Interview with Todd Reisz about Showpiece City: How Architecture Made and Off Centre / On Stage
Below is a discussion recorded for the Tea with Culture podcast between me and with architect and writer Todd Reisz about his recent books, Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai and his exhibition Off Centre / On Stage that is accompanied by a book with the same title at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai.
If you are in Dubai, you can find both books at Jameel Arts Centre and also online at shop.artjameel.org, plus Kinokinuya and Gulf Photo Plus.
Todd Reisz is an architect and writer living in Amsterdam. His work examines the global practice of architecture, specifically how the architect circulates technologies and cultural narratives. In addition to the two books about Dubai, he also co-edited Building Sharjah, an archival investigation of Sharjah's vanishing twentieth-century landscape and includes a selection of essays and images from several contributors.
You can find more of Todd's writings and subscribe to his newsletter on www.toddreisz.com and follow him on twitter.com/ToddReisz.