133 — Sigfried Giedion's Space, Time and Architecture — 4/4

About this episode

The episode discusses the concluding themes of Sigfried Giedion's work, particularly focusing on urbanism and various architectural movements.

In the finale of our series on Sigfried Giedion, we discussed the bait-and-switch coda of the book, where Giedion unexpectedly addresses questions of urbanism and town planning, via Haussmanisation, designs for Lyon by Tony Garnier, the Garden City movement, slab block modernism and Manhattan. Follow along with images on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1d8rDIt0mIw We hope you enjoyed this series. We will be back soon with a discussion of William Golding's 'The Spire'! Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts. Support the show on Patreon to receive bonus content for every show. Please rate and review the show on your podcast store to help other people find us! Follow us on twitter // instagram // facebook We’re on the web at aboutbuildingsandcities.org This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Jones, George Gingell

Topics covered

• urbanism
• town planning
• architecture
• modernism
• design
• cultural movements

Keywords

• Sigfried Giedion
• urbanism
• architecture
• Tony Garnier
• Haussmanisation
• Garden City
• modernism
• Lyon
• Manhattan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pinecast, Patreon

Books & works: Space, Time and Architecture, The Spire

Places: Lyon, Manhattan

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