About this episode
Jarrett Fuller interviews architectural writer Thomas Weaver about his work and the role of editing in architecture discourse.
Thomas Weaver is an architectural writer, teacher, critic, and editor. He is a commissioning editor at Park Books where he cofounded and edits the Gumshoe series, and has teaching appoints at Princeton University and Accademia di architettura. He was previously the Senior Acquisitions Editor for Art and Architecture at MIT Press, and managing editor at the Architectural Association where he editied the school’s journal, AA Files, as well as their other publications and books. In this conversation, Jarrett and Thomas talk about the his experiments with form, pushing the limits of academic writing, and the role of the editor in architecture discourse. Links from this episode are available at www.scratchingthesurface.fm/279-thomas-weaver — Help support the show by joining our Substack: surfacepodcast.substack.com
People in this episode
Host: Jarrett Fuller
Guest: Thomas Weaver
Topics covered
- architecture
- writing
- editing
- academic discourse
- criticism
Keywords
- architecture
- writing
- editing
- criticism
- academic writing
- Park Books
- Gumshoe series
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Park Books, Princeton University, Accademia di architettura, MIT Press, Architectural Association
Books & works: AA Files
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