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Dr Tahl Kaminer
Reader in Architectural History and Theory
- KaminerT@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 70939
- Adeilad Bute, Ystafell Room 3.26, Rhodfa'r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
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Responsibilities
I am currently the Director of Research of the Welsh School of Architecture, module leader in MArch and contribute to other modules in UG and PG. I lead the History and Theory Research and Scholarship Group at WSA. Overall, my responsibilites include research; UG &PG teaching; PhD supervision.
Reviews
Reviewer for Bloomsbury and Taylor & Francis publishers; for journals such as Architecture & Culture, Architectural Theory Review, Built Environment, Charrette, CITY, Cities, Drawing On, Footprint, Journal of Urban Design.
Key past activities
Former Senate member, University of Edinburgh; Research Director, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; co-director of the Edinburgh Global Justice Academy; director of Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust; production editor of Footprint; board member of 66 East, Centre for Urban Culture (Amsterdam).
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Kaminer, T. 2024. Autonomy, criticality and the Avant-Garde. In: Lu, D. ed. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 162-172.
2023
- Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. 2023. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis.
- Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. 2023. Suburbia transfigured. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 6-23.
- Kaminer, T. 2023. Non-design: Architecture, liberalism and the market [Book Review]. Planning Perspectives 38(2), pp. 457-460. (10.1080/02665433.2023.2179262)
- Kaminer, T. 2023. The transformation of London's outer city. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 174-189.
- Kaminer, T. 2023. "Creative" regeneration and the dissipation of Amsterdam's suburbs. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 64-80.
2022
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Collectivity and privacy in housing: path dependencies and limited choices. In: Bobic, N. and Haghighi, F. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Volume I., Vol. 1. New York; London: Routledge, pp. 301-315.
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Postscript: towards a critical historiography of gentrification. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 26(2-3), pp. 542-552. (10.1080/13604813.2022.2058821)
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Trapped in the present: planning, architecture and postmodern time. Antinomies 22(3), pp. 119-135. (10.17506/26867206_2022_22_3_119)
2021
- Adams, R. E. et al. 2021. Hyper-gentrification and the urbanisation of suburbia. In: Lewis, P., Holm, L. and Santos, S. C. eds. Architecture and Collective Life. London, UK: Taylor and Francis, pp. 8., (10.4324/9781003118985-9)
- Kaminer, T. 2021. The Emaciation of Planning: Dirigisme, May ’68, and Anti-Statism. In: Tapia, C. and Mannisi, A. eds. ReciprociUdad: Design Diplomacy in Seville. Malaga, Spain: Recolectores Urbanos Editorial, pp. 49-63.
2020
- Kaminer, T., Bernstein, M. and Sebastian Fitzner, . 2020. Reviews Fall 2020. Architectural Histories 8(1), article number: 21. (10.5334/ah.559)
- Kahana, F. and Kaminer, T. 2020. Privatizing collectivity: the transformation of the social and spatial forms of the kibbutz. The International Journal of Design in Society 14(2), pp. 39-54. (10.18848/2325-1328/CGP/v14i02/39-54)
- kaminer, T. 2020. 'Architecture and Crisis'. Presented at: Architecture, Arts and Society Lecture Series, 18 December 2020.
- Kaminer, T. 2020. 'If They Live Like Us, They Will Become Like Us'. Presented at: London Festival of Architecture Symposium, Virtual, 30 June 2020.
2019
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Governance and climate crisis: Architecture, the local and the global. Log@ Overcoming Carbon Form 1547-4690(47), article number: 11.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. The city as critical stage. Presented at: Spaces of Conflict, Kent, Ohio, USA, 25 October 2019.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Von Ledoux bis Mies: The modern plinth as isolating element. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 23(1), pp. 21-32. (10.1017/S1359135519000083)
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Democracy and informal policy-making: Planning appeals in Scotland. Town Planning Review 90(1), pp. 81-98. (10.3828/tpr.2019.6)
- Kaminer, T. 2019. The normalisation of Thamesmead. Presented at: AHRA Conference, Architecture and Collective Life, Dundee, UK, 21-23 November 2019.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Super-gentrification and global cities. Presented at: KTH Talk, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2019. pp. -.
2018
- Kaminer, T. 2018. On critique. Presented at: Ibstock Lecture, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 27 September 2018.
- Kaminer, T. 2018. Radical democracy and spatial practices. In: Farhan, K. ed. The Routledge Companion to Architecture and Social Engagement. New York, London: Routledge, pp. 37-45.
- Kaminer, T. 2018. In defence of spatial planning. Presented at: Rebuilding Architecture, Yale, New Haven, CT, USA, 25-27 January 2018.
2017
- Kaminer, T. 2017. Planning and non-planning. Presented at: Monthly Monday talk, Kulttuurisauna, Helsinki, November 2017.
- Kaminer, T. 2017. Von Ledoux. Presented at: [Un]Timely Aesthetics, Innsbruck, Austria, 1-2 June 2017.
- Kaminer, T. 2017. The use of commons in urban struggles. Presented at: Rethinking the Commons: Examining Dilemmas, Exploring Solutions, Edinburgh, UK, 27 April 2017.
2016
- Kaminer, T. 2016. The efficacy of architecture: Political contestation and agency. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315693750)
- Kaminer, T. 2016. The utopia of the plan. Presented at: Utopian Urban Futures: Histories, Imaginations, Possibilities, Leeds, UK, 27-28 June 2016.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. Capital A. In: Cayer, A. et al. eds. Asymmetric Labors: The Economy of Architecture in Theory and Practice. The Architecture Lobby, pp. 17-22.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. Aesthetics, politics, city. