This is the fourth and final episode of the End of Year Show. The End of Year Show is a look back on some of the things that happened and were discussed in architecture and built environment in 2020. Previous episodes covered housing, towns and culture and this episode focuses on the city. Emmett Scanlon is joined by Philip Lawton, urban geographer and researched at Trinity College Dublin. The topics covered included covid, inequality, how are we writing about and discussing the city, who the city is for, density, housing, and our tendency to compare cities.

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Philip Lawton is an urban geographer. His research has examined the overlaps between urban transformation and the political economy of space and place. His published work has included the analysis of urban policy-making, the 'European city' as urbanist ideal, and residential transformations in both central and suburban locations. He is currently working on the link between early 20th Century ideals of the city and contemporary debates over urban transformation.

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Music is by Sinead Finegan, played by the Delmaine String Quartet (Philip Dodd, leader).

The podcast was recorded on Zoom in January 2021.