Stealth earthworks, celestial espionage and other true tales of architectural detection
Using electricity to probe through the floors of cathedrals to locate lost structures in the deep; mapping ancient earthworks with help from strikes of lightning; capturing particles from space to peer through buildings in 3D. This lecture will preview a large body of new research and reporting that explores how traces of architecture exist all around us, waiting to be detected.
Speaker
Geoff Manaugh is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer, regularly covering topics related to architecture, technology, and design. His book A Burglar’s Guide to the City, on the relationship between crime and architecture, was a New York Times bestseller, and his short story 'Ernest' was adapted into a hit Netflix film in 2023. Manaugh’s collaborative work with London-based architectural designers Smout Allen have been exhibited twice at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and a new project with John Becker is on display this autumn at the 2025 Lisbon Triennale of Architecture. He has taught design studios at Columbia University GSAPP and UC Berkeley. He is also the author of BLDGBLOG, launched in 2004.
This event is part of The Bartlett School of Architecture's Landscapes in Dialogue series. Find out more here.
