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Architectural Criticism 1: Architecture X Nature

The history of architecture is intimately intertwined with how humans perceive and interact with nature. Much in the way that houses are built to protect us from a wild nature and windows are designed to bring elements of nature indoors, architecture has evolved in response to our relation to the natural world. However, nature is […]

Seonju Kim
19 August, 2024

Are We Human? Notes on an Archaeology of Design

The Mushroom at the End of the World

Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

Notions of Nature and a Model for Managed Urban Wilds

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Jan Schweizer, Nicolas Schwegler, Yiran Zhang and Severin Ziegler on The Mushroom at the End of the World Philip Einhaus on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction Jihyeong Lee on The Silent Spring Guktae Lim on Can the Machine be an Actor? Jiyeon Moon on Notions of Nature and a Model for Managed Urban Wilds Cristina Fusco on The Mushroom at the End of the World

Amabel Williams-Ellis, writing out of rural Wales

Resident artist at Plas Brondanw in rural North Wales, Siw Thomas talks to Helen Thomas about the writer Amabel Williams-Ellis, the importance of self-education and writing in her life, and making space for her creative work within the traditional women’s role managing family and home. Siw speaks of Williams-Ellis’ relationship with her husband Clough Williams-Ellis, […]

Siw Thomas
17 April, 2023

Good Citizens

All Stracheys are Cousins

The Art of Being a Woman

The Pleasures of Architecture

African State Architecture

The principal intention of African State Architecture is to open up discussion around understanding statehood through architecture through a comparative study of state buildings in a selection of African countries, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa. Quoting from the research summary of this project based at SOAS, London: Public buildings help define and […]

Women Writing Architecture
1 March, 2021

Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village project, Egypt

Eastgate Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

The Nation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana

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A Book I Love

Each episode of A Book I Love (A-B-I-L) is a conversation around a book that is special to one of the speakers. It is a companion text, in the words of Sara Ahmed, that in some way or another intersects with an idea of architecture. Episode 1: The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, chosen by Helen […]

Women Writing Architecture, Emilie Appercé, Helen Thomas, Geraldine Tedder, Alicia Ayla Yerebakan, Mariana Siracusa, Tine Milz, Paul Grieguszies Schäfer, Linda Sjøqvist, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Laura Evans, Jaehee Shin, Ji Min An, Charlotte Matter
13 July, 2022

The Living Mountain

Real Estate

The Island of Missing Trees

Purple Hibiscus

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Alicia Ayla Yerebakan on The Living Mountain Helen Thomas on The Living Mountain Laura Evans on Purple Hibiscus Laura Evans and Finian Reece-Thomas on Purple Hibiscus Mindy Seu on Testo Junkie Annamaria Prandi on King Kong Theorie Linda Sjoqvistand and Paul Grieguszies on Testo Junkie Thomas Rohrer on Testo Junkie Emma Kleinbölting on The Living Mountain Mona Dillier on The Living Mountain Arianna Melchiorri on The Living Mountain Yosuke Nakamoto on The Living Mountain Jan Schweizer, Nicolas Schwegler, Yiran Zhang and Severin Ziegler on The Mushroom at the End of the World Cristina Fusco on The Mushroom at the End of the World