Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World By Mo Gawdat Who is Mo … More

(note: this blog has been written with the support of AI, as explored in this blog here) You may have … More

In an attempt to start adopting the AI I keep talking about, I decided to turn the writing of a … More

Learning about AI has led me to believe it could be transformational for the real estate industry. Generally AI is … More

In this episode we explore DAOs and whether they could build and govern cities. There are a number of organisations … More

Futureproof by Kevin Roose came to my attention after listening to him on the Rich Roll podcast. This is a … More

NFTs – perhaps one of the most overtalked about, but under-understood elements of the blockchain world. In this short podcast … More

[Note: This post follows on from one on Neural Networks. If you’re new to Neural Networks, like me, this will … More

When computer scientists started thinking about creating artificial intelligence, the most obvious thing was to examine human intelligence and recreate … More

Q// Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science which focuses on the use of data … More

In this episode, we discuss four major areas which could get disrupted by blockchain: Investment / Ownership Land Registry Supply … More

(before going back into employment 😂) Over the last 12 months I’ve been on a professional journey, leaving a well-respected … More

The environment is complex. We all know we need to learn more and change our behaviours but, personally, I always … More

Such a simple question. Yet I couldn’t find straightforward answers on the vast internet. This podcast episode is what I … More

Blockchain, crypto, bitcoin, mining, NFTs. Key buzzwords of 2021, but what do they really mean? And what impact will they … More

Back in March I wrote an off-hand response on LinkedIn to Oliver Shah (business editor of the Sunday Times), when … More

What I learned from JP, proptech savant and early-adopter I was lucky enough to spend 5 months of 2020 working … More

Amelia & Hattie “met” online during lockdown through mutual linkedin connections. After reading each others’ blogs and research we realised … More

An Enthusiastic Recommendation Paul Goldberger articulates many things that I intrinsically believe about architecture but do not have the words … More

Let Buildings be Buildings. What a nonsense sentence. But in the commercial real estate business buildings are not buildings. They … More

Introduction I had intended to write a blog post that would conclude with some examples of universally good architecture. Components … More

Rethinking Real Estate (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) is an excellent book. It is not “an excellent book about real estate”, it … More

A reflection on “The Creeping Plague of Ghastly Façadism” by the Gentle Author Last year the Gentle Author published the … More

Authenticity is something we know we need to create when building new places. However it’s difficult to articulate what this … More

By Q1 2019 30,000 Build to Rent (BTR) units had been completed in the UK (link), so the evidence to … More

Just as you can walk into any Starbucks in London or Istanbul or Calcutta and know what your Starbucks coffee … More

Q// If you love nature, don’t live in it.// Ted Talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti – architect, urban theorist and all … More

TED Talk by Renzo Piano, the inventor of many of the world’s best Places, for People. How to create beauty, … More

There is an overriding belief that to make a good building, a lot of money must be spent. If a developer needs to minimise costs, corners must be cut and cheaper materials chosen, inevitably resulting in a worse building. I believe this does not need to be the case.

People | Spaces | Places is a study of the built environment. My aim is to understand why some buildings … More