Pride Road is the UK's Architectural Practice Franchise. We are leading the flexible working movement for Architects. Here on this podcast, we talk about the business of Architecture, the RIBA, marketing, sales, running your own practice, start-up, flexible working, women in architecture, career development, and more! We help architects get the architecture business they're dreaming of, with the added support from a trusted and experienced brand.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Anne Okafor is a Construction Planner based in central Scotland. She comes from a background in hospitality and retail management and is a recent entrant to the Construction Industry starting out just six years ago. In that short time Anne has been fortunate to have worked on an interesting mix of projects including, residential, commercial and conservation; in different capacities, whilst studying for her BSc Honours in Construction Management at Glasgow Caledonian University.
After graduating with First Class Honours in 2019, Anne has embarked upon an MSc in Quality Management to further her understanding and experience, as a progression from writing her first dissertation, which evaluated the relationship between quality management and organisational culture.
Anne has worked with young and new professionals in built environment disciplines, since 2015, to support them upon entering the industry and acting as a signpost to personal and professional development opportunities available to them.
During this time, she has represented young and new professionals in several forums, within the Chartered Institute of Building, and in wider Industry, through collaboration with other young professional networks and education institutions.
She is also the Founder of The Determinator Collective and hosts her own podcast, The Everyday Determinator. In her free time, she supports Collabed, who are a social networking platform with social media management and event planning, is a STEM Ambassador and Girl Guiding Leader (in training) for a Brownies Group.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Ewen Miller studied his architectural degree in his home city of Aberdeen and after a year out in London he transferred to North London to complete his diploma. Following this he emerged into a market deep in recession so spent a couple of years working for a small practice refurbishing London Underground stations. Ewen then moved to RMJM where he spent a number of years working on projects including Lincoln University and Glaxo Welcome. Following his Part 3 he then moved to a small solo practitioners business in Buckinghamshire where he gained great experience in the mechanics of running a business.
Upon moving to Manchester in 2000 Ewen started work for CDA and then moved to Calderpeel Architects based in south Manchester eighteen years ago where he is now managing director. During his time at Calderpeel Ewen has seen the business grow to almost seventy staff and steered it carefully through the last recession when it dropped to just under twenty. With a growing order book the business currently employs 27 staff and has offices in Surrey, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and Altrincham.
Ewen is immediate past chair of the RIBA NW, is also a past president of the Manchester Society of Architects and has just completed a six year tenure as national councillor at the RIBA. He is also chair of Altrincham Unlimited the BID for his local town and sits on Altrincham’s Design Panel. When not working or tweeting his sketch of the day Ewen is saving money to support his daughter who is going to start studying her masters in architecture at Bath this year.
Twitter: @EwenGMiller
Instagram: ewen_miller
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Simon Ricketts is one of the founding partners of specialist planning law firm Town Legal LLP. Prior to co-founding Town Legal in December 2016, he was a partner at King & Wood Mallesons (previously SJ Berwin) for 17 years.
Simon specialises in planning, compulsory purchase and local government law, particularly in relation to major mixed-use development schemes and infrastructure projects across England, including many in London. He writes the popular simonicity blog.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Andrea Smiljanić is a motivated and creative architect & urban designer with experience in architecture, urbanism, landscaping, interior & industrial design. But she is also a passionate dancer, photographer, and traveler.
Born in Sarajevo and studied architecture and urbanism in Prague & Oporto, it all have proved her desire to understand different cultures and locations.
In 2009, Andrea started her work experience in the field by working on site as a full-time assistant to a site manager. Since University graduation in 2012, she had gained over 3 years of experience as an Architect across Europe, working in the Czech Republic, Belgium and The Netherlands. Delivered various projects from winning competitions, and worked on other from feasibility, planning, technical documentation, and construction with significant knowledge across a wide range of sectors and various scales.
Following steps led her to The United Kingdom. With a short departure from architectural profession, she gained experience in apprenticeship scheme in 2015, where she was supporting engineering, carpentry, brickwork, and other departments, while rethinking her career.
Once realized that she missed architectural field, she applied for architectural position and since January 2016 she has been working for Project 3 Architects in Altrincham on multi-scale projects, where she has grown as a professional. She also completed her Part III at RIBA North West by winning Haydn Smith Award for the best worldwide candidate & submission in 2018.
Andrea believes that a successful architectural project requires a team-working process by bringing wide range of professionals and experience from inception till completion, including project’s lifetime later on.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Architecture in the Den: with Landscape Architect Nicola Phillips
https://youtu.be/rUSACFseF6c
NICOLA JAYNE LANDSCAPE DESIGN LTD is an independent landscape design consultancy based in Stockport, Cheshire. Specialising in residential landscape design from inception, planning submission to detailed design.
We have extensive experience in the residential sector from one dwelling up to designing the green infrastructure for hundreds of homes. We also have experience in the education, commercial and retail sectors.
