Background
Iain Borden was born on November 9, 1962, in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He was the son of Anthony Ian and Shelagh Mary (Birus) Borden.
1998
Senate House, Malet St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HU, UK
At the University of London, Iain earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1998.
1985
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Iain Borden graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1985 with a bachelor's degree.
1986
22 Gordon St, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0QB, UK
In 1986 Iain studied at the Bartlett, University College London. Iain got a Master of Science.
1989
Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
In 1989 Iain graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles with a master's degree.
1985
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Iain Borden graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1985 with a bachelor's degree.
1986
22 Gordon St, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0QB, UK
In 1986 Iain studied at the Bartlett, University College London. Iain got a Master of Science.
1989
Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
In 1989 Iain graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles with a master's degree.
1998
Senate House, Malet St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HU, UK
At the University of London, Iain earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1998.
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1830
(What do our cities mean to us? How do we experience them?...)
What do our cities mean to us? How do we experience them? Some of the answers (and many more questions) are to be found in the unexpected spaces of the metropolis. Urban living - the ways we use and inhabit places and the ways our lives are shaped by those places - is illuminated in the series of provocative views presented here. Shopping in London to squatting in Amsterdam.
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1996
(A history of architecture driven by the ideas behind the ...)
A history of architecture driven by the ideas behind the buildings defining architectural styles from the Greeks to the present with an intellectual flair. The 15 contributing historians and architects develop the political themes of Versailles, the power and glory of medieval architecture, the industrial revolution and Hegelian philosophy in relation to modern architecture, and specific studies of Frank Lloyd Wright, Aldo Rossi, and Rob Krier. Avoiding the encyclopedic approach, the volume excavates deeper into the foundations of architectural history.
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1996
(This significant reader brings together for the first tim...)
This significant reader brings together for the first time the most important essays concerning the intersecting subjects of gender, space and architecture. Carefully structured and with numerous introductory essays, it guides the reader through theoretical and multi-disciplinary texts to direct considerations of gender in relation to particular architectural sites, projects and ideas. This collection marks a seminal point in gender and architecture, both summarizing core debates and pointing toward new directions and discussions for the future.
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1999
(Over the last decade, critical theories of different kind...)
Over the last decade, critical theories of different kinds have had an enormous impact on many different disciplines and practices. Intersections is the first book to survey comprehensively this impact on Architecture, providing sixteen essays that intersect a particular critical theory with specific architectural ideas, projects and events. An extended essay by the editors gives an in-depth introduction to the subject. Essays range from psychoanalysis and interiors; colonialism and modern urbanism; gender and the renaissance; to heteroptopia and Las Vegas. Contributors come from Europe and the USA, and include Iain Borden, Zeynep Celik, Sarah Chaplin, Beatriz Colomina, Darell Fields, Murray Fraser, Diane Ghirado, Joe Kerr, Clive Knights, Neil Leach, Barbara Penner, Jane Rendell, Katherine Shonfield, Helen Thomas, Jeremy Till, Henry Urbach and Sarah Wigglesworth.
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2000
(The Situationists, who first appeared on the architectura...)
The Situationists, who first appeared on the architectural scene in the 1960s, regarded cities as the ultimate opportunity for creative self-expression. While there are many publications about the history of the Situationist International, New Babylonians offers unique coverage of how their tactics are currently employed in architectural and urban strategies. It features renowned architects and educators who were first generation. Situationists and also highlights some of the most exciting international practitioners involved in urban design today.
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2001
(Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as ex...)
Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as experience and the new geographies they create. The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in particular, his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists; urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and literary and cultural theorists. The essays range from abstract considerations of spatial production and representation to such concrete examples of urban domination as video surveillance and Regency London as the site of male pleasure. Although many of the essays are driven by social, cultural, and urban theory, they also tell real stories about real places. Each piece is in some way a critique of capitalism and a thought experiment about how designers and city dwellers working together can shape the cities of tomorrow.
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2002
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2009
(“The open road” - it’s a phrase that calls to mind a sens...)
“The open road” - it’s a phrase that calls to mind a sense of freedom, adventure, and new possibilities that make driving one of our most liberating activities. In Drive, Iain Borden explores the way driving allows us to encounter landscapes and cities around the world. He takes particular notice of how driving is portrayed in film from America to Europe to Asia and from Hollywood to the avant-garde, covering over a century of history and referencing hundreds of movies. From the dusty landscapes of The Grapes of Wrath to the city streets of The Italian Job; from the aesthetic delights of Rain Man and Traffic to the existential musings of Thelma and Louise and Vanishing Point;from the freeway pleasures of Radio On and London Orbital to the high-speed dangers of Crash, Bullitt, and C’était un Rendezvous; this book shows how driving with different speeds, cars, roads, and cities provides experiences and challenges beyond compare.
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2012
(How do we think about architecture historically and theor...)
How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today. Through these diverse essays, readers are encouraged to think about how architectural history and theory relates to their own research and design practices, thus using the work of Adrian Forty as a catalyst for fresh and innovative thinking about architecture as a subject.
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2014
(The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potenti...)
The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course. This classic text provides a complete guide to what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and what the major pitfalls are. This is a comprehensive guide to all that an architecture student might need to know about undertaking the dissertation. The book provides a plain guide through the whole process of starting, writing, preparing and submitting a dissertation with minimum stress and frustration. The third edition has been revised throughout to bring the text completely up-to-date for a new generation of students. Crucially, five new and complete dissertations demonstrate and exemplify all the advice and issues raised in the main text. These dissertations are on subjects from the UK, USA, Europe and Asia and offer remarkable insights into how to get it just right.
