Hello, and welcome to the Business of Architecture. I'm your host, Ryan Willard, and today I am speaking with Andres van Cara of Tribeca and Christoph, a architectural practice, which is making waves on the international architecture scene. They are based in the Czech Republic. And I had a great delight to actually visit Andre in the new studio of drybeck. And Christophe, which was actually in London, up on the canal in Angel. So, Andre is the Head of International Affairs, his eminent role, He supervises the studio's array of collaborations and significant projects on a global scale. It possesses a solid foundation in architecture, and manages various multidisciplinary involvements. He cultivates international partnerships, and adeptly maneuvers through diverse regulatory frameworks. He has been charged with the coordination of projects, and he's committed to upholding compliance with local benchmarks and discerning strategic business prospects, was very interested in actually getting to sit and talk with Andre at this very fascinating part in the growth of Tribeca, Christoph, the practices relatively young, about 1013 years or so. And they've got an extraordinary amount of wonderful projects, a lot of infrastructure, and a lot of large scale commercial work in the Czech Republic. And they're making strides to expand internationally. And we actually talk about how the practices going about doing that, how they're looking for business development, how they're developing, and collaborating with local partners, the risks that have been involved with discuss about opening up an office in a new location and the reasons the business reasons for why that's a good idea, and also the specialist expertise that they can bring and make available into these new markets, which I think is really fascinating. We discuss as well, the importance of self directed projects and how Tribeca and Christoph in in Czech Republic have actually used self directed projects for infrastructure projects, which was whilst it was a one off, it's a very interesting kind of case study, in winning that kind of work. And we also talk about the complexities and the importance of how to structure an office, the new sorts of departments that are needed, the systems that are needed, the new kinds of expertise that are needed when it starts to grow. So this was a really fascinating conversation. Really excited to be talking to Andre at this point in the practices, growth, and I expect to be hearing and seeing a lot more Tribeca and Christoph in the very near future. And I'm excited to see how they grow in the UK and around the world. So sit back, relax and enjoy. Andre van