A is for Architecture Podcast
Episodes
Chris Dyson & Dominic Bradbury: Making history modern.
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 11, series 3 of A is for Architecture I spoke with architect Chris Dyson, principal of Chris Dyson Architects, and Dominic Bradbury, about ...
Katrin Bohn and André Viljoen: Urban agriculture as design
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In A is for Architecture’s Episode 10/3 Katrin Bohn and André Viljoen – architects, academics and activists – speak about their work on urban a...
Tom de Paor: City, suburb, desert
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with the architect, artist, writer and teacher, Tom de Paor, ‘one of Ireland’s foremost arc...
Leonard Ma, Helen Runting and Tahl Kaminer: Gentrification, suburbia, cities and finance.
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A is for Architecture’s Episode 8, Series 3, is a conversation with a trio of great scholars, Tahl Kaminer, Leonard Ma and Helen Runting, about thei...
Paul Dobraszczyk: Animals and architecture
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7/ 3 of A is for Architecture, is a conversation with writer, photographer and teacher Paul Dobraszczyk, about his book, Animal Architecture: ...
Charlotte Skene Catling: From geoarcheology to architecture.
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 6/ 3 of A is for Architecture, architect, writer, teacher and researcher, Charlotte Skene Catling talks about her practice Skene Cailtling ...
Liz Postlethwaite: Permaculture and design.
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 5/ 3 of A is for Architecture, Liz Postlethwaite talks about her practice as a participatory artist, permaculture designer and Director of ...
Stuart Vokes and Aaron Peters: Architecture, suburbia and Brisbane.
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 4/ 3 of A is for Architecture, Stuart Vokes and Aaron Peters speak about their practice, Vokes & Peters, and their elegant domestic and civ...
Mónica Montserrat Degen and Gillian Rose: The New Urban Aesthetic.
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In A is for Architecture’s third episode of the series, Monica Degen and Gillian Rose speak about their 2022 book, The New Urban Aesthetic: Digital ...
Simon Henley: Beneficial building.
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, Season (or series) 3 of A is for Architecture, Simon Henley talks about his work as a designer, researcher, maker and teacher, and the w...
Denise Scott Brown: Becoming Denise.
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of A is for Architecture’s third series, the effervescent Denise Scott Brown talks about her journey to and through architectur...
Alan Dickson: Authentic vernaculars in rural Scotland.
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37/2 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Alan Dickson, co-founder and director of Rural Design, an acclaimed and innovative arch...
Eleanor Jolliffe & Paul Crosby: Making Architects.
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 36, Season 2 of A is for Architecture, Eleanor Jolliffe and Paul Crosby speak about their book, Architect: The Evolving Story of a Professi...
Charles Holland: Co-Living in the Countryside.
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35/2 of A is for Architecture features Charles Holland, principal of Charles Holland Architects, and Professor of Architecture at the Universi...
Andrew Beharrell & Rory Olcayto: New urban housing.
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 34/2 of A is for Architecture, Andrew Beharrell and Rory Olcayto talk about their book, The Deck Access Housing Design Guide: A Return to S...
Ben Derbyshire: Politics, ethics and practice.
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33/2 of A is for Architecture’s features Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design LLP and Immediate Past President of RIBA. We talk about Home ...
Susannah Hagan: Architecture and the Anthropocene.
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 32 of A is for Architecture’s second season, Susannah Hagan talks about her book Revolution? Architecture and the Anthropocene, published...
Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Jill Rudd: Making modern childhood.
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 31/2 of A is for Architecture, Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Jill Rudd discusses their recent book, Building Children’s Worlds: The Represen...
Albena Yaneva: Covid, bodies, cities and urban things.
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 30, Season 2 of A is for Architecture, Professor Albena Yaneva discusses her very recent book, Architecture After Covid, published by Bloom...
Gary Boyd: Coal, architecture and modernity.
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29/2 of A is for Architecture, Professor Gary Boyd speaks on his book, Architecture and the Face of Coal: Mining and Modern Britain, publis...
Gordana Fontana-Giusti: Foucault and the language of architects.
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 2, Episode 28 of A is for Architecture, Gordana Fontana Giusti discusses her 2013 book, Foucault for Architects, published by Routledge, as ...
Bryan Cantley: Architecture between the real and the virtual.
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 27/ 2 of A is for Architecture Bryan Cantley speaks about his very extraordinary body of work, beautifully documented in Speculative Coolne...
Reinier de Graaf: Thinking architecture.
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 26 of A is for Architecture’s second season is a conversation with architect, urbbanist and writer Reinier de Graaf, partner at the Office f...
Neal Shasore & Jessica Kelly: Postwar architecture and democracy.
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 25/2 of A is for Architecture I spoke with Head of School and Chief Executive of the London School of Architecture, Neal Shasore and Jessic...
Patrick Lynch: Architecture’s ground.
