A is for Architecture Podcast

Larissa Fassler: Mapping meaning in the city.

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For Episode 181 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I was joined by the Berlin-based artist, Larissa Fassler whose work explores through imagery and...

Peter Stutchbury: Voices, sky, land and folk.

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For Episode 180 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, the extraordinary Australian architect, Peter Stutchbury, joined me to speak about a little of h...

Shiben Banerji: Occult modernist urban visions.

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 179 of the A is for Architecture Podcast is a fascinating, expansive discussion with scholar, planner and architect, Dr Shiben Banerji, associ...

Adam Sharr: Heidegger (ahem), building, senses.

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 178 of this incessant podcast, Adam Sharr, Professor of Architecture at Newcastle University, discusses his 2007 book, Heidegger for Archit...

Alva Gotby: Other means of dwelling.

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this new episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, writer and organiser, Alva Gotby, discusses her recent latest book, Feeling at Home: Transf...

Piers Taylor: Building in place.

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The A is for Architecture Podcast’s latest episode is a discussion with the architect, writer, teacher and broadcaster, Piers Taylor. It is Piers’...

Jeana Ripple: Architecture, materials, technology and equity.

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast Jeana Ripple, Chair and Vincent & Eleanor Shea Professor in the School of Architecture...

Patrick Lynn Rivers & Kai Wood Mah: Situated practices.

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The A is for Architecture Podcast’s newest episode is a conversation with North American scholars, social scientist Patrick Lynn Rivers and design...

Hans van der Heijden: A rationalist architecture.

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast Amsterdam-based architect Hans van der Heijden discuss themes of his design work and writi...

Peter Apps: Home making and unmaking.

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast the journalist, writer and Deputy Editor at Inside Housing, Peter Apps discusses his very recent...

Stefano Boeri: Architecture with nature.

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the A is for Architecture Podcast’s latest episode, Stefano Boeri - architect, urban planner, Professor of Urban Planning at Milan Polytechnic, ...

James Benedict Brown & Derek Jones: The design studio.

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I got to speak to Derek Jones and James Benedict Brown, two of five scholars responsible f...

Sir Charles Saumarez Smith: John Vanbrugh and building as theatre.

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the latest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to architectural historian, writer and curator, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith CBE ab...

Anna Kostreva: Science fiction and architecture.

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to Berlin-based writer, architect and activist Anna Kostreva who, with Alex He...

Holly Smith: High-rise housing in Britain.

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 167 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Holly Smith, historian and Research Fellow at/ in St John’s College, University of Cambridge, d...

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes: Unmaking architecture.

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this new episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes spoke with me about her recent book, A Moratorium on New Construc...

Wayne Hemingway: The housing crisis.

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s release of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Wayne Hemingway MBE logged on to discuss one of his latest initiatives, The Housing Ass...

Marianna Charitonidou: Drawing, meaning and modernism.

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to the architect, historian and theorist Dr Marianna Charitonidou about her fairly...

Michael Euade: Gaudi and the Catalan image.

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this summer’s latest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to the writer Michael Euade to discuss his 2023 book, Antoni Gaudi, p...

Piers Gough & Sophie Ryder: 50 years of CZWG.

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I was joined by Piers Gough and Sophie Ryder, both of CZWG. Piers is the original G of CZW...

Géraldine Borio: Making space in the Asian city.

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 161 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Dr Géraldine Borio - Swiss architect and assistant professor in the Department of Architecture a...

Christian Schmid: Henri Lefebvre and the space of the city.

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this, the 160th episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I was joined by Professor Christian Schmid, geographer, sociologist, urban researcher...

Azza Aboualam: Food, culture, architecture.

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Emirati architect and co-founder of Holesum Studio, Azza Aboualam discusses her curation of ...

Paul Chatterton: The social city.

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Paul Chatterton, Professor of Urban Futures at the University of Leeds, discusses parts of...

Scott Balmforth and Gerard Reinmuth: Territories of Architecture.

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Gerard Reinmuth and Scot Balmforth, co-founders and directors of Terroir, speak about their prac...

Richard J Williams: Expressways and the urban imagination.

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, the University of Edinburgh’s Richard J. Williams discusses The Expressway World, his brand ne...

Owen Hopkins: Home made manifestos.

