BDP Podcast

Innovation Applied: Episode 1 - How do we make the UK's innovation districts successful?

PanellistsMichelle Xuereb (Host), Head of Innovation, BDP Quadrangle Eve Roodhouse, Chief Officer, Culture and Economy, Leeds City Council Deb Hetherington, Head of Innovation, Bruntwood SciTech Vicky Casey, Architect Director and head of Leeds Studio, BDP  BDP's latest campaign, Innovation Applied, demonstrates how we harness innovation from within our industry to deliver exceptional results for our clients. The campaign delves into four main themes about innovative practice in the built environment, solving some of the industry’s most challenging issues such as achieving carbon emission reduction targets, increasing operational efficiencies, improving project performance, and best leveraging digital design.

Old Buildings – New Beginnings: Resurrecting our Unloved Heritage

When we talk about the adaptive reuse of old buildings, we often think of buildings from pre WW1 – romantic buildings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian era. But a large proportion of the UK building stock consists of vacant buildings dating from the fifties to seventies – the not so old, and not so loved buildings. This genre of buildings are generally not considered as 'attractive' as pre-war, heritage buildings, and there is a consensus to want to knock these down and start again. But left neglected, they will continue to erode. So how do we successfully modify them?With their efficient and lean construction, they can be more difficult to modify and present unique challenges. But they also offer fantastic opportunities to save carbon.  In this episode, Principal and lead of BDP's civil and structural engineering group, John Roycroft invites colleagues and fellow structural engineers, Victoria Martin and Chris Goodwin, along with George Ballard - building surveyor and structural engineer and chairman from GBG Group to explore the challenges these buildings bring when bringing them back to life. First we must determine how these buildings operate, their defects, and how we can work with the building...  BDP's latest campaign, Innovation Applied, demonstrates how we harness innovation from within our industry to deliver exceptional results for our clients. The campaign delves into four main themes about innovative practice in the built environment, solving some of the industry’s most challenging issues such as achieving carbon emission reduction targets, increasing operational efficiencies, improving project performance, and best leveraging digital design.

More Than a Match: The Evolution of Hospitality Design at Sports Venues

Long gone is the simple ‘pie and pint’ set up. Make way for a more nuanced, increasingly luxurious future for sports spectatorship.  From ‘fan villages’ modelled off the high street to a myriad of ticketing options offering enhanced dining, drinking and viewing add-ons, discover how top-tier venues like Everton Football Club and Ashes host, Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Emirates Old Trafford are elevating the sports fan’s big day out.  Marking the second episode in our Season of Sport series, this week, BDP Pattern Architect Director, Jon-Scott Kohli is joined by Head of Sport, Gavin Elliott, Everton FC’s Senior Manager of New Stadium Sales, Vicky Jaycock and CEO at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Daniel Gidney,  Together, our industry experts explore the latest trends in sports-based hospitality design, asking what’s driven changes to the fan zone and how designers can respond to driving forces like sustainability, disruptive tech and demographic shifts in spectatorship.Meet the speakersJon-Scott KohliGavin ElliottVicky JaycockDaniel GidneySocialsLinkedInTwitterInstagram BDP's latest campaign, Innovation Applied, demonstrates how we harness innovation from within our industry to deliver exceptional results for our clients. The campaign delves into four main themes about innovative practice in the built environment, solving some of the industry’s most challenging issues such as achieving carbon emission reduction targets, increasing operational efficiencies, improving project performance, and best leveraging digital design.

Designing the Ultimate Sports Training Facility

The training venue to the athlete is what the office is to the aspiring CEO - a place where elite sportspeople go to perfect their craft, hone their skills and connect with their team and trainers.Yet, in the highly competitive world of professional sport, can decisions taken during the design of training venues really determine a team’s long-term shot at victory?From personalisation to community use, social media partnerships and the rise of female and disabled sports, learn about the evolution of training venues in this week’s episode, where Head of Sport Gavin Elliott is joined by Architect Director Andrew Capewell and Ardent Sports Founder and MD Nick Smith, best known for his work with UFC, UEFA and Munster Rugby.Meet the speakersGavin ElliottAndrew CapewellNick SmithSocialsLinkedInTwitterInstagram BDP's latest campaign, Innovation Applied, demonstrates how we harness innovation from within our industry to deliver exceptional results for our clients. The campaign delves into four main themes about innovative practice in the built environment, solving some of the industry’s most challenging issues such as achieving carbon emission reduction targets, increasing operational efficiencies, improving project performance, and best leveraging digital design.

Design for Inclusion: Designing an Inclusive and Hybrid Workplace

Not only are workers demanding more flexibility in where they work, but they are also increasingly directing the shape of our offices in a post-pandemic world. But what do employees really want and need from workplaces that can’t be achieved from home setups? In this week’s episode, our guests reveal what it takes to create a truly hybrid and inclusive workplace, and how to elevate office design from merely satisfactory to revolutionary.Meet the speakersHaley Rae Dinnall-AtkinsonJulie SumairskiEirini TheodorouSteph CalderSocialsLinkedInTwitterInstagram BDP's latest campaign, Innovation Applied, demonstrates how we harness innovation from within our industry to deliver exceptional results for our clients. The campaign delves into four main themes about innovative practice in the built environment, solving some of the industry’s most challenging issues such as achieving carbon emission reduction targets, increasing operational efficiencies, improving project performance, and best leveraging digital design.