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Jan 2019
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EP. 04 - ROGER SCRUTON - On Beauty

Architecture Academy
About this episode

In this episode I’ll be talking to Sir Roger Scruton about beauty, what it is, where it comes from and what it means. We’ll be talking about beauty in relation to art, religion, biology, philosophy, music and of course architecture. We talk about architectural styles, kitsch and pastiche architecture, taste, fashion and we even get a chance to talk about the Building Better, Building Beautiful commission.

 

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I thought this interview was very visual so I made a video version of it with images. Check it out on youtube here:

https://youtu.be/4gUhKC8xPi8

 

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