Merlin Fulcher
@merlinfulcher.bsky.social
Architectural journalist, editor, and broadcaster
📢 If you have recently engaged with Open City's tours, printed tours or podcast we are keen to hear your views. Our online survey take less than four minutes to complete - and you will only need to fill out the sections relevant to you ✍️ open-city.org.uk/blog/2025sur...
June 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 If you have recently engaged with Open City's tours, printed tours or podcast we are keen to hear your views. Our online survey take less than four minutes to complete - and you will only need to fill out the sections relevant to you ✍️ open-city.org.uk/blog/2025sur...
📢In this month's edition of InterCities podcast Owen Hatherley is joined by the academic Dr Yair Wallach to discuss his 2020 book: A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem' with a focus on ephemera and urban text during the British Mandate 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2pHF...
June 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
📢In this month's edition of InterCities podcast Owen Hatherley is joined by the academic Dr Yair Wallach to discuss his 2020 book: A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem' with a focus on ephemera and urban text during the British Mandate 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2pHF...
📢 This week's The Brief podcast features guest Billy Reading with host Sahiba Chadha discussing housing targets, St Pancras' upgrade, Central YMCA and Norman Foster's 90th 🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
June 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢 This week's The Brief podcast features guest Billy Reading with host Sahiba Chadha discussing housing targets, St Pancras' upgrade, Central YMCA and Norman Foster's 90th 🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
📢Our latest edition of InterCities podcast focusses on Kharkiv -- featuring architect and author Ievgeniia Gubkina in conversation with Owen Hatherley 🎧🎙️🏙️ shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
InterCities: Kharkiv with Ievgeniia Gubkina | Open City
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May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢Our latest edition of InterCities podcast focusses on Kharkiv -- featuring architect and author Ievgeniia Gubkina in conversation with Owen Hatherley 🎧🎙️🏙️ shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
📢 our latest The Brief podcast is a special on location recording inside Geology of Britannic Repair: the British Pavillion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale with co-curator Stella Mutegi. Available for early listening now 🎧✨ shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
May 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
📢 our latest The Brief podcast is a special on location recording inside Geology of Britannic Repair: the British Pavillion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale with co-curator Stella Mutegi. Available for early listening now 🎧✨ shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
📢 this month's InterCities podcast focusses on Energoprojekt and the transformation of postwar Belgrade featuring guest author Dubravka Sekulić with host Owen Hatherley. Listen 2pm today on Resonance FM 🎧 www.resonancefm.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📢 this month's InterCities podcast focusses on Energoprojekt and the transformation of postwar Belgrade featuring guest author Dubravka Sekulić with host Owen Hatherley. Listen 2pm today on Resonance FM 🎧 www.resonancefm.com
🎧"These buildings were ahead of their times" 😢
Vickie Hayward joins me on this week's The Brief podcast to discuss @c20society.bsky.social's latest Risk List of architectural heritage facing demolition, plus AI concerns, agroforestry and community housing... 🏘️
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Vickie Hayward joins me on this week's The Brief podcast to discuss @c20society.bsky.social's latest Risk List of architectural heritage facing demolition, plus AI concerns, agroforestry and community housing... 🏘️
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🎧"These buildings were ahead of their times" 😢
Vickie Hayward joins me on this week's The Brief podcast to discuss @c20society.bsky.social's latest Risk List of architectural heritage facing demolition, plus AI concerns, agroforestry and community housing... 🏘️
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Vickie Hayward joins me on this week's The Brief podcast to discuss @c20society.bsky.social's latest Risk List of architectural heritage facing demolition, plus AI concerns, agroforestry and community housing... 🏘️
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
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“They’re fun, inventive…they were ahead of their time in terms of their purpose. These are concepts we’d want to see now!”
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
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Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
April 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“They’re fun, inventive…they were ahead of their time in terms of their purpose. These are concepts we’d want to see now!”
