Crimson Architectural Historians - Venice Biennale Interview @TheArchitecturalReview
Crimson Architectural Historians - Venice Biennale Interview  @TheArchitecturalReview
Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
An in-depth interview with the curators of the British Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, Crimson Architectural Historians. Wouter Vanstiphout and Michelle Provoost discuss the failings of the garden city model, the intersection of British popular culture and Modernist architecture, and why architecture is not a craft.

Interviewer: Tom Wilkinson
Series Director: Phineas Harper
Production Co-ordinator: Simon Charles
Music: Blue Monday by Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir
Special Thanks: The British Council, Chantelle Laker, Ing Media
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Crimson Architectural Historians - Venice Biennale Interview

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