HERMANSSON HILLER LUNDBERG

In this episode Andrew interviews Andreas and Samuel from Stockholm based Hermansson Hiller Lundberg Architects. Their practice is concerned with the capacity for contemporary construction for expression - and they explore structure and a close reading of context to make characterful and beautifully considered work at a wide variety of scales.  The work speaks eloquently of our time, and draws on deep traditions in architecture - seeking expressive qualities in contemporary construction techniques.  Here they speak about how they balance this careful ‘present tense’ aspect of their work, against the necessary vagaries of construction today. https://www.hhl.se——Credits: Register is the Research Group in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew interviews Andreas and Samuel from Stockholm based Hermansson Hiller Lundberg Architects. Their practice is concerned with the capacity for contemporary construction for expression - and they explore structure and a close reading of context to make characterful and beautifully considered work at a wide variety of scales. The work speaks eloquently of our time, and draws on deep traditions in architecture - seeking expressive qualities in contemporary construction techniques. Here they speak about how they balance this careful ‘present tense’ aspect of their work, against the necessary vagaries of construction today. <a href="https://www.hhl.se" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hhl.se</a> —— Credits: Register is the Research Group in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - HERMANSSON HILLER LUNDBERG

In this episode Simon Henley interviews Milinda Pathiraja. Milinda's is a director and co-founder of Robust Architecture Workshop, a practice based in Sri Lanka, and concerned with developing new means for architecture to operate there. The term 'Robust' is key, its meaning to Milinda representing architectures ability to develop a resilience by a clear sighted engagement with the world - eschewing the brittleness that comes from autonomous conversations, and making its languages from a bottom up approach, one with tolerance at its heart. Here tolerance is a calling to an architecture which is sited in the specifics of the architects context, and the needs of the project - encompassing material behaviours but also much more, including the lives and futures of those engaged with its making.https://www.facebook.com/robustarchitectureworkshop/——Credits: Register is the Research Group in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Simon HenleyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Simon Henley interviews Milinda Pathiraja. Milinda's is a director and co-founder of Robust Architecture Workshop, a practice based in Sri Lanka, and concerned with developing new means for architecture to operate there. The term 'Robust' is key, its meaning to Milinda representing architectures ability to develop a resilience by a clear sighted engagement with the world - eschewing the brittleness that comes from autonomous conversations, and making its languages from a bottom up approach, one with tolerance at its heart. Here tolerance is a calling to an architecture which is sited in the specifics of the architects context, and the needs of the project - encompassing material behaviours but also much more, including the lives and futures of those engaged with its making. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robustarchitectureworkshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/robustarchitectureworkshop/</a> —— Credits: Register is the Research Group in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Simon Henley Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - MILINDA PATHIRAJA

Grafton Architects

In this episode Nana Biamah Ofosu and Andrew Clancy interview Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects.Nana is a tutor in the Kingston School of Art, leading studies into precedent and the lessons found in territorial Ghanaian architecture as part of her Second Year Studio. Grafton Architects are the current Pritzker Laureates, an accolade that arrives as they appear to be gathering pace with a remarkable series of university buildings completed in the last few years, and more on the way. At the heart of Graftons practice is a concern for the human aspects of architecture - how it is made, how it affects those who use it, and how it speaks to the society that it forms a part of.  In this discussion Shelley and Yvonne discuss their education, those critical first few projects, and how they have navigated their career since then.  They reflect on the sensibilities that underlie their remarkable buildings, and what they see as key challenges facing the disipline today. https://www.graftonarchitects.ie/——Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew Clancy / Nana Biamah OfosuEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Nana Biamah Ofosu and Andrew Clancy interview Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects. Nana is a tutor in the Kingston School of Art, leading studies into precedent and the lessons found in territorial Ghanaian architecture as part of her Second Year Studio. Grafton Architects are the current Pritzker Laureates, an accolade that arrives as they appear to be gathering pace with a remarkable series of university buildings completed in the last few years, and more on the way. At the heart of Graftons practice is a concern for the human aspects of architecture - how it is made, how it affects those who use it, and how it speaks to the society that it forms a part of. In this discussion Shelley and Yvonne discuss their education, those critical first few projects, and how they have navigated their career since then. They reflect on the sensibilities that underlie their remarkable buildings, and what they see as key challenges facing the disipline today. <a href="https://www.graftonarchitects.ie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.graftonarchitects.ie/</a> —— Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy / Nana Biamah Ofosu Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - GRAFTON ARCHITECTS

In this episode Andrew Clancy speaks with Simon Henley of Henley Halebrown Architects.  Simon is an educator and a practitioner, and has written several books about architecture, most recently ‘Redefining Brutalism’ - which seeks to redefine the subject beyond style, and to capture its sensibility as a living language of architecture -0 encompassing robustness at its core. Today their explorations into the language of architecture are being teased out via a series of remarkable housing projects, one of which (Chadwick Hall) was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize (the UKs highest award for architecture) last year. http://henleyhalebrown.com/——Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy speaks with Simon Henley of Henley Halebrown Architects. Simon is an educator and a practitioner, and has written several books about architecture, most recently ‘Redefining Brutalism’ - which seeks to redefine the subject beyond style, and to capture its sensibility as a living language of architecture -0 encompassing robustness at its core. Today their explorations into the language of architecture are being teased out via a series of remarkable housing projects, one of which (Chadwick Hall) was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize (the UKs highest award for architecture) last year. <a href="http://henleyhalebrown.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://henleyhalebrown.com/</a> —— Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - SIMON HENLEY

