How We Might Live: Architecture and Culture

James Butler is joined by Owen Hatherley, culture editor of Tribune Magazine and prolific author on housing, cities and architecture. We often talk about housing in the abstract – estates, regeneration, expenditure. But what about the kinds of houses people live in? Is there a politics of architecture? Plus, we ask: does culture matter to politics? And if there’s a culture war, shouldn’t we try fighting it?

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