{"podcast":{"title":"A is for Architecture Podcast","slug":"a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","podcast_index_feed_id":4885985,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/AisforArchitecturePodcast?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnCGrgtkfHCX8az9QUdgkogeS1FuGmRof_9ezHrdQhJWXkvMPEGnO4uL1fj9w_aem_eRaQzK_kKC7Z47Hp01zBXg","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16197383/16197383-1736374370337-6056a54ee71eb.jpg","author":"Ambrose Gillick","episode_count":208,"summary":"Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. To keep it free and good, subscribe to the podcast on Patreon. The podcast is not affiliated with Ambrose's place of works.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:20:32.969281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985"},"episode":{"title":"Tim Altenhof: Atmospheres and architecture.","slug":"tim-altenhof-atmospheres-and-architecture","published_at":"2026-04-09T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/tim-altenhof-atmospheres-and-architecture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ambrose-gillick/episodes/Tim-Altenhof-Atmospheres-and-architecture-e3hjkhu","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/play/118132734/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-8%2F02be8fcc-39b9-844b-c91a-db166af6e0ab.mp3","summary":"Close study of singular aspects of building culture remains the mainstay of good architectural scholarship. Through detail, universals can be revealed. This is the case with Tim Altenhof’s Breathing Space: The Architecture of Pneumatic Beings , published by Zone Books in March this year (distributed by Princeton University Press), the subject of the latest A is for Architecture Podcast episode. Breathing Space is an elegant exploration of the role of breath – breathing – in the development of buildings, and the way consciousness of the human lung has shaped architectural design, not least in the emergence of analogies between buildings and bodies. Our discussion of a little of Tim’s book focuses on the concept of ‘respiratory modernism’, examining how architecture engaged with the body, air and atmosphere in response to wider social, scientific and political concerns around health and the modern city. How were these ideas communicated to the public? And how does this thinking around breathing, bodies, environment and habitation come to us now, in this age of ultramodernism ? Tim is Tim Altenhof is an architect and senior scientist at the University of Innsbruck. He can be found at work , on his own website and on Instagram . The book is linked above. + Music credits: ⁠Bruno Gillick Image credits: Main: Luckenwalde Dye Works © Tim Altenhof (2023), Author photo: © Bengt Stiller. #ArchitecturePodcast #BreathingSpaceArchitecture #RespiratoryModernism #ArchitectureAndHealth #ArchitecturalTheory","meta_description":"Close study of singular aspects of building culture remains the mainstay of good architectural scholarship. Through detail, universals can be revealed. Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3966,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/episodes/tim-altenhof-atmospheres-and-architecture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/tim-altenhof-atmospheres-and-architecture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}