HTC Experiments

Matthew Gandy’s new book – Urban Constellations – includes a section on emerging terms in urban studies (“Urban Lexicons”), including this short essay on subnature.

Melany Park and I talk about the subnatural – just published in SA, an intriguing, international architecture magazine from Singapore.

A short reflection on how to continue the concept of autonomy within an architecture engaged with nature – from Kerb 19, RMIT’s journal.* Thoughts on a Heap of Rubble [Kerb Journal, RMIT] *I could have titled this essay: “some of my closest friends are vitalistic animists, but the work still makes me cranky”.

This year I am co-teaching the survey course in the history of architecture. In a previous gig (long ago), I taught a survey of the intellectual history (otherwise known as “theory”) of architecture from the Old Testament through to late-modern architectural writing. I still find it easier to talk about ideas versus things, but the [...]

You can nerd-out on the recording (above) of the presentations at the recent event on the future of architectural history and theory at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. A terrific event, and it's amazing how quickly these things get posted. Coverage of the event can be found here: The event was organized by [...]

A great review of the exhibition by Alan Rapp

25 October 2011–1 April 2012 CCA, Montréal Canadian Centre for Architecture 1920, rue Baile, Montréal, Québec  Canada H3H 2S6 T 514 939 7026 media@cca.qc.ca Open on Wednesday–Sunday, 11 am–6 pm; Thursday, 11 am–9 pm cca.qc.ca/imperfecthealth The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montréal presents Imperfect Health: the Medicalization of Architecture, on view in the main galleries from October [...]