As the UK government announces a £39bn housing boost, the question isn’t just how many homes we build – but how we build, and how we want to live.
In the newest episode of Around the Table, host Rachel Colgan speaks with three experts who are rethinking development from the ground up:
🏘️ Jon Di-Stefano: CEO of Greencore Homes, sharing lessons from delivering better than net zero, carbon storing, bio-based homes at scale.
🌱Joanna Yarrow: Chief Impact Officer at Human Nature, introducing the “Whole Place” model: a bold, practical response to climate, housing, and social challenges.
🏗️ Brogan MacDonald: Head of Sustainability at Ramboll UK, connecting engineering with regeneration and material reuse.
They discuss:
🔸 Moving from units to communities
🔸 Designing for care, character & connection
🔸 Scaling timber, hempcrete & other regenerative materials
🔸 What radical affordability really looks like
🔸 Overcoming planning and policy barriers to do better, faster
This is essential listening for anyone shaping the future of sustainable housing and placemaking.
🎧 Listen now: https://www.building-relations.co.uk/our-podcast/