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About Buildings + Cities

A podcast about architecture, buildings and cities, from the distant past to the present day. Plus detours into technology, film, fiction, comics, drawings, and the dimly imagined future. With Luke Jo... Read more

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107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"

107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"

In this one-off summer episode we discussed 'How Buildings Learn' (1994) by Stewart Brand. The book is concerned with th... Read more

8 Aug 2023

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106 — Antoni Gaudí 7 — La Sagrada Familia

106 — Antoni Gaudí 7 — La Sagrada Familia

In the final episode of our Antoni Gaudí series, we discussed his magnum opus, one of the most famous buildings in the w... Read more

6 Jul 2023

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105 — Antoni Gaudí 6 — Colonia Güell

105 — Antoni Gaudí 6 — Colonia Güell

In this episode of our ongoing series on Antoni Gaudí we discussed the unsolved mystery of the Colonia Güell Church. Per... Read more

22 Jun 2023

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104 — Antoni Gaudí 5 —Güell Projects

104 — Antoni Gaudí 5 —Güell Projects

In this penultimate episode of our series on Antoni Gaudí, we dicussed projects he developed in his later career for Eus... Read more

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103 — Antoni Gaudí 4 — Casas Calvet, Batlló & Milà

103 — Antoni Gaudí 4 — Casas Calvet, Batlló & Milà

In the fourth episode of our series on Antoni Gaudí, we discussed two of his large projects in Barcelona. Casa Calvet wa... Read more

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102 — Antoni Gaudí 3 — Going Gothic

102 — Antoni Gaudí 3 — Going Gothic

In our third episode on Antoni Gaudí we discussed some of his work that draws on traditions of Gothic, catholic and medi... Read more

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101 — Antoni Gaudí 2 — Palau Güell

101 — Antoni Gaudí 2 — Palau Güell

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100 — Antoni Gaudí 1 — Bad at School

100 — Antoni Gaudí 1 — Bad at School

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99 — Philip K. Dick's Ubik — Gnostic Paranoia

99 — Philip K. Dick's Ubik — Gnostic Paranoia

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98 — The Primitive Hut — The Design of the First Building

98 — The Primitive Hut — The Design of the First Building

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