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How architecture shapes society

Ricky Burdett, Liza Fior, Des Fitzgerald, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Edwin Heathcote chaired by Anne McElvoy as part of the LSE Shape the World Festival 2020.

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\成人快手 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 ? /programmes/b09sqw6p
Authority in the Era of Populism - What makes a good leader? /programmes/m0002rwv
Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution /programmes/b08nf02y
Utopianism in Politics From Thomas More to the present day /programmes/b07054cy

A Free Thinking discussion recorded at RIBA with an architectural gang of 5 "The Brits Who Built Modern Britain" /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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Thu 27 Feb 2020 22:00

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