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107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"

107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"

Update: 2023-08-08
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In this one-off summer episode we discussed 'How Buildings Learn' (1994) by Stewart Brand. The book is concerned with the whole lifespan of buildings, and "What Happens After They're Built?" This is a valuable and necessary agenda in architecture, however Brand's methodology is sometimes a little slapdash, often to comical effect. Come for the timeless wisdom of the Duchess of Devonshire, stay for the reductive account of the sins of architects. We talked through the book, the things we liked about it and raised some critiques, notably Brand's lack of thought about ownership and economics.


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Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.


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107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"

107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — "What Happens After They're Built"