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
📢In the latest Deconstructed podcast, host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social R discuses the past, present and future of London's troubled Euston station with architectural historian Ewan Harrison🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
April 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📢In the latest Deconstructed podcast, host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social R discuses the past, present and future of London's troubled Euston station with architectural historian Ewan Harrison🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Fascinating to visit the restored Space House for @c20society.bsky.social's top 10 buildings at risk of demolition lauch. In awe of the views AND C20's tireless campaigning for amazing architectural heritage, now embracing some 1990s gems 🙏🌿🌻
April 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Fascinating to visit the restored Space House for @c20society.bsky.social's top 10 buildings at risk of demolition lauch. In awe of the views AND C20's tireless campaigning for amazing architectural heritage, now embracing some 1990s gems 🙏🌿🌻
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A great evening at the @c20society.bsky.social Risk List launch, held in Seifert’s fabulous Space House. Reuse them or lose them! 💥
April 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A great evening at the @c20society.bsky.social Risk List launch, held in Seifert’s fabulous Space House. Reuse them or lose them! 💥
A smarter use of public funds? 💸🏘️
'It would cost £205bn to eliminate the social housing waiting list... and there would be savings to the [£15.6bn annual] housing benefit bill'
Peter George on the true cost of fixing the UK's broken housing system shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
'It would cost £205bn to eliminate the social housing waiting list... and there would be savings to the [£15.6bn annual] housing benefit bill'
Peter George on the true cost of fixing the UK's broken housing system shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
The UK government announces a £2bn boost for affordable and social homes | Open City
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April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A smarter use of public funds? 💸🏘️
'It would cost £205bn to eliminate the social housing waiting list... and there would be savings to the [£15.6bn annual] housing benefit bill'
Peter George on the true cost of fixing the UK's broken housing system shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
'It would cost £205bn to eliminate the social housing waiting list... and there would be savings to the [£15.6bn annual] housing benefit bill'
Peter George on the true cost of fixing the UK's broken housing system shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Great to see the narrative around office-to-resi conversions turning around for the better. The most sustainable buildings are always the ones already standing 🙏🌿✨
"Is this an approach worthy of reappraisal, given its green potential?"
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
April 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Great to see the narrative around office-to-resi conversions turning around for the better. The most sustainable buildings are always the ones already standing 🙏🌿✨
📢 Our latest The Brief podcast features Peter George of Ealing Council with AJ's Fran Williams discussing office-to-resi conversions and the challenges of delivering zero carbon affordable homes. You can listen on our channel and at 2pm on Resonance 104.4FM 🎙️🎧 www.resonancefm.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📢 Our latest The Brief podcast features Peter George of Ealing Council with AJ's Fran Williams discussing office-to-resi conversions and the challenges of delivering zero carbon affordable homes. You can listen on our channel and at 2pm on Resonance 104.4FM 🎙️🎧 www.resonancefm.com
📢 Our second edition of InterCities podcast with Owen Hatherley features Johny Pitts discussing the social and architectural transformation of Sheffield since the 1990s 🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📢 Our second edition of InterCities podcast with Owen Hatherley features Johny Pitts discussing the social and architectural transformation of Sheffield since the 1990s 🎙️🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
📢 Our latest The Brief podcast features Robin Nicholson of Cullinan Studio with host Fran Williams discussing Norman Foster's new Man Utd stadium plus planning reform and more. On Resonance 104.4 FM at 2pm today 🎧🎙️ www.resonancefm.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📢 Our latest The Brief podcast features Robin Nicholson of Cullinan Studio with host Fran Williams discussing Norman Foster's new Man Utd stadium plus planning reform and more. On Resonance 104.4 FM at 2pm today 🎧🎙️ www.resonancefm.com
Such a marvellous addition to the wonderful architecture of Oxford. Well done David Kohn Architects and New College 🙏✨ www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ci...
Circling the square: David Kohn’s Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
David Kohn Architects has created a striking, sinuous addition that plays innovatively with materials, building techniques and architectural forms
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Such a marvellous addition to the wonderful architecture of Oxford. Well done David Kohn Architects and New College 🙏✨ www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ci...
