# Gregorio Astengo and Davide Spina eds.,"Real Estate: Histories of Architecture and Capital" (gta Verlag, 2026) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622/gregorio-astengo-and-davide-spina-eds-real-estate-histories-of-architecture-and-capital-gta-verlag-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622/gregorio-astengo-and-davide-spina-eds-real-estate-histories-of-architecture-and-capital-gta-verlag-2026.md Podcast: [New Books in Critical Theory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622) Published: 2026-08-16T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK5090552942.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK5090552942.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622/episodes/gregorio-astengo-and-davide-spina-eds-real-estate-histories-of-architecture-and-capital-gta-verlag-2026 Duration seconds: 2834 ## Resource Real Estate: Histories of Architecture and Capital (gta Verlag, 2026)challenges the conventional assumption that architects and planners are the principal authors of urban form. It instead foregrounds the developers, builders, financiers, and media strategists whose pursuit of profit has shaped cities, particularly under global capitalism. Bringing together studies spanning the eighteenth century to the present, the editors, Gregorio Astengo and Davide Spina, and the contributors establish real estate development as a significant field of inquiry within architectural history. It also proposes new methods and sources for understanding how speculation and market mechanisms have produced the built environment. This interview was conducted by Matthew Wells, Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Manchester. He researches nineteenth-century European architecture, focusing on artistic techniques, technology, and political economy. Wells is the author of Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London (gta Verlag, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622/episodes/gregorio-astengo-and-davide-spina-eds-real-estate-histories-of-architecture-and-capital-gta-verlag-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-critical-theory-962622/gregorio-astengo-and-davide-spina-eds-real-estate-histories-of-architecture-and-capital-gta-verlag-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.