All 5 Minutes with... articles – Page 8
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5 minutes with … Rachel Bell of Stride Treglown
Director of Stride Treglown stresses the importance of role models and the need to make the industry more inclusive. She becomes chair of Women in Property on 1 MarchÂ
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5 minutes with … Darren Comber at Scott Brownrigg
What has been your biggest career challenge to date? Starting my career in architecture was a challenge. It nearly didn’t happen as originally only one university would take me at the last minute, but I have always thrived on being the underdog and trying to prove myself, just to ...
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5 minutes with … Graham Sturge at Red Construction
Nothing is impossible, according to the MD and co-founder of Red Construction, although the ability to travel through time still needs some workÂ
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5 minutes with … David Shaw at Pick Everard
Pick Everard’s new national design director believes his biggest career challenges lie ahead, but can you tell what his secret skill is?
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5 minutes with … Shauna Bradley at Glenn Howells Architects
Director at Glenn Howells Architects in Birmingham on the challenges and joys of working in a profession that has no rules and her love of New York and sandwiches
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5 minutes with … Sean Clemons at RLF
The executive partner at consultants RLF changed career direction after spending a six-month sabbatical in Brazil. He wishes he could have helped to build the Large Hadron ColliderÂ
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5 minutes with … Bradley Baker at CO-RE
CO-RE director has spent a career on projects in the heart of London, and so he dreams of the City spot where he’ll celebrate the end of the pandemic
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5 minutes with … Julie Bregulla at BRE
BRE’s technical director grew up in Germany. She was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringÂ
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5 minutes with … Stuart Kings at Pagabo and Sypro
Life and work should be fun, insists the technical director at both Pagabo and Sypro. If they are not, you should ask yourself why
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5 minutes with … Mike Wood at Hassell
The principal at Hassell says travelling around the globe, taking risks and being ready to fail have all been important aspects of his work
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5 minutes with … Stephanie Edwards
The co-founder of Urban Symbiotics has always been interested in how spaces shape people’s emotions
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5 minutes with … Matt Hall at Perfect Circle
Perfect Circle’s regional lead for the central Midlands has worked around the globe as both a contractor and a consultant. He plays touch rugby for England and explains why better never stops
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5 minutes with … Natasha Manzaroli at John McAslan and Partners
Reducing inequality and discrimination, inspiring potential students and apprentices and blowing brilliant bubbles are all in a day’s work
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5 minutes with … Richard Meier at Stories
The co-founder and chief executive of Stories is on a mission to improve the reputation of property developers… and to eat more piesÂ
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5 minutes with … Paul Toyne at Grimshaw
Grimshaw’s sustainability advisor trained as an ecologist and has a butterfly named after himÂ
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5 minutes with … Naila Yousuf at Wright & Wright Architects
Naila Yousuf on site discoveries, never giving up and her mum’s biriyani
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5 minutes with … James Taylor at Woods Bagot
James Taylor on running a London studio through covid
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5 minutes with … Peter Flint at Aecom
Peter Flint on how modular buildings have changed out of all recognitionÂ
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5 minutes with … Richard Waterhouse at NBS
Richard Waterhouse on the digital revolution and embracing change