The Clear Sight of an Architectural Historian: An Interview with Adrian Forty

Objects, desires, words, buildings, materials, culture: In his lifelong trajectory, Adrian Forty has added whatever it takes in the mix of architectural historiography to help us see our profession as clearly as we can. Almost synonymous with the Architectural History & Theory programmes at The Bartlett School of Architecture, his research and teaching trajectories have left his unmistakeable mark on the discipline at large. Recently retired after more than four decades of intense academic activity, Forty agreed to be interviewed by LOBBY on the occasion of the publication of the aptly titled Forty Ways to Think about Architecture anthology, compiled and edited by some of his many distinguished colleagues, friends and students over the years