Mapping Cities

How do the cities we make in turn make us? Recorded live from the major retrospective exhibition ‘Light Lines: The Architectual Photographs of Helene Binet’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, one of Europe’s oldest established art institutions at the heart of London, this episode explores urban architecture through the lens of photography, cartography, and real-estate investing. Featuring Swiss-French photographer Helene Binet herself, one of the leading architectural photographers in the world most known for her work with architects Daniel Libeskind, Peter Zumthor and Zaha Hadid; James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography at University College London, co-author of the books London: The Information Capital, Where the Animals Go and Atlas of the Invisible; and Zsolt Kohalmi, Global Head of Real Estate and Co-CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors, who has invested an excess of USD20 billion into all real estate asset classes in more than 20 European countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How can we understand and improve the modern world? Join our discussion programme exploring new ideas and global trends from Pictet Group, one of Europe's leading independent investment managers, where we hear from leading experts share ideas and insights considering a plethora of fields to push intellectual frontiers. The show is a collaboration between Pictet, and How To Academy, London’s leading public forum for sharing big thinking.