IABSE in Conversation

IABSE in Conversation is a podcast that talks to interesting and eminent structural engineers and designers about their life and career, and what has influenced or inspired them. Hosted by David Knight from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) British Group.

In our latest ‘IABSE in Conversation’ we talk to Catherine Ramsden, a founding Director at Useful Studio which is a London based Social Enterprise of architects, designers, and practitioners. We start by exploring her transition from the US to the UK and then from work in a large practice to setting up on your own. Alongside her educational, residential and bridge projects we look at how Useful Simple Trust has been created as a ‘B-Corp’, a new type of sustainable design practice, and how that can work in a commercially savvy world. Repurposing, diversity, sustainability, and great design all come together in one ‘big pie’.

Interviewer: John Roberts, CSDI