Light, Cities + Architecture.

In this episode of Light Cities and Architecture, we explore the legacy of urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs and her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.Jacobs’ work challenged the planning ideologies of her time—rejecting top-down zoning, soulless high-rises, an ...  عرض المزيد

Welcome back to Light Cities and Architecture, where we explore the ideas behind the buildings and people and that shape our built environment.In a change of approach this time, we invite you on a personal journey as Justine Costigan shares her firsthand account of a recent visit ...  عرض المزيد

Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation in Marseille remains one of the most polarising architectural landmarks of the 20th century. A bold experiment in modernist housing, it envisioned a radical new way of urban living, one that was both efficient and communal. While celebrated by ma ...  عرض المزيد

Ayn Rand’s philosophical novel The Fountainhead is one of the most-read and most and quoted books of the 20th century. Dismissed and loved in equal measure, it polarised critics and readers. The Fountainhead expressed Rand’s strong beliefs about the role of the creator, the need ...  عرض المزيد

Join architect Antony DiMase and writer and editor Justine Costigan as they discuss the rise of NIMBYs and YIMBYs and how these groups reflect the growing dissatisfaction with the way our cities are planned. We welcome your feedback, questions and topic suggestions. To get in tou ...  عرض المزيد