Architecture is an ever-evolving field and one needs to constantly keep in touch with the latest trends. One of the easiest and most convenient ways to do this is by plugging in your earphones and listening to a podcast. This platform is a great way for students, architects, and leading professionals to learn more about the field. Listening to a podcast encourages critical thinking, evokes new design ideas, and can very quickly become an integral part of your daily routine. Listed below are 10 architectural podcasts that will expand your thinking and help you develop your thoughts on diverse parameters.
A is for Architecture
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
The podcast, hosted by Ambrose Gillick, explores the world of architecture by making it accessible to everyone. Each episode stimulates conversation on the built environment‘s history, design, or social aspects with industry experts, intellectuals, scholars, and practitioners. The podcast covers a wide array of topics and delves into unique insights into how architecture shapes society. It perfectly blends the creativity and practicality of the profession, making it suitable for students, architects, design enthusiasts, or even someone interested in exploring new podcasts.
About Buildings + Cities
Podcast Website: aboutbuildingsandcities.org
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Podbean, Podbay, Player.FM, Listennote
Hosted by a pair of British-based architects, Luke Jones and George Gingell, the podcast delves into conversation on buildings and cities, as evidenced by the name of the podcast. The discussion revolves around architecture, from the past right up to the present, and brings in the effect of film, fiction, and comics on the evolution of architecture. It presents a comprehensive analysis of architectural history as well as the technology that has played a vital role in this contemporary period. The in-depth and insightful conversation by the hosts gives the listeners a fresh perspective.
Architecture Speak
Podcast Website: https://www.archispeakpodcast.com/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Evan Troxel, Neal Pann, and Cormac Phalen host this real-life experience-based podcast. Their brand revolves around “real talk” on everything, including design, the tools used, and the work-life balance. They also talk about mentoring, job hunting, and generational differences, making it an attractive listen for students and seasoned industrialists alike.
Architecture Talk
Podcast Website: https://www.architecturetalk.org/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Architecture Talk is designed to engage cross-disciplinary conversation, which explores the issues in contemporary architectural thinking. The aim for this podcast is to undiscipline architecture, bringing forth new ideas to our way of living. The podcast is curated and hosted by Vikram Prakash, Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
Failed Architecture
Podcast Website: https://failedarchitecture.com/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Owl Tail, Librarystack
Exploring the meaning of contemporary architecture, this podcast is a combination of research, personal stories, and reflections. The theme of the podcast is to reconnect architecture with the real world and provides a critical commentary on the present architectural system that puts profit above everything. The episodes remain true to their core principles of tying architecture to the realm of culture, politics, identity, ecology, society, and personal experience.
Let’s Talk Architecture
Podcast Website: https://dac.dk/en/lets-talk-architecture/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
The Danish Architecture Center provides a forum for the world’s leading architects, planners, designers, and engineers to engage in conversation about their work and ideas. Hosted by Michael Booth, the podcast introduces the listener to the thought process and workflow behind those influential architects who shaped the future of Danish buildings and cities. The topics range from modernist masterpieces, climate change, extensive retail planning, rethinking materials, and the transformation of existing buildings.
Scaffold
Podcast Website: https://shows.acast.com/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud
Produced by the Architecture Foundation and hosted by Matthew Blunderfield, this podcast consists of a series of interviews with architects, designers, and artists. The conversation is focused on extracting the inner workings of different professionals and uncovering their processes and approaches to their work, which are more often overlooked.
Talk Architecture
Podcast Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1042819
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube
Artist, entrepreneur, and architectural educator, the host Naziaty Mohd Yaacob started this podcast in 2020. The podcast is a reflection on architectural practice and studio-based education, making it a must-listen for incoming and current architectural students. The 2024 series discussed the design curriculum, artificial intelligence, disability, and architects’ well-being, and is immersed in the global and local context.
Young Architect Podcast
Podcast Website: https://youngarchitect.com/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher
Micheal Riscica, the host of Young Architect, is a deeply passionate architect whose goal is to help the next generation of architectural students to be successful at school, work, and life. His blog, and now the podcast, is designed for a specific audience who struggle to enter or situate themselves in the architectural industry. He invites a new young architect for each episode, discussing the various issues and struggles that entail succeeding in the field.
99% Invisible
Podcast Website: https://99percentinvisible.org/
Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, RSS, SiriusXM, Stitcher
A narrative podcast, hosted by Roman Mars, 99% Invisible is an architecture podcast that talks about the overlooked, forgotten, unnoticed architecture and design that shapes the world. One of the most listened-to podcasts, this began a project for the KALW public radio and the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco. It has four limited-run series that explore multiple areas of interest, including stories behind the clothes we wear, homelessness, and the behind-the-scene making of critically acclaimed films. The newest series, hosted by Emmett Fitzgerald, brings forth the vulnerabilities in the American built environment concerning climate change.
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