Merlin Fulcher
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Editorial Director @OpenCity_UK Competitions Editor @ArchitectsJrnal @ArchReview
London, England
Joined October 2009
๐ข If you have recently engaged with Open City's tours, printed tours or podcast we are keen to hear your views. Our online survey take less than four minutes to complete - and you will only need to fill out the sections relevant to you โ๏ธย
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๐ขIn this month's edition of InterCities podcast Owen Hatherley is joined by the academic Dr Yair Wallach to discuss his 2020 book: A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem' with a focus on ephemera and urban text during the British Mandate ๐ง
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RT @C20Society: โItโs part of our cityโฆsomething like that would probably never be built again. That mix of uses, and its architectural lanโฆ.
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๐ข This week's The Brief podcast features guest Billy Reading with host Sahiba Chadha discussing housing targets, St Pancras' upgrade, Central YMCA and Norman Foster's 90th ๐๏ธ๐ง
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๐ขOur latest edition of InterCities podcast focusses on Kharkiv -- featuring architect and author Ievgeniia Gubkina in conversation with Owen Hatherley ๐ง๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
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๐ข our latest The Brief podcast is a special on location recording inside Geology of Britannic Repair: the British Pavillion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale with co-curator Stella Mutegi. Available for early listening now ๐งโจ
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๐ข this month's InterCities podcast focusses on Energoprojekt and the transformation of postwar Belgrade featuring guest author Dubravka Sekuliฤ with host Owen Hatherley. Listen 2pm today on Resonance FM ๐ง
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๐ง"These buildings were ahead of their times" ๐ข. Vickie Hayward joins me on this week's The Brief podcast to discuss @C20Society's latest Risk List of architectural heritage facing demolition, plus AI concerns, agroforestry and community housing. ๐๏ธ.
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RT @C20Society: โTheyโre fun, inventiveโฆthey were ahead of their time in terms of their purpose. These are concepts weโd want to see now!โโฆ.
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๐ขIn the latest Deconstructed podcast, host @MatthewLloydR discuses the past, present and future of London's troubled Euston station with architectural historian @EwanMHarrison๐๏ธ๐ง
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A smarter use of public funds? ๐ธ๐๏ธ. 'It would cost ยฃ205bn to eliminate the social housing waiting list. and there would be savings to the [ยฃ15.6bn annual] housing benefit bill' . Peter George on the true cost of fixing the UK's broken housing system
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You can hear Peter and Fran review the news plus all our other built environment shows on the Open City Podcast channel. Sign up as a subscriber via your favourite podcast channels or Acast โจ
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๐ข Our latest The Brief podcast features Peter George of Ealing Council with AJ's Fran Williams discussing office-to-resi conversions and the challenges of delivering zero carbon affordable homes. You can listen on our channel and at 2pm on Resonance 104.4FM ๐๏ธ๐ง
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๐ข Our second edition of InterCities podcast with Owen Hatherley features Johny Pitts discussing the social and architectural transformation of Sheffield since the 1990s ๐๏ธ๐ง
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ou can also listen and subscribe via Acast and other podcast platforms. Thank you to everyone who supports the channel by following and participating ๐๐ฟ๐
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๐ข Our latest The Brief podcast features Robin Nicholson of Cullinan Studio with host Frances Williams discussing Norman Foster's Man Utd stadium plus planning reform and more. On Resonance 104.4 FM today at 2pm ๐๏ธ๐ง
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๐ข Our latest The Brief podcast features Robin Nicholson of Cullinan Studio with host Fran Williams discussing Norman Foster's new Man Utd stadium plus planning reform and more. On Resonance 104.4 FM at 2pm today ๐ง๐๏ธ
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Such a marvellous addition to the wonderful architecture of Oxford. Well done David Kohn Architects and New College ๐โจ
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In 4 years, we've covered unique architecture from Thamesmead to Chelsea, Blackheath to Barbican with authors including Owen Hatherley, Siufan Aidey, Rosamund Lily West, and Ewa Effiom. Thank you to all subscribers and authors who made it possible ๐๐ฟ
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๐ข This March we are celebrating our 50th edition of Open City's Pocket printed tour series with a journey through the towering, highly speculative redevelopment of Nine Elms! Highlights include Kieran Timberlake's US Embassy and the newly restored Battersea Power Station. ๐๏ธ๐ธ
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