A is for Architecture Podcast
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A is for Architecture Podcast

Ambrose Gillick

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Episodes
205
Episodes in dataset
Apple Rating
4.4 / 5
9 Apple ratings
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Weekly
~every 6.99614 days
Since
Sep 25, 2021
First episode
Latest
Jun 11, 2026
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205 episodes for longitudinal research

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Category
Arts, Design
Language
English
Region
United States
Format
Episodic
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Clean or unspecified

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Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. To keep it free and good, subscribe to the podcast on Patreon. The podcast is not affiliated with Ambrose's place of works.

Recent Content Cues

Paul Knox: London, heritage and capital.
Jun 11, 2026
Vanessa Grossman: Architecture and the communists.
Jun 04, 2026
Asma Mehan: Architecture in the shadow of oil.
May 28, 2026

Recent Episodes

Paul Knox: London, heritage and capital.

Jun 11, 2026 1h 5m

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke with Paul Knox, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, about his 2025 book, Lost London: From Crystal Palace to Heston…

Vanessa Grossman: Architecture and the communists.

Jun 04, 2026 1h 9m

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to architect and historian, Vanessa Grossman, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of…

Asma Mehan: Architecture in the shadow of oil.

May 28, 2026 45m

In the latest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to architect and scholar, Asma Mehan, Assistant Professor at the Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University and…

Leslie Kern: Resisting gentrification.

May 21, 2026 59m

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to scholar, activist, author and feminist totem, Leslie Kern, about Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies, which she published with…

Spyros Papapetros and Gerd Zillner: Kiesler: magic, metaphysics and home.

May 14, 2026 1h 9m

Frederick Kiesler was an Austrian-American architect, artist and theorist who, born at the tail end of the nineteenth century, bore witness to the irresistible rise of modernism in architecture and…

Beatriz Colomina: Architecture as disease and cure.

May 07, 2026 55m

Bellerophon, son of Poseidon and Eurynome, slew the Chimera and, full of hubris, believed he had a rightful place on Mount Olympus among the gods and set off there on his winged horse, Pegasus. Zeus…

Hilde Heynen & Lucía Pérez-Moreno: Feminist ecologies and architecture.

Apr 30, 2026 1h 9m

If one were to be the sort of inelegant person to point such things out, one might point out that despite all the egalitarian rhetoric, we still live in an architectural culture that cultivates…

Stefan Al: Houses, forms, cultures.

Apr 24, 2026 1h 4m

Despite the fact that theorists probably live in one, homes are rather poorly theorized. Why is this so? Perhaps it is the ascent of the domestic in capitalist bourgeois culture – the world within a…

Miriam Attwood & John Kinsley: Building community.

Apr 16, 2026 56m

Nine out of ten architectural practices in Europe are involved in designing private housing, according to the Architects Council of Europe, with the work generating 54% of the average practice’s…

Tim Altenhof: Atmospheres and architecture.

Apr 09, 2026 1h 6m

Close study of singular aspects of building culture remains the mainstay of good architectural scholarship. Through detail, universals can be revealed. This is the case with Tim Altenhof’s Breathing…

Ed Wall: Architecture & war.

Mar 26, 2026 44m

With warfare seemingly creeping up on us – because governments keep starting them – it seemed like a good idea to speak to Ed Wall, Professor of Cities and Landscapes at the University of Greenwich,…

Andreas Lechner: Forms and typologies.

Mar 19, 2026 57m

In Episode 194 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, architect and writer and Andreas Lechner, Associate Professor of Design and Building Theory at TU Graz in Austria and founder of Studio Andreas…

Lee Ivett: Blueprint for a new architecture.

Mar 12, 2026 59m

In the 193rd episode of this here A is for Architecture Podcast, Lee Ivett joined me for a second time, 1591 days since his last appearance here. Now a Professor and Head of the London School of…

Itohan Osayimwese: Africa, ornament and architecture.

Mar 05, 2026 1h 11m

In Episode 192 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Itohan Osayimwese, Professor of the History of Art & Architecture and Urban Studies and Department Chair at Brown University, discusses small…

Ellen Braae & Thordis Arrhenius: Scandinavia and the architecture of welfare.

Feb 26, 2026 58m

The A is for Architecture Podcast’s 191st episode is a conversation with two professors, Ellen Braae & Thordis Arrhenius, about their and Guttorm Ruud’s publication, Architecture and Welfare:…

Alexander Josephson: Practice life and the political.

Feb 19, 2026 56m

For Episode 190 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Alexander Josephson, architect, lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, and in 2012, co-founder of PARTISANS, a…

Frances Northrop and Amica Dall: Commons and cooperative practice.

Feb 12, 2026 50m

For this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Amica Dall, co-founder of Assemble, writer and researcher, and Frances Northrop, head of community economic power at the New Economics…

Nele De Raedt & Maarten Delbeke: Beauty, aesthetics.

Feb 06, 2026 56m

For Episode 188 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Nele De Raedt and Maarten Delbeke discuss some small parts of the 2025 book, Beauty in Architecture: Perspectives from Theory and Practice, which…

Fernando Lara: Alternative American architectures.

Jan 29, 2026 53m

In Episode 187 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Fernando Lara, professor of architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, discusses his book, Spatial Theories for…

Francis Terry: New classical architecture.

Jan 22, 2026 53m

In Episode 186 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, neoclassical architect Francis Terry, founder of Francis Terry and Associates, discusses his upbringing, education, drawing, work, practice and…

Publishing Analytics

Frequency
~every 6.99614 days
Weekly
Avg Duration
59m
Consistency
87%
Format
Episodic
Since
Sep 25, 2021
Latest
Jun 11, 2026

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Region
United States
Hosting
anchor.fm

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