Files on Air: Episode 9 – Sony Devabhaktuni, Still-Time at Amaravati

About this episode

In this episode, Sony Devabhaktuni reads his essay ‘Still-Time at Amaravati’ from AA Files 81.

Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, Sony Devabhaktuni – an architect, writer and Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College – reads his essay ‘Still-Time at Amaravati’, found in AA Files 81 . AA Files  is the Architectural Association’s journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields. AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.

People in this episode

Guest: Sony Devabhaktuni

Topics covered

• architecture
• writing
• podcast
• education
• design

Keywords

• architecture
• Amaravati
• AA Files
• Sony Devabhaktuni
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swarthmore College, Architectural Association

Books & works: Still-Time at Amaravati, AA Files 81

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