Nicola Jayne Landscape Design Ltd is managed by Nicola Phillips BA(Hons) BLA CMLI, a Chartered Landscape Architect with over 12 years experience in creating engaging spaces for people, their families and their communities to enjoy.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Gregory Cowan works as a freelance academic, and is currently developing programmes for The Architects Coach, based on more than thirty years of international experience in practice, undergraduate and postgraduate education, and continuing professional development education for architects. He supervises doctoral research and teaches at the University of Wales Trinity St David, Institute of Inner City Learning. An Australian Londoner, he lives in a small Kennington flat, and sometimes on his canal narrowboat, and performs carnival music. He has worked in architecture practice and office space analysis in Germany and UK, and has completed specialist courses on subjects including Italian stone in Verona, Swiss ceramics in Laufen and Austrian building electronics in Graz. During the recent pandemic, he completed a six month Diploma in Transformational Life Coaching and a 50 day course on positive intelligence. His PhD research investigated the roles of diverse street occupations in inner city station areas in London and Frankfurt. His thesis at the University of Westminster in London is “Occupying Streets: Street Design in Railway Station Areas in London and Frankfurt” (2015). In short, his research analyses diverse placemaking aspects of streets, balancing motorised transport uses with pedestrian conviviality interests in design and planning, distinctiveness and the urban noir.
https://about.me/gregorycowan
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Tim Clark DipArch (Bartlett UCL); RIBA; MA (York); M.ASCE; MCIArb; FRAS; Hon.FICWCI; FCIEA; GSAS CGP (Sustainability All Sectors).
Tim is a licensed Architect in New York and California, registered with ARB London and in Bavaria, where he now lives. His pioneering work at the University of York to enable health-sector Architects to become CEOs, led to Professorships at Queens University Belfast and at the University of Yaounde in West Africa, where his off-grid Rainforest Research and Conference facilities were nominated for the Agha Kahn Prize. He co-founded Clark+Kanner in Los Angeles (1995-2007), started RIBA-USA in 1996 and was elected its first President. He wrote the first Continuing Education accord between AIA and RIBA and guidelines for the mutual recognition of US and UK architects. In 2018, after a decade as Director of Architecture on the Dubai Metro, in Doha and in KSA he was elected RIBA Councillor for Europe representing 1500 members for whom he hosts a variety of online events and webinars. His current work focuses on promoting inclusion in the architectural profession and advocating for affordable housing, rail transportation and sustainable communities.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Roger Wu is currently the Executive Director, Project Development, of Haw Par Music Foundation Limited (HPMF), a not-for-profit organisation set up to oversee the operations of Haw Par Music - a centre for cross-culture exchange through music, heritage and the arts based in the revitalised Haw Par Mansion in Tai Hang, Hong Kong. Roger was also the Chief Curator or the 2019/2020 Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture.
Prior to taking up his position in HPMF in February 2014, Roger has worked in a number of architectural practices in the UK and Hong Kong, including a 17 year stint between 1994 and 2010 at John McAslan + Partners in London where Roger has worked on many projects of different scales (ranging from the design of the new King’s Cross Station Concourse in London to a private residence in Seborga, Italy) and different uses (ranging from British Embassy in Algiers, Algeria to Peter Jones department store in London). In particular, Roger has developed exceptional expertise leading major projects, leading international projects and working with historic buildings.
Roger has lectured at architectural schools in universities across the UK, including Bath, Nottingham, Central England, (Birmingham) and Plymouth. Roger also taught design studios at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, as an Adjunct Associate Professor, and is currently an external examiner for the University of Central Lancaster/IVY BSc architectural degree. Roger is also actively involved with both the Royal Institute of British Architect (RIBA), where he served as the Council Member representing the Asia and Australasian region and founding member of the Hong Kong Chapter, as well as the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), where he served as a member of the Heritage & Conservation and Education Development & Accreditation Committees.
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Ming Cheng is an architect, town planner, urban designer and educator with over 20 years of professional experience practicing as an architect and urbanist. He worked on a diverse range of projects both in the UK, the US and overseas, from one-off urban infill housing project on behalf of Islington Council, school and cultural projects in England, regeneration of the dockyards in Cardiff, Town Hall campus regeneration masterplan for Waltham Forest Council to a 20-year university campus masterplan in New Zealand.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ming moved to the UK to study town planning, urban design and architecture, receiving his qualifications from University College London, University of Westminster and London Metropolitan University. He is a Director of Urban Architecture and a co-founder of Place Profile, a data-driven architecture and urban design consultancy that use empirical data to analyse cities and to design sustainable masterplans.
Outside of private practice, Ming remains in contact with his universities to carry out research and academic teaching. He is a visiting lecturer/dissertation tutor at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, a design tutor at The London School of Architecture and the University of Suffolk.
Twitter: @architectming
Instagram: @architectming
Web: www.urbanarch.co.uk
Web: www.placeprofile.co
Instagram: @placeprofile
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
About Dimitrij
Registered & chartered architect. I research, imagine, design, invent, construct, tinker, consult, explore & solve puzzles!!
Sometimes I sketch, film, build physical & digital models.
Ultimately designing experiences through tangible environments of landscape & infrastructure.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rC__5YTIzimGV7EXIcAAQ
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/architect_t.i.q/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitrij-burakevic-b22a5332/
The Pride Road Franchise grew out of Founder Lisa Raynes’ refusal to accept that there was only one way for a woman to have an architecture career and a family life. She built her practice in the domestic sector, and then invested to turn her business into one that other ambitious architects wanting work/life balance can buy into. She’s had a seat on the RIBA Council (2015-18), been Chair of Women in Property NW and founded Manchester Curious, an urban architecture outreach festival. A key focus of the Pride Road Franchise business in a box is the fully-automated customer relation management system, this system helps lead a flow of new clients to our franchisees.
https://www.prideroadfranchise.co.uk