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2014
(Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative...)
Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry that still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.
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commentator educator historian
Iain Borden was born on November 9, 1962, in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He was the son of Anthony Ian and Shelagh Mary (Birus) Borden.
Iain Borden graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1985 with a bachelor's degree. In 1986 he studied at the Bartlett, University College London. Iain got a Master of Science. In 1989 he graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles with a master's degree. At the University of London Iain earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1998.
Since 1989 Iain Borden has been working as a visiting examiner at various institutions, including Building Use Studies Ltd., Arts Council of England, and RIBA Architecture Gallery. From 1989 till 1996 Iain Borden worked as a lecturer at The Bartlett, University College London. Since 1995 Iain has been a visiting examiner at various institutions, including Middlesex University, University of Nottingham, and University of East London. From 1996 till 1999 he was a senior lecturer and sub-dean on the Faculty of the Built Environment at The Bartlett, University College London. In 1997 Iain was a visiting professor at Oslo School of Architecture. Since 1999 Iain Borden worked as a director of Architectural History and Theory and reader in architecture and urban culture. From 2000 till 2001 he was a vice-dean of academic affairs on the Faculty of the Built Environment.
Iain Borden is an organizer and presenter at many conferences. He is also a curator and exhibitor at different exhibitions. Iain is a visiting and public lecturer at more than thirty-five institutions, including the Museum of London, National Taiwan University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Sydney. He is also a visiting design tutor and critic. Iain Borden has appeared several times on television and radio.
His wide-ranging historical and theoretical interests have led to publications on, among other subjects: critical theory and architectural historical methodology (InterSections: Architectural Histories and Critical Theories, (Routledge, 2000)), the history of skateboarding as an urban practice (Skateboarding and the City: a Complete History, (Bloomsbury, 2019)), boundaries and surveillance, theorists Henri Lefebvre and Georg Simmel, film and architecture, gender and architecture, body spaces and the experience of city spaces (The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space, (MIT Press, 2001)). He has also undertaken a history of automobile driving as a spatial experience of cities, landscapes, and architecture, and particularly as represented in movies: Drive: Journeys through Film, Cities, and Landscapes, (Reaktion, 2012).
For many years Iain Borden has been involved in skateboarding history, preservation and facility provision, including providing advice to Milton Keynes Council in the early 2000s, which helped lead to the creation of the 'Buszy', often considered to be the world's first skate plaza. In London, 2013, he was involved in events around the controversial Southbank Centre plans to relocate skateboarding on its site. Iain Borden supported the retention of skateboarding at the original Undercroft location and elsewhere on the Southbank, appearing in the "Save Our Southbank" and Long Live Southbank videos to this end and playing a significant part in the proposed new skateable space underneath the nearby Hungerford Bridge. In 2014, Borden also helped English Heritage list the iconic Rom skatepark in Hornchurch (constructed 1978), the first such skatepark in Europe to gain heritage protection, and is currently technical consultant for the forthcoming Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad documentary directed by Matt Harris, as well as being a director of the Rom skatepark community interest company (CIC). Iain has written several articles in national newspapers extolling the history, virtues, and benefits of skateboarding to society, and has given advice on skateboard preservation, facility design and provision to numerous city authorities, architects and skatepark manufacturers in the UK and USA.
Iain Borden acted as an adviser for the multi-million pound 'Urban Sports Park' in Folkestone, designed by Guy Hollaway Architects and Maverick skateparks for the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, to be the world's first multi-level skatepark (opening 2019). In 2018, Borden helped initiate and design a new skatepark in Crystal Palace, south London, and is a trustee of The Far Academy, which uses skateboarding for educational purposes.
(How do we think about architecture historically and theor...)
2014(What do our cities mean to us? How do we experience them?...)
1996(“The open road” - it’s a phrase that calls to mind a sens...)
2012(This significant reader brings together for the first tim...)
1999(A history of architecture driven by the ideas behind the ...)
1996(The Situationists, who first appeared on the architectura...)
2001(Over the last decade, critical theories of different kind...)
2000(The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potenti...)
2014(Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as ex...)
2002(Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative...)
2019Architecture and cities are crucial to how people live and society operates. Without homes, shops, and parks, without offices, workplaces and airports, our world would grind to a halt. As a historian and theorist of architecture and urban culture, Iain Borden is interested not just in how our cities function but also how they are designed, what they mean to people and how they are experienced.
To do this, Iain Borden has studied a diverse range of subjects and places, from Italian renaissance piazzas to surveillance cameras in shopping malls, from architectural modernism to recent postmodernism, from issues of gender and ethnicity in cities to the way architecture is represented in cinema and photography. In particular, he has completed an in-depth study of the urban practice of skateboarding, looking at how skateboarders adopt modern cities as their own pleasure-ground, creating a culture with its own architecture, clothes, attitudes and social benefits. Iain Borden has also extended this investigation into the world of automobile driving, looking at movies to explore how people’s experiences of the city from the car changes their engagement with architecture and urban space. Recent work explores how specific places and buildings in cities worldwide can be encountered through different kinds of social engagement, such as memory and risk-taking.
Iain Borden is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Iain Borden married Claire Haywood in July 2000. She was an architect.
