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The Essay

Architecture: The Fourth R

Episode 3: Culture and Multiculture

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Sunand Prasad assesses the impact of multiculturalism on British buildings. How do spaces around us promote how we want to live and work? How do these adapt to social change. Show more

The Essay

Architecture: The Fourth R

Episode 4: Future Architecture

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Sunand Prasad discovers how architects can learn from traditional ways of living and considers the challenge of creating zero-carbon buildings. Show more

The Essay

Architecture: The Fourth R

Episode 5: Architecture and Its Public

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Architect Sunand Prasad describes the fight to save Covent Garden from demolition, demonstrating how people power can prevent architectural destruction and disaster. Show more

The Essay

Architecture: The Fourth R

Episode 1: The Past Sure Is Tense

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Architect Sunand Prasad examines the past 200 years of architecture in a search for the root of our tense relationship with modern building today. Show more

The Essay

Architecture: The Fourth R

Episode 2: The Value Proposition

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Architect Sunand Prasad explores the real value of architecture and explains why investment in buildings now will save us money in the future. Show more