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, author, curator and currently director of the Farrell Centre at Newcastle University, Owen Hopki...

Kenny Cupers: Empire, architecture and modern design.

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Professor of Architectural History and Urban Studies at the University of Basel and urban theori...

Tom Spector: The architect as public servant.

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, architect, scholar and author Tom Spector discusses his book, Architecture and the Public Good, ...

Chris L Smith: Deleuze & Guattari & Architecture

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke with Chris L. Smith, Professor of Architectural Theory at the University of Sydney, to d...

Stefan Al & Tom Verebes: Reading urban design

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke with Associate Professor of Urban Planning at Hunter College, Stefan Al, and Professor a...

Justin O’Connor: Community, culture and the city.

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this – the 150th! - episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I was joined by cultural theorist Justin O'Connor, Professor of Cultural Ec...

Alistair Fair: New Towns, New Scotland.

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, architectural historian at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Dr Alistair Fa...

John Boughton: Social histories of council housing.

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke with John Boughton, social historian, writer and blogger. John has written the hugely in...

Dinah Bornat: Play home city children.

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, architect, urban designer and founder-director of ZCD Architects, Dinah Bornat, discusses her ne...

Shayan Adham: Critical practice and the cosmopolitan imagination.

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Shayan Adham - architect, scholar and founder of Layers Studio, a design practice based in Iran,...

Stylianos Giamarelos: Critical Regionalism versus Postmodernism.

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, architect, historian, and scholar Stylianos Giamarelos, speaks about his recent book, Resisting Postmodern A...

Robert G. Hollands: Culture and the Creative City.

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, urban sociologist Robert G. Hollands discusses some themes of his book, Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City:...

Chris Younès: Rethinking Architecture - Space, architects, ethics and ecology.

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the newest episode of A is for Architecture, Professor Chris Younès – philosopher, professor emerita at the National School of Archite...

Cameron McEwan: Aldo Rossi and the Analogical City.

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of A is for Architecture,Dr. Cameron McEwan, Associate Professor of Architecture at Northumbria University discusses some few of...

Dorina Pojani: Power, prestige and inequality in new capital cities.

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, I was joined by the University of Queensland’s Dr Dorina Pojani to discuss her book Trophy Cities: A Femin...

Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago: Planning, the commons and resistance.

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, I spoke to Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, associate professor of urban planning at the School of Architecture, Un...

Pablo Meninato: Informal settlements and social change.

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, I spoke with Pablo Meninato, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture...

Franca Trubiano: Theory, making and the ethical architect.

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

⁠For this episode of A is for Architecture I spoke with Dr Franca Trubiano, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, U...

Bernard Tschumi: Poetics, ethics, cities and spaces.

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first episode of A is for Architecture’s 2025 offer, I was very lucky to be joined by the great architect, writer, theorist and educator, Be...

Guillaume Couche: Interface design and user experience.

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For Episode 136 of A is for Architecture, I was joined by Guillaume Couche, the co-founder with Richard Shackleton of Oh Hi Tomorrow—a cutting-edge ...

Fiona Smyth: Architecture and the history of acoustics.

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 135 of A is for Architecture, Assistant Professor in Architectural History and Theory in the Department of Architecture at the University o...

Clive Aslet: Edwin Lutyens - Architect for All Seasons.

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In A is for Architecture’s 134th episode, the writer, publisher, former editor of Country Life and visiting Professor of Architecture at the Univers...

Lorens Holm: Architecture, the unconscious, Freud and Lacan.

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 133 of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect, academic, and writer Lorens Holm. We explore the fascinating intersection of archite...

John Stewart: Sculpture for architecture.

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Episode 132 of A is for Architecture I spoke with architect and architectural historian John Stewart, to discuss the intersections of art, archite...

Sue Brownill: Making London’s Docklands.

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For Episode 131 of A is for Architecture I was joined by Professor Sue Brownill, an expert in urban planning and the development of London Docklands ...

Tom Morton: Architecture, art and ecology in Orkney.

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Episode 130 of A is for Architecture, Tom Morton, architect and principal of Arc Architects, an architecture practice based in Fife, Scotland, dis...

Beth Weinstein: Architecture and dance.

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠On Episode 129 of A is for Architecture, Dr Beth Weinstein, Associate Professor of Architecture and at the University of Arizona, discusses her re...

