February 27, 2020

How archictecture shapes society

45 minutes

Ricky Burdett, Liza Fior, Des Fitzgerald, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & Edwin Heathcote discuss ideals made concrete in an event chaired by Anne McElvoy with an audience recorded as part of the LSE Shape the World Festival 2020.

Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies at LSE and Director of LSE Cities.

Liza Fior is an award-winning architect and designer; founding partner of muf architecture/art.

Des Fitzgerald is a sociologist at Cardiff University and AHRC\BBC New Generation Thinker who works on cities and mental health.

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is an artist exploring the human values that shape design, science, technology, and nature. Through artworks, writing, and curatorial projects, Daisy examines the human impulse to "better" the world.

Edwin Heathcote is architecture and design critic for the Financial Times.

You can find and download previous LSE Free Thinking debates on the programme website

How Big Should the State Be ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09sqw6p

Authority in the Era of Populism - What makes a good leader? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002rwv

Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08nf02y

Utopianism in Politics From Thomas More to the present day https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07054cy

A Free Thinking discussion recorded at RIBA with an architectural gang of 5 "The Brits Who Built Modern Britain" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03x1p4n

Cities and Safety https://www.bbc.com/programmes/b06rwvrc

Cities and Resilience https://www.bbc.com/programmes/b04yb7kd

Producer: Eliane Glaser

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