Andreas Lechner: Forms and typologies.
From A is for Architecture Podcast by Ambrose Gillick
March 19, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 194
About this episode
Ambrose Gillick interviews architect Andreas Lechner about his book on architectural typology and design.
In Episode 194 of the A is for Architecture Podcast , architect and writer and Andreas Lechner, Associate Professor of Design and Building Theory at TU Graz in Austria and founder of Studio Andreas Lechner, also based in Graz. We connected off the back of my previous conversation with Hans van der Heijden – with whom he had spoken on Drawing Matters last summer. Specifically, Andreas and I spoke about his book, Thinking Design: Blueprint for an Architecture of Typology (Park Books 2021), a book which combines theoretical reflection on architectural teaching with an illustrated visual atlas of 144 projects – all drawn orthographically and with no photographs – which serves as invitation to explore architectural design through the lens of typology – somewhat maligned in an age of humanised fun, grandiosity, pomp and intellectual frilliness - arguing as I read it for something a bit more normal - the primacy of form as the core of the discipline. Andreas’s practice can be found here , and he is on LinkedIn and Instagram . His conversation with the super Hans on Drawing Matters is here . The book is linked above. + Music credits: Bruno Gillick Image credits: 1: © Andreas Lechner, 2…
People in this episode
Host: Ambrose Gillick
Guest: Andreas Lechner
Topics covered
- architectural design
- typology
- design theory
- architecture education
- interview
Keywords
- architecture
- typology
- design theory
- Andreas Lechner
- Thinking Design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: TU Graz, Studio Andreas Lechner
Books & works: Thinking Design: Blueprint for an Architecture of Typology
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