Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
7D. Playing the Detective
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the artist, puzzle-maker, and escape room designer Laura E...
7E. Bypass Codes
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the investigative journalist and veteran beat reporter Car...
7A. Introduction
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan Eardley introduces Issue 7 by relating contemporary spatial practices to the ...
7B. On the Threshold of Detectability
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like proof, evidence typically refers to things, traces, marks, or signs, that can be studied to est...
7C. Invisibility As Form
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan Eardley invites listeners to reflect on the way that detective work operates ...
7F. The Sound Of Secrecy
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the writer and artist Bryan Finoki. He describes how he ca...
7G. Dark Freqs
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode presents Dark Freqs, an original sound piece by Bryan Finoki. Please note that the piec...
6A. Community Design As A Process
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1, Anna Goodman explains how contemporary architects in the United States often pursue co...
6B. Karl Linn and the Idea of Neighborhood Commons
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, Anna Goodman describes a shift in the way architects in the United States viewed commu...
6C. Ecological Community At People’s Park
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3, Anna Goodman explores how a focus on the process of design over its products located c...
6D. Carl Anthony, Race and Environmentalism
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4, Molly Esteve describes the life and work of the architect and environmental justice ad...
5A. What is Theory?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks the question: “what is theory?” It begins by attempting to define “theory” a...
5B. What is Architectural Theory?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks the question: “what is architectural theory?” It asks what the phrase “archite...
5C. How did Architectural Theory Change over Time?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the question “how has architectural theory changed over time?” In particula...
5D. Is Architectural Theory Western or Global?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks “is architectural theory Western or can it be global?” This means asking: is the...
5E. How do you Teach Architectural Theory?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks “how do you teach architectural theory?” We ask what are the ways that each pers...
5F. What are Architectural Theory Classes for?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks “what are architectural theory classes for?” What is the purpose of the architec...
5G. Is Theory Dead?
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This piece asks “is architectural theory dead?” This might seem a strange question to ask given ...
4A. Introduction
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The introductory audio essay illuminates four aspects of sound in physical space—location, size, r...
4B. The Sound of Absence
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is music like without the sound of a space? Historian Emily Thompson discusses the aesthetics, ...
4C. Even Better than the Real Thing
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1950s, classical record producers were fixated on realism, aspiring to put listeners in the ‘...
4D. The Acoustic Orchestrations
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The pianist Glenn Gould was dogmatic about his recording setup, placing the microphone as close as...
4E. Bach, Sax, Space
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One day, while practicing the prelude to Bach’s Cello Suite #1, Yasuaki Shimizu accidentally ran h...
4F. Free Field / Pressure Field / Diffuse Field
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bad acoustics inspired Daniel Neumann to become a composer and sound artist. After struggling to tam...
3A. Postmodernism
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the term “Postmodernism” its history, legacy, and use within the discourse ...
3B. Collecting
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the term idea and practice of collecting as a current trope within architectura...
3C. Composition
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the concept and practice of composition in architectural design. Formerly domin...
3D. Kitsch
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses contemporary attitudes towards the idea of kitsch within the academy and archit...
3E. Figuration
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the concept of figuration in architectural discourse today.
3F. Critique
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the practice of critique as it still operates within architectural design cultu...
3G. Delight
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the concept of delight in architectural discourse today.
3H. Discipline
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the idea of discipline in architectural discourse today.
3I. Weirdness
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This piece addresses the concept of weirdness in architectural discourse today.
2A. Allen, Reiser and Meredith – Roundtable on Formalisms
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This round-table conversation between Stan Allen, Jesse Reiser and Michael Meredith addressed the pe...
2B. Kilian and Adriaenssens – Form-Finding
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with Axel Kilian and Sigrid Adriaenssens addressed the idea of form-finding in archit...
2C. Ricciardi and Rose – The Formlessfinder
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with Julian Rose and Garrett Ricciardi addressed their project The Formless Finder.
2D. James Meyer – Minimalism
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with the art historian James Meyer about formalism in minimalist art. The interview d...
2E. Jeff Kipnis – Affect
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview was with the architectural critic and theorist Jeff Kipnis following the publication ...
2F. Jorge Otero-Pailos – Phenomenology
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with Jorge Otero-Pailos, author of Architecture’s Historical Turn: Phenomenology an...
2G. Michael Graves – Classical Form
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This interview with the late Michael Graves took place at his home in Princeton in 2012. The discuss...
2H. Bryon Roberts and Dora Epstein Jones – New Ancients
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with Bryony Roberts and Dora Epstein Jones about their recent special edited issue...
1A. Levine, Jennings, & Wood – Roundtable on Walter Benjamin
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a roundtable discussion on the Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay, “The Work of Art in t...
1B. Harry Francis Mallgrave – Architecture and Perception
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with Harry Francis Mallgrave, author of The Architect’s Brain : Neurosc...
1C. Mark Johnson – Architecture and Neuroscience
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with Mark Johnson, author of Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge t...
1D. Sylvia Lavin – Architectural Attention
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with Sylvia Lavin, author of Form Follows Libido Architecture and Richard...
1E. Tim Holmes – Attention Tracking Technology
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with Tim Holmes, Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of...
1F. Stan Allen – Exit Interview
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with the outgoing Dean of Princeton University, Stan Allen. It addresses ...
1G. Alejandro Zaera-Polo – Entry Interview
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with the incoming Dean of Princeton University in 2012, Alejandro Zaera-P...
1H. Jaffer Kolb – Venice Biennale 2012
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with Jaffer Kolb by Alek Beirig. It addresses curation of the 2012 Venice...
1I. Francois Leininger – American Presidential Libraries
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is an interview with the architect Francois Leininger about his research into the history...
1K. Daniel Perlin – Deep Listening
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is an experimental sound piece by Daniel Perlin, a sound artist living and working in New York....
1J. Joseph Bedford – Building Review, SANAA’s Glass Pavilion
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a Building Review of SANAA, Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2006) by Joseph Bed...