Rowan Moore, the architecture critic for the Observer and Guardian Online, presents this lecture at Carleton’s Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, which draws from his most recent book, Property, the Myth that Built the World (Faber). Moore was formerly director of the Architecture Foundation; he studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and is a Doctor of Civil Law (Honoris Causa) at the University of East Anglia and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
His lecture explores how many cities in the developed world are facing a housing crisis — rising homelessness, unaffordable rents, younger generations excluded from buying homes. Dreams of decent homes and neighbourly communities are squeezed by the pressures of property values. Moore presents solutions drawn from contemporary Europe and post-war history and shows the role that architecture can play in creating new — and better — places to live.
