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AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘I’m no longer the wood weirdo,’ says Andrew Waugh
Waugh explains how building with timber can address industry transformation at scale
Podcasts
The AJ’s podcasts, including AJ Climate Champions hosted by Hattie Hartman. Find AJ Climate Champions on your favourite podcast app: subscribe via Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Deezer and Podbean
AJ Climate Champions podcast: How Public Practice associates are driving retrofit and net zero
Two Public Practice associates explain how working for local authorities has increased their agency
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Je Ahn on setting up Studio Weave and working with found materials
Studio Weave founding director Je Ahn explains the challenges of sourcing timber from London’s streets and parks
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Material passports and Architects Declare four years on
Julia Barfield of London Eye architect Marks Barfield describes how the climate emergency has changed her practice and outlines what’s ahead for Architects Declare
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Architects must re-educate themselves on timber sourcing
Montreal-based architect and systems thinker Scott Francisco explains why architects must rethink their timber sourcing strategies
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘Net Zero has almost lost its meaning’
Delivering net zero is not just technical. Understanding how people use buildings and their role in the community is crucial, says AJ100 sustainability champion and Architype associate director Ann-Marie Fallon
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘We apologise for designing buildings that exploit the planet’
Earthen architecture specialist Anna Heringer believes architects of the global north should apologise for promoting an architecture that exploits the planet and furthers social injustice
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chinese architect Xu Tiantian on revitalising rural villages
Beijing architect Xu Tiantian talks about her work in southern China and this year’s Obel Award winner: a ‘net-zero’ concrete. PLUS win a copy of Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Historic England’s Morwenna Slade on the limitations of ‘fabric first’
The head of historic building climate change adaptation at Historic England explains why insulation is the area of highest risk when working with heritage buildings
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Upgrading conservation areas for a climate emergency
Architect Chris Procter talks about his Climate Emergency Conservation Area Toolkit