Safety in design: lessons from leading architect, Graham Ford

Graham Ford joins Christian Harris this week to talk about the importance of embedding safety into the design of buildings. Graham runs his own practice, Graham Ford +Architects, and has worked on several well-known buildings, from the Copper Box at London 2012, to the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden, to the Serpentine Boat House in Hyde Park.

Some highlights:

· Graham’s SPECS principles (Simplicity, Precision, Efficiency, Collaboration, Sustainability) – the method he and his team go through when supporting clients

· The roles and responsibilities of an architect, including how these relate to safety

· Trends in design

· Future-proofing buildings from a safety and maintenance perspective

· Sustainability – a big passion of Graham’s

· Fire safety in design, in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy

As always, thanks for listening

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If you’d like to learn more about Graham, visit http://www.grahamfordarchitects.com/

You can also take his Design Project Scorecard, to answer the question: “How far are you from achieving a design that is effortless and elegant?” here: https://designprojectscorecard.scoreapp.com/

For more on Christian and Slip Safety Services, visit https://slipsafety.co.uk/start/

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