Architecture Stories

A Podcast about Architecture, History and the Built Environment Cover

A Podcast about Architecture, History and the Built Environment Cover

A Podcast about Architec...

A Podcast about Architecture, History and the Built Environment

Step into the world of architectural history with Architecture Topics. Each episode uncovers the stories behind iconic buildings and the visionary architects who shaped history.

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Cathedral of Brasília – Where Modernism Meets Faith

Sagrada Familia – Barcelona’s Most Iconic Work in Progress

CCTV Headquarters – A Loop through Power, Media, and Form

Santa Maria del Fiore - The Unbuildable Dome

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum – The Birth of the Bilbao Effect

Neue Nationalgalerie - Mies van der Rohe’s Final Masterpiece

Seattle Public Library – A Machine for Learning in the Digital Age

Centre Pompidou Paris - The "inside-out" museum

NYC Guggenheim Museum – The Building That Refused to Fit In

Welcome to Architecture Topics! Architecture History—One Story at a Time

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Cathedral of Brasília – Where Modernism Meets Faith

Sagrada Familia – Barcelona’s Most Iconic Work in Progress

CCTV Headquarters – A Loop through Power, Media, and Form

Santa Maria del Fiore - The Unbuildable Dome

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum – The Birth of the Bilbao Effect

Neue Nationalgalerie - Mies van der Rohe’s Final Masterpiece

Seattle Public Library – A Machine for Learning in the Digital Age

Centre Pompidou Paris - The "inside-out" museum

NYC Guggenheim Museum – The Building That Refused to Fit In

Welcome to Architecture Topics! Architecture History—One Story at a Time

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

Rome Colosseum – The Architecture of Power, Propaganda and Spectacle

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived

Space Needle - Seattle’s Window to the 21st Century

30 St Mary Axe – Rethinking the Modern Skyscraper

Parthenon – The Illusion of Perfection

Empire State Building - The Making of an American Legend

Taj Mahal – A Love Story Told in Architecture

Golden Gate Bridge - The story behind the most iconic bridge ever built

La Pedrera - The Gaudí Masterpiece Barcelona Once Mocked

Sydney Opera House - Building the Impossible

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

Rome Colosseum – The Architecture of Power, Propaganda and Spectacle

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived

Space Needle - Seattle’s Window to the 21st Century

30 St Mary Axe – Rethinking the Modern Skyscraper

Parthenon – The Illusion of Perfection

Empire State Building - The Making of an American Legend

Taj Mahal – A Love Story Told in Architecture

Golden Gate Bridge - The story behind the most iconic bridge ever built

La Pedrera - The Gaudí Masterpiece Barcelona Once Mocked

Sydney Opera House - Building the Impossible

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

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Step into the world of architectural history with Architecture Topics (by WikiArquitectura).

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Latest Episodes

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

In this episode, we explore how the Burj Al Arab transformed Dubai from a coastal trading hub into a global destination. From Tom Wright’s first sketches to the construction of its artificial island. From its soaring atrium to the famous...

Published

Nov 18, 2025

Duration

12:17

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

At the turn of the 20th century, New York was still a low-rise city. The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings were decades away, and the idea of a skyscraper north of Madison Square seemed absurd.Then came the Flatiron, a 22-story steel-f...

Published

Nov 11, 2025

Duration

16:48

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

It wasn’t a palace, a museum, or a tower. It wasn't even a "place". It was just a wall.Yet for almost three decades, it held an entire city, and the world, hostage to fear, ideology, and division.In this episode, we explore...

Published

Nov 4, 2025

Duration

18:09

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

After the 1989 earthquake left the California Academy of Sciences in ruins, San Francisco faced a choice: rebuild what was lost, or imagine something entirely new.What emerged was one of the most sustainable museums ever created — a livi...

Published

Oct 28, 2025

Duration

12:23

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

Nearly two thousand years old, yet still standing in perfect balance. The Pantheon remains one of the greatest achievements in architectural history.In this episode, we travel back to ancient Rome to uncover how Emperor Hadrian and his e...

Published

Oct 21, 2025

Duration

14:17

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

In this episode of Architecture Topics, we travel to Chicago, the birthplace of the modern skyscraper, to explore Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg’s bold experiment in urban living.Designed in the late 1950s and completed in 1967, Marina C...

Published

Oct 14, 2025

Duration

16:07

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Rome Colosseum – The Architecture of Power, Propaganda and Spectacle

Cathedral of Brasília – Where Modernism Meets Faith

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived

Sagrada Familia – Barcelona’s Most Iconic Work in Progress

Space Needle - Seattle’s Window to the 21st Century

CCTV Headquarters – A Loop through Power, Media, and Form

30 St Mary Axe – Rethinking the Modern Skyscraper

Santa Maria del Fiore - The Unbuildable Dome

Parthenon – The Illusion of Perfection

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum – The Birth of the Bilbao Effect

Empire State Building - The Making of an American Legend

Neue Nationalgalerie - Mies van der Rohe’s Final Masterpiece

Taj Mahal – A Love Story Told in Architecture

Seattle Public Library – A Machine for Learning in the Digital Age

Golden Gate Bridge - The story behind the most iconic bridge ever built

Centre Pompidou Paris - The "inside-out" museum

La Pedrera - The Gaudí Masterpiece Barcelona Once Mocked

NYC Guggenheim Museum – The Building That Refused to Fit In

Sydney Opera House - Building the Impossible

Welcome to Architecture Topics! Architecture History—One Story at a Time

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events

Rome Colosseum – The Architecture of Power, Propaganda and Spectacle

Cathedral of Brasília – Where Modernism Meets Faith

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived

Sagrada Familia – Barcelona’s Most Iconic Work in Progress

Space Needle - Seattle’s Window to the 21st Century

CCTV Headquarters – A Loop through Power, Media, and Form

30 St Mary Axe – Rethinking the Modern Skyscraper

Santa Maria del Fiore - The Unbuildable Dome

Parthenon – The Illusion of Perfection

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum – The Birth of the Bilbao Effect

Empire State Building - The Making of an American Legend

Neue Nationalgalerie - Mies van der Rohe’s Final Masterpiece

Taj Mahal – A Love Story Told in Architecture

Seattle Public Library – A Machine for Learning in the Digital Age

Golden Gate Bridge - The story behind the most iconic bridge ever built

Centre Pompidou Paris - The "inside-out" museum

La Pedrera - The Gaudí Masterpiece Barcelona Once Mocked

NYC Guggenheim Museum – The Building That Refused to Fit In

Sydney Opera House - Building the Impossible

Welcome to Architecture Topics! Architecture History—One Story at a Time

Burj Al Arab – The Building that Put Dubai on the World Map

Flatiron Building - The Shape of a New York Icon

Berlin Wall - A Line That Shaped the World

California Academy of Sciences - The Story of a Living Building

The Pantheon - The Dome That Defied Time

Marina City - A Vertical Dream on the Chicago River

The Gateway Arch - When Geometry Became Poetry

HSBC Main Building – Designing the Most Expensive Building of the 80s

Eiffel Tower - The Rise of an Iron Revolution

One World Trade Center - From Freedom Tower to Reality

Rebuilding Ground Zero - A Skyline shaped by Politics, Power, and Memory

9/11 - How and Why the Towers Fell

Twin Towers - The Rise of New York's Giants

Oslo Opera House - Where Architecture Becomes Landscape

London Eye - An Unlikely Turn of Events