CATHY HAWLEY

In this episode Andrew Clancy chats with the architect and educator Cathy Hawley. Cathy Haley started her professional career with the art and architecture collaborative muf, moved on to doing remarkable housing projects as a founding partner of Riches Hawley Mikhail, and now works with Public Practice to embed critical thinking about context and character into the development plans of a series of towns.  Wherever she has worked she has brought a clarity of insight, valuing the unseen and the overlooked along with more obvious aspects, to make a singular contribution in each place.  This is true also of her work as an educator - in which she seeks to tease out her students ability to see in an enabling fashion - both for their own careers as architects, and in relation to how they make work.  She is a winner of the RIBA Stirling prize, RIBA Rome prize and numerous other accolades. http://www.cathyhawley.co.uk/about.php——Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy chats with the architect and educator Cathy Hawley. Cathy Haley started her professional career with the art and architecture collaborative muf, moved on to doing remarkable housing projects as a founding partner of Riches Hawley Mikhail, and now works with Public Practice to embed critical thinking about context and character into the development plans of a series of towns. Wherever she has worked she has brought a clarity of insight, valuing the unseen and the overlooked along with more obvious aspects, to make a singular contribution in each place. This is true also of her work as an educator - in which she seeks to tease out her students ability to see in an enabling fashion - both for their own careers as architects, and in relation to how they make work. She is a winner of the RIBA Stirling prize, RIBA Rome prize and numerous other accolades. <a href="http://www.cathyhawley.co.uk/about.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cathyhawley.co.uk/about.php</a> —— Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - CATHY HAWLEY

NICHOLAS OLSBERG

In this episode Laura Evans and Matt Wells talk with the Historian and curator Nicholas Olsberg. Nicholas is a former director of the Canadian Centre of Architecture, and is a prolific writer.  He has curated many exhibitions about architects and architecture and in this conversation shares his views about the role of the curator in this context.  In particular he speaks about the need to make exhibitions which present those visiting with vivid moments of engagement with the subject - a particular challenge in architecture when by necessity only an alibi for the subject the visitor will be engaging with. ---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Laura Evans / Matt WellsEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Laura Evans and Matt Wells talk with the Historian and curator Nicholas Olsberg. Nicholas is a former director of the Canadian Centre of Architecture, and is a prolific writer. He has curated many exhibitions about architects and architecture and in this conversation shares his views about the role of the curator in this context. In particular he speaks about the need to make exhibitions which present those visiting with vivid moments of engagement with the subject - a particular challenge in architecture when by necessity only an alibi for the subject the visitor will be engaging with. --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Laura Evans / Matt Wells Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - NICHOLAS OLSBERG

William Whitaker

In this episode Mary Vaughan Johnson and Federica Goffi Interview Alba di Lieto and William WhitakerMary is the head of our Department of Architecture and Landcape here in Kingston, while Federica is Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the PhD and MAS Program at Carleton University. Last Summer Mary and Federica hosted the Frascari Symposium at Kingston, and it was at this event this podcast was recorded. In it Mary and Federica interview Alba diLieto and William Whitaker.  Alba is curator of the archive Carlo Scarpa at the Directorate Civic Art Museums and Monuments of Verona.  William Whitaker is the curator and collections manager of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. In this conversation Alba and William speak of the nature of their archives, of their inception, management and growth.  They also speak eloquently about the nature of these archives as repositories of thinking, offering profound insights into our discipline. ---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Mary Vaughan Johnson / Federica GoffiEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Mary Vaughan Johnson and Federica Goffi Interview Alba di Lieto and William Whitaker Mary is the head of our Department of Architecture and Landcape here in Kingston, while Federica is Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the PhD and MAS Program at Carleton University. Last Summer Mary and Federica hosted the Frascari Symposium at Kingston, and it was at this event this podcast was recorded. In it Mary and Federica interview Alba diLieto and William Whitaker. Alba is curator of the archive Carlo Scarpa at the Directorate Civic Art Museums and Monuments of Verona. William Whitaker is the curator and collections manager of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. In this conversation Alba and William speak of the nature of their archives, of their inception, management and growth. They also speak eloquently about the nature of these archives as repositories of thinking, offering profound insights into our discipline. --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Mary Vaughan Johnson / Federica Goffi Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - ALBA DI LIETO & WILLIAM WHITAKER

In this podcast Laura Evans and Matt Wells interview William Burgess and Stephen Davies of 31/44In the intro I mention our new books project.  If you want to support us by pre-ordering copies of our first books please visit the crowdfunding site here https://kubacker.hubbub.net/p/REGISTER-Conversations/Will is well known to us in Kingston as a studio tutor in third year, where he runs a unit with Kate Micklin also of 31/44.  The work of the unit is a good way to understand some of the interests of 31/44 as a practice.  There is a careful approach to understanding and researching context, and using this to inform their projects.  This contextual read is not one grounded in a literal formal or material transposition, but in a sensibility which allows contextual work stand in sympathy both with its own time, and the histories of the sites they work on.  As such their works are to an extent a distillation and a refinement of particular observations, a retelling of a story of how the city has been made.https://www.3144architects.com---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Laura Evans / Matt WellsEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this podcast Laura Evans and Matt Wells interview William Burgess and Stephen Davies of 31/44 In the intro I mention our new books project. If you want to support us by pre-ordering copies of our first books please visit the crowdfunding site here <a href="https://kubacker.hubbub.net/p/REGISTER-Conversations/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kubacker.hubbub.net/p/REGISTER-Conversations/</a> Will is well known to us in Kingston as a studio tutor in third year, where he runs a unit with Kate Micklin also of 31/44. The work of the unit is a good way to understand some of the interests of 31/44 as a practice. There is a careful approach to understanding and researching context, and using this to inform their projects. This contextual read is not one grounded in a literal formal or material transposition, but in a sensibility which allows contextual work stand in sympathy both with its own time, and the histories of the sites they work on. As such their works are to an extent a distillation and a refinement of particular observations, a retelling of a story of how the city has been made. <a href="https://www.3144architects.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.3144architects.com</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Laura Evans / Matt Wells Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - 3144

