HeyJaredArchitectural History
This podcast deals with histories of architecture and the built environment.In this series, called Architecture and… we speak to a number of academics, architects, writers and thinkers to discuss space, buildings and cities, to think through contemporary debates and issues.
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The Public Architect 5: Expanded Role of the Architect (opens the original)
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In this final episode of our series on 'The Public Architect', we explored how architects have moved beyond designing individual buildings into planning, policy and landscape. Historian Otto Saumarez Smith joined city architect Finn Williams to discuss the rise of the postwar "architect planner," the exchange of ideas between the London County Council and Sweden, and how that role has fragmented in the decades since. We were then joined by landscape historian Luca Csepely-Knorr, alongside practi
The Public Architect 4: Colonial Contexts (opens the original)
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In this fourth episode, we explore the colonial context of the public sector and the place of the British architectural profession within it, spanning the Second World War through to decolonisation. We spoke to Harshada Deshpande about her father Sharad's career, from training as an architect in India to working in the Architects' Department of the Greater London Council in the 1960s. We were then joined by Ibiyemi Ola and Rixt Woudstra to discuss their research into architects working within co
The Public Architect 3: Identity of the Architect (opens the original)
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In the third episode of our series on 'The Public Architect', we explored how the professional identity of architects has reflected changing gender, class and race. We spoke to architect Kate Macintosh about her career and the fight for equal pay for women architects. We were then joined by architectural historians Karen Burns and Elizabeth Darling to trace the longer history of women entering the profession through public institutions, from interwar progressives at the AA to postwar civil serva
The Public Architect 2: Research, Experiment, Exchange (opens the original)
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This is the second episode of our new miniseries 'The Public Architect', an RIBA funded project exploring the past and present of the relationship between the architectural profession and the public. In this episode we spoke to researchers Ruth Lang, Natcha Ruamsanitwong and Patrick Zamarian about the role of research and innovation in post-war public sector architecture, focusing on bodies like the London County Council Architects' Department and the Building Research Station. We were then join
The Public Architect 1: Past and Present (opens the original)
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This is the first episode of our new miniseries, The Public Architect , an RIBA-funded project exploring the past and present relationship between the architectural profession and the public sector. In this episode, we speak to the historian John Gold about post-war architecture in Britain, its relationship to the state and local government, and some of the common misconceptions surrounding this period. We are then joined by Mike Althorpe, Andrea Jung, David Knight and Holly Lewis, a group of pr
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