International Dialogues 2008

International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change - 2008

Dr Hermann Scheer

Hermann Scheer, German Politician, Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy discusses the global energy crisis and the challenge of creating a decentralised renewable energies revolution.

Dr Hermann Scheer Part 1
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 2
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 3
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 4
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 5
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 6
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 7
Dr Hermann Scheer Part 8

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Jan Gehl

Jan Gehl, eminent Danish architect and urban designer, talks about his visionary international design projects, which focus on the form and use of public spaces to create sustainable cities.

Paul Finch Introduction
Jan Gehl Part 1
Jan Gehl Part 2
Jan Gehl Part 3
Jan Gehl Part 4
Jan Gehl Part 5
Jan Gehl Part 6
Jan Gehl Part 7

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Bianca Jagger

In response to Dr Scheer, Bianca Jagger calls for and underlines the pertinent need for sustainable design.

Bianca Jagger part 1
Bianca Jagger part 2
Bianca Jagger part 3

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Satish Kumar

Satish Kumar, eminent peace campaigner and lecturer on reverential ecology, discusses his visions for a 21st century and the role of architecture in helping to create more ecologically responsible societies.

Satish Kumar part 1
Satish Kumar part 2
Satish Kumar part 3
Satish Kumar part 4
Satish Kumar part 5

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Adriaan Geuze

Founder and principal of West 8, Adriaan Geuze discusses his visionary landscape designs and urban masterplans for changing urban typologies.

Adriaan Geuze part 1
Adriaan Geuze part 2
Adriaan Geuze part 3
Adriaan Geuze part 4
Adriaan Geuze part 5
Adriaan Geuze part 6
Adriaan Geuze part 7
Adriaan Geuze part 8
Adriaan Geuze part 9

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Sir David King

Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government Sir David King examines the built environment’s role in addressing the challenge of climate change.

Sir David King part 1
Sir David King part 2
Sir David King part 3
Sir David King part 4
Sir David King part 5
Sir David King part 6
Sir David King part 7

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Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, Kenya, and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about the global work of the GBM.

Wangari Maathai part 1
Wangari Maathai part 2
Wangari Maathai part 3
Wangari Maathai part 4
Wangari Maathai part 5
Wangari Maathai part 6
Wangari Maathai part 7

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Balkrishna Doshi

Professor Balkrishna Doshi talks about the complex issues facing India in the 21st Century and some of his alternative proposals to the rapid urban development taking place across the continent.

Balkrishna Doshi part 1
Balkrishna Doshi part 2
Balkrishna Doshi part 3
Balkrishna Doshi part 4
Balkrishna Doshi part 5
Balkrishna Doshi part 6
Balkrishna Doshi part 7
Balkrishna Doshi part 8
Balkrishna Doshi part 9
Balkrishna Doshi part 10
Balkrishna Doshi part 11

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Lord Stern

In his 2008 RIBA Trust Annual Lecture, Lord Stern examines the far-reaching economic implications of climate change and discusses emerging imperatives to engender a new global deal on climate change.

Lord Stern part 1
Lord Stern part 2
Lord Stern part 3
Lord Stern part 4
Lord Stern part 5
Lord Stern part 6
Lord Stern part 7
Lord Stern Part 8
Lord Stern Part 9
Lord Stern Q & A Part 1
Lord Stern Q & A Part 2
Lord Stern Q & A Part 3
Lord Stern Q & A Part 4
Lord Stern Q & A Part 5
Lord Stern Q & A Part 6
Lord Stern Q & A Part 7

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Jo Beall

Cities - with Sean Fox and Dennis Rogers

Jo Beall Part1
Jo Beall Part 2
Jo Beall Part 3
Jo Beall Part 4
Jo Beall Part 5

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Nabeel Hamdi

The role of the architect

Nabeel Hamdi Part 1
Nabeel Hamdi Part 2
Nabeel Hamdi Part 4
Nabeel Hamdi Part 5
Nabeel Hamdi Part 6
Nabeel Hamdi Part 7
Nabeel Hamdi Part 3

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Sir Crispin Tickell

Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG KCVO and Director of the Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University discuses the future of cities and environmental change.

Sir Crispin Tickell Introduction
Sir Crispin Tickell Part 1
Sir Crispin Tickell Part 2
Sir Crispin Tickell Part 3
Sir Crispin Tickell Part 4
Sir Crispin Tickell Part 5

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