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  1. 157

    S5E4 Chapt 5 "World-systems analysis"

    Chapter 5: "World-systems analysis"by Kees TerlouwHandbook on the geographies of globalization

  2. 156

    S5E3 Chapt 2 "A very brief history of economic globalization since Columbus"

    Chapter 2 "A very brief history of economic globalization since Columbus"by Peer VriesHandbook on the geographies of globalization

  3. 155

    S5E2 Chapter 3

    Chapter 3 "Globalization and the question of scale"by Kevin R. CoxHandbook on the geographies of globalization

  4. 154

    S5E1 Introducing Geographies of Globalization

    Chapter 1: Introducing geographies of globalization: genealogies of the concept, existing views on globalization inside and outside geographyby Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh and Pieter TerhorstHandbook on the geographies of globalization

  5. 153

    S4E30 Juha Leiviska

    Juha Leiviskä MUSEUM OF FINNISH ARCHITECTURE pages 50-57, 74-83, 130-161, 168-175

  6. 152

    S4E29 Jones Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture

    Lindsay Jones Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture Experience, Interpretation, ComparisonVolume Two | Hermeneutical CalisthenicsA Morphology of Ritual-Architectural Priorities (pages XXI-24)"Introduction | A Pedagogical Intent: Comparison and the Cultivation of Architectural Appreciation""Thirteen | A Morphological Agendum: Organization by Ritual-Architectural Priorities"Hermeneutics: the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts.

  7. 151

    S4E28 Kazantzakis "Spain"

    Nikos Kazantzakis Spain: A Journal of Two Voyages Before and During the Spanish Civil War (p 129-136)

  8. 150

    S4E27 The Trouble with Wilderness

    William Cronon, ed., "The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature." Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1995, 69-90

  9. 149

    S4E26 Altomania

    Roger Connah Altomania p4-21"The Oedipus Introduction""Chapter One: History in the Unmaking"

  10. 148

    S4E25 Alvar Aalto

    Goran Schildt Alvar Aalto His Life. pp 13-33"Chapter 1. My Starting Points"

  11. 147

    S4E24 Gaber Beyond the Divide

    Tammy Gaber Beyond the Divide: A Century of Canadian Mosque Design (2022) "Preface" and "Introduction"

  12. 146

    S4E23 Cormier Residence in Review

    "THE CORMIER RESIDENCE IN RELIEF" by Aliki Economides from The Routledge Company to Art Deco, Edited by Bridget Elliott and Michael Windover (2019)

  13. 145

    S4E22 Townend "Three Different Churches"

    Janna Ramsay Best, MA Thesis. The Architectural Imagination: S. Arthur Townend (2000) "Chapter IV Publick Edifices: Three Different Churches"

  14. 144

    S4E21 Umberto Eco "The Open Work: Chapter 4"

    Umberto Eco The Open Work, "Chapter 4 The Open Work in the Visual Arts" TRANSLATED BY ANNA CANCOGNI

  15. 143

    S4E20 Sennet "The Craftsman Chapter 1"

    Revisiting a reading from early in the series, Chapter 1 of Richard Sennet's The Craftsman.

  16. 142

    S4E19 Arrival City

    Arrival City by Doug Saunders (2011) "Preface" "Chapter 5 The Great Migration: How the West Arrived" "Chapter 9 Arrival's End: Mud Floor to Middle Class" Arrival City "From one of Canada's leading journalists comes a major book about how the movement of populations from rural to urban areas on the margins is reshaping our world. These transitional spaces are where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born, or where the great explosion of violence will occur. The difference depends on our ability to notice."

  17. 141

    S4E18 Architecture in Dialogue

    Architecture in Dialogue Edited by Andres Lepik Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019 "The mission of the Aga Khan Awardfor Architecture as it concludesits fourth decade is to promote global excellence in the field of architecture and the builtenvironment, and to encourage and support all those whostrive to improve environmental, cultural and social sustainability and, thereby, the quality of life through architecture."

  18. 140

    S4E17 Rural Studio at Twenty: Design and Building in Hale County, Alabama

    Rural Studio at Twenty: Design and Building in Hale County, Alabama Andrew Freear and Elena Barthel, with Andrea Oppenheimer Dean "Foreward" "Introduction" "Learning in West Alabama" "Educating the Citizen Architect"

  19. 139

    S4E16 Sennett The Craftsman Chapter 1

    Richard Sennett The Craftsman "Chapter 1"

  20. 138

    S4E15 Fathy Architecture for the Poor

    Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor "Prelude: Dream and Reality"

  21. 137

    S4E14 Site Magazine Healed Outcomes

    The Site Magazine: Healed Outcomes S1V1 "Black Healing in the Digital Space" "Drawing Non-conforming Bodies: Representation as a Tool for Change"

  22. 136

    S4E13 Glenn Murcutt | El Croquis

    Glenn Murcutt "Feathers of Metal" ("Plumas dude Metal") Marcutt describes part of the process for his design New Mosque for the Newport Islamic Society in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

  23. 135

    S4EP12 Contemporary World History Chapter 4

    Contemporary World History (7th Edition) William J. Duiker Chapter 4 "The Excitement and the Reality of War" "Women in the Factories" "All Power to the Soviets!"

  24. 134

    S4E11 Radically Simple: Francis Kere

    Radically Simple: Francis Kere

  25. 133

    S4E10 Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet

    Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet Edited by Sandra Piesik "If the nature of a dwelling exists as an integral part of social and cultural life, it follows that changing or updating the space of that dwelling cannot be successfully accomplished without consideration of the pre-existing relationships."

