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Richard Carr
From Architecture to Real Estate ft. Richard Carr, Design Director at Landsec
Richard Carr is a Design Director at Landsec who moved from architecture into real estate. Featured on the Architecture Social Podcast.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Landsec
- Location
- Greater London
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0164 · Architecture Social
From Architecture to Real Estate ft. Richard Carr, Design Director at Landsec
Join us on the Architecture Social for a special show as Stephen Drew sits down with Richard Carr, Design Director at Landsec.
Explore episode moments
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- 05:00 · Seeing real estate as a creative built environment career · Audio only
- 10:00 · Design leadership, consultants and commercial reality · Audio only
- 15:00 · Education, training and routes beyond traditional practice · Audio only
- 20:00 · Flexible career thinking, networking and LinkedIn · Audio only
- 25:00 · Technology, design communication and selling a vision · Audio only
- 30:00 · Recruitment, coaching and building long-term trust · Audio only
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Richard Carr is a Design Director at Landsec, the FTSE 100 UK real estate company. He studied architecture in Leeds and spent around seven to eight years in private practice before moving client-side into real estate development.
At Landsec he works primarily across the company's retail and mixed-use portfolio, acting as a bridge between the commercial teams and the architects and consultants the business works with. He describes much of the role as design-led: setting briefs, shaping the early vision for a scheme, running public consultation with local communities, and translating design ambition into commercially viable places. He is a strong advocate for hand drawing and sketching as tools for communicating ideas, and for mentoring and supporting younger architects and emerging practices as they move through the profession.
On the Architecture Social Podcast, Richard spoke with Stephen Drew about making the move from architecture into real estate, the transferable value of an architectural training, and how developers and designers can collaborate more closely.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: From Architecture to Real Estate ft. Richard Carr, Design Director at Landsec.
The practice
Landsec
Landsec is a FTSE 100 UK real estate company shaping retail, office and mixed-use places. Featured on the Architecture Social Podcast.
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Landsec
- Location
- Greater London
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
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