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A is for Architecture’s Episode 24, Season 2, is a conversation with Patrick Lynch, founder and director of Lynch Architects, writer, scholar and gu...
Teddy Cruz & Fonna Forman: Architecture, justice, the spatial and the social.
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 23, Season 2 of A is for Architecture, I spoke with UC San Diego professors, Fonna Forman and Teddy Cruz about their two recent books, Spat...
Kim Dovey: Informal settlements and emergent urbanism.
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season Two’s twenty-second episode features Kim Dovey, Professor and Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Melbourne School of Design, University ...
Maurice Mitchell and Bo Tang: Detective, narrator, craftsman, architect.
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 21, Season 2 of A is for Architecture I spoke with Maurice Mitchell and Bo Tang, respectively Professor and Reader of/ in Architecture, wit...
Flora Samuel: Housing, health and eudaimonia.
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 20, Season 2 of A is for Architecture’s I spoke with Flora Samuel, Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, holding the ...
Alex Ely: Resilience, networks and architectural practice.
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Nineteen of A is for Architecture’s second season is a conversation with Mae’s founding director, Alex Ely, talking about his practice’s...
Ed Parham: Space Syntax, cities and digital futures.
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 18, season 2 of A is for Architecture, I met (on Zoom…) with Ed Parham, Director of Design & innovation at Space Syntax, to talk abou...
Sally Stone: Interiority, interior design and change.
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this the seventeenth episode of A is for Architecture’s second series, I speak with Sally Stone, Reader and Programme Leader for the MA Architect...
Gevork Hartoonian: Architecture, spectacle and the image.
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 16 of Season 2 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Gevork Hartoonian, Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at the Univers...
Jonathan Hale: Phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty and architecture.
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 2, Episode 15 A is for Architecture, I speak with architect and writer, Jonathan Hale, Professor of Architectural Theory at the University o...
Henry Sanoff: Participation, design and play.
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 14 of the second season of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect and scholar (and personal hero), Henry Sanoff, professor emeritus ...
Piers Taylor: Making architecture, nature and community
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13 of Season 2 of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect, writer, teacher and television presenter, Piers Taylor about his journey t...
Ruth Lang: Creative reuse and sustainability
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 12th episode of the 2nd season of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect, curator, scholar and teacher, Dr Ruth Lang, about her recent b...
Jos Boys: Activism, architecture and disordinary bodies.
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 11 of A is for Architecture’s second season, I speak with architect, scholar, teacher and activist, Dr. Jos Boys, about her long term pro...
Beatriz Colomina & Evangelos Kotsioris: Radical pedagogies
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode ten of season two of A is for Architecture, I speak with Beatriz Colomina and Evangelos Kotsioris, about their book Radical Pedagogies, co-...
Paul Dobraszczyk: Anarchism, architecture and the polis.
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the ninth episode of A is for Architecture’s second season, I speak with Paul Dobraszczyk, architectural writer, teacher, photographer and artist...
Erika Doss: Memorials and memory in America.
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the eight episode of this year’s A is for Architecture’s, I speak with Professor Erika Doss of the University of Notre Dame’s Department of A...
Gwendolyn Wright: America and the spirit of modernity.
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In A is for Architecture’s seventh episode in 2022/3's offer, I speak with Professor Gwendolyn Wright of Colombia University’s Graduate School of ...
Sarah Wigglesworth: Participation, community and sustainable practice.
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixth episode of 2022/3's A is for Architecture series, I speak with Sarah Wigglesworth, director and founder of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects....
Sofie Pelsmakers & Elizabeth Donovan: Designing sustainable architecture.
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 of 2022/23 #aisforarchitecture, I speak with architect-scholars Sofie Pelsmakers and Elizabeth Donovan, about their book Designing for th...
Christian Parreño: Boredom, capitalism and architecture.
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 of 2022/23 A is for Architecture, I speak with Christian Parreno, writer, academic and architect, about his book Boredom, Architecture, a...
Juliet Davis: Care, urban design and the city
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of 2022/3's A is for Architecture series, I speak with Professor Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff ...
Pierre d'Avoine: Housing, imagination and belonging.
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of 2022/3's A is for Architecture offer, I speak with architect, writer and educator, Pierre d'Avoine, about his book Dwelling o...
Torange Khonsari: Cultural commoning, community and design.
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Year Two (or Season 2?) of A is for Architecture, I speak with Dr Torange Khonsari, course leader for the Design for Cultural ...
Craig Hamilton: Sacred Architecture, Dialogue and the Classical Tradition
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 32 of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect Craig Hamilton, whose work in the classical tradition, particularly his sacred work, re...
Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato & Daniel E. Coslett: Rethinking Global Modernism
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 31 of A is for Architecture I speak with Maristella Casciato, Vikramaditya Prakash & Daniel E. Coslett about the recent volume th...
Alastair Parvin: Open systems and democratic built environments.