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Shiela O'Donnell and John Tuomey of O'Donnell and Tuomey. John and Shiela are as much educators as architects, and this conversation roves freely between conversations about schools, and their own work in practice.  It is clear that these two worlds are interconnected and interreliant in a profound way in their lives. The work in both places has overlaps - not least a concern with close reading of site and context, and an investment in drawing out what the ‘utter’ aspect of a project might be through conversation and drawing.  We talk through their recent retirement from UCD - the school they were taught in and in turn taught into for most of their lives, and how this might mark a new chapter on a number of levels.  We also hear what it was like working for Stirling, the humanity of the man, and his insistence on the value of ‘the act itself’ of being an architect. We do hope you enjoy the conversation. http://odonnell-tuomey.ie---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Shiela O'Donnell and John Tuomey of O'Donnell and Tuomey. John and Shiela are as much educators as architects, and this conversation roves freely between conversations about schools, and their own work in practice. It is clear that these two worlds are interconnected and interreliant in a profound way in their lives. The work in both places has overlaps - not least a concern with close reading of site and context, and an investment in drawing out what the ‘utter’ aspect of a project might be through conversation and drawing. We talk through their recent retirement from UCD - the school they were taught in and in turn taught into for most of their lives, and how this might mark a new chapter on a number of levels. We also hear what it was like working for Stirling, the humanity of the man, and his insistence on the value of ‘the act itself’ of being an architect. We do hope you enjoy the conversation. <a href="http://odonnell-tuomey.ie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://odonnell-tuomey.ie</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - ODONNELL + TUOMEY

In this episode Bruno Silvestre interviews his compatriot Alvaro Siza. First off an apology - the sound is not as we would like it.  Circumstances dictated that the interview had to be recorded in a hotel lobby, and the backgrounders noise is quite distracting - but we felt it was useful to put out anyway. Bruno is working with Siza on a project here in the UK, and grabbed this time during Sizas most recent visit.  In this conversation they talk about practice, Sizes early frustrations with small projects, how current jobs interrelate in the office, and the value of Kenneth Frampton in highlighting work from around the world, including Portugal, which might otherwise have been overlooked. ————CreditsRegister is the Reseach Group for the Departmetn of Architecture &amp; landscape. This episode was made in collaboration with the students architecture society K.ArchHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Bruno SilvestreEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Bruno Silvestre interviews his compatriot Alvaro Siza. First off an apology - the sound is not as we would like it. Circumstances dictated that the interview had to be recorded in a hotel lobby, and the backgrounders noise is quite distracting - but we felt it was useful to put out anyway. Bruno is working with Siza on a project here in the UK, and grabbed this time during Sizas most recent visit. In this conversation they talk about practice, Sizes early frustrations with small projects, how current jobs interrelate in the office, and the value of Kenneth Frampton in highlighting work from around the world, including Portugal, which might otherwise have been overlooked. ———— Credits Register is the Reseach Group for the Departmetn of Architecture &amp; landscape. This episode was made in collaboration with the students architecture society K.Arch Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Bruno Silvestre Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - ALVARO SIZA (EPISODE 1)

Conversations about Architecture &amp; Landscape from the Kingston School of Art, London

Register - Architecture & Landscape

Job Floris

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Job Floris, a partner with Sandor Naus in Monadnock Architects, a practice based in Rotterdam.  Their buildings possesses a formal intensity which is leavened with careful attention to their materiality.  Their buildings sit at ease with their place in the living tradition of European architecture and yet speak of our current time, and the ambiguities of contemporary tectonics.  In their practice the history of architecture is seen as a place for invention, a place to dream using the tools of our age.  Their buildings possess the same peculiar familiarity of their drawings, a sense of something seen before and yet  entirely new.  A sense of delicacy and simultaneous formal heft.  This takes great skill and careful balance which can be easily overlooked.  If we examine how for example they treat brickwork in two projects (Atlas and Nieuw Bergen) we see in one (Atlas) how the joints are manipulated to offset the purity of the skin, giving a textural reading which changes in our relationship with the building while in the other the entire surface of the brick is treated to allow this civic structure read almost as a theatrical stage set to the town it addresses.  The detail and the whole are set in a careful dance from which the overall character of the building emerges. In this conversation we try to capture the breadth of Jobs interests and background, and the forces which have informed how he and his practice think about architecture. Job teaches in Rotterdam, where he co-ordinates the Masters of Architecture there.http://monadnock.nl/en---------Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University Londonhttps://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kingston-school-of-art/study/architecture-and-landscape/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Madoka Ellis

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Job Floris, a partner with Sandor Naus in Monadnock Architects, a practice based in Rotterdam. Their buildings possesses a formal intensity which is leavened with careful attention to their materiality. Their buildings sit at ease with their place in the living tradition of European architecture and yet speak of our current time, and the ambiguities of contemporary tectonics. In their practice the history of architecture is seen as a place for invention, a place to dream using the tools of our age. Their buildings possess the same peculiar familiarity of their drawings, a sense of something seen before and yet entirely new. A sense of delicacy and simultaneous formal heft. This takes great skill and careful balance which can be easily overlooked. If we examine how for example they treat brickwork in two projects (Atlas and Nieuw Bergen) we see in one (Atlas) how the joints are manipulated to offset the purity of the skin, giving a textural reading which changes in our relationship with the building while in the other the entire surface of the brick is treated to allow this civic structure read almost as a theatrical stage set to the town it addresses. The detail and the whole are set in a careful dance from which the overall character of the building emerges. In this conversation we try to capture the breadth of Jobs interests and background, and the forces which have informed how he and his practice think about architecture. Job teaches in Rotterdam, where he co-ordinates the Masters of Architecture there. <a href="http://monadnock.nl/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://monadnock.nl/en</a> --------- Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London <a href="https://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kingston-school-of-art/study/architecture-and-landscape/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kingston-school-of-art/study/architecture-and-landscape/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Madoka Ellis

REGISTER - JOB FLORIS (MONADNOCK)

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Ryan Kennihan.  Ryan is an architect, based in Dublin, and is leader of the thesis year in TU Dublin (formerly DIT Dublin School of Architecture) there.  His practice is concerned with making buildings which act in continuity with typologies, forms and materials found in their physical context.  These are translated through engagement with contemporary tectonics to make an expressive architecture in which structure, weathering and craft are considered and carefully calibrated.  In this conversation we talk through his journey to this point, and the ideas fueling his practice today.  http://www.rwka.com---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhilipsInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Ryan Kennihan. Ryan is an architect, based in Dublin, and is leader of the thesis year in TU Dublin (formerly DIT Dublin School of Architecture) there. His practice is concerned with making buildings which act in continuity with typologies, forms and materials found in their physical context. These are translated through engagement with contemporary tectonics to make an expressive architecture in which structure, weathering and craft are considered and carefully calibrated. In this conversation we talk through his journey to this point, and the ideas fueling his practice today. <a href="http://www.rwka.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rwka.com</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Philips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - RYAN KENNIHAN

