AJ Climate Champions
Architects’ Journal
Brought to you by the Architects’ Journal. AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and co-host Joe Jack Williams talk to changemakers and innovators who are transforming architecture by designing in ways that respect planetary boundaries. Nominated for Audio Content of the Year at the PPA Awards 2025.Show notes & more info here: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/podcasts
Episodes
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Dec 2, 2020 • 44min
Sofie Pelsmakers: 'Sustainable architecture is "architecture on steroids" – it needs to perform'
3. Climate Champions hosted by Hattie Hartman. Architect, author, educator and sustainability expert Sofie Pelsmakers shares insights on sustainable design from the Nordic region, and discusses the urgent need for top-down architecture curriculum reform.
Nov 18, 2020 • 40min
Annalie Riches: 'We need more projects that show sustainable design isn't ugly'
2. Climate Champions hosted by Hattie Hartman. Mikhail Riches' Annalie Riches discusses the Stirling Prize-winning Goldsmith Street scheme, and the critical importance of learning from completed projects.
Sponsored by the Green Building Store.
Oct 22, 2020 • 41min
Maria Smith: 'It's depressing how much architects are the problem'
1. Climate Champions hosted by Hattie Hartman. Buro Happold's director of sustainability explains why she felt she had to leave architecture and retrain as an engineer.