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 30 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Alastair Parvin, CEO of Open Systems Lab, co-founder of WikiHouse, writer and architect. Open Sys...
Michael Young: Aesthetics, digital images and architecture
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Michael Young, founder of Young & Ayata and assistant professor at the The Cooper Union, New ...
Harriet Harriss: Architecture, intersectionality and the anthropocene
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 28 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Harriet Harriss (RIBA, ARB, Assoc. AIA, Ph.D., PFHEA, FRSA), Dean of the School of Arch...
Stefanie Rhodes: Practicing architecture
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 27 of A is for Architecture, I got to speak with architect Stefanie Rhodes, founder and director of the London-based practice, Gatti Routh ...
Bruce Peter: Aeroplanes, hotels and global architectures
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 26 of A is for Architecture, I speak with the Glasgow School of Art's Professor Bruce Peter, about themes, buildings, people and ideas glea...
Albena Yaneva: Bruno Latour, ANT and Architects
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 25 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Albena Yaneva, Professor of Architectural Theory at the Manchester School of Architecture, Univer...
Dean Hawkes: Architects, Environments and Imaginations
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 24 of #aisforarchitecture, I speak with Dean Hawkes, Emeritus Professor of Architectural Design at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardif...
Neil Pinder: Teaching design thinking
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 23 of A is for Architecture, I got to speak with Neil Pinder, Head of Product Design and Architecture at Graveney School, Tooting, London. ...
Shira de Bourbon Parme: Anthropology and integrated urban development
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 22 of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect, urban designer and anthropologist, Shira de Bourbon Parme, co-founder of ForeGrounds a...
Jim Stockard: Housing, cohousing and citizenship
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 21 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Jim Stockard, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of ...
Alan Powers: Modernism's muddy waters.
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 20 of A is for Architecture, I speak with historian, writer and professor, Alan Powers, about modernist architecture, any new ways we must ...
Greg Keeffe: Environmentalism, biomimicry and sustainable cities
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 19 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Greg Keeffe of the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queens University Belfast, ...
Ola Uduku: Africa, modernism and encounter
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 18 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Ola Uduku, Head of the Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. We sp...
Richard Brook: Manchester, modern city.
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17 of A is for Architecture, I speak with architect Professor Richard Brook of the Manchester School of Architecture, and creator and curat...
Johnny Rodger: Essays, language, performativity and the contemporary.
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 16 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature in the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the Glas...
Liam Gillick: Concrete, production, practice and ethics.
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 15 of A is for Architecture, I speak with artists and writer Liam Gillick. We start with concrete, move to St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross ...
Malcolm Fraser: Sustainable architecture, social mixing and democratic spaces.
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 14 of A is for Architecture, I spoke with Scottish Architect, Malcolm Fraser, founder and director of Fraser/ Livingstone Architects, based...
John Letherland: Urbanism, masterplanning and placemaking.
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13 of A is for Architecture, I speak with John Letherland, urbanist, masterplanner and director of John Letherland Ltd. John was a founding...
Hana Loftus: Town planning, architecture and an education in place making.
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the twelfth episode of A is for Architecture, I speak with Hana Loftus, co-director of HAT Projects, architect and town planner and Engagemen...
Anne Marie Galmstrup: Programmes, publics and intangibles.
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 11 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Anne Marie Galmstrup, director of Galmstrup Architects, London, about local identity, the social ...
Maggie Ma and Mark Kingsley: Engagement, housing and Hong Kong.
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of A is for Architecture, I speak with the architects and educators Maggie Ma, assistant professor of Architecture at the Chinese Univer...
Robert Adam: Tradition, beauty, authenticity and hybridity.
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Robert Adam, architect, urban designer, author, and visiting professor of urban design at the Univ...
Geraldine Dening: Social housing, urban culture and community action.
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 8 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Geraldine Dening, an architect and senior lecturer at Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfor...
Siraaj Mitha: Widening participation, equality, education and representation.
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7 of A is for Architecture I speak with Siraaj Mitha, an architect and head of Open City's Accelerate, a programme designed to invite the e...
Lee Ivett: Making, seeing, justice and engagement.
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Lee Ivett, course leader at the Grenfell Baines Institute of Architecture, University of Central L...
Tahl Kaminer: Modern architecture and the political
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Dr Tahl Kaminer of the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, about his research on ide...
Amica Dall: Writing contemporary architecture
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the fourth episode of A is for Architecture, I speak with Amica Dall of the design collective Assemble, about themes and ideas in her talk Ar...
Bob Brown: Vernacular architecture, marginal voices and identity.
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Bob Brown, of the University of Plymouth. Bob is an architect and educator with many yea...
Kathleen James-Chakraborty: The Bauhaus, women and modern architecture
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty about her research and writing on twentieth century ...
Richard Williams: Reyner Banham, Los Angeles, cars and everyday life
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the first episode of A is for Architecture, I speak with Professor Richard Williams about his new book, Reyner Banham Revisited, published by...