Episode 6 is an architecture special — and a quietly brilliant one.
Richard Zinzan (he/him, G) didn't take the straight route into architecture. A failed fine art application led him to the National Art Library at the V&A, where three years in the stacks gave him something a degree couldn't: time to find himself. He came to architecture school at 22, settled in Brighton in 1996, never left, and founded Archangel Architects after the 2008 crash turned redundancy into a practice. He also co-founded Outwardly Creative — the queer networking event that actually lets people talk.
Rachael Pigg (she/her, B/Q) arrived via a civil engineer father, a boyfriend's architect dad, and a lifelong certainty that design is about people, not ego. Her first big project landed in Time Out. Her most lasting legacy might be a bar near Leicester Square where every urinal had a framed portrait watching over you.
Two architects who've quietly queered one of the most stubbornly straight industries going — and built a practice where same-sex couples come not because they're marketed to, but because they feel safe.
This episode goes deep on the construction site as a straight-jacket, being told most of the women will drop out, and why wearing your identity openly on site took decades of confidence to arrive at. There's also a beautiful thread on representation — and a delivery driver who learned a lesson from a female electrician without anyone saying a word.
\"Being queer is a superpower. It makes you think in a different way — because the world isn't laid out for you.\"
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Season: 1 | Episode: 6
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