Episodes

  • S2 EP 29 — Asif Khan
    Oct 2 2025

    Tim heads out to Almaty in Kazakhstan to talk to Asif Khan about his work on the Tselinny; an incredibly painstaking transformation of a 1964 Soviet cinema into an arts centre, which he undertook with Kazakh wife the architect Zaure Aitayeva.

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    27 mins
  • S2 EP28 — Andy Groarke (part 2)
    Sep 25 2025

    This is the second half of a two part discussion with Andy Groarke of the London practice Carmody Groarke in which he and Tim discuss more recent buildings including archives for the Bibliotheque Francaise and for the British Library takes this idea about the relationship between materials and time into a different order.

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    27 mins
  • S2 EP27 — Ab Rogers
    Sep 19 2025

    Tim spoke to Ab Rogers about the exhibition he has curated, dedicated to his father Richard, at Sir John Soane’s Museum. They also talk about Ab's own career including his ongoing working relationship with the film director Wes Anderson, and their upcoming Design Museum show in London.

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    33 mins
  • S2 EP26 — Andy Groarke
    Sep 4 2025

    This is the first half of a two part discussion with Andy Groarke of the London practice Carmody Groarke. Talking to Tim, he explores the origins of the practice and the influence of Antony Gormley on their singular appreciation of materials and their relationship to time.

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    30 mins
  • S2 EP25 — Richard J Williams
    Aug 21 2025

    Richard J Williams’s latest book The Expressway World is about spaces built for cars, which humans live alongside. He and Superurbanism host Tim Abrahams took a drive down the M40 to discuss urban landscapes in Glasgow, New York, Seoul and more.

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    37 mins
  • S2 EP24 — Charles Saumarez Smith
    Aug 7 2025

    Charles Saumarez Smith is a distinguished British cultural historian and curator known for his leadership in major art institutions including the National Gallery and the Royal Academy. He spoke to Tim about his latest fascination, the life and works of the great British baroque architect John Vanburgh.

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    40 mins
  • S2 EP23 — Pablo Bronstein
    Jul 24 2025

    Tim talks to Pablo Bronstein, a London‑based artist born in Argentina, known primarily for his beautiful, clever drawings which have been collected by the Pompidou, the Met and the British Museum. His latest project at Waddesdon Manor plays with design history and explores how national identities are constructed.

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    35 mins
  • S2 EP22 — Farshid Moussavi
    Jun 18 2025

    Farshid Moussavi is the co-ordinator of the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy this year, the first architect to perform the task since Eva Jiřičná in 2013. Tim spoke to Farshid about her key curatorial decisions and to Stephanie MacDonald about her contribution to the annual arts jamboree.

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    29 mins