Love listening to the two hosts. Not pretentious, insightful, informative and entertaining. Good pacing of the episodes and overall an excellent podcast show about architects and cool buildings.

you guys are sharp!! insightful, engaging, informative, fun! you get into the nitty gritty and you do such a good job of taking a wholistic view of your topic and connecting lots of disparate ideas and making them cohesive. i learn a lot and my architectural vocabulary had benefited greatly. i don’t even listen on the apple podcast app i literally downloaded it just to write this review because spotify doesn’t let you write one. keep it up! i’m tuned in!

This show is entertaining and engaging. They hosts look at building architecture through case studies of important architects such as GaudÍ and Scarpa. Plus there are book reviews like Gibson’s Neuromancer which focus on the spaces and buildings.

One of the best podcasts I have ever listened to.

This is a wonderful podcast. I am an architecture student whose curriculum is extremely design focused. This podcast is my self-assigned historical and theoretical supplement to that training and it succeeds completely. I imagine I would like it very much even if I were not a student, but probably not very much if I were not interested in buildings and cities. Lends itself to the curious, the armchair historian, and would be a splendid travel guide on a trip through Europe. Quality stuff. Thanks gents.

I am a March student in Chicago and have been listening for some time now. Highly recommend for enjoyable content, review of topics, and relevant insights. Their enthusiasm for architecture helps when you feel burnt out.

Excellent podcast that is a fun listen. The guys are wildly informed and exceptional in identifying aspects of architecture in which even a non-architect could be interested.

Let me preface my comments in disclosing that I am not an architect and it has been some years since I read “A Pattern Language.” I also do not identify as a hippie. I agree with another reviewer that the commenters appear erudite and I’m sure they are competent within their profession. I was put off by their examination of Christopher Alexander’s books. They seem to derive pleasure in deriding and sneering at Alexander’s ideas that were put forth in the sixties, instead of approaching the books with an open mind. Yes, perhaps some of Alexander’s humanistic ideas and actual work have not fared well in the intervening years—which might be said of many architects. This is not a reason to discount his and his colleagues’ ideas entirely. What I got out of “A Pattern Language”—and I don’t believe I am alone—is that there are many ways in which people experience their environment and derive pleasure and joy. It is less about “rules” than identifing patterns that can be combined in many ways, not all at once, as some patterns lean towards more prospect and others are more refuge, for example. There are many patterns used in the design of my own house—I bought a house plan online that naturally incorporated patterns—not by rote, but as a well-designed house—and then modified the plan to suit my way of living and the building site. While many ideas put forth come from vernacular and historic ways of building and living in communities, I don’t believe Alexander’s ideas are exclusive to only traditional architecture. I see his ideas in the beautiful and spiritual buildings of Tadao Ando, for example, as well, where light and space are considered. There is great modern architecture and mediocre examples as well. The pedestrian examples of modern buildings forget the human element and result in, for example, a big public space where no one lingers. I was hoping for a more open-minded discussion of a variety of approaches to architecture—otherwise why bother?— instead of the smug and unfunny fare served up.

As far as I know there are only two architecture podcasts worth listening to, and this is by far the better of the two.

Great research and analysis. well informed criticism. History and theory unspoiled by the excessive credulity found in most architectural education and media. Very stimulating.