Episode description
"We can ride this wave of decarbonisation to reach prosperity."
Are you interested in biourbanism? What do you think about Earth as a spaceship? How can we learn systems thinking for a more holistic approach?
Interview with Adrian McGregor, the founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, biourbanism, prosperity, adaptability, climate forecasting with digital twins, and many more.
Adrian McGregor is Founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall, a BioLab-led urban design, landscape architecture and environment firm located in Australia and the UK. Adrian is the author of Biourbanism: Cities as Nature. Practicing globally, he is a Biourbanist, Landscape Architect and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. Nominated as one of Sydney’s 100 most creative people, he designs new cities and helps existing cities enhance prosperity by planning for climate resilience. He received the Prime Minister of Australia’s award for Urban Design and has helped McGregor Coxall receive more than 200 international design awards.
Find out more about Adrian through these links:
- Adrian McGregor on LinkedIn;
- @adrianmcgregor as Adrian McGregor on Twitter;
- McGregor Coxall website;
- McGregor Coxall on LinkedIn;
- Adrian McGregor at McGregor Coxall;
- Biourbanism website;
- Biourbanism on LinkedIn;
- @Biourbanism1 as Biourbanism on X;
Connecting episodes you might be interested in:
- No.135 - Interview with Paul Satur on prosperity;
- No.164R - A discussion of resilience and sustainability;
- No.189R - Biourbanism (book summary);
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I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.