High Rise Podcast

How does one make a real good high-rise building? That’s the quintessential question which is the basis for ‘Tower of Babel’, the podcast series on Dutch high-rise.

The series is initiated by architect Daan Roggeveen, who lived in Shanghai for over a decade, where he got fascinated by high-rise. In this series, he interviews designers, developers and other experts on the issues of high-rise and inner-city densification.

The monthly series – currently in its sixth season – addresses various topics ranging from proper floorplan design to façade engineering, sustainable high-rise engineering and the impact of wind on high-rise design. Supported by the Dutch Highrise Foundation, the series aims to develop the knowledge about high-rise and inner-city densification.

But the series also gives a personal insight in the people behind all these high buildings. How did they manage to get to work on all these complex plans? What kind of ambitions did they start their carreers with? And what’s next?