Truth and Lies in Architecture

society, culture · EN

Architecture is in crisis. Climate change, inequality, cultural exclusion, and the profession’s failures towards First Nations people have exposed architecture’s deepest contradictions. But the crisis is not only external, it is embedded within the practice itself.How did we get here? How has the true nature of architecture been so profoundly undermined?In this podcast, Richard Francis-Jones reads from his own essays, excavating into the depth of the problem and tracks that have led us here.