In this episode Andrew Clancy and Laura Evans interview Alice Casey and Can Deegan of TAKA Architects in Dublin. Over their 10 years of practice Alice and Cian have designed a series of remarkable buildings, which clearly illustrate the concerns of the office. Most obvious there is a recurrent engagement with context, making buildings which are grounded in the forms and materials of their physical situation.  There is more at work than this - most intriguingly a continual engagement with the potentials for architecture to accrete meaning through its engagement as a protagonist in ritual and habit.  Here they draw their references very widely, most particularly from a series of lengthy journeys they made in the first few years of their practice.  Here we see a robust territorial architecture engaging with global conversations, making something new and yet of its place. www.taka.ie---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhillipsInterviewer: Andrew Clancy and Laura EvansEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy and Laura Evans interview Alice Casey and Can Deegan of TAKA Architects in Dublin. Over their 10 years of practice Alice and Cian have designed a series of remarkable buildings, which clearly illustrate the concerns of the office. Most obvious there is a recurrent engagement with context, making buildings which are grounded in the forms and materials of their physical situation. There is more at work than this - most intriguingly a continual engagement with the potentials for architecture to accrete meaning through its engagement as a protagonist in ritual and habit. Here they draw their references very widely, most particularly from a series of lengthy journeys they made in the first few years of their practice. Here we see a robust territorial architecture engaging with global conversations, making something new and yet of its place. <a href="http://www.taka.ie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.taka.ie</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Phillips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy and Laura Evans Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - TAKA

Tony Fretton

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews the architect and educator Tony Fretton.  Since establishing his practice in 1982, and by example and instruction Tony has persistently made the case for the value of quiet and thoughtful architecture.  This thinking was made powerfully manifest in his ambiguous masterpiece - the Lisson Gallery - makes a reading of its London context which is at once lyrical and scholarly, and does so in a manner respectful of its programme as a small gallery, and its civic responsibilities.  When this project was completed it provided an exemplar for architects across Europe who were seeking a means to engage with history and context without recourse to pastiche and on the terms of contemporary tectonics.  Its value remains today and we talk about this project at length in this interview.  A wonderful companion to get to this project is the sketchbooks published by Drawing Matter, and available to download here https://www.drawingmatter.org/publications/fretton-lisson-gallery/Tony continues to teach, and he reflects on the particular challenges facing young practitioners and students.  He sets these against where he now finds himself, and the potential for continued discovery and reinvention in late practice - a rich tradition in the history of architecture. This was an impromptu interview in Tony's office - apologies about the ambient sounds from the local school, which while joyful might make certain parts of the interview difficult to follow!Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University.fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessRegister Editor: Timothy SmithInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Justin Howard

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews the architect and educator Tony Fretton. Since establishing his practice in 1982, and by example and instruction Tony has persistently made the case for the value of quiet and thoughtful architecture. This thinking was made powerfully manifest in his ambiguous masterpiece - the Lisson Gallery - makes a reading of its London context which is at once lyrical and scholarly, and does so in a manner respectful of its programme as a small gallery, and its civic responsibilities. When this project was completed it provided an exemplar for architects across Europe who were seeking a means to engage with history and context without recourse to pastiche and on the terms of contemporary tectonics. Its value remains today and we talk about this project at length in this interview. A wonderful companion to get to this project is the sketchbooks published by Drawing Matter, and available to download here <a href="https://www.drawingmatter.org/publications/fretton-lisson-gallery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drawingmatter.org/publications/fretton-lisson-gallery/</a> Tony continues to teach, and he reflects on the particular challenges facing young practitioners and students. He sets these against where he now finds himself, and the potential for continued discovery and reinvention in late practice - a rich tradition in the history of architecture. This was an impromptu interview in Tony's office - apologies about the ambient sounds from the local school, which while joyful might make certain parts of the interview difficult to follow! Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University. <a href="http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Register Editor: Timothy Smith Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Justin Howard

REGISTER - TONY FRETTON

In this episode we are joined by Oliver Lutyens and Thomas Padmanabhan.The work of their practice is thoughtful and scholarly, and yet open minded and lyrical. In teasing out the fundamental tension between façade and plan they have developed a characterful and playful expressive language through a series of modest residential developments.  Invested in a deep knowledge of the history of architecture, they critically examine contemporary tectonics in a search for an appropriate civic language.  They do not seek significance in monumentality or in the weight of material expression.  Rather they find it by considering external insulation, rain screens and winter gardens, as valid sources of architectural investigation.  Informed by precedents these technologies are each tuned to give a quiet dignity to the ordinary ways we must make buildings today.http://luetjens-padmanabhan.chCredits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University.fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessRegister Editor: Timothy SmithInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Justin Howard

In this episode we are joined by Oliver Lutyens and Thomas Padmanabhan. The work of their practice is thoughtful and scholarly, and yet open minded and lyrical. In teasing out the fundamental tension between façade and plan they have developed a characterful and playful expressive language through a series of modest residential developments. Invested in a deep knowledge of the history of architecture, they critically examine contemporary tectonics in a search for an appropriate civic language. They do not seek significance in monumentality or in the weight of material expression. Rather they find it by considering external insulation, rain screens and winter gardens, as valid sources of architectural investigation. Informed by precedents these technologies are each tuned to give a quiet dignity to the ordinary ways we must make buildings today. <a href="http://luetjens-padmanabhan.ch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://luetjens-padmanabhan.ch</a> Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University. <a href="http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Register Editor: Timothy Smith Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Justin Howard

