Building with Writing

Michael Meredith talks to Hilary Sample about her experience with Stan Allen as his first thesis student at Princeton Univeristy, and architectural education at the turn of the century. Hilary Sample teaches and runs a small practice with Michael Meredith. Michael Meredith teaches and runs a small practice with Hilary Sample.   Guest: Hilary Sample Host: Michael Meredith  Editor: Michael Meredith, Bruce Hongming Liang These conversations were recorded in parallel to the exhibition Building with Writing at Princeton University School of Architecture in Spring 2025, on the work of Stan Allen.

Michael Meredith talks to Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas about their experience at Cooper Union and Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and Stan Allen as a student and later employee of them.  Diana Agrest is a Professor of Architecture at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art. Together with Mario Gandelsonas, They founded Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects.  Michael Meredith teaches and runs a small practice with Hilary Sample.   Guest: Stan Allen Host: Michael Meredith  Editor: Michael Meredith, Bruce Hongming Liang These conversations were recorded in parallel to the exhibition Building with Writing at Princeton University School of Architecture in Spring 2025, on the work of Stan Allen.

Stan Allen and Michael Meredith talk about one of Stan Allen’s most well-known texts, From Object to Field: Field Conditions in Architecture and Urbanism, and how the ideas explored in the piece translate into different scales across object, urban, and landscape.  Stan Allen is an architect, writer, educator, and former dean of Princeton University   School of Architecture. Michael Meredith teaches and runs a small practice with Hilary Sample.   Guest: Stan Allen Host: Michael Meredith  Editor: Michael Meredith, Bruce Hongming Liang  These conversations were recorded in parallel to the exhibition Building with Writing at Princeton University School of Architecture in Spring 2025, on the work of Stan Allen.

Michael Meredith talks to Liz Diller about her common experience as Stan Allen since the 1970s at Cooper Union, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and later Princeton University.  Liz Diller is an architect, partner in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture. Michael Meredith teaches and runs a small practice with Hilary Sample.   Guest: Stan Allen Host: Michael Meredith  Editor: Michael Meredith, Bruce Hongming Liang These conversations were recorded in parallel to the exhibition Building with Writing at Princeton University School of Architecture in Spring 2025, on the work of Stan Allen.