sec
Can Architecture Heal Us?

Timber instead of tiles, curiosity instead of corridors, and a 15-metre-high atrium designed to make people feel safer, healthier and more connected. Copenhagen's Centre for Health proposes a new typology for public healthcare architecture. In this episode, Michael Booth meets ar ...  Show more

 . 31min 7sec
Building a Mega-Museum

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<span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW250127646 BCX0">Eighteen years, a 14-metre-deep crater, a rebuilt brick façade, and a glass dome set to redefine Copenhagen's skyline Denmark's new Natural ...

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 . 32min 31sec
Why biodiversity Matters and how to get more

Can architecture help us create a future where both humans and nature can thrive? And is it possible to truly strengthen biodiversity in big cities – or are we just creating small, isolated pockets of green? In this episode, Michael Booth meets ecologist, biodiversity developer a ...  Show more

 . 32min 0sec