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Jul 2025

1h 17m

#27 - Nicholas Boys Smith

BUCKLAND ARCHITECTS

About this episode

Nicholas Boys Smith is the Founder & Chairman of Create Streets, a social enterprise and multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in urban design, planning and regeneration. He was also Chair of the Advisory Board for the Government’s Office for Place & is an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism.

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