The Build

About The Build

The Build is a podcast focused on the challenges of providing housing and infrastructure. Hosted by real estate developer Rick Larkin, the show features interviews with a number of leading personalities working in the building and development sector both in Ireland and globally.

Publisher

Rick Larkin

Category

business · business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Mar 2023

Latest episode

9 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Dec 2025

   A (non)Christmas Story

   Gather round the fire for a very different kind of Christmas story. In this special episode, we hand the microphone over to a weary Santa Claus to narrate the true, exhausted saga of the "Ironborn" site in Dublin. It isn't a story about toys or elves. It's a farce about: Three Judicial Reviews.Five planning applications in nine years.Millions of Euro spent.And absolutely zero homes built.Join St. Nick as he walks you through exactly why the Irish planning system is on the Naughty List this ye...

2. 

   17 Jul 2025

   Reddy! Steady! Plan!

   What if Ireland's cities were planned with the same vision and coherence as Barcelona, Copenhagen, or Helsinki? Tony Reddy, Director of Reddy Architecture and Urbanism, reveals how our planning system has trapped us in a development model where uncertainty reigns supreme and city-building happens in fragmented, piecemeal fashion. Drawing from over four decades of architectural experience across Dublin, New York, and London, Reddy takes us through the stark differences between European urban ...

3. 

   25 Jun 2025

   Sharing Solutions

   Peter Horgan, co-founder of Lucas Capital and Grayling Properties, explores co-living spaces in Dublin as a solution for young professionals relocating to the city in this interview.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

194

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

33 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.