Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin is an architect and a Reader in Architecture at the University of Kent. He is also Director for the Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte) and author of 'Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture'. In conversation with Bruce Buckland, Director of Buckland Architects.
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0:03:55 - Origins of the Gothic Revival
0:10:07 - Gothic Revival building plans and changes in philosophy
0:16:14 - Processional spaces
0:20:05 - The marginalisation of architects
0:22:15 - The ego of the architect
0:25:44 - Typological applicability and expense of Gothic architecture
0:28:17 - Limits of the spread of Gothic architecture
0:30:59 - Verticality and horizontality
0:33:50 - Pugin's role in the Gothic Revival
0:35:03 - The end of the Gothic Revival
0:36:23 - The state of architectural theory now
0:39:29 - Eternal truths in architecture
0:41:41 - The cult of Classicism
0:43:50 - Modernists as Puritans
0:46:38 - Political groups and architectural groups
0:49:33 - Lack of theory in education
0:52:34 - 'A Pattern Language'
0:54:51 - Building Beautiful Commission
1:00:33 - A House for Essex
1:03:42 - References to context in contemporary architecture
1:05:51 - Improving average design quality
1:11:52 - VR and technology
1:13:51 - Conservation Areas of the future
1:20:43 - Lack of criticism of both contemporary and historic styles
1:25:20 - Timber frame buildings
1:28:08 - Transferring the sense of the vernacular to the urban
1:29:58 - Building Beautiful Commission and housing
1:31:10 - Local Authority house building
1:33:07 - The housing market
1:35:19 - Quality of historic housing
1:37:37 - Regulation of design quality
1:42:44 - Architectural education
1:45:50 - RIBA
1:47:25 - Grand Designs and architecture in the media
1:51:02 - Public conversation about architecture