For the last episode of our current Summer Season, our guest is someone who has been involved in architecture in Belfast since she first came here more than twenty years ago. Dr. Sarah Lappin is an architect originally from Colorado in the Unit
On this episode of The Infinite City, our guest is a PLACE alumnus, someone whose career has brought together a passion for cycling with the discipline of urban design and smart city technologies.Aaron Coulter is an Urban Designer from Belfas
In Episode 3 of our special Summer Season, we’re sharing a recent studio conversation with someone who has had a huge influence on architecture in Northern Ireland. Barrie Todd is a retired architect with a career that has spanned the public an
In this special summer season of The Infinite City, listen out for interviews with professionals whose careers have intersected with the city of Belfast and with the work of PLACE.But first, we have a live episode we recorded last October. Ou
This week, to kick off a special Summer Season we’re excited to share a two-part live episode.In October 2018, Rebekah and Conor invited four special guests to join them for the first live episode of The Infinite City podcast, recorded in fro
In this final episode of Season 1, we explore a lesser known chapter in the tumultuous history of housing in Belfast. Marianne Elliott, a retired professor of history, walks us through the place she grew up.The estate in North Belfast where
In this episode, we meet the conservation architect Andrew McClelland. He tells us about the hidden history of Castlecourt - one of the biggest city centre developments of the twentieth century in Belfast.How does a big development like this
In 2015, Gallaudet University in Washington DC set about finding an architect to design a new part of its 150 year old campus. Fifty-one architecture firms from across the world threw their hat in the ring, but it was Hall McKnight, a small pra
We're back with Episode 4 on Thursday 14th June. In the meantime, Conor and Rebekah have some recommendations for good 'city listens'. See you next week!
In this episode, Mark, who is partially sighted, leads us on a route from his house in North Belfast into the city centre. On the way, he shows us the challenges he faces, the skills he's learned to lead his life, and we look at the impact of d
In this episode we follow designer Kate Catterall on a route around Belfast, following the traces of something that no longer exists - at least not physically...The Infinite City is produced by Rebekah McCabe and Conor McCafferty for PLACE,
In our first episode, artist and writer Daniel Jewesbury takes us on a walk through Belfast - past and present. Along the way, we revisit three moments in Belfast’s history that give us particular insight into enduring questions about art and t
Welcome to this new podcast from PLACE, the Built Environment Centre for Northern Ireland. It’s a podcast about cities: how they work, how they’re constantly changing, the forces that drive those changes and what it’s like to live in them. In o