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The Future City

Welcome to Your Future City!

In the Future City Podcast, we speak with extraordinary people you normally wouldn’t hear from about the future of cities. From cocktail artists to urban planners, green thumbs to financial analysts, we share stories about how these creative thinkers and doers are shaping the cities you live in.

Obviously, the views expressed here are our own not those of our employers.

Dec 23, 2021

We've all heard about affordable housing, but what is affordable retail?

Charlie and Anthony say that entrepeneurial start ups are creating immense value by creating businesses and organisations that are focussed on affordable retail, leading to fulfilled sustainable communities.

Charlie has over 30 years’ experience...


Dec 4, 2021

Are green gardens allowed, or encouraged on rooftops in most metropolitan areas? In a high-density low-parkland environment; are there really no spaces for greenery and plant-life?

Elizaveta Fakirova says that parks, natures, and green spaces can be on walls, rooftops, inside, and designed into other creative areas....


Oct 30, 2021

How valuable is the purpose of a space? What happens when you combine a meditation trainer and an engineer?

Nitin Govila says that the importance and design of spaces for reflection, meditation, and just to unwind are extremely important human-centred considerations in design, capable of being achieved efficiently by...


Aug 28, 2021

Architect and public art strategist Samuel Mayze says every city needs an Artist-in-Residence.

Mayze says public art is another piece of infrastructure which brings people together and cities are in dire need of creative curation of their public spaces.

On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with...


Aug 14, 2021

The Long Island Railroad’s chief technologist Will Fisher says remote work will keep going if the commute sucks. According to Fisher “If you don’t have competitive commuting options, you will resort to virtual work.”

On this episode of The Future City we speak with Google and Palantir-trained technologist and...