The avoidance of doing architecture

The Philosophers Magazine interviewing Nigel Warburton of Philosophy Bites podcast – with a minor adjustment in bold by me: “A lot of professional philosophers architects lack the imagination required to think about what it’s like not to understand something. Some have got into a complacent habit of speaking to each other in a kind of …

more evocative

Catching up on Radio 3’s Front Row earlier today (whilst twittering about a weak spot for religious imagery), I found this simple but valuable observation on the diary form that reminded of the way I felt in the first week of signing up for twitter 4 years ago. It also goes some way to explain …

ArchWeekWalk ArchWeekAnecdotes

Following on from the podcast to cover your journey to Birmingham, here’s an annotated walk to the office for tomorrow’s ‘Open Practice’ day. Either follow it by walking the streets or be lazy and download a copy of Google Earth then use it to open this file: rob.annable.co.uk/docs/Birmingham-ArchWeekWalk.kmz Alternatively, add a ‘network link’ to the …

icast

no, 2 self podcast episode 1: Charles Jencks and Ralph Erskine – Participatory Politics and Organic Design (mp3 file – 17Mb). It was only a matter of time before I got seduced by the idea of doing a podcast. This will hopefully be a two part program (if I manage to finish part 2 next …