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ArchitectureTalk

Vikramaditya Prakash

Designed around an engaging conversation, ArchitectureTalk explores issues in contemporary architecture and architectural thinking. It is hosted by Vikram Prakash, Professor of Architecture...

Episodes

20 of 164 episodes

161. Pierre Jeanneret and the Chandigarh Vernacular with Manu Sobti

Today, we are joined by Manu Sobti who is a senior lecturer at the University of Brisbane in Australia. We talk to Sobti today about his res...

01:12:05May 15, 2025

160. Modernism's Magic Hat with Ijlal Muzzafar

Today, we are joined by Ijlal Muzzafar who is a professor at RISD and author of Modernism's Magic Hat: Architecture and the Illusion of Deve...

01:00:05Apr 17, 2025

159. Devising Theater with Jeffrey Fracé

Today, we are joined by Jeffrey Fracé who is the chair of acting at the University of Washington. Fracé discusses his background of the arts...

55:37Mar 21, 2025

158. Jean Louis Cohen and the Transurbanism of the Modern City

"Architecture and culture operate in a porous manner through the construction of ideas…Trotsky reading Henry George, who had an impact on Fr...

52:44Mar 6, 2025

157. Life is a River, A Conversation with 2018 Pritzker Prize Winner BV Doshi

At age 90, Balkrishna Vithaldas (B.V.) Doshi 's journey in architecture has spanned 70 years, starting from Indian independence in 1947, to...

47:22Feb 6, 2025

156. Modernism, Utopia, and Living the Catastrophe with Anthony Vidler

As we kick off our new season on ArchitectureTalk, we are bringing back our conversation with Anthony Vidler: Modernism, Utopia, and Living...

01:02:00Jan 23, 2025

155. Homelessness is a Housing Problem with Gregg Colburn

Today we are joined by Gregg Colburn who co-wrote "Homelessness is a Housing Problem". Colburn also shares with us his findings about causes...

54:12Jun 20, 2024

154. Alternative Futures with SB Divya

Today we are joined by SB Divya who wrote the science fiction novel Meru and helps us think about potential futures on Earth. Meru as we dis...

01:00:15May 24, 2024

153. Decolonizing Archives with Martien de Vletter

Today we are joined by Martien de Vletter who is the associate director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) and gathers archival m...

48:10May 10, 2024

152. Songs of Protest and Sorrow and Connecting Civilizations with Sumangala Damodaran

Today we are joined by Sumangala Damodaran who teaches in the Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington, trained e...

01:03:26Apr 25, 2024

151. Soft Data and Common Wares with Afroditi Psarra and Audrey Desjardins

Today we are joined by Afroditi Psarra and Audrey Desjardins who talk about building alternative technologies that respond to and critique t...

54:48Feb 28, 2024

150. Before and After Our Wars with Eliyahu Keller

Today we are joined by Eliyahu Keller who shares with us the relationship between war, war technology, architectural thinking, the climate c...

54:51Feb 9, 2024

149. Architecture as the Rearrangement of Relationships with Neelkanth Chhaya

To kick off the new year, today we are joined by Neelkanth Chhaya who is a professor in India. Chhaya discusses forms and contingence of sou...

01:04:23Jan 18, 2024

148. The Promise. Architect B.V. Doshi with Jan Schmidt-Garre

This week, we are joined by Jan Schmidt-Garre, who directed the film The Promise. Architect B.V. Doshi which was shown at the ADFF (Architec...

41:48Dec 14, 2023

147. Moby Dick and Modernism with Ayad Rahmani

Today we are joined with Ayad Rahmani who teaches architecture at Washington State University. Rahmani's love for literature and architectur...

01:17:21Nov 30, 2023

146. Modernism, Utopia, and Living Catastrophe with Anthony Vidler

As we kick off our new season on ArchitectureTalk, we are bringing back our conversation with Anthony Vidler: Modernism, Utopia, and Living...

01:02:22Nov 15, 2023

145. The Cyberfeminism Index with Mindy Seu

This week we are joined by Mindy Seu who published The Cyberfeminism Index electronically and physically. What we focus on is how the index...

49:25Jul 22, 2023

144. Towards a Post-Punk Gothic Architecture with Phillip Thurtle

This week we are joined by Phillip Thurtle, who is the director of the Comparitive History of Ideas (CHID) program at the University of Wash...

51:01Jun 30, 2023

143. Robotic Architecture with Mahesh Daas

Designed around an engaging conversation, ArchitectureTalk explores issues in contemporary architecture and architectural thinking. It is ho...

54:37Jun 13, 2023

142. Phantom Hands with Deepak Srinath

This week, we are joined by the founder and CEO of Phantom Hands Deepak Srinath. Phantom Hands creates chairs and other various furniture pi...

01:10:46May 25, 2023