Luke Jones & George Gingell Discuss Architecture, History and Culture
A podcast about architecture, buildings and cities, from the distant past to the present day. Plus detours into technology, film, fiction, comics, drawings, and...
In our last episode of 2024 we thought we would do something a little bit different, and talk about where we think architectural culture is at right now, an archaeology of the present, a dissection of the Now. We took some suggestions and requests from our Patrons, and followed them from recent discoveries at the National Gallery to Kengo Kuma and the Las Vegas Sphere.
Some of the stories we talked about:
National Gallery:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/27/sainsbury-wing-contractors-find-1990-letter-from-donor-anticipating-their-demolition-of-false-columns
Architectural unionisation: https://jacobin.com/2024/10/bernheimer-architecture-union-faect-cio
Matt's essay about AI: https://recessed.space/00186-AI-neural-networks-architecture-AI
Thank you to everyone for watching, listening, reviewing, subscribing and supporting us on Patreon this year! We will be back in January with a new series on Koolhaas's S,M,L,XL.
Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.
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118 — How to be a Beaux-Arts Architect
In this episode we discussed The Study of Architectural Design (1926) by John F. Harbeson, a remarkable guide to the Beaux-Arts method of architectural education, with its many idiosyncratic terms of art and the astonishing drawings produced as part of its relentless programme of competition exercises.
Do you know your Parti from your Poché? Do you know your way around a Class A? Does Mosaic leave you baffled? Look no further for a guide to all things Beaux Arts.
You can follow along with the slides on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jj1anRYMmLI
Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.
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117 — John Soane 7 — The Museum
In the final episode of our series on Sir John Soane we discussed his house and museum on Lincoln's Inn Fields in the centre of London, where the museum kindly allowed us to record this episode. We also talked about Pitzhanger, his country house in Ealing, and the development of his unique collecting practice.
To follow along with the images we discussed and see clips from our visit, check out this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/gOzIg5kB2Hg
You can see the full length video tour of the house excerpted in this episode on our Patreon feed: https://www.patreon.com/about_buildings. Please consider subscribing to support the show!
Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.
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*Preview* — Soane's Reputation Bonus Episode
This is a cilp from our latest Patreon bonus episode, a discussion of Soane's contemporary reputation, particularly satirical and critical writing in the periodical press, not least by his estranged son George!
You can listen to this episode in full on our Patreon feed: https://www.patreon.com/about_buildings
Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.
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116 — John Soane 6 — Monuments
In the sixth part of our series on John Soane, we discussed some major monumental buildings in and around London. We began with Dulwich Picture Gallery, perhaps the first purpose-built public art gallery in the world. Then we discussed his church buildings in Marylebone, Southwark and Bethnal Green respectively.
Watch on YouTube to see the images as we discuss them: https://youtu.be/8IFQjALMaW8
Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.
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A podcast about architecture, buildings and cities, from the distant past to the present day. Plus detours into technology, film, fiction, comics, drawings, and the dimly imagined future.
With Luke Jones and George Gingell.
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