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Richard Carr
Design Director · Landsec
Design Director at Landsec, from architecture to real estate.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Landsec
- Location
- Greater London
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
The story so far
The path behind Richard's 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.
Episode 0164 · Architecture Social · 37:23
From Architecture to Real Estate ft. Richard Carr, Design Director at Landsec
Moving from architecture into real estate can look like a big leap, but design thinking, communication and commercial awareness all matter inside development teams.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction to architecture, developers and real estate
- 02
05:00 · Seeing real estate as a creative built environment career
- 03
10:00 · Design leadership, consultants and commercial reality
- 04
15:00 · Education, training and routes beyond traditional practice
- 05
20:00 · Flexible career thinking, networking and LinkedIn
- 06
25:00 · Technology, design communication and selling a vision
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Richard's conversation.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Landsec
- Location
- Greater London
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Landsec is a FTSE 100 UK real estate company shaping retail, office and mixed-use places. Featured on the Architecture Social Podcast.
- Greater London
- Commercial
- Masterplanning
- Mixed-Use
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 05:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 05:00 in the full episode.
Seeing real estate as a creative built environment career
- 10:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 10:00 in the full episode.
Design leadership, consultants and commercial reality
- 15:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Education, training and routes beyond traditional practice
- 20:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Flexible career thinking, networking and LinkedIn
- 25:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Technology, design communication and selling a vision
- 30:00Richard Carr · Audio onlyListen from 30:00 in the full episode.
Recruitment, coaching and building long-term trust