How did the discovery of oil transform Saudi Arabia's cities and its architecture? How can art and architecture come together to capture the spirit of modernism in a nation known more for tradition? Join this conversation with Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz, two architect brothers, to discover how their curiosity to understand their home city of Jeddah led to ... Show More
Feb 25
S6E2: The Story of a Stone: Fatimids in Ethiopia, with Mikael Muehlbauer
This month’s podcast episode takes us to Ethiopia, specifically the rock-cut church of Wuqro Cherqos in Tigray where a tantalisingly cryptic piece of carved stone can tell us a whole story of interconnection up and down the Red Sea. This is a journey of merchants, artistic ideas, ... Show More
34m 45s
Feb 4
S6E1: The Armenian Architects of the Ottoman East, with Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan
In this new podcast episode, the first in our series on Peripheries, we discuss the place of Armenian architects in the towns and cities of eastern Anatolia in the late Ottoman empire. Our guest is Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan, Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Lincoln, whe ... Show More
29m 26s
Nov 2025
S5E8: Islamic Silver in a Viking Treasure Hoard, with Jane Kershaw
Join us in this episode as we discuss the exciting finds from the Bedale hoard in North Yorkshire, England. In 2012 a group of amateur metal detectors discovered a hoard of late 9th century Viking silver in Bedale. The items found were ingots, necklaces, arm-bands, and a sword po ... Show More
20m 38s
Jul 2023
Architecture Postgraduate Studies: Master's in Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage from the University of Sharjah (Fatima AlSuwaidi)
In this series, we're going to learn all about the different master's degrees that you can take as an architect. We'll be joined by guests who have completed their master's degrees, and we'll get to ask them all about the enrollment process, why they chose the particular degree a ... Show More
40m 50s
Jul 2016
017 Archaic Art and Architecture
<p>In this episode, we discuss the innovation taking place during the 7th and 6th centuries BC in the realm of vase painting (Orientalizing, Korinthian, and Attic black-figure and red-figure), statuary (kouros/kore and reliefs), and architecture (Doric/Ionic temples, treasuries, ... Show More
49m 48s
