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62. The American War with Pao Houa Her and Sadie Wechsler
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For Americans, it was the Vietnam War. For Vietnam and Laos, It was The American War. Next week, we are joined by photographers Pao Houa Her and Sadi...
61. Rugged Individualism, the career of Gordon Walker
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are joined by prolific architect of northwest modernism, Gordon Walker as we discuss Grant Hildebrand's biography, "Gordon Walker, A Po...
60. At the Intersection of Environmental Justice and Public Space with Amita Baviskar
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn about an urban environment when we understand it, both socially and spatially, as an ecology? This week, we investigate the interse...
59. The structure of feeling, Music and Architecture with Bright Sheng
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can a piece of music describe moving through an architectural space? For composer Bright Sheng, it's all about the structure. This week, we'll be...
Architecture and the dancing body with Jennifer Salk
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we welcome in the new year with a stunning discussion on the relationship between dance and the spaces we perform in with Chair to Univers...
57. Modernism, Utopia, and living the catastrophe with Anthony Vidler
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we investigate settlement, agency, pedagogy and architecture's tireless hope for utopia with esteemed professor of architecture history an...
Reissue: Transversality with Shima Mohajeri
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here in the United States, we just celebrated Thanksgiving, and in the midst of all the feasting, we were not able to release a new episode. But we w...
56. The production of Cinema, Bollywood and the Cinema House with Sudhir Mahadevan
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss the booming industry that is Indian Cinema, the Cinema House and Bollywood with Associate Professor of Film Studies at the Univ...
55. Louis Kahn and the Conceptual Practice of Anthony Pellecchia
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are joined by architect and artist, Anthony Pellecchia, as he shares with us his perspective on the profession of architecture, and his...
54. Structure and Architecture with Tyler Sprague
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss thin shell concrete and the work of Jack Christiansen as "Sculpture On a Grand Scale" with structural engineer and University o...
53. A Pursuit of Effectiveness with Renée Cheng
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Finding your place in the field of architecture, particularly as a woman of color, can be complicated. This week, Renée Cheng, Dean of the College ...
52. Before the masters, a conversation with Peter Scriver
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we invite Architect, Historian and Educator, Peter Scriver to share with us his story of uncovering a love of Architecture History through...
51. New Ontologies for Our Changing Climate
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we conclude our editor's choice series with an episode to inspire new possibilities in how we can approach issues of, and futures within o...
50. Designing The Indescribable
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in honor of our 50th episode, we will be hearing from two incredible architects as they describe their pursuits of the indescribable. This...
49. On Storytelling
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS WEEK, as the second episode in our Editor's Choice Edition, we revisit conversations with Nicole Huber and Yomi Braester as we investigate the a...
48. What Makes A Vibrant City?
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we kick off our summer long Editor's Choice series! This week, we re-visit our conversations with Jeff Hou and Manish Chalana as well as R...
47. Special Edition conversation with Vikram Prakash
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the season finale of ArchitectureTalk, we put our esteemed host, Vikram Prakash in the hot seat in a special edition conversation lead by Archite...
46. Rethinking Rivers as Wetness with Dilip Da Cunha
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a complex ecology of "wetness" that has been reduced down to the "ontological violence" called a "river", argues Dilip Da Cunha in today'...
45. Augmenting the Mind with Rajesh P.N. Rao
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss augmentation, artificial intelligence and architecture of the mind with Rajesh Rao. Rajesh is a Professor of Computer Science a...
44. Worldly Affiliations and Indian Modernism with Sonal Khullar
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak with Sonal Khullar, Associate Professor Art History, on modern Indian art, nationalism, feminism and interdisciplinarity, based ...
43. Intercultural Dialogue and Practice with Kunlé Adeyemi
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss nomadism, connection and intercultural dialogue with architect and urbanist, Kunlé Adeyemi. Kunlé is founding Principal at NLÉ...
42. Interspecies Relatedness and Architectural Thinking with Radhika Govindrajan
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss inter-species relationships, and inter-species thinking, and its consequences for architecture, with Radhika Govindrajan. Radhik...
41. Psychedelics and design thinking with Sean Lally.
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss Michael Pollen's How to Change Your Mind, and the recent resurgence of interest in psychedelics in terms of its implications for ar...
40. Drawing as the Adoration of the Landscape with Frits Palmboom
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we examine the sketchbooks of Dutch architect and urban designer Frits Palmboom and understand drawing as a kind of quasi spiritual adoration o...
39. Public Interest Design with Sergio Palleroni
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we speak with activist designer Sergio Palleroni, who has been taking students around the world to work with disadvantaged communities to make ...
38. Rethinking 'Vernacular' with Elizabeth Golden
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"All of those natural materials - stone, wood - we've always seen ourselves in them, in some way." Today we engage in a broad-ranging discussion on t...
37. Transversality: Klee, Kahn and the Persian Imagination with Shima Mohajeri
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"[Transversality] can assert itself at any time into reality and not stay in a utopian mode." Today we embark on a magical journey between cu...
36. Architecture as Unfinished Storytelling with Nicole Huber
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"We have to not take things as given, but rather tap into [our] own imaginaries, into [our] own yearnings, and longings, as an alternative world." ...
35. How to Think the Global with Mark Jarzombek
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Isn't this desire for objectivity a modernist sentiment?" - VP "Where does one enter, and where does one exit out of the modern?" - MJ In toda...
34. On Enric Miralles with Ayad Rahmani
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss the work, the working style and legacy of the late Catalonian architect, Enric Miralles with our guest Ayad Rahmani. Ayad is a ...
33. The Story of Modern Indian Architecture with Amit Srivastava
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss global history in our conversation with Amit Srivastava, Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, on post-postcolonial h...
32. Intuition and Uncertainty in Architectural Design: A Conversation with Lene Tranberg
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we speculate about life, the purposes of life and architectural thinking with Danish architect Lene Tranberg, founding partner of Lundgaard & T...
31. Apocaloptimism - Climate Change and global history with Daniel Barber.
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the GAHTC module on Climate and Global History with Daniel Barber, Chair of the graduate Architecture group at the University...
30. The Potential of Rigorous Inquiry with John Boylan
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A great conversation with Seattle's great conversation starter, John Boylan. We'll discuss art and science, engineering, technology, industry and ...
29. On Conceptual Practice: Conversation with Rob Hutchison
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the value and challenges of conceptual architectural practice with Seattle based architect Rob Hutchison. Discussion topics include: death...
28. Cinema, New Media and Architecture with Yomi Braester
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with Yomi Breaester, Professor of Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies at the University of Washington, we discuss the many...
27. Sex and Architecture with Richard Williams
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
THIS WEEK, we talk to Richard Williams about sex, Mad Men, James Bond and of course, architecture. Richard is a Professor of Contemporary Visual C...
26. World History, Global History, Architecture with Anand Yang.
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For the premiere of ArchitectureTalk Season 2, we will be discussing the countours, ambitions and politics of World History, especially in terms of m...
25: Season 2 and Reissue of Transference and Architecture with Dominick LaCapra
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Announcing Season 2, starting September 12, 2018! Upcoming conversation topics include world history, Asian cinema, conceptual practice and sex and a...
24: My Dinner with Warren Etheredge_Film, Architecture and Storytelling
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this SPECIAL EDITION we talk with Warren Etheredge, critic, screenwriter, teacher and charismatic co-founder with Tom Skerritt of The Film Scho...
23: Wearable Technology, Critical Thinking and Our Digital Future with Afroditi Psarra
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SOURCE: Afroditi Psarra We talk to multidisciplinary artist, Afroditi Psarra (Professor of Digital Arts at the University of Washington) about her wo...
22: DOA - The Death of Architecture with Aniket Bhagwat and Riyaz Tayyibji
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
DOA Exhibition Poster We discuss the "Death of Architecture" with designers Aniket Bhagwat and Riyaz Tayyibji. DOA, the title of their exhibition c...
21: Global materials and techniques of Islamic Architecture with Christian Hedrick (GAHTC)
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Muqarnas Vault, Masjid-i Shah/Imam, Isfahan. Source: Daniel C. Waugh, Courtesy of Archnet.org We talk with Architectural historian Christian Hedri...