REGISTER - LUTJENS PADMANABHAN

David Grandorge

In this episode we are joined by David Grandorge - an architect,  photographer and academic living and working in London. As a photographer he undertakes commissioned work, collaborating with architects, artists and art institutions. He also makes work independently. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions including the Venice (2008) and Prague (2005) biennales and has been published internationally in magazines, journals and books. He has written several published articles on architecture and photography. David is a also a senior lecturer in structure, construction and materials at the the Cass School of Architecture, London Metropolitan University and leads Diploma Unit 7. He has been a visiting lecturer, tutor and/or critic at the University of Bath, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, ETH Zurich, Cambridge University and Kingston University.In this conversation we talk through David's history as a practitioner and educator.  He talks about the importance of architects such as the Smithsons in developing his views on the subject, and what he sees as the challenges facing architects today, with a particular focus on London. Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University.fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessRegister Editor: Timothy SmithInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Justin Howard

In this episode we are joined by David Grandorge - an architect, photographer and academic living and working in London. As a photographer he undertakes commissioned work, collaborating with architects, artists and art institutions. He also makes work independently. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions including the Venice (2008) and Prague (2005) biennales and has been published internationally in magazines, journals and books. He has written several published articles on architecture and photography. David is a also a senior lecturer in structure, construction and materials at the the Cass School of Architecture, London Metropolitan University and leads Diploma Unit 7. He has been a visiting lecturer, tutor and/or critic at the University of Bath, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, ETH Zurich, Cambridge University and Kingston University. In this conversation we talk through David's history as a practitioner and educator. He talks about the importance of architects such as the Smithsons in developing his views on the subject, and what he sees as the challenges facing architects today, with a particular focus on London. Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University. <a href="http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Register Editor: Timothy Smith Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Justin Howard

REGISTER - DAVID GRANDORGE

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Fergus and Edmund of Feilden Fowles Their practice is one which foregrounds craft, and the formal histories of the language of industrial and agricultural structures as a site for discovery and invention.  Their hands on approach is probably most celebrated in their own studio, located as part of a campus of structures for Waterloo city farm.  Despite the contingencies of budget (the client being a charity) and the need for the buildings to be rapidly designed, made (and potentially moved in time) they worked with and elemental architecture and frugal materials to make a wonderfully considered series of buildings and spaces. This nimbless means that their investment in the details does not preclude larger work, and indeed they are working with contemporary industrial sites  - such as their recently completed food production site in Somerset.  Here they work with the language of contemporary industrial structures, but adjust these by addition, developing a figurative exterior linked to subtly tuned interiors.  The interview goes through the evolution of their practice, and their views on architecture and education today. ---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhilipsInterviewer: Andrew ClancyEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Fergus and Edmund of Feilden Fowles Their practice is one which foregrounds craft, and the formal histories of the language of industrial and agricultural structures as a site for discovery and invention. Their hands on approach is probably most celebrated in their own studio, located as part of a campus of structures for Waterloo city farm. Despite the contingencies of budget (the client being a charity) and the need for the buildings to be rapidly designed, made (and potentially moved in time) they worked with and elemental architecture and frugal materials to make a wonderfully considered series of buildings and spaces. This nimbless means that their investment in the details does not preclude larger work, and indeed they are working with contemporary industrial sites - such as their recently completed food production site in Somerset. Here they work with the language of contemporary industrial structures, but adjust these by addition, developing a figurative exterior linked to subtly tuned interiors. The interview goes through the evolution of their practice, and their views on architecture and education today. --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Philips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - FEILDEN FOWLES

In this episode Bruno and Sylvester and Diego Calderon interview Manuel Rocha de Aires Mateus.  His practice, which he established with his brother in Lisbon in 1988 represents another pole of the deep architectural culture of Portugal. In contrast with the work of the Porto School Lisbon architects engage with more abstracted reading of type and materiality.  Aires Matues are among the best known proponents of this way of thinking.  Externally their buildings tend to the monolithic, with a language of eroded forms. There is a calibrated conversation with gravity here, and with mass lightly suspended, or tautly drawn on its surface with windows and other detailing.  Internally the landscapes are rich, even sculptural.  Manuel is a Professor in the Accademia di Archittetura in Mendrisio, a school which shares our agenda in prioritising the practitioner and the built work in thinking about our discipline.  ---------Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Andrew Clancy / Laura EvansInterviewer: Bruno Silvestre &amp; Diego CalderonEditor: Andrew Clancy

In this episode Bruno and Sylvester and Diego Calderon interview Manuel Rocha de Aires Mateus. His practice, which he established with his brother in Lisbon in 1988 represents another pole of the deep architectural culture of Portugal. In contrast with the work of the Porto School Lisbon architects engage with more abstracted reading of type and materiality. Aires Matues are among the best known proponents of this way of thinking. Externally their buildings tend to the monolithic, with a language of eroded forms. There is a calibrated conversation with gravity here, and with mass lightly suspended, or tautly drawn on its surface with windows and other detailing. Internally the landscapes are rich, even sculptural. Manuel is a Professor in the Accademia di Archittetura in Mendrisio, a school which shares our agenda in prioritising the practitioner and the built work in thinking about our discipline. --------- Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Andrew Clancy / Laura Evans Interviewer: Bruno Silvestre &amp; Diego Calderon Editor: Andrew Clancy

REGISTER - AIRES MATEUS

JULIAN HARRAP

In this interview Andrew Clancy and Judi Farren Bradley interview Julian HARRAP. Julian is arguably the most distinguished conservation architect working in Europe today.  In the work he completed with David Chipperfield on the Neues Museum he opened up a conversation about memory, authenticity and the abiding meaning of architecture in a highly nuanced manner.  This work is of interest far beyond conservation circles of course, and I think it fair to say that this building has been one of the key works of the last 20 years in shaping the culture of architecture on our continent. Our contemporary understanding of bricolage, fragment and inflection are all wrapped up and tested in various ways in this building. There is a radicality here, one which is perhaps less immediately evident (but no less present) in other projects by Julian and in this conversation he takes us through the challenge of conservation - which in his view is never a simple dogmatic agenda, but another layer of architectural thinking. Www.julianharraparchitects.co.uk---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhillipsInterviewer: Andrew Clancy and Matt PhillipsEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this interview Andrew Clancy and Judi Farren Bradley interview Julian HARRAP. Julian is arguably the most distinguished conservation architect working in Europe today. In the work he completed with David Chipperfield on the Neues Museum he opened up a conversation about memory, authenticity and the abiding meaning of architecture in a highly nuanced manner. This work is of interest far beyond conservation circles of course, and I think it fair to say that this building has been one of the key works of the last 20 years in shaping the culture of architecture on our continent. Our contemporary understanding of bricolage, fragment and inflection are all wrapped up and tested in various ways in this building. There is a radicality here, one which is perhaps less immediately evident (but no less present) in other projects by Julian and in this conversation he takes us through the challenge of conservation - which in his view is never a simple dogmatic agenda, but another layer of architectural thinking. <a href="http://Www.julianharraparchitects.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Www.julianharraparchitects.co.uk</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Phillips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy and Matt Phillips Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - JULIAN HARRAP

