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Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of the Guardian and Independent newspapers. He has just published a new book 'Where We Live: The Fractured Art of British Housebuilding and How to Build the Homes We Need'. 

Eliot Postma is a Partner and Group Leader at Heatherwick Studio. We discuss the importance of the Humanise Campaign, what architects should be doing differently, and how it applies in their own work. 

<p>Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose current interests are in using universal scaling laws to understand quantitatively the structure and dynamics of social organizations, such as cities and corporations, including the relationships between economies of scale, growth ... Show More

In our inaugural episode, we start things out by defining archispeak, try to define architecture, and talk about what the general public probably thinks architecture is and what it isn't. Neal drops a bomb and tells architecture students that they probably aren't going to be desi ... Show More

Andrea Palladio's Quattro Libri is one of the most influential and important architectural books ever published. We discuss the four books of architecture, covering everything from masonry construction to proportional principles to the temples of ancient Rome. To see the images a ... Show More

This is the first episode of a new series on Design Theorist, Architect, Mathematician and Computation Fan, Christopher Alexander. Alexander studied Mathematics at Cambridge University in the 1950s, then undertook the first ever PhD in Architecture at Harvard, where he applied ne ... Show More

In this podcast, you'll learn some technical vocabulary related to architecture. These words are not only useful for architects. They're also handy for more advanced students who want to talk about architecture at a deeper level. Show notes and more podcasts to improve your Engli ... Show More

<p>In this episode I'll be talking to Professor Jeremy Till about a wide range of topics in the world of architecture from architectural education to ethics, designing for instagramability, Brexit, gender pay gaps and the future of the profession.</p> <p class="p1">For more infor ... Show More

The first episode in our new series on the work of architectural critic Ian Nairn. In this first episode we discussed his breakout work for the Architectural Review, Outrage, which railed against 'subtopia', the suburban sprawl of concrete and fencing that Nairn saw ruining the B ... Show More

In our first episode on Zaha Hadid, we dive into the spell-binding work of one of the most famous, controversial and interesting architects of her generation. We begin by imagining the unique atmosphere of the Architectural Association in the 1970s, where Zaha was a student, taug ... Show More

<p>This week David and Marina share their thoughts on Renzo Piano's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and Pompidou Center, the relationship between beauty and structure, and architecture books that are important to them.</p> <ul> <li>Francoise Choay's Urbanism, Uto ... Show More

This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design discuss architecture program. The two cover what program in architecture means, why it is important, how it is developed and implemented, and examples of leveraging program for creative design. This episode is supported by ... Show More