📢 This March we are celebrating our 50th edition of Open City's Pocket printed tour series with a journey through the towering, highly speculative redevelopment of Nine Elms! Highlights include Kieran Timberlake's US Embassy and the newly restored Battersea Power Station...🏙️💸
March 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 This March we are celebrating our 50th edition of Open City's Pocket printed tour series with a journey through the towering, highly speculative redevelopment of Nine Elms! Highlights include Kieran Timberlake's US Embassy and the newly restored Battersea Power Station...🏙️💸
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Announcing our 50th Pocket Printed tour exploring the speculative regeneration of Nine Elms, authored by our series editor @merlinfulcher.bsky.social ! Launched in 2021, our monthly self-guided tours focus on London’s most compelling neighbourhoods. Shop here: shop.open-city.org.uk/collections/...
March 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Announcing our 50th Pocket Printed tour exploring the speculative regeneration of Nine Elms, authored by our series editor @merlinfulcher.bsky.social ! Launched in 2021, our monthly self-guided tours focus on London’s most compelling neighbourhoods. Shop here: shop.open-city.org.uk/collections/...
Had a lot of fun at the London Festival of Model Railways 2025 in Ally Pally! My favourite layouts were Two Bridges, Furness and Copenhagen Fields 🌿✨
March 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Had a lot of fun at the London Festival of Model Railways 2025 in Ally Pally! My favourite layouts were Two Bridges, Furness and Copenhagen Fields 🌿✨
Very fun to explore Basildon with the marvellous @cyhsal.bsky.social and @c20society.bsky.social today... Highlights by Anthony Davies, ABK, Richard Rogers and William Mitchell 🙏🌿✨
March 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Very fun to explore Basildon with the marvellous @cyhsal.bsky.social and @c20society.bsky.social today... Highlights by Anthony Davies, ABK, Richard Rogers and William Mitchell 🙏🌿✨
📢 This month's Deconstructed podcast explores the Charles Henry Driver-designed Crossness Pumping Station with special guest Petra Cox and host Matthew Lloyd Roberts. On Resonance 104.4FM at 2pm today 🎧🎙️ www.resonancefm.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📢 This month's Deconstructed podcast explores the Charles Henry Driver-designed Crossness Pumping Station with special guest Petra Cox and host Matthew Lloyd Roberts. On Resonance 104.4FM at 2pm today 🎧🎙️ www.resonancefm.com
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Event showcasing brilliant emerging research in twentieth-century heritage: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx..., the first public event put on by
@c20society.bsky.social's new youth group. Come along!
@c20society.bsky.social's new youth group. Come along!
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Event showcasing brilliant emerging research in twentieth-century heritage: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx..., the first public event put on by
@c20society.bsky.social's new youth group. Come along!
@c20society.bsky.social's new youth group. Come along!
Wow... celebrating (by re-imagining) 25 years of the Millennium Dome? ✨ www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/foster-...
Foster + Partners reveals plans for Man Utd’s new 100,000-seat stadium
Foster + Partners has revealed the first images of a proposed 100,000-capacity stadium for Manchester United, close to its existing Old Trafford home and featuring a giant ‘umbrella’ roof
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Wow... celebrating (by re-imagining) 25 years of the Millennium Dome? ✨ www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/foster-...
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Winner of the 2025 Jane Drew Prize for Architecture, the ethos of ‘unusually discreet starchitect’ Anne Lacaton is both frugal and generous, writes Justinien Tribillon.
Read Lacaton’s full Reputations:
Read Lacaton’s full Reputations:
Reputations: Anne Lacaton (1955–), co-founder of Lacaton & Vassal
The ethos of the unusually discreet starchitect Anne Lacaton is both frugal and generous, a shining light in the climate emergency, writes Justinien Tribillon
www.architectural-review.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Winner of the 2025 Jane Drew Prize for Architecture, the ethos of ‘unusually discreet starchitect’ Anne Lacaton is both frugal and generous, writes Justinien Tribillon.
Read Lacaton’s full Reputations:
Read Lacaton’s full Reputations: