Show Notes
Piers Taylor is the director of Invisible Studio, a multi-award-winning architecture practice founded in 2011 that operates through collaboration, experimentation, research and education. Piers has pioneered a number of academic programmes that rethink the relationship between design and making, and look at how material practice can address social and political questions. His studio’s work has included numerous National RIBA award-winning projects, including the Wolfson Tree Management Centre, Room 13, and East Quay Watchet. If you’d like to learn more about his studio, you can visit invisiblestudio.org or follow the studio on Instagram @invisible_studio. Office Talk is hosted and produced by Office D.SHARP, a strategic marketing and brand strategy practice for architecture. We work collaboratively with clients across the UK. To learn more about our process and book a consultation, simply visit officedavesharp.com. Thank you to Programa for sponsoring today’s episode. Visit programa.design/officetalk to start for free and save 25% on annual plans. You can also follow Programa on Instagram at @programahq. This episode of Office Talk was edited and engineered by Oscar Crawford.
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