  26. 132

    S4E9 "Gradual Money and Cataclysmic Money"

    Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Chapter 16 "Gradual money and Cataclysmic Money" As this assigned reading is quite lengthy it has been broken into 4 parts: Part 1: Chapter 13 "Self-Destruction of Diversity" (pages 240-256) [Dadcast S4E6] Part 2: Chapter 14 "The Curse of Border Vacuums" (pages 257-269) [Dadcast S4E7] Part 3: Chapter 15 "Unslumming and Slumming" (pages 270-290) [Dadcast S4E8] Part 4: Chapter 16 "Gradual money and Cataclysmic Money" (pages 291-317) [Dadcast S4E9]

  27. 131

    S4E8 "Unslumming and Slumming"

    Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Chapter 15 "Unslumming and Slumming" As this assigned reading is quite lengthy it has been broken into 4 parts: Part 1: Chapter 13 "Self-Destruction of Diversity" (pages 240-256) [Dadcast S4E6] Part 2: Chapter 14 "The Curse of Border Vacuums" (pages 257-269) [Dadcast S4E7] Part 3: Chapter 15 "Unslumming and Slumming" (pages 270-290) [Dadcast S4E8] Part 4: Chapter 16 "Gradual money and Cataclysmic Money" (pages 291-317) [Dadcast S4E9]

  28. 130

    S4E7 Jacobs "The Curse of Border Vacuums"

    Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Chapter 14 "The Curse of Border Vacuums" As this assigned reading is quite lengthy it has been broken into 4 parts: Part 1: Chapter 13 "Self-Destruction of Diversity" (pages 240-256) [Dadcast S4E6] Part 2: Chapter 14 "The Curse of Border Vacuums" (pages 257-269) [Dadcast S4E7] Part 3: Chapter 15 "Unslumming and Slumming" (pages 270-290) [Dadcast S4E8] Part 4: Chapter 16 "Gradual money and Cataclysmic Money" (pages 291-317) [Dadcast S4E9]

  29. 129

    S4E6 Jacobs "Self-Destruction of Diversity"

    Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Chapter 13 "Self-Destruction of Diversity" As this assigned reading is quite lengthy it has been broken into 4 parts: Part 1: Chapter 13 "Self-Destruction of Diversity" (pages 240-256) [Dadcast S4E6] Part 2: Chapter 14 "The Curse of Border Vacuums" (pages 257-269) [Dadcast S4E7] Part 3: Chapter 15 "Unslumming and Slumming" (pages 270-290) [Dadcast S4E8] Part 4: Chapter 16 "Gradual money and Cataclysmic Money" (pages 291-317) [Dadcast S4E9]

  30. 128

    S4E5 Life of Plazas & Sitting Space

    William H. Whyte The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Chapter 1 "Life of Plazas" Chapter 2 "Sitting Spaces"

  31. 127

    S4E4 Nurturing or Neglectful

    Donovan's Compassionate City Chapter 4 "Nurturing or Neglectful"

  32. 126

    S4E3 Housing as a Verb

    Freedom to Build, dweller control of the housing processJohn F C Turner & Robert Fichter, eds Collier Macmillan, New York, 1972 Chapter 7 "Housing as a Verb"

  33. 125

    S4E2 Life Between Buildings Ch 4

    Jan Gehl. Life Between Building. "Spaces for Walking, Places for Staying: Detail Planning"

  34. 124

    S4E1 World History Chapter 2

    Contemporary World History (7th Edition) William J. Duiker Chapter 2 "White Man's Burden, Black Man's Sorrow" "Tragedy at Caffard Cove" "To Resist or Not to Resist"

  35. 123

    English Language Module 6 Part 2

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Ch 22 Personal Variation (p420-427, 430-431) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  36. 122

    English Language Module 6 Part 1

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Ch 21 Social Variation (p386-415) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  37. 121

    English Language Module 6 Part 1

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Ch 21 Social Variation (p386-415) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  38. 120

    English Language Module 5 Part 3

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Part V Using English (p299) Ch 19 Varieties of Discourse (p300, 304-307, 309, 316, 317) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  39. 119

    English Language Module 5 Part 2

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Ch 18 The Writing Systems (p268-276, 284-287) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  40. 118

    English Language Module 5 Part 1

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Part IV Spoken and Written English (p249) Ch 17 The Sound System (p248-251, 254-255, 258-260) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  41. 117

    English Language Module 4 Part 2

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Ch 15 Word Classes (p218-225) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  42. 116

    English Language Module 4 Part 1

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press English Part III: Grammar (p201) Chapter 13: Grammatical Myths (p202-209) Chapter 14: The Structure of Words (p210-217) Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  43. 115

    Venturi "Learning from Las Vegas"

    Venturi, Robert, Learning from Las Vegas: the forgotten symbolism of architectural form, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1977, 192p. P64-109 13th printing, 1994 P86-163

  44. 114

    Koolhaas "Delirious New York" Part 2

    Rem Koolhaas "Delirious New York" Part 2

  45. 113

    English Language Module 3 Part 3

    Note this episode contains some explicit language. Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  46. 112

    English Language Module 3 Part 2

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  47. 111

    English Language Module 3 Part 1

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Additional resources can be found at ⁠⁠cambridge.org/crystal

  48. 110

    Saalman "The Rebuilding of Paris"

    Howard Saalman Haussmann: Paris Transformed "The Rebuilding of Paris"

  49. 109

    Koolhaas "Delirious New York"

    Rem Koolhaas "Delerious New York" Part 1

  50. 108

    English Language Module 2

    Selected readings from : Crystal, D. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (3rd Ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Additional resources can be found at ⁠cambridge.org/crystal

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