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Jun 2023
2h 28m

#347 - Denise Scott Brown, Architect, Pl...

David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet
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This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by Denise Scott Brown, architect, planner and urban designer, theorist, writer, educator to discuss her background and upbringing in South Africa; her beginnings in architecture; traveling the world; how teaching impacted her life and career; the National Gallery and other of her projects being remodeled; and much more!

This episode is supported by Monograph Enscape • ProgramaSky-Frame • Graphisoft

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