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A is for Architecture Podcast

Ambrose Gillick
Architecture
Modernism
Social Housing
Informal Settlements
Urban Design
Urban Planning
The Architectural Review
Politics
Sustainability
JM. Richards
High Rise Housing
London
Design Education
Future Cities Project
Beauty In Architecture
Kharail
Urban Regeneration
Community Engagement
Urban Labyrinths
Culture

Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and soc... more

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The latest A is for Architecture Podcast episode is a conversation with Duncan McDuie-Ra, professor and head of school at Monash University, Malaysia campus, about his book, Insurgent Play: Social Worlds of Urban Disruption, published by Anthem Press... more

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In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast Beth Hughes, Head of Architecture at the Royal College of Art, London, spoke with me about, well, all sorts – but mainly how architecture is taught now, what sort of thinkers and doers this p... more

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In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast architectural totem, Canadian American architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke with me about his forthcoming book, What Archit... more

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This episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast features a brace of professors, Cat Rossi and Charles Holland, both of UCA and Charles, Founder director of Charles Holland Architects. We met in the English port town of Dover to discuss Harvest, fro... more

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Recent Guests

Duncan McDuie-Ra
Interdisciplinary social scientist and professor at Monash University's Malaysia campus
Monash University
Episode: Duncan McDuie-Ra: Playing, seeing and sensing in the city.
Beth Hughes
Head of Architecture at the Royal College of Art and architectural educator
Royal College of Art
Episode: Beth Hughes: Education for another architecture.
Witold Rybczynski
Canadian-American architect, professor emeritus and writer
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Witold Rybczynski: Coming to terms with architecture.
Cat Rossi
Design historian and Professor of Architecture at UCA, Canterbury
University for the Creative Arts
Episode: Cat Rossi and Charles Holland: Design as method and object.
Charles Holland
Architect and Professor of Architecture at UCA
University for the Creative Arts
Episode: Cat Rossi and Charles Holland: Design as method and object.
Antony Wood
Tall Building Expert; Professor of Sustainable Vertical Urbanism at IIT
Illinois Institute of Technology
Episode: Antony Wood: Tall buildings and sustainable vertical urbanism.
Mabel O. Wilson
architect, historian and professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Episode: Mabel O. Wilson: Spaces of liberation.
Jennifer Williams
Poet, author of Strange Architectures, Edinburgh Futures Institute
Edinburgh Futures Institute; Shearsman Books
Episode: JL Williams: Architecture, dreams, metaphor & poetry.
Shumi Bose
Curator, chief editor of KoozArch, senior lecturer in architecture at Central Saint Martins in London
KoozArch; Central Saint Martins
Episode: Shumi Bose: Words relating to theory.

Host

Ambrose Gillick
Host of A is for Architecture Podcast

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 84 ratings
  • Excellent!

    I was thrilled to find this podcast. If you're passionate about architecture and society, definitely give it a listen. If you're a student of architecture or a practicing architect, it's a must.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anne_Gables
    United States6 months ago
  • Excellent podcast

    Always interesting conversations and themes.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Matt j H
    United Kingdom10 months ago
  • Excellent podcast

    Always very good interviews and always something interesting even if it’s a specialist topic. One of my favourite podcasts.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Green78Leaf
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • A is for a lot

    I do enjoy his chats even if they don’t get to any conclusions. Qualities, quantities, built, unbuilt, living, working, designing, making, still, on the move, values, value, rituals, process, heroes, villains, icons, disasters. I could go on..

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Danatsea
    United Kingdom3 years ago

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Guests deliver thoughtful, society-focused architecture conversations.
Interviews are consistently engaging with high-caliber guests.
Depth across topics keeps it compelling even for specialists.

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#85
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#99
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#109
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Duncan McDuie-Ra: Playing, seeing and sensing in the city.
Q: What do you mean by attunement, and how can the city be described through the eyes of the skateboarder?
He defines attunement as sensory awareness of objects, arrangements and atmospheres in the built environment. Skateboarders learn through experience to identify surfaces and combinations that can be skated, and their discoveries and shared maps create alternative ways of navigating and understanding a city.
Duncan McDuie-Ra: Playing, seeing and sensing in the city.
Q: What do you mean by play, particularly adult play, and how do you tie it into this concept of insurgency?
McDuie-Ra focuses on improvised, spontaneous play that can take place beyond designated areas. When people play in spaces where they are not supposed to, he argues, they challenge control of property and pursue joy through transgressing spatial rules, even without an explicit political aim.
Beth Hughes: Education for another architecture.
Q: Twenty years from now, someone walks through a neighborhood designed by one of the students from your school. What do you hope they experience and notice?
Hughes hopes graduates will create more ethical forms of practice and help normalize sustainable materials, reused resources and timber construction, while noting that change currently depends heavily on individuals willing to take risks.
Beth Hughes: Education for another architecture.
Q: What do you feel about these changes?
Hughes says she has mixed feelings: she welcomes more flexible practice experience and routes for people from non-architecture backgrounds, but sees the reforms as burdensome for educators and worries that shortened study could compromise design learning and intensify class divisions.
Witold Rybczynski: Coming to terms with architecture.
Q: How do we get out of this impasse? What does the learning of your book suggest that might be a way?
Rybczynski says architecture's history suggests that progress often comes from someone building something that asks a new question. That person might be a contemporary architect, an overlooked figure from the past, or someone coming from another field.

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Recent guests on A is for Architecture Podcast include:

1. Duncan McDuie-Ra
2. Beth Hughes
3. Witold Rybczynski
4. Cat Rossi
5. Charles Holland
6. Antony Wood
7. Mabel O. Wilson
8. Jennifer Williams

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