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Building Sounds is your go-to podcast for monthly conversations with trailblazers from across London’s built environment.
Through conversations with figures from across the city, we’ll reveal the fascinating stories behind our city’s buildings and architectural projects, forgotten histories and the spaces in between.
Building Sounds is run by the London Festival of Architecture team, who are passionate about improving accessibility in London’s public realm so that we can create a more inclusive city for all.
London Festival of Architecture 2023: Waste Not, Want Not
Building Sounds
23 minutes 42 seconds
2 years ago
London Festival of Architecture 2023: Waste Not, Want Not
As part of LFA2023, the LFA unveiled the winning installations for the third edition of Showroom Showcase. Now in its third year the Showroom Showcase competition sees a series of innovative installations exploring the theme of reuse by emerging architects and designers displayed in some of London’s leading design showrooms - Gaggenau, Ideal Standard and VitrA Bathrooms.
In this episode we speak to the designers of the winning installations to hear the stories behind their designs.
To find out more about the project, head to lfa.london/ss.
To explore the whole LFA2023 programme, head to lfa.london/LFA2023.
1:38 - TIME by Raphaé Memon and Sikander Pervez for Gaggenau
10:10 - Nebula by Antoniya Stoitsova for VitrA Bathrooms
15:40 - Beauty in the Broken by Isabella Yurtsever for Ideal Standard
This episode was produced and edited by Katya Spiers.
You can find a transcript of the conversation using the link below:
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Image: Showroom Showcase Installations, LFA2023 - Kes-tchaas Eccleston
Image description: Collage of three images. The first showing a close up of TIME, showing a selection of stacked clocks, showing different times. The second showing a close up of Beauty in the Broken, showing some of the discarded pieces of ceramic hanging from the ceiling. The third showing a close up of Nebula, and the ceramic trapped in the structural form.
Building Sounds
Building Sounds is your go-to podcast for monthly conversations with trailblazers from across London’s built environment.
Through conversations with figures from across the city, we’ll reveal the fascinating stories behind our city’s buildings and architectural projects, forgotten histories and the spaces in between.
Building Sounds is run by the London Festival of Architecture team, who are passionate about improving accessibility in London’s public realm so that we can create a more inclusive city for all.
