Night White Skies

Aug 22 2024 108 ep. 49 mins 4.6k
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Join Sean Lally in conversation about architecture’s future, as both earth’s environment and our human bodies are now open for design. The podcast engages a diverse range of perspectives to get a better picture of the events currently unfolding. This includes philosophers, cultural anthropologists, policy makers, scientists as well as authors of science fiction. Each individual’s work intersects this core topic, but from unique angles. Lally is the author of the book The Air from Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come and an associate professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the recipient of the Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in Landscape Architecture. www.seanlally.net

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108 _ THE END w/ Thoughts For Tomorrow

Aug 22 2024 16 mins  
After eight years and over 100 episodes, the Night White Skies podcast is coming to an end. The program began as a look towards architecture’s future knowing that both earth’s environments and our human bodies are now open for design, and that’s where we’ll end. The program sought to engage a diverse range of perspectives for a better picture of the scenarios curre

107 _ Jeffrey Nesbit / Charles Waldheim_'Technical Lands'

Apr 16 2024 43 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Jeffrey Nesbit and Charles Waldheim about their book Technical Lands. It was great to have both Jeffrey and Charles back on the program. They’ve both been on here separately but today we’re discussing their new edited book ‘Technical Lands: A Critical Primer’. As they state in the book, designating land as technical is a political act an

106 _ Catherine Ingraham _ 'Architecture's Theory'

Mar 12 2024 55 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Catherine Ingraham and we're discussing her latest book, ‘Architecture’s Theory’. We each had our own experience in school when first introduced to architectural theory. Those classes were probably somewhat opaque for all of us. Even today you might read new articles and books related to theory and find yourself trying to hold onto ideas

105 _ Christopher Schaberg _ 'Adventure'

Jan 30 2024 53 mins  
Sometimes it’s only through repetition and time that insight into your actions are revealed. This might come about because aspects of those actions aren’t always fully intentional. When it comes to Night White Skies, I firmly believe to be routed in architecture, but I’ve heard it described by others as often drifting beyond this topic. But what I’ve come to appreciate

104 _ Vahid Vahdat and James Kerestes _ ‘Cinematic Betwixt’

Nov 19 2023 52 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Vahid Vahdat and James Kerestes about their book ‘Architecture, Film and the In-Between, Spatio Cinematic Betwixt’. Discussions about trying to give shape to an uncertain future have been a recurring topic on this program. This is in part because it seems that even the most informed people are aware of just enough to know how much they don�

103 _ Aleksandra Jaeschke _ ‘Greening Codes’

Oct 15 2023 41 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Aleksandra Jaeschke about her book ‘The Greening of America’s Building Codes, Promises and Paradoxes’. There are realities we live with that are so ingrained in all aspects of our lives that we rarely think to question their origins. They are either intertwined with base economic standards or current laws and regulations and so to imagine

102 _ Dr Laura Ferrarello _ 'Design Ethics'

Sep 11 2023 48 mins  
Today's conversation is about the role of teaching and discussing ethics during the design process. This week's conversation is about the role of ethics during the design process. For many people, whether working in an office or academia, ethics is likely just a passing topic discussed once a year in required seminar training or ‘code of conduct’ handouts. But today we are

101 _ Jeffrey S. Nesbit _ ‘Nature of Enclosure’

Aug 20 2023 49 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Jeffrey Nesbit about his book ‘Nature of Enclosure’. So much of our architectural education and practice is reliant on the idea of control. Take representation for example. Without being able to quantify information about a site, materials or even people, how can we be expected to make decisions about what we ultimately build. If you can’t

100 _ Fred Scharmen _ 'Space Forces'

Aug 06 2023 58 mins  
Today’s conversation is with Fred Sharmen about his book ‘Space Forces’. Sometimes what you need is a little distance to get a clearer perspective on your current situation. Doing so lets you see a larger whole which often allows you to ask questions that might otherwise go unasked. This new distance might not give you any new answers to your current situation at first

099 _ Tools for Stories w/ Sava Zivkovic

Jul 25 2023 38 mins  
Today’s conversation is about the potential impact of new tools for video games on architecture. As architects, we have no shortage of external pressures we need to be aware of and engage. From climate change to new forms of communication technologies and social justice to name only three ...the list is long and at times overwhelming to think about. Many of these issue