{"podcast":{"title":"THE GRIMSHAW PODCAST","slug":"the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160","podcast_index_feed_id":4199160,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6107c17b53204f00192347fa","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-grimshaw-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6107c17b53204f00192347fa/1727773806612-87f9bb32-e10e-43c4-b6bc-a2e3f176fbbe.jpeg","author":"GRIMSHAW","episode_count":61,"summary":"The Grimshaw Podcast is focussed on the City – and those who shape our cities. The podcast presents engaging and insightful interviews with architects, city planners, developers, strategists and change-makers. These conversations take place between international guests and your host, Tim Williams, Grimshaw’s Cities Group Lead. Organised into series which reflect a specific overarching topic or theme, the podcasts examine how are cities are evolving, how they have dealt with unprecedented recent growth and how they will adapt to change and regenerate for a better future. The complexities and issues facing our cities have never been so topical and the podcast showcases ideas, experiences and strategies for a contemporary world. Series 1, the inaugural Cities Series features such diverse voices as New York’s urban innovator, Jonathan Rose; Sue Lloyd Hurwitz from Mirvac, one of Australia’s biggest and best developers; Dan Labbad of The Crown Estate; the Hon. Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning in NSW Australia in the Berejiklian Government; Wei Yan, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute; Greg Clark of HSBC; Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Jess Scully; Lisa Havilah, CEO of the Museu…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:19:38.227833+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160"},"episode":{"title":"BETTER HOMES, THRIVING COMMUNITIES","slug":"better-homes-thriving-communities","published_at":"2025-12-04T00:25:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160/better-homes-thriving-communities","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-grimshaw-podcast/episodes/better-homes-thriving-communities","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6107c17b53204f00192347fa/e/6930d4e5042629ee0ec538e9/media.mp3","summary":"In the first of two episodes on social and affordable housing , Tim Williams sits down with Mark Washer the CEO of Sovereign Network Group/SNG, one of the biggest providers in the UK, with an asset base of 85,000 homes, to talk about managing a massive business with a big social purpose: to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life – with the aim of sustaining thriving communities, over generations. Joining them in the conversation is architect and master planner Kirsten Lees, Grimshaw’s Managing Partner in Paris and Sara Waller, SNG’s Head of Place, a role showing the significant emphasis SNG puts on supporting sustainable communities. In episode One we talk about the demands of running a big social housing provider and developer of affordable homes, under a new Government with housing as a priority. A specific focus is the role social housing providers can play in delivering the 1.5 million homes the UK Government wants to see built over the next 5 years, some of them in the exciting New Towns program. Episode two, has Sara and Kirsten further developing the focus on ‘housing in place’ and the need to design and deliver not just great housing but also great communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In the first of two episodes on social and affordable housing , Tim Williams sits down with Mark Washer the CEO of Sovereign Network Group/SNG, one of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3721,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160/episodes/better-homes-thriving-communities/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grimshaw-podcast-4199160/better-homes-thriving-communities.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}