Rotterdam's Latest Architectural Competition is Unhinged - #181

About this episode

This episode discusses Rotterdam's architectural competition for a new climate landmark and features updates on Shenzhen's natural history museum.

This week, we're digging into Rotterdam's competition for a €240M new "climate landmark" — and the architectural competition for it is wild. This episode is sponsored by Trimble. Learn more about Trimble’s ProjectSight here 👉 https://bit.ly/4aS8GSH Later in the episode, we cover: Shenzhen's new natural history museum is taking shape We end the show with some excellent emails from Alexia and Johannes. Join Fred for a special book-signing event in London on Thursday 21st May 2026, 7:30PM, at the Royal Geographical Society. Get your tickets here ! Get in touch! Podcast@TheB1M.com www.TheB1M.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Fred

Topics covered

• architectural competition
• climate landmark
• natural history museum
• emails
• book-signing event

Keywords

• Rotterdam
• architectural competition
• climate landmark
• Shenzhen
• natural history museum
• Trimble
• book-signing event

Sponsors

Trimble

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal Geographical Society

Places: Rotterdam, Shenzhen

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