In this episode Nana Biamah Ofasu interviews Marius Grootveld.  Marius is a partner, along with Jantje Engels of the practice Veldwerk.  Established in 2015, their practice is part of a broader movement in Flanders of practices interested in making work in weaving narratives from the contexts they are asked to make work. Representation, typology and precedent act as a site for investigation, and discovery.  Restlessly passionate about architecture in its widest sense Marius also pursues this interest in is work as an educator and curator. In this work he both seeks to provoke a discourse, and to shine a light on lesser known voices in our discipline - be they practicing today or a precedent from many centuries ago. http://mariusgrootveld.nl---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhilipsInterviewer: Nana Biamah OfasuEditor: Andrew Clancy

In this episode Nana Biamah Ofasu interviews Marius Grootveld. Marius is a partner, along with Jantje Engels of the practice Veldwerk. Established in 2015, their practice is part of a broader movement in Flanders of practices interested in making work in weaving narratives from the contexts they are asked to make work. Representation, typology and precedent act as a site for investigation, and discovery. Restlessly passionate about architecture in its widest sense Marius also pursues this interest in is work as an educator and curator. In this work he both seeks to provoke a discourse, and to shine a light on lesser known voices in our discipline - be they practicing today or a precedent from many centuries ago. <a href="http://mariusgrootveld.nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mariusgrootveld.nl</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London http://kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Philips Interviewer: Nana Biamah Ofasu Editor: Andrew Clancy

REGISTER - MARIUS GROOTVELD (VELDWERK)

In this episode we are joined by Prof Terunobu Fujimori and Takeshi Hayatsu. Their collaboration through the work of Unit 5 here in Kingston (run by Takeshi) is reaching a culmination this year with the making of a Japanese teahouse for the Barbican Japanese House exhibition.In this discussion we talk about how Prof Fujimori started to make buildings, and the challenges he faces as he now works on progressively larger works.  We talk about the value of theory and criticism, and about the times when it is necessary to let the work talk for itself. https://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=19951Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University.fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessUnit 5 Leader: Takeshi HayatsuRegister Editor: Timothy SmithInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Justin Howard

In this episode we are joined by Prof Terunobu Fujimori and Takeshi Hayatsu. Their collaboration through the work of Unit 5 here in Kingston (run by Takeshi) is reaching a culmination this year with the making of a Japanese teahouse for the Barbican Japanese House exhibition. In this discussion we talk about how Prof Fujimori started to make buildings, and the challenges he faces as he now works on progressively larger works. We talk about the value of theory and criticism, and about the times when it is necessary to let the work talk for itself. <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=19951" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=19951</a> Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University. <a href="http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Unit 5 Leader: Takeshi Hayatsu Register Editor: Timothy Smith Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Justin Howard

REGISTER - TERUNOBU FUJIMORI

BEATE HOLMEBAKK

In this episode Hugh Strange interviews Beate Holmebakk of Mathey Kula Architects to speak about her work, and that of her practice. Beate is a leading figure in Norwegian architectural practice and education.  Her practice has made a singular position with works that seek to establish a resonant formal presence within the remarkable landscapes in which they are situated.  In considering the lineage for this work it comes as no surprise that Beate studied with Sverre Fehn and John Hejduk among others. Harnessing pragmatic concerns (such as the consideration of snow melt and rain water on a roof form, or of the organisational requirements of a hydro electric plant) Manthey Kula find space for expression sited within the particular logics of each site and brief.  The manner in which they distill this into the finished work is remarkable, through a process invested in the power of abstraction while never losing sight of the vitality of the material presence of the finished work. Her buildings are not mute, but are protagonists in their contexts.  They possess a poise, an alertness to where they are.  Perhaps they ask of us a similar alertness - they are not interested in us being aware of the building alone, but of the building in relation to where it is.  They invite us to see anew. http://www.mantheykula.noHugh Strange is an architect here in London, and runs a unit in our M.Arch programme http://www.hughstrange.com---------Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University Londonwww.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kings…-and-landscape/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Hugh StrangeAudio: Madoka Ellis

In this episode Hugh Strange interviews Beate Holmebakk of Mathey Kula Architects to speak about her work, and that of her practice. Beate is a leading figure in Norwegian architectural practice and education. Her practice has made a singular position with works that seek to establish a resonant formal presence within the remarkable landscapes in which they are situated. In considering the lineage for this work it comes as no surprise that Beate studied with Sverre Fehn and John Hejduk among others. Harnessing pragmatic concerns (such as the consideration of snow melt and rain water on a roof form, or of the organisational requirements of a hydro electric plant) Manthey Kula find space for expression sited within the particular logics of each site and brief. The manner in which they distill this into the finished work is remarkable, through a process invested in the power of abstraction while never losing sight of the vitality of the material presence of the finished work. Her buildings are not mute, but are protagonists in their contexts. They possess a poise, an alertness to where they are. Perhaps they ask of us a similar alertness - they are not interested in us being aware of the building alone, but of the building in relation to where it is. They invite us to see anew. <a href="http://www.mantheykula.no" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mantheykula.no</a> Hugh Strange is an architect here in London, and runs a unit in our M.Arch programme <a href="http://www.hughstrange.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hughstrange.com</a> --------- Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London <a href="http://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kings…-and-landscape/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kings…-and-landscape/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Hugh Strange Audio: Madoka Ellis

REGISTER - BEATE HOLMEBAKK (MANTHEY KULA)

