The Modern House Podcast

Christopher Kane is the fashion designer known for his subversive yet refined clothes. He’s also a charming and chatty Scotsman, with plenty of humour and good stories to go round, including an incident with wild monkeys at an Indonesian resort and his first encounter with Donatella Versace. His top architectural choices in the world, meanwhile, are full of superstition and spirituality. Plus, he talks the joys of growing up in a Scottish household and explains why he’ll always be a devotee of the TV. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Architect Kevin Carmody, co-founder of Carmody Groarke, is joined by Matt Gibberd (and some rather sweet special guests) on location at one of his current projects in the verdant countryside of East Sussex. Just like his archive of work, Kevin’s three favourite spaces are diverse and meticulously designed, from a house that appears to be dissolving to one that healed a marriage. Plus, he explains how to design a house so that it doesn’t, in fact, look like one at all. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Penny Martin is the Glaswegian wordsmith perhaps best known for leading The Gentlewoman’s masthead as editor in chief. Dialling in from her home in Fife, Scotland, where she overlooks the sea, Penny discusses her career climb, including a stint as a tour guide at the Glasgow School of Art, and reveals some of her earliest conversations with her former boss, the fashion photographer Nick Knight. Plus, she shares her favourite three living spaces in the world. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eudon Choi is a fashion designer celebrated for his masterful craftsmanship, clean architectural lines and bold colour palette – and his top three living spaces around the world share the same sensibilities as his clothes. Eudon also speaks on the joys of his own home in Shoreditch, and why he finds it more of a challenge to pick colours for his walls than for his collections. Check out the nowness.com In Residence Series to see the film about Luis Barragan's Casa Gilardi that Matt mentions in the interview. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Featherstone is a RIBA award-winning architect, co-founder of practice Featherstone Young, and lecturer at Central Saint Martins. We’re particularly drawn to Sarah’s way of thinking, for when it comes to architecture, she is less interested in bricks and mortar and more in the way in which people inhabit spaces. Listen to the episode now to discover her top three living spaces and hear about her unlikely encounter with Right Said Fred. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Jackson is a supper-club host, broadcaster and, most recently, founder of homeware marketplace Glassette. She is also known for her love of – and astute eye for – interiors, which makes her well placed to discuss her top three living spaces in the world with our host, Matt Gibberd. Listen to the episode now to discover her choices, tips for creating a home wherever she may be and to find out why she wants to live like Forrest Gump. Find out more on The Modern House. You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On The Modern House Podcast, our host Matt Gibberd invites design enthusiasts to select their top three living spaces in the world. The guest of this episode is indeed a design enthusiast, but she’s also quite the expert: it’s Margaret Howell. The designer is synonymous with three things in particular: a quintessential Britishness, quality craftsmanship and materials. So it makes perfect sense that this trio unites her top three living spaces. Listen to discover the stories behind her selection. Plus, she discusses her early memories of design and endless love of making things.   Find out more on The Modern House.   You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’re a millennial who grew up watching TV in Britain, chances are you’ll remember Reggie Yates from his days as a TV presenter. As the latest guest on our podcast, the writer and director shares his top three favourite living spaces with out host and co-founder Matt Gibberd. Two common threads run throughout Reggie’s choices: the first is London, the backdrop to his life, home and now film. The second is community, something that he holds close to his heart. As he says, “a building is nothing without the people in it”.   Find out more on The Modern House.   You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode our guest is one that’s rather close to home. It’s Albert Hill: who co-founded The Modern House 16 years ago with his childhood friend and our podcast host, Matt Gibberd. Here, the duo sit down at Albert’s workspace in their hometown of Hampshire and reflect on the The Modern House’s journey. Plus, Albert discusses being a collector, his favourite homes and just how they have shaped him.   Find out more on The Modern House.    You can purchase Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via Penguin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our latest episode, Clare Wright, co-founder of Wright & Wright Architects, shares her top three living spaces in the world. While Clare’s choices are diverse, there’s one notable theme that neatly ties her selection together.   Find out more on The Modern House.    You can pre-order Matt Gibberd’s new book A Modern Way to Live via Penguin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.