20: Transnationalism and Japanese Architecture with Ken Oshima
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Oshima (left) with Arata Isozaki (right) We discuss the complexities of practicing architecture and architectural history across cultures, na...
19: Rethinking a Life in Architecture with Javier Sánchez
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hotel Condessa, Mexico City SOURCE JSa This week we talk with Javier Sánchez, developer, architect and founder of JSa architectural firm, with offi...
18: Camels, Horses and Other Technologies of Global Communication with Shundana Yusaf (GAHTC)
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Camel with Gatling gun SOURCE Smithsonian Magazine 1872 Camels, ships, roads, railways, electricity.....This week we talk with Shundana Yusaf, Assis...
17: Creating Urban Agriculture Systems with Gundula Proksch
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Based on her recent book, Creating Urban Agricultural Systems: An Integrated Approach to Design, we discuss with University of Washington's Gundula ...
16. Ephemeral Urbanism with Rahul Mehrotra
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
View of kumbh mela. SOURCE Felipe Vera We discuss kinetic architecture and ephemeral urbanism with Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Planning and ...
15: On the Peripheries of Contact in Medieval Central Asia with Manu P. Sobti (GAHTC)
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mud brick fortification walls from the 10th century at Merv, Turkmenistan SOURCE: Manu Sobti Dr. Manu P. Sobti, Senior Lecturer in the School of A...
14: Better, Faster, Cheaper: Craig Curtis And the Katerra Revolution
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Katerra Project Delivery CREDIT: Katerra Katerra is a new global leader in innovation and efficiency in construction project delivery. Design Direc...
13: Life is a River, A Conversation with 2018 Pritzker Prize winner BV Doshi
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
B.V. Doshi's Amdavad ni Gufa underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, IndiaCREDIT Vaishal Dalal, WikiCommons At age 90, Balkrishna Vithaldas (B.V.) Dos...
12: Global Modernism with Tom Avermaete (GAHTC)
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Avermaete, professor of architecture at Delft University of Technology, discusses his GAHTC module, co-authored with Michelangelo Sabatino, on th...
11: Life and Work of Pierre Jeanneret with Maristella Casciato
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator Architecture at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, discusses the life and legacy of Pierre Jeanneret, th...
10: Messy Urbanism with Jeff Hou and Manish Chalana
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Hou and Manish Chalana, Professors of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington, discuss the 'me...
9: Art Curation and Architecture with Catharina Manchanda
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Catharina Manchanda, the Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Seattle Art Museum, discusses the complexities of art curatio...
8: Architecture and the Islamic World Today with Mariam Kamara and Yasaman Esmaili
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Architects from Niger and Iran, Mariam Kamara and Yasaman Esmaili, discuss their award-winning work, the challenges of practicing globally, and the ...
7: Fashion and Architecture with Anna Telcs
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Seattle based fashion designer and performance artist with a background in industrial design, Anna Telcs discusses our relationship to clothes, and th...
6: Emerson, Thoreau and Frank Lloyd Wright with Ayad Rahmani
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ayad Rahmani is a licensed architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at Washington State University who writes on a diverse array of topics ra...
5: Transference in Architecture, Culture and Society with Dominick LaCapra
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cornell University's Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History, Dominick LaCapra discusses the constitutive role of transference in our relation...
4: Crossroads of Civilizations: The Medieval Mediterranean with Carla Keyvanian (GAHTC)
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Keyvanian, Associate Professor of Architecture at Auburn University, talks about her module for GAHTC that looks at the 'Medieval' architec...
3: Rethinking Historic Preservation with Jorge Otero‐Pailos
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Columbia University's Jorge Otero‐Pailos is a prolific architect, artist, educator and preservationist. He questions the invisibility of preservatio...
2: Architecture Culture of Seattle Today with Cassie Blair, JoAnn Hindmarsh Wilcox and Tim Richey
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie Blair, JoAnn Hindmarsh Wilcox and Tim Richey are part of the committee putting on the 2017 Seattle AIA awards. We discuss trends in the local a...
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06 Sep 2017
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1: The Architecture of First Societies with Mark Jarzombek (GAHTC)
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Professor Mark Jarzombek discusses his GAHTC module on the Architecture of First Societies, establishing the importance of thinking architecture b...