Amin Taha

In this episode Kate Ivinson and Dan Ryder-Cook both interview the London architect Amin Taha. Amin’s work, and that of the practice he established (Groupwork) is heavily invested in exploring the potentials for contemporary technology to allow a re-engagement with materiality, ornament and civic expression - particularly in the making of facades. This approach, at once playful and rigorous, has resulted in work which is beautifully detailed, robustly made and historically situated.In this conversation Amin teases out the underlying ideas of the practice, including the way that memory, and misremembering, have always been the way our cities have been made - placing his work in this tradition of continuity. Kate and Dan were both students of the course when they made this interview, and they bring an incisive lens on the work which makes for enjoyable listening. ————CreditsRegister is the Reseach Group for the Departmetn of Architecture &amp; landscape. This episode was made in collaboration with the students architecture society K.ArchHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Kate Ivinson / Dan Ryder-CookInterviewer: Kate Ivinson / Dan Ryder-CookEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Kate Ivinson and Dan Ryder-Cook both interview the London architect Amin Taha. Amin’s work, and that of the practice he established (Groupwork) is heavily invested in exploring the potentials for contemporary technology to allow a re-engagement with materiality, ornament and civic expression - particularly in the making of facades. This approach, at once playful and rigorous, has resulted in work which is beautifully detailed, robustly made and historically situated. In this conversation Amin teases out the underlying ideas of the practice, including the way that memory, and misremembering, have always been the way our cities have been made - placing his work in this tradition of continuity. Kate and Dan were both students of the course when they made this interview, and they bring an incisive lens on the work which makes for enjoyable listening. ———— Credits Register is the Reseach Group for the Departmetn of Architecture &amp; landscape. This episode was made in collaboration with the students architecture society K.Arch Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Kate Ivinson / Dan Ryder-Cook Interviewer: Kate Ivinson / Dan Ryder-Cook Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - AMIN TAHA

NIALL HOBHOUSE

In this podcast Mary Vaughan Johnson and Andrew Clancy interview Niall Hobhouse of Drawing Matter. Niall and his collection are such a valuable and important part of the contemporary architectural scene it is difficult to imagine it without this presence.  Yet it is a rare and fragile thing.  It is by no means obvious that a collection could be made which celebrates the doubts of creative production, and which reiterates the changing yet abiding value of the drawing as a site of critical enquiry.  In the archives at shatwell, and in the many publications, exhibitions and educational programmes run by the archive there is a clear voice - one which is scholarly and playful, one that understands the collection as a living engine of thinking. Next week you are all welcome to join us in Kingston for the Frascari Symposium - which we are hosting here on the 27th and 28th July 2019.  You are all welcome to join us as we explore the secret lives of drawings and models. http://kingstonarchitecture.london/frascari-symposium-iv-the-secret-lives-of-architectural-drawings-and-models-kingston-architecture-and-landscape-june-2019/---------Credits: Registegr is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhilipsInterviewer: Andrew Clancy and Mary JohnsonEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this podcast Mary Vaughan Johnson and Andrew Clancy interview Niall Hobhouse of Drawing Matter. Niall and his collection are such a valuable and important part of the contemporary architectural scene it is difficult to imagine it without this presence. Yet it is a rare and fragile thing. It is by no means obvious that a collection could be made which celebrates the doubts of creative production, and which reiterates the changing yet abiding value of the drawing as a site of critical enquiry. In the archives at shatwell, and in the many publications, exhibitions and educational programmes run by the archive there is a clear voice - one which is scholarly and playful, one that understands the collection as a living engine of thinking. Next week you are all welcome to join us in Kingston for the Frascari Symposium - which we are hosting here on the 27th and 28th July 2019. You are all welcome to join us as we explore the secret lives of drawings and models. http://kingstonarchitecture.london/frascari-symposium-iv-the-secret-lives-of-architectural-drawings-and-models-kingston-architecture-and-landscape-june-2019/ --------- Credits: Registegr is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Philips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy and Mary Johnson Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

REGISTER - NIALL HOBHOUSE (DRAWING MATTER)

MAUD COTTER

In this episode we are joined by the sculptor Maud Cotter.  Maud's work, frequently exquisitely made from every day materials explores space, and the relational potential of space beyond the closed question of resolution.  Her ability to articulate 'open questions' in her work and work process makes her an inspirational critic and speaker, who gets to the heart of what is involved in producing a sustainable creative practice in art or architecture.  Writing of her work to date she says "We exist in a network of relations, one that allows formation in pattern in order to engage with its force. In this field of play, in which things carom, my practice lies. Sculpture as an action is critical to our understanding of this mercurial game of randomness and order. I understand the human condition as being, not just tentative by virtue of our vulnerability, but one that is necessarily so, in order to retain our closeness of connection with a changing world.We exist in a network of relations, one that allows formation in pattern in order to engage with its force. In this field of play, in which things carom, my practice lies. Sculpture as an action is critical to our understanding of this mercurial game of randomness and order. I understand the human condition as being, not just tentative by virtue of our vulnerability, but one that is necessarily so, in order to retain our closeness of connection with a changing world.Moments in which one thing resonates with another are special. This gather, or coupling, of elements is at its most profound when a feeling of the found is retained in the final mix ; when aesthetic boundaries are not forced. Corporate culture limits our relationship with matter into measurable units, offering us only an impoverished understanding, a limited relationship, deactivated matter, captured and dead. Within the intangible lies the aesthetic glue that allows units of matter to reach a transcendent whole. Recognition and activation of the void provides a deep level of integration of idea and matter. Making in this arena of presence and absence, within the full context of the work, offers continuity, live engagement - a propagation of form and idea. Achieving this level of live engagement within the work is my primary goal. I seeks to assert such spatial sequences, movements in time, as the viewer moves around the work in a commitment of seeing, allowing the piece to reach completion in their perception of it. The strength of the work lies in its ability to hold intangible moments, to capture a part of the void, like a ghost within the work."http://maudcotter.comCredits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University.fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/Head of Department: Eleanor SuessRegister Editor: Timothy SmithInterviewer: Andrew ClancyAudio: Justin Howard

