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Daniel K Poku-Davies
From Drafts To Drinks: Navigating The London Architecture Scene With Daniel K Poku-Davies
Daniel K Poku-Davies is an architectural designer, urbanist and co-founder of Our Space, championing networking and mentorship in London architecture.

- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Our Space
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0178 · Architecture Social
From Drafts To Drinks: Navigating The London Architecture Scene With Daniel K Poku-Davies
Get ready to plug in, tune up, and let loose with another thrilling episode of Architecture Social! This time, we’re not just talking bricks and mortar – we’re talking people, connections, and opportunities! Stephen Drew is meeting up with Daniel K Poku-Davies, the networking maestro himself! 🚀

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- 05:00 · Events, developers and meeting people across the city ↗
- 10:00 · Confidence, students and learning to speak to people ↗
- 15:00 · Building relationships and getting past nerves ↗
- 20:00 · RIBA, collaboration and protecting the role of architects ↗
- 25:00 · Diversity, age and representation in professional networks ↗
- 30:00 · In-person events, people behind projects and community ↗
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Daniel K Poku-Davies is an architectural designer and urbanist based in London, and a co-founder of Our Space, a community interest company and creative network for designers, creators and makers. He is passionate about reimagining social investment and infrastructure, and about opening up the architecture profession to a wider and younger audience.
Daniel began working in the industry from a young age and has built much of his career through networking and relationship building across the London architecture scene. Having grown up between Ghana, Jamaica and the United Kingdom, he draws on a wide range of perspectives in his work and is a familiar presence at industry events, where he encourages students and early-career designers to put themselves forward, find mentors and build genuine connections.
Through Our Space he champions skills-based workshops, events and mentorship that help the next generation of designers grow in confidence and shape a more open, collaborative profession.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: From Drafts to Drinks: Navigating the London Architecture Scene with Daniel K Poku-Davies.
The practice
Our Space
Our Space is a community interest company and creative network running workshops, events and mentoring for designers and makers in the built environment.
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Our Space
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
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