EP 001628 September 2020 · 47 min
Petr Esposito - Founding Director of Thirdway Architecture
46:40
Founder interviews are useful because they reveal what a practice values when the work is real, the deadlines are live and hiring decisions matter.
About this conversation
Stephen Drew speaks with Petr Esposito about building Thirdway Architecture, lockdown, Thirdway Interiors, starting and growing a practice, team culture, interviewing, hiring, Ravensbourne, the Bartlett, homelessness research and the origins of Architecture Social.
The conversation covers:
How Thirdway Architecture grew and what shaped its culture
What founders look for when interviewing and hiring
Why pace, responsibility and attitude matter in practice
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- · Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew
Hi everyone, I am Stephen Drew from the Architecture Social and I am here with Peter from Third Way Architecture. Oh, Peter. Hello. How are you?
- · Petr Esposito
Petr Esposito
I'm good. I'm very good. How are you doing? Yeah, I
Anomaly Architecture (formerly Thirdway Architecture) projects
The work behind the conversation.
City of London, United Kingdom · 2022
Duo, 280 Bishopsgate
A 300,000 sq ft retrofit that gives a former bank building new entrances, flexible offices, wellness space and roof terraces.
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41 Corn Street and Gilbert House
Two contrasting Bristol buildings, one Art Deco and one Brutalist, retrofitted as connected office-led schemes with active ground floors.
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