Open City

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223 Episodes

  1. Dozens of new towns planned across England and the contentious dismantling of Grenfell Tower

    Published: 2/20/2025

  2. Deconstructed: St Anne's Limehouse - East End Baroque

    Published: 2/13/2025

  3. Barbican revamp revealed, Denys Lasdun’s ‘glass castle’, Archigram and the save Prince Charles cinema campaign

    Published: 2/6/2025

  4. The Elizabeth Line sparks jobs and housing growth and a transformative redesign of London's Regent Street

    Published: 1/23/2025

  5. Deconstructed: Finsbury Health Centre - Healthcare for a modern age

    Published: 1/16/2025

  6. Is the UK housing crisis threatening the economy and NHS recovery?

    Published: 1/9/2025

  7. Deconstructed (coming soon)

    Published: 12/20/2024

  8. Angela Rayner approves M&S’s contentious Oxford Street redevelopment

    Published: 12/12/2024

  9. Smithfields closure, unrealistic housing targets and Brighton's white elephant

    Published: 12/5/2024

  10. Office for Place scrapped, empty High Streets and C20's 'Coming of Age' campaign

    Published: 11/21/2024

  11. 21,000 Saudi worker deaths, The Duchy of Cornwall and the Pay 100 survey

    Published: 11/7/2024

  12. The budget, China's super embassy and the legacy of Britain's Empire Exhibition

    Published: 10/31/2024

  13. Rachel Reeves' billion pound boost for council housing, design codes and the vital role of retrofit

    Published: 10/24/2024

  14. The Elizabeth line wins the RIBA Stirling prize, councils declare new UK housing targets unrealistic and the battle for Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

    Published: 10/16/2024

  15. Leaking luxury flats, RIBA's big rebrand and London's new 'town architects' named

    Published: 10/10/2024

  16. Affordable homes being run for profit, the nimby-yimby debate and the trouble with Euston Station

    Published: 10/2/2024

  17. Sycamore gap one year on, 'brownfield passports' and the wood burner wars

    Published: 9/26/2024

  18. Could this be the end for Birmingham’s brutalist Ringway Centre?

    Published: 9/19/2024

  19. The Grenfell Report: Key Findings from the Inquiry

    Published: 9/4/2024

  20. ‘Retrofit-first’ council approves five demolitions in one scheme

    Published: 8/15/2024

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Open City is a charity dedicated to making architecture and built heritage more open, accessible and equitable. This feed includes our weekly show, The Brief which features news and analysis covering the big issues in British architecture, heritage, housing and planning. We also release longer form shows breaking down big issues connecting urbanism and politics with in-depth discussion. Our shows are hosted by a roster of architectural critics and practitioners, featuring guests from across architecture and design, as well as artists, academics, policy makers and journalists.Open City Friends get early, ad-free access to all Open City podcasts, and help support accessible independent journalism and life-changing education programmes. Sign up as an Open City Friend today.This show is made possible in part by Bloomberg Connects, a free mobile app featuring guides to over 200 museums, galleries and cultural spaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.