Architecture Academy

May 07 2024 19 ep. 71 mins 182
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Architecture Academy is a podcast about architecture and the built environment that focuses on the ideas that inspire and influence some of the most interesting and influential thinkers, designers, artists, teachers and architects working today.

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S2EP. 08 SIMON STURGIS - Whole Life Carbon

May 07 2024 109 mins  
How will our new understanding of whole life carbon change how we design buildings forever? What is embodied and whole life carbon in architecture? What does it mean to create a zero carbon building? How do we count carbon in buildings? What targets should we be aiming for? How are the users of buildings involved in all of this? All of this and more discussed in the episode. Interv

S2EP. 07 DSDHA - Spatial Justice

Sep 06 2023 54 mins  
What is spatial justice in architecture? What do we mean when we talk about spatial inequality and bias? In this episode we discuss DSDHA's research in collaboration with The London School of Architecture on spatial justice. We talk about removing statues in public spaces, forgotten communities, how marginalised groups can survive in the current economic climate, the future of muse

S2EP. 06 CHRIS TWINN - Sustainability Innovation

May 17 2022 155 mins  
What is the potential of hydrogen energy in architecture? How can we store energy? Can concrete rival timber as a sustainable building material? These questions answered and many more when we ask international sustainability expert Chris Twinn from Twinn Sustainability Innovation about sustainability in the latest Architecture Academy Podcast. https://twinnsustainabilityinnovation.

S2EP. 05 NEAL SHASORE - Future Education

Apr 20 2022 71 mins  
In this episode we talk to Neal Shasore, the head of school at The London School of Architecture about some of the ideas that are helping to shape the school such as inclusion, decoloniality and adaptability. We talk about origins of the school, but also the future of the architecture school including its upcoming Part 0 and Part 4 architectural courses, collaborations with archite

S2EP. 04 - BATES SMART - Future Cities

May 11 2020 72 mins  
What is the future of cities? In this episode I talk to the architect Philip Vivian of Bates Smart about cities. We talk about the history of cities, the current state of cities and the possible future of cities.

S2EP. 03 - TRANSITION BY DESIGN - Meanwhile Use & Alternative Architecture Practice

May 04 2020 61 mins  
What is meanwhile use architecture? In this episode I talk to two members of the co-operative Transition By Design, Katie Reilly and Lucy Warin about what they do and about some of the projects they’ve been working on. The practice are certainly doing things a bit differently and are asking important questions about what we should be doing with vacant land and underused spaces.

S2EP. 02 - KATHRYN FERRY - The Seaside, Victorian Architecture & Holiday Camps

Jan 01 2020 122 mins  
What is the history of going to the seaside, holiday camps or any sort of holiday? Going on holiday is a relatively new concept. Having paid time off work is a new concept. We talk about these ideas with Victorian architecture acting as a backdrop to these big shifts in thinking about leisure time, the home and the world beyond the UK.

S2EP. 01 - GEORGE CLARKE - Politics, Housing, TV

Oct 21 2019 64 mins  
In this episode we talk to the architect, writer, housing campaigner and television host George Clarke. He has just launched a campaign for the government to build 100,000 new council houses every year for 30 years.

EP. 10 - ILSE CRAWFORD - Interior Designers

Aug 21 2019 67 mins  
In this episode we talk to acclaimed interior designer Ilse Crawford about her research into the sensual home and our everyday relationship with the senses in our homes, we talk about the relationship between architects and interior designers, we discuss her human led approach to design, we touch on the history of the home and the American Dream and much more. Check out the website

EP. 09 - CLARE NASH - Vernacular Architecture - How British housing can rediscover its soul

Jul 08 2019 91 mins  
In this episode we talk to the architect Clare Nash about how British housing can rediscover its soul. We talk about prefabrication, communities, passivhaus, regional and vernacular architecture, grand designs, co-housing, self build and lots more. To enter the prize draw to win a signed copy of Clare Nash's book Contemporary Vernacular Design: How British housing can rediscover it