Architecture
![An elderly man holding a pipe sits in a study with books and papers on the desk and stained-glass windows in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/542dc561-2122-4fe7-b017-d55247f0477f/rt-final-akg4446623.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Psychoanalysis and the unconscious
idea
For Jung, architecture was a tool to represent the psyche
Carl Jung’s approach to architecture is a provocation: how are we creating spaces for the forgotten dimensions of our minds?
by David Borkenhagen
![A tiled room with a white freestanding sink, brass taps, a black shelf attached to a white pillar, and a dark cabinet in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/adf70c78-459c-4f8c-8b54-73c11a437e62/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Architecture
idea
The sink in the hall: how pandemics transform architecture
From the sink in the hall to the UV light in the bus depot: how pandemics past and present can transform architecture
by Theodora Philcox
![An ornate underground station with decorative arches, hanging lamps, and a yellow train arriving. Passengers are waiting and walking through the area.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ba5cecba-859e-4674-af72-c9613cd9639c/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Architecture
guide
How to appreciate buildings
It’s easy to become blasé about the built world. Tune in more deeply and architectural adventures await around each corner
by Colin Ellard
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Architecture
film
From modernist architect, to a life off-grid, a creative life well-lived
Directed by Ryan Malloy
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Stories and literature
idea
Why are there so few children’s books set in the suburbs?
Children’s literature thrives on beautiful, imaginative or surprising encounters – so no wonder it shuns the suburbs
by Philip Reed
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Architecture
idea
Rough, cold and politically charged: why do we love to hate concrete?
Concrete helped rebuild 20th-century cities and societies, both totalitarian and democratic. Why do we love to hate it?
by Vyta Baselice
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Architecture
film
An elegy and a celebration of what it really means to find a home
Directed by Davina Pardo