AirAA

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AirAA podcasts are recorded and produced at the Architectural Association in London, and bring together a variety of voices to discuss influences, inspirations, contemporary practice, architecture and the most pressing issues of our time.

  1. On the Steps of 36: Episode 29 – Naina Gupta

    06/11/2025

    On the Steps of 36: Episode 29 – Naina Gupta

    Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Harriet Jennings is in conversation with Naina Gupta, an architect, writer and educator with a PhD from the AA who recently launched her book Extraordinary Pools at the AA Bookshop. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.

    43 min
  2. Files on Air: Episode 9 – Sony Devabhaktuni, Still-Time at Amaravati

    24/10/2025

    Files on Air: Episode 9 – Sony Devabhaktuni, Still-Time at Amaravati

    Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, Sony Devabhaktuni – an architect, writer and Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College – reads his essay ‘Still-Time at Amaravati’, found in AA Files 81. AA Files is the Architectural Association’s journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields. AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.

    36 min
  3. On the Steps of 36: Episode 28 – Mike Tonkin

    10/10/2025

    On the Steps of 36: Episode 28 – Mike Tonkin

    Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is in conversation with Mike Tonkin, cofounder of Tonkin Liu Architects, who launched their book Asking, Looking, Playing, Making: A Nature-focused Design Process at the AA Bookshop earlier this year. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.

    1hr 6min
  4. On the Steps of 36: Episode 27 – Tom Emerson

    26/09/2025

    On the Steps of 36: Episode 27 – Tom Emerson

    Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is in conversation with Tom Emerson, cofounder of 6a Architects and Professor of Architecture at ETH Zürich who recently launched his book Dirty Old River at the AA. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.

    1hr 23min
  5. Files on Air: Episode 8 – George Jepson, Demystifying Automation

    19/09/2025

    Files on Air: Episode 8 – George Jepson, Demystifying Automation

    Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, George Jepson – a writer, researcher and editor who holds a PhD from the AA – reads his essay, ‘Demystifying Automation: Charles Babbage and the Invention of the ‘Thinking Machine’, found in AA Files 81. AA Files is the Architectural Association’s journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields. AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.

    38 min
  6. Files on Air: Episode 7 – María Páez González, A Commanding Type?

    12/09/2025

    Files on Air: Episode 7 – María Páez González, A Commanding Type?

    Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, María Páez González – an architect, educator and Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Wien – reads her essay, ‘A Commanding Type? Lessons from Silicon Valley on the Architecture of Headquarters’, found in AA Files 81. The essay is an architectural reading of Silicon Valley's tech headquarters and their embedded power dynamics. AA Files is the Architectural Association’s journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields. AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.

    31 min
  7. On the Steps of 36: Episode 26 – Lex Fefegha

    06/06/2025

    On the Steps of 36: Episode 26 – Lex Fefegha

    Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Leela Keshav is in conversation with Lex Fefegha, a creative coder and artist who makes interactive experiences using XR and AI, and who participated in the AA's event Disrupting the System. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.

    1hr 1min
  8. On the Steps of 36: Episode 25 – Alessia Gammarota

    16/05/2025

    On the Steps of 36: Episode 25 – Alessia Gammarota

    Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode of the AirAA podcast On the Steps of 36, Leela Keshav is in conversation with Alessia Gammarota, a photographer and campaigner with Fight 4 Aylesbury who participated in the AA's event 'The Resistant Representations of Artist-Activists'.  AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.

    1hr 8min
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AirAA podcasts are recorded and produced at the Architectural Association in London, and bring together a variety of voices to discuss influences, inspirations, contemporary practice, architecture and the most pressing issues of our time.

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  • Creator
    Architectural Association School of Architecture
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Architectural Association School of Architecture
  • Show Website
    AirAA

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