Stories of Architecture
STORIES OF ARCHITECTURE – STORIES OF BUILDINGS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD
A new podcast series from HENITalks, Stories of Architecture, explores the extraordinary people, ideas and events behind some of the world’s greatest buildings. From the radical visions of Zaha Hadid, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright to the eternal architecture of Christopher Wren, John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, the series goes beyond the buildings themselves to uncover the ambition, rivalry, politics and personal stories that shaped the people who created them.
As well as biography, episodes will also feature the story of individual buildings and monuments that have come to define cities, cities, nations and eras, from the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower to Windsor Castle, the Palace of Westminster, the Parthenon and far beyond.
Presented by architectural historian Jonathan Foyle, art historian and tour guide Katherine Alcock, and architecture critic Edwin Heathcote, Stories of Architecture combines expert insight with compelling human stories. Travelling across time and around the world, lively and ranging conversations place architecture within its historical context, asking not only how exceptional buildings were made, but why they matter and how they continue to shape the way we experience the world around us.
Available from the 14th October and weekly every Thursday on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and wherever you get your podcast.
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Trailer: An Introduction to...Stories of Architecture
Behind every great building is a story – of ambition, imagination, power, rivalry and sometimes extraordinary genius.
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Trailer: An Introduction to...Stories of Architecture
Behind every great building is a story – of ambition, imagination, power, rivalry and sometimes extraordinary genius.
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Zaha Hadid - Architecture Without Limits - Part 1
How do you become one of the most exciting architects in the world before you’ve even built a building? In the first of two episodes, Jonathan Foyle and Eddie explore the extraordinary story of Zaha Hadid,the visionary who would shatter expectations and transform contemporary architecture.
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Zaha Hadid - Architecture Without Limits - Part 1
How do you become one of the most exciting architects in the world before you’ve even built a building?
In the first of two episodes, Jonathan Foyle and Eddie explore the extraordinary story of Zaha Hadid,the visionary who would shatter expectations and transform contemporary architecture.
View episode
About the hosts
Katherine Alcock is an art historian and one of London’s celebrated Blue Badge Tourist Guides. With academic training in History and History of Art, Katherine has spent over 13 years teaching, touring and talking on the subject of architecture and Britain’s extraordinary buildings. Her ability to bring past worlds to life through vivid storytelling has seen her appear on several radio and television programmes, speaking on a wide variety of subjects, from tourism and travel to the history of toilets. She is a tutor and lecturer for the Institute of Tourist Guiding, and a former Chair of the City of Westminster Guide Lecturers' Association.
Dr Jonathan Foyle is best known for presenting BBC series including the Broadcast Award-winning Climbing Great Buildings. He is author of seven books on English architecture, and wrote extensively on craft and domestic buildings for the Financial Times. With an academic training in Architecture, History of Art and a PhD in Archaeology, he was a Curator of Historic Buildings at Hampton Court Palace, and formerly led the UK office of World Monuments Fund through a series of major fundraising and conservation programmes. He presently lectures on Architectural History and Conservation in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath.
Edwin Heathcote is the Architecture and Design Critic of The Financial Times. He is a former architect and designer and the author of around a dozen books. He is the founder of Reading Design and the Keeper of Meaning at The Cosmic House. His most recent book is On the Street: In Between Architecture, HENI Books.