The Londown | 1 July | with Will Hurst
Zoe talks to AJ managing director Will Hurst about the Antepavilion arrests, Robert Jenrick’s blocking of the old Fire Brigade HQ redevelopment, the London architects who’ve won a bid for a huge Moscow regeneration project and more.
The Londown | 24 June| with Edwin Heathcote
Merlin catches up with Edwin Heathcote, the architecture critic at the FT, about the new Oxford Circus competition, planning reforms, and Charles Jencks’ Cosmic House.
The Londown | 10 June| with Ella Jessel
On the four year anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, Merlin and fellow architectural journalist reflect on the industry’s response
The Londown | 10 June| with Shawn Adams
Architect and writer Shawn Adams discusses Sumayya Vally’s long awaited Serpentine Pavilion, and the lack of diversity in top architecture institutions
The Londown | 03 June| with Barnabas Calder
Historian Barnabas Calder talks about his new book exploring the architectures environmental impact through the ages
The Londown | 27 May | with Olly Wainwright
Architecture critic Olly Wainwright dissects the pavilions at this years Venice Biennale
The Londown | 20 May | with Hettie O’Brien
Journalist Hettie O’Brien discusses her investigations into the contentious Whitechapel Bell Foundry redevelopment.
The Londown | 13 May | with Maddie Kessler
Curator Maddie Kessler talks about The Garden of Privatised Delights, Britain’s Venice pavilion opening next week.
The Londown | 6 May | With Owen Hatherley
Our London mayoral election coverage concludes with journalist and author Owen Hatherley and Open City’s Zoe Cave
The Londown: April 29 with Will Ing
Far more towers for central London, Silvertown Tunnel controversy, LFA boss leaves London for Scotland, and the next generation of British architects.
The Londown | 22 April | With Dave Hill
An in-depth comparison of the election manifestos of London's mayoral election candidates, NLA survey shows no slowdown in skyscraper approvals despite the pandemic, and why drivers so often seem grumpy – could it be down to how cars taint perceptions of the environment around us?
The Londown | 15 April | With Amanda Baillieu
National Gallery shortlist, Antepavilion winners, Ealing council 26-storey tower controversy and the future of night clubs — special guest Amanda Baillieu joins the show.
The Londown | 7 April | With Phineas Harper
London architect hit with online abuse for criticising Georgian new builds, Square Mile skyscraper set for record £1.8bn sale despite the Work from Home boom, architecture organisations left with slim pickings from the Government’s cultural recovery fund, the Barbican Centre announces a new exhibition on radical 1980s feminist architecture cooperative Matrix, and a new National Covid Memorial takes shape on the Southbank. Zoe Cave and special guest Phineas Harper round up this week’s top London architecture news.
The Londown | 1 April | With Ewa Effiom
Parliament launches a major inquiry into whole life carbon, the slavery links of City landmarks explored in a new Open City Podcast, Stirling Prize winner Haworth Tompkins designs an industrial estate, and reflecting on Zaha Hadid’s legacy five years since she died. Merlin Fulcher and special guest Ewa Effiom round up this week’s top London architecture news.
The Londown | 24 March | With Ella Jessel
Architectural assistants speak out over working conditions, government launches permitted development inquiry and Assemble win ‘Festival of Brexit’ commission
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