Architecture and Energy

In this episode we talk about the relationship between architecture and energy and how architectural history can reveal new perspectives on buildings, energy use and the climate disaster. Our contributors were: Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture specialising in the relationship between architecture and energy throughout human history. He is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Architecture: from prehistory to climate emergency (2021). Find Barnabas on Twitter and Instagram @BarnabasCalder Rihab Khalid is an interdisciplinary researcher in sustainable energy consumption. In particular, she is interested in the intersections of gender, energy infrastructure and space use in the Global South. Her work takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding energy demand Mary Shepperson is an archaeologist specialising in architecture and urbanism of the ancient Near East. She is lecturer in architectural and urban heritage at the University of Liverpool. Mary's research interests encompass the emergence of urbanism in Mesopotamia and climatic adaptation in early cities.

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Architecture and Energy is an episode from Architectural History by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.

This episode is 00:45:36 long.

This episode was published on Mar 11, 2022.

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