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Living In Houses: A Personal History Of English Domestic Architecture

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Imperial Depths: Mark Letteney and Matthew Larsen on the Roman Prison System (JP)

The notion of abolishing prisons strikes some as an impossible dream: could we could reasonably conceive of a society that responded to harm without the possibility of long-term confinement in purpose-built institutions? To others, we already have a ... more

12 Mar 2026 • 49 min

Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)

Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025) follows the travel routes of immigrants during a foundational period of American infrastructure—from ports of arrival to train cars and depots to settlements... more

6 Mar 2026 • 39 min

Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

At the heart of the modern world lie ventilation shafts. We may not notice them, but wherever there are tunnels, sewers, mines, car parks and energy stations under our feet, vents will be doing vital work keeping them cool and fume-free.

Vents come ... more

6 Mar 2026 • 59 min

Veronique Boone, "Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann" (Birkhaüser, 2024)

Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann (Birkhaüser, 2024) is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at, among other places, the Atelier Le Corbu... more

27 Feb 2026 • 31 min

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Recent Guests

Lucy Lavers

Author, Adventurous Vents, co‑founder of Our Heart education charity

Our Heart / Adventurous Vents

Episode: Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

Judy Ovens

Author, Adventurous Vents, co‑founder of Our Heart education charity

Our Heart / Adventurous Vents

Episode: Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

Suzanna Prizeman

Author, Adventurous Vents, co‑founder of Our Heart education charity

Our Heart / Adventurous Vents

Episode: Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

Catherine Boland Erkkila

Author and architectural historian

University of Pittsburgh Press (author affiliation for the book)

Episode: Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)

Veronique Boone

Professor of architecture researching Le Corbusier and Weissmann

University of Brussels (as stated in transcript)

Episode: Veronique Boone, "Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann" (Birkhaüser, 2024)

Dr. Itohan Osayimwese

Professor of Architectural History and Urban History.

Brown University

Episode: Itohan I. Osayimwese, "Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Edward Dimendberg

Professor of Humanities at the University of California at Irvine, and author of Richard Neutra and the Making of the Lovell Health House

University of California at Irvine

Episode: Edward Dimendberg ed., "Richard Neutra and the Making of the Lovell Health House, 1925–35" (Getty Research Institute, 2025)

Fernando Luiz Lara

Professor of architecture at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Episode: Fernando Luiz Lara, "Spatial Theories for the Americas: Counterweights to Five Centuries of Eurocentrism" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2024)

Jessica Kelly

Co-editor of Reconstruction, exploring architectural history in the context of society and the aftermath of the First World War.

Not mentioned

Episode: Jessica Kelly and Neal Shasore, "Reconstruction: Architecture, Society and the Aftermath of the First World War" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher

Host of various episodes focusing on architectural criticism and cultural heritage.

Matthew Wells

One of the hosts involved in facilitating discussions around new architecture literature and scholarship.

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Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

Q: What are some of the most visually striking examples of vents, and what made them stand out?

Examples like the Western Pumping Station, the Giotto Tower, and the Optic Cloak stand out for their bold aesthetics, their cultural or historical significance, and how they blend utility with architectural or sculptural ambition.

Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)

Q: How many vents did you decide to cover in the book and why?

We chose 100 vents to balance illustrative richness, breadth across the UK, and the pragmatic needs of layout and information delivery, allowing us to cover a wide range of materials, technologies, and building forms.

Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)

Q: Could you tell us about your background and how you came to write this book?

I'm an architectural historian with a PhD from Rutgers, and I began this project while researching a 19th-century building in New Jersey. The process revealed a broader network of spaces—railroad stations, lodging houses, and ports—that shaped immigrant experiences, which then became the focus of my dissertation and ultimately the book.

Stephanie Barczewski, "How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023)

Q: Moving to our next moment, the English Civil War. What then are the long-term impacts and significances in this incredibly violent conflict, especially because this conflict really does have a lot of directly targeting private property going on?

The Civil War inflicted direct physical damage to houses, caused massive financial strain on royalist families, disrupted rents, and led to long-lasting consequences for private estates, illustrating how violence reshaped the English country house landscape over generations.

Stephanie Barczewski, "How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023)

Q: Before we dive into all things English Country House, however, would you mind introducing yourself a little bit and explaining why you decided to write this?

Stephanie Barczewski describes herself as a modern British cultural historian at Clemson University who studies national identity and the country house, arguing for a broader, more inclusive account that situates these houses within imperial, religious, and political histories.

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