AirAA is a multimedia platform that broadcasts conversations within the Architectural Association (AA) beyond its homes in Bedford Square, Hooke Park and Montague Street. Recorded and produced at the AA in London, the AA’s podcast series bring together voices from diverse disciplines. Series include On the Steps of 36, which features conversations between members of the AA community and invited guests; Files on Air, which provides audio readings from authors of selected essays from AA Files; and A Line Traced, which aims to ask challenging questions to examine topics that require urgent architectural responses.










Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests’ histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.
In this episode, Ryan Dillon is in conversation with Tom Emerson, cofounder of 6a Architects and Professor of Architecture at ETH Zürich who recently launched his book Dirty Old River at the AA.
AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.
The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.