S4E4 Saudi Modern with Abdulrahman and Turki ...

This month’s podcast episode takes us to Ethiopia, specifically the rock-cut church of Wuqro Cherqos in Tigray where a tantalisingly cryptic piece of carved stone can tell us a whole story of interconnection up and down the Red Sea. This is a journey of merchants, artistic ideas, ...  Show more

In this new podcast episode, the first in our series on Peripheries, we discuss the place of Armenian architects in the towns and cities of eastern Anatolia in the late Ottoman empire. Our guest is Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan, Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Lincoln, whe ...  Show more

How does the idea of a "Nation" come through in architectural language? Is there such a thing as a Nigerian architecture, for example? Are there national identifications visible in architectural makeup? On the other hand, how does architecture transcend borders? What is the statu ...  Show more

Mohamed Elshahed talked about Cairo Modern. The exhibition showcases works by Egyptian modernists from the 1920s to the 1970s, half a century of rich architectural production that complicate our present understanding of global modernism. The exhibition introduces audiences to ...

‏تحدّثنا في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست 1949 مع د. نايف القنور عن علاقة الإنسان القديم والحديث بالرسومات الصخرية، وبداية ظهور المكتشفات الصخرية، والطريقة التي يعرف بها العلماء أعمار الرسومات الصخريّة، وكيف نقرأ من خلالها التاريخ، ومركز المملكة العربية السعودية في هذا الفن على مستوى الع ...  Show more

Today we are joined with Ayad Rahmani who teaches architecture at Washington State University. Rahmani's love for literature and architecture leads us to today's conversation about Moby Dick and architecture.