In this episode we are joined by the sculptor Maud Cotter. Maud's work, frequently exquisitely made from every day materials explores space, and the relational potential of space beyond the closed question of resolution. Her ability to articulate 'open questions' in her work and work process makes her an inspirational critic and speaker, who gets to the heart of what is involved in producing a sustainable creative practice in art or architecture. Writing of her work to date she says "We exist in a network of relations, one that allows formation in pattern in order to engage with its force. In this field of play, in which things carom, my practice lies. Sculpture as an action is critical to our understanding of this mercurial game of randomness and order. I understand the human condition as being, not just tentative by virtue of our vulnerability, but one that is necessarily so, in order to retain our closeness of connection with a changing world. We exist in a network of relations, one that allows formation in pattern in order to engage with its force. In this field of play, in which things carom, my practice lies. Sculpture as an action is critical to our understanding of this mercurial game of randomness and order. I understand the human condition as being, not just tentative by virtue of our vulnerability, but one that is necessarily so, in order to retain our closeness of connection with a changing world. Moments in which one thing resonates with another are special. This gather, or coupling, of elements is at its most profound when a feeling of the found is retained in the final mix ; when aesthetic boundaries are not forced. Corporate culture limits our relationship with matter into measurable units, offering us only an impoverished understanding, a limited relationship, deactivated matter, captured and dead. Within the intangible lies the aesthetic glue that allows units of matter to reach a transcendent whole. Recognition and activation of the void provides a deep level of integration of idea and matter. Making in this arena of presence and absence, within the full context of the work, offers continuity, live engagement - a propagation of form and idea. Achieving this level of live engagement within the work is my primary goal. I seeks to assert such spatial sequences, movements in time, as the viewer moves around the work in a commitment of seeing, allowing the piece to reach completion in their perception of it. The strength of the work lies in its ability to hold intangible moments, to capture a part of the void, like a ghost within the work." <a href="http://maudcotter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://maudcotter.com</a> Credits: Register is brought to you by the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at Kingston University. <a href="http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/</a> Head of Department: Eleanor Suess Register Editor: Timothy Smith Interviewer: Andrew Clancy Audio: Justin Howard

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Edwin Heathcote

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Edwin Heathcote, the critic and writer. Edwin is the architecture critic for the FT, and an author of several books as well as the curator of an online resource celebrating the value of the written word in architecture (Reading Design). In this conversation we tease out the particular pressures on critics and discuss whether the golden age of architecture criticism may have passed. https://www.readingdesign.org/---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyRegister: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt PhillipsInterviewer: Andrew Clancy and Matt PhillipsEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Andrew Clancy interviews Edwin Heathcote, the critic and writer. Edwin is the architecture critic for the FT, and an author of several books as well as the curator of an online resource celebrating the value of the written word in architecture (Reading Design). In this conversation we tease out the particular pressures on critics and discuss whether the golden age of architecture criticism may have passed. <a href="https://www.readingdesign.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.readingdesign.org/</a> --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Register: Christoph Lueder; Matt Wells; Matt Phillips Interviewer: Andrew Clancy and Matt Phillips Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

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GUNTHER VOGT

In this episode Louise Koopmanns and Andrew Clancy interview Gunter Vogt, the eminent landscape designer, and Chair of Landscape at ETH Zurich. He views landscape design not as an autonomous totalling discipline, but as a careful reassembly of the world.  In his methods he stresses the  productive tension between the necessary subjectivity of the human condition, and the availability of scientific analysis and process. In speaking with his students he observes that a field trip can at once be a sensorial immersion and a scientific appraisal, and posits a work method that includes space for digression, memory and dreaming along with rigorous engagement with the realities of contemporary ecology and construction. A detail in this context can speak about both the personal and the political.  This ability for multiple scales of thinking to be manifest at once allows space for digression and a radical subjectivity in the design process - resulting in landscapes which are contextual and surreal, robust and intimate. In the beautiful landscapes he and his practice have made with collaborators such as Herzog deMeuron we can see the results of this humanistic compulsion, and in this conversation we tease out how he developed as a designer, and how he sees this role evolving in the face of contemporary pressures. https://www.vogt-la.com/enKingston is one of the few schools in these islands which offers landscape architecture alongside architecture - we do so because we are keenly aware that the built environment is more than buildings, and believe that students of both disciplines benefit from this context.---------Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.londonHead of Department: Mary JohnsonCourse Leader Landscape: Kristof FatsarProducer: Laura Evans / Andrew ClancyInterviewer: Andrew Clancy and Louise KoopmansEditor: Andrew ClancyMusic: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

In this episode Louise Koopmanns and Andrew Clancy interview Gunter Vogt, the eminent landscape designer, and Chair of Landscape at ETH Zurich. He views landscape design not as an autonomous totalling discipline, but as a careful reassembly of the world. In his methods he stresses the productive tension between the necessary subjectivity of the human condition, and the availability of scientific analysis and process. In speaking with his students he observes that a field trip can at once be a sensorial immersion and a scientific appraisal, and posits a work method that includes space for digression, memory and dreaming along with rigorous engagement with the realities of contemporary ecology and construction. A detail in this context can speak about both the personal and the political. This ability for multiple scales of thinking to be manifest at once allows space for digression and a radical subjectivity in the design process - resulting in landscapes which are contextual and surreal, robust and intimate. In the beautiful landscapes he and his practice have made with collaborators such as Herzog deMeuron we can see the results of this humanistic compulsion, and in this conversation we tease out how he developed as a designer, and how he sees this role evolving in the face of contemporary pressures. <a href="https://www.vogt-la.com/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vogt-la.com/en</a> Kingston is one of the few schools in these islands which offers landscape architecture alongside architecture - we do so because we are keenly aware that the built environment is more than buildings, and believe that students of both disciplines benefit from this context. --------- Credits: Register is the Research Centre in the Department of Architecture &amp; Landscape at the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London kingstonarchitecture.london Head of Department: Mary Johnson Course Leader Landscape: Kristof Fatsar Producer: Laura Evans / Andrew Clancy Interviewer: Andrew Clancy and Louise Koopmans Editor: Andrew Clancy Music: Poddington Bear - Rainbow Architecture

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