{"id":616549,"date":"2021-06-10T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=616549"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:35:59","slug":"aj-climate-champions-podcast-barnabas-calder-revisits-architectural-history-through-the-lens-of-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/aj-climate-champions-podcast-barnabas-calder-revisits-architectural-history-through-the-lens-of-energy","title":{"rendered":"AJ Climate Champions podcast: Barnabas Calder revisits architectural history through the lens of energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest AJ Climate Champions podcast, Barnabas Calder charts the course of architectural history from hunter gatherers\u2019 earliest mud and bone huts through coal-powered industrial Liverpool all the way to today\u2019s search for regenerative design in the RIBA Stirling Prize-nominated Cork House.<\/p>\n<p>Calder explains to co-hosts Hattie Hartman and George Morgan why he believes architecture has always been shaped by the energy sources available, and why he\u2019s concluded that \u2018small is good\u2019, deciding to retrofit his current Liverpool terrace rather than upgrade to a larger home.<\/p>\n<p>To catch up on all AJ Climate Champions episodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find Climate Champions on your favourite podcast app: subscribe via <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1SFHoLtacs5fp1rOgENDl9?si=c0Rl25WCQpGm8tpvobBOdw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/climate-champions-with-hattie-hartman\/id1536913247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FyY2hpdGVjdHNqb3VybmFsL2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjm6pr3sObsAhUUcxoKHUBbBiAQ4aUDegQIARAD&amp;hl=en-CH\">Google Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/us\/show\/1882312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/architectsjournal.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podbean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0QRwtxcmtuiCAv7kDGyxcQ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Barnabas Calder<\/h3>\n<p>Barnabas is an architectural historian, senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool and author of <em>Raw Concrete: the Beauty of Brutalism<\/em> (2016). Published this week, his new book, <em>Architecture:<\/em> <em>From Prehistory to Climate Emergency<\/em> revisits architectural history through the lens of the energy sources available through the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Calder tours readers through the pyramids, Greek temples and Rome\u2019s Baths of Caracalla, all the while explaining the human endeavour and agricultural trends that shaped these landmarks. Portraying coal as the \u2018the devil in <em>Paradise Lost\u2019, <\/em>Calder describes how it enabled London to surpass the population of ancient Rome and powered \u2018the march of bricks and mortar\u2019 across the UK in rows of terraced homes and industrial factories.<\/p>\n<p>Calder\u2019s treatise looks not only back but forward, querying how architecture can reinvent itself in the face of climate emergency.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Show notes: resources mentioned in this episode<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/254\/254117\/architecture\/9780241396735.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Architecture:<\/em> <em>From Prehistory to Climate Emergency<\/em><\/a> by Barnabas Calder (Pelican, 2021)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-616557\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/emap-nibiru-prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/09144538\/Architecture-HB-Barnabas-Calder-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sahgb.org.uk\/symposium2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annual Symposium: Architectural History + Climate Emergency <\/a>\u00a0June 9 \u2013 18, 2021<br \/>\nBernard Rudofsky, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Architecture_Without_Architects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Architecture without Architect<\/em><em>s<\/em><\/a> (MOMA, 1964)<br \/>\nReyner Banham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ribabooks.com\/Architecture-of-the-Well-tempered-Environment_9780226036984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment<\/em><\/a> (Univ of Chicago, 1984)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/buildings\/riba-stirling-prize-2019-cork-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cork House<\/a> by Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_388939\" class=\"large_size_img_caption wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-388939\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/emap-nibiru-prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/30103509\/Cork-House_13Matthew-Barnett-Howland-2-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Cork House 13Matthew Barnett Howland\" width=\"620\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/30103509\/Cork-House_13Matthew-Barnett-Howland-2-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/30103509\/Cork-House_13Matthew-Barnett-Howland-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.rt.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/30103509\/Cork-House_13Matthew-Barnett-Howland-2-230x151.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cork House, Berkshire by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton)<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"inline_image_source\" style=\"max-width: 630px;\">Source:Matthew Barnett Howland<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691143620\/power-to-the-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Power to the People<\/em><\/a> by Kander, Malanima and Warde (Princeton Univ Press, 2014)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Baths-Caracalla-Construction-Large-Scale-Supplementary\/dp\/1887829253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Baths of Caracalla<\/em><\/a> by Janet DeLaine (Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1997)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk\/9781526158642\/the-birth-of-modern-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Birth of Modern London<\/em><\/a> by Elizabeth McKellar (Manchester Univ Press, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> ed, 2021)<br \/>\nJiat-Hwee Chang on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=jacck+li+chan+tropical+architecture&amp;oq=jacck+li+chan+tropical+architecture&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.8574j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tropical architecture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Webb on stone: AJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/aj-climate-champions-podcast-steve-webb-wilf-meynell-were-brainwashed-into-steel-and-concrete-mode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Champions Episode 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Credits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate Champions is produced in association with ACAN, the Architects\u2019 Climate Action Network<br \/>\nPodcast produced and edited by Simon Aldous<br \/>\nMusic:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/edmilsondopifano\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmilson do P\u00edfano<\/a>, Forr\u00f3 de dois Amigos. Interpretation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tanakadopife\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felipe Tanaka<\/a>\u00a0e banda Balaio de Bai\u00e3o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest AJ Climate Champions podcast, Barnabas Calder charts the course of architectural history from hunter gatherers\u2019 earliest mud and bone huts through coal-powered industrial Liverpool all the way to today\u2019s search for regenerative design in the RIBA Stirling Prize-nominated Cork House. 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