The House that Philosophy Built

This panel will consider the ways in which philosophers have engaged with architecture and explores how architects have thought philosophically about their own work. Are there any philosophical ideals at the heart of civic building projects and social housing programmes? What are the principles of good design and how could a three dimensional space represent an idea? Is the primary purpose of a building aesthetic, social or moral? Do we judge a building on the beauty of its structure, the practicality of its form or the human interaction it enables? And how should we imagine the skyline of the future?

Kristen Kreider is Professor of Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Peg Rawes is Professor in Architecture and Philosophy, University College London.

Shahidha Bari (@ShahidhaBari) is Lecturer in Romanticism in the Department of English, Queen Mary, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.

The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK.

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