#12 How Beyoncé Seized the Louvre
The Louvre and its surroundings have served for centuries as a dramatic expression of French imperial might, this symbolism was dramatically challenge...
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Failed Architecture is a podcast on architecture and the real world. By opening up new perspectives on the built environment, we seek to explore the meaning of architecture in contemporary society. FA challenges dominant spatial fashions and explores alternative realities, reaching far beyond the architectural community. We combine personal stories with research and reflection, always remaining committed to the idea that architecture is about social justice and climate justice, pop culture and subculture, representation and imagination, and everything that happens after the building’s been built.
#11 Architects Unionise!
Architects have up until recently remained rather reluctant to organise and act collectively, but in light of the erosion of their working conditions,...
#10 Mecca to the Max: The Holy City Transformed
With Islam’s most holy city undergoing rapid development, this episode delves into the complex city that lies beyond the mosque.
#09 Listen to the City, It’s Trying to Tell You Something
Recording and discussing the city through sound offers a vital means through which to challenge the dominant ways in which architecture and cities are...
#08 Speer in Qatar or: How Architects Stopped Caring and Learned to Love the Client
From Hitler's favourite architect Albert Speer to the present-day controversies surrounding the Qatar World Cup, this episode considers what responsib...
#07 Incompiuto: Italy’s Most Prominent Architectural Style
What to do with the abundance of unfinished structures currently dominating the Italian landscape?
#06 Architects in Calais: On Border Systems and Self-built Cities
Calais, a town in northern France, functions as a hard border where migrants end up building their own cities. How do architects relate to this comple...
#05 London Undone: Gaika and Ash Sarkar Discuss the City’s Past, Present and Future
Gaika and Ash Sarkar discuss London's near future and its recent past, particularly as it relates to the legacy of the London Riots.
#04 Alexandra Lange: Judging Architecture and How We Design for Kids
Alexandra Lange is the architecture critic at Curbed and writes for media outlets such as New Yorker. Her latest book is The Design of Childhood.
#03 Modernism Distorted: Selling Utopia From Kleiburg to Keeling House
While modernist housing estates are still being despised and demolished, a renewed interest is nowadays making their commodified preservation possible...