Austin Williams: Architecture and critique.

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 128 of the A is for Architecture podcast, architect, journalist and scholar Austin Williams discusses his work and practice, and his ongoin...

Tanzil Shafique: Informal architecture.

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Tanzil Shafique discusses his forthcoming book, City of Desire: An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh, on Episode 127 of A is for Ar...

Gabriel Esquivel: Making, architecture, digital.

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 126 of A is for Architecture, Gabriel Esquivel, director of the T4T Lab, speaks about Design Technology and Digital Production: An Archite...

Jessica Kelly: The architect and the architectural press.

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 125 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with historian Dr Jessica Kelly, Reader in Design and Architectural History at London Metropoli...

Graham Haughton and Iain White: Theories of Planning.

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠On Episode 124 of A is for Architecture Graham Haughton and Iain White tell me about their excellent book, Why Plan? Theory for Practitioners, pub...

Henrik Schoenefeldt: Environmental design and the Houses of Parliament.

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 123 of A is for Architecture is a discussion with Henrik Schoenefeldt, Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the School of Architecture, De...

Dell Upton: American architecture.

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of A is for Architecture, Dell Upton, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, UC Berkeley and Professor and Chair of Art History at UCLA, ...

Cat Rossi, Victoria Kelley & Jessica Kelly: Borders.

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The title of this year’s Design History Society Annual Conference is Border Control: Excursion, Incursion and Exclusion and for this episode of A is...

Nigel Cross: How designers think.

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Nigel Cross is the podcasts' 120th guest, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies at the Open University, design researcher who played a pi...

Robyne Calvert: Design, reconstruction and The Mackintosh Building.

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cultural historian Dr Robyne Calvert discusses her recent book, The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art in the 119th episod...

Richard J Weller: A Grand Tour through the Anthropocene.

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠In Episode 117 of A is for Architecture’s landscape architect Richard J Weller, discusses his beautiful book, To the Ends of the Earth: A Grand T...

Michael Pawlyn: Biomimetic, regenerative architecture.

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A is for Architecture’s 116th episode features the architect, writer, public speaker, TED-talker and all round polymath, Michael Pawlyn, discussing ...

Sofia Singler: The Aaltos’ sacred architecture

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠Episode 115 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Sofia Singler, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, an...

Jane Rendell: Psychoanalysis writing architecture

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠In Episode 114 of A is for Architecture Jane Rendell, Professor in Critical Spatial Practice at The Bartlett, UCL, discusses some aspects of her r...

Cécile Brisac: Buildings, cities, care and elegance.

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠Episode 113 of A is for Architecture’s is a conversation with Cécile Brisac, founder of Atelier Brisac, a practice based in London and Paris, ...

Tony Fretton: The social art of architecture

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠A is for Architecture’s 112th episode is with the British architect, Tony Fretton. Previously founder and principal of Tony Fretton Architects, a...

Des Fitzgerald: Green urbanism, health and city futures

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠Episode 111 of A is for Architecture⁠ is a conversation with Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at University ...

Victoria Jane Marshall: Mapping the periurban

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠In Episode 110 of A is for Architecture⁠ Victoria Jane Marshall, senior lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the National University o...

Charles Holland: The Joy of Architecture.

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠Episode 109 of A is for Architecture⁠ has architect, professor and writer, Charles Holland, discussing his new book, How to Enjoy Architecture: ...

Mallory Baches: New Urbanism

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠A is for Architecture’s⁠ 108th episode is a conversation with urban designer and President of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Mallory B.E. ...

Sam Jacob: Code, representation, image, architecture.

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

⁠A is for Architecture’s⁠ 108th episode is a conversation with the architect Sam Jacob, principal of Sam Jacob Studio and Professor and head of...

Tim Ingold: Anthropology - Making - Architecture

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 107 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠ is a discussion with Tim Ingold, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen ...

Sabina Andron: Graffiti, semiotics and the city

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 106 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠ Sabina Andron talks about her book Urban Surfaces, Graffiti, and the Right to the City, which she publ...

Pier Vittorio Aureli: Processes of abstraction in modern architecture

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 105 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠ is with Pier Vittorio Aureli, writer and educator, and founder and principal of Dogma, the much-acclaimed...

Paul Watt: Council housing and gentrification

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 104 of A is for Architecture, is a conversation with Paul Watt about his 2021 book, Estate Regeneration and Its Discontents: Public Housing...

Aaron Betsky: Utopia, monster, city.

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 103 of A is for Architecture, Aaron Betsky discusses his recent book The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture, published by MIT Press in Janua...

Nimi Attanayake and Tim O'Callaghan: The principled architect.

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 102 of A is for Architecture, Nimi Attanayake and Tim O'Callaghan, founders and principals of nimtim architects, talk about their work,...

Sophia Psarra: Parliament, power, politics and architecture.

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 101 of A is for Architecture, Sophia Psarra, Professor of Architecture and Spatial Design, the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, discu...

Matthew Fuller: Conflict, aesthetics and architecture.

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this, the 100th episode of A is for Architecture and the thirty-something in Series 3, Matthew Fuller speaks about his and Eyal Weizman’...

Ashton Hamm: Democratic practice

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode n/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Ashton Hamm, founding principal of uxo architects, a cooperative practice based in Califo...

Catherine Ingraham: Architecture as theory

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 30ish/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Catherine Ingraham, writer and scholar, about Architecture’s Theory, part of MIT Pr...

Neelkanth Chhaya: Architectures of Indian modernity

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 29/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Professor Neelkanth Chhaya, architect and scholar, and former Dean of the Faculty of Arc...

Laurence Lord: Civic practice in Ireland and Holland.

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 28/3 of A is for Architecture, architect, curator and educator Laurence Lord speaks about his practice AP+E, which he founded with Jeffrey ...

Frank Jacobus and Brian M Kelly: Architecture and AI.

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 27, Series 3 of A is for Architecture, Frank Jacobus and Brian M Kelly discuss their recent book, Artificial Intelligent Architecture: New ...

Loretta Lees and Elanor Warwick: Defensible space

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 26/ 3 of A is for Architecture, Loretta Lees and Elanor Warwick speak about their book, Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in Engli...

Ken Worpole: Designing social care

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Series 3, Episode 25 of A is for Architecture’s is a conversation with social and architectural historian, Ken Worpole, discussing his life and wor...

Mark Jarzombek: Design, discipline, labour, craft.

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 23/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Mark Jarzombek about his recent book, Architecture Constructed: Notes on a Discipline, p...

Swati Chattopadhyay: Making empire everyday.

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 22 of Series 3 of A is for Architecture, architectural historian, Swati Chattopadhyay discusses her 2023 book, Small Spaces: Recasting the ...

Jim Stephenson (with Sofia Smith): Photography, architecture and everyday life.

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 21/3 of A is for Architecture, filmmaker and architectural photographer Jim Stephenson discusses his work, his method and his inspirations....

Katie Lloyd Thomas: Architects, builders, specifications

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 20, Series 3 of A is for Architecture, is a discussion with Katie Lloyd Thomas, Professor of Architectural History and Theory at Newcastle Uni...

John Pawson: Minimalist architecture.

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 19/3 of A is for Architecture, John Pawson speaks about his design education, work, ethos and practice. John is recognised as the preemin...

Dana Cuff: Architecture and spatial justice.

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Season 3, Episode 18 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠ Dana Cuff speaks about her recent book, ⁠Architectures of Spatial Justice⁠, published by MI...

Rob Fiehn: London’s futures

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 17/3 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠, is a conversation with ⁠Rob Fiehn⁠, writer, communications consultant, Director of the ⁠London Soci...

Petra Marko: Placemaking for the city.

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 16/3 of ⁠A is for Architecture⁠, I spoke with the architect Petra Marko, director of ⁠Marko & Placemakers⁠, creative director o...

Annette Fierro: Utopia, machines, Archigram and the High Tech.

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 15, Season 3 of  ⁠A is for Architecture⁠’s, Annette Fierro speaks about her book, Architectures of the Technopolis: Archigram and th...

Rowan Moore: The social house.

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 14/3 of  ⁠A is for Architecture⁠’s, Rowan Moore speaks about his recent book, ⁠Property: The Myth the Built the World⁠, publishe...

Juhani Pallasmaa: Architecture, time and the five senses.

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the 13th episode of  A is for Architecture’s third series, I spoke with the remarkable architect and writer, Juhani Pallasmaa, former professor ...