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Superurbanism is a series of conversations with the most interesting people working in the field of architecture today: architects, curators, authors, designers. Host Tim Abrahams explores both the details of their work and their bigger vision.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSuperurbanism is a series of conversations with the most interesting people working in the field of architecture today: architects, curators, authors, designers. Host Tim Abrahams explores both the details of their work and their bigger vision.
Superurbanism is hosted by Machine Books. The show has published 70 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S3 EP 16, John McAslan" (16 October 2026, 34 minutes), "S3 Ep15, Paul Finch" (1 October 2026, 35 minutes), and "S3 Ep14, Fernando Sordo Madaleno" (12 September 2026, 39 minutes).
Superurbanism publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 70 episodes.
Booking probability for Superurbanism is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Superurbanism requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Superurbanism's contact route on record: verified email.
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Machine Books hosts Superurbanism, an arts podcast with 70 episodes published.
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Episode #16
John McAslan is the Scottish architect behind the transformation of King's Cross, Sydney Central and now the Osney Power Station in Oxford. He spoke to Tim about the disappearance of architectural invention, the...
Episode #15
Paul Finch has spent more than four decades at the centre of British architectural culture, editing key publications, chairing CABE and co-founding the World Architecture Festival. Tim spoke to him about architectural...
Episode #14
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de Haro is a principal at Sordo Madaleno, the third generation of his family to work in a practice founded by his grandfather Juan Sordo Madaleno. In 2023 he established its London studio. Tim...
Episode #13
Manifesta is an itinerant European Biennale and art-as-catalyst-for-development event that launched in 1996. In its 30th year, it arrived in the Ruhr Valley. Its founding director Hedwig Fijen and its first creative...
Episode #11
Liam Young is an Australian-born architect, film director and artist who co-runs the M.A. in Fiction and Entertainment at Sci-Arc in Los Angeles. He spoke to Tim about his new show at the Barbican and the death of 60s...
Episode #10
Kanal Centre Pompidou in Brussels is one of the most important art museums built in Europe in the last couple of decades and will draw huge attention across the world when it opens later this year. Tim spoke to An...
Episode #9
Tobias Walliser is a director of LAVA Architects: an international network of offices known for their research on the combination of technology and the built world. LAVA’s global work spans architecture, interiors and...
Episode #8
Niall McLaughlin is an Irish-born British architect whose work has been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize four times, winning in 2022 with the New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is this year's RIBA...
Episode #7
Brendan Cormier is Curator at V&A East, the new extension of the Victoria and Albert Museum in East London. He has curated several major exhibitions for the museum including Cars: Accelerating the Modern World and...
Episode #6
Oslo-based Nordic Office of Architecture led the redesign of Norway’s government district following the 2011 attacks, shaping into what they believe is an open, democratic civic environment. Tim gets a guided tour from...
Episode #5
To create a coalition of architects as workers, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf has written a manifesto, Architecture Against Architecture. Are you ready to sign up? Tim takes the 14 points made by the Dutch architect –...
Episode #4
Tim talks to one of London’s most thoughtful practitioner’s Mary Duggan about her last project; a beautiful landscaped housing project amidst parkland in suburban London. Mary also explains the surprising new direction...
Episode #3
Rolf Fehlbaum is Chairman Emeritus of Vitra; and the client behind the architectural flourishing of the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. Tim asks him about his studies in utopian socialism; how Nick Grimshaw took to be...
Episode #2
Shiv Malik was formerly an investigative journalist with the Guardian. He’s also co-author with Ed Howker of the book Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth. He is now working with Joe Reeve on Forest...
Episode #1
Sam Jacob, Dean of the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, has a great show on at the Hypha gallery in No. 1 Poultry, London. Tim spoke to him about the complex ways architecture and money...
Episode #35
In London a stellar cast joined Tim Abrahams and regular News Review contributor Vicky Richardson for some drinks and nibbles to reflect on the architectural highlights of 2025.
Episode #34
Peter Murray is a London institution himself, although he is also the founder of several. He spoke to Tim about his ongoing investigations into how City Architects are defined in successful cities around the world and...
Episode #33
Pete Collard is exhibitions curator at the RIBA; and the brains behind a new show held at RIBA North in Liverpool called Home Ground, the Architecture of Football. Tim spoke to him about an architectural typology that...
Episode #32
With controversy lingering over his personal conduct, three major new museums designed by David Adjaye open this month. Tim Abrahams goes beyond the scandal to explore his commitment to Africa’s cultural and social...
Episode #31
The Superurbanism News Review is back again! Tim sits down with our good friend Vicky Richardson , former Architecture Curator at the Royal Academy to discuss the latest events in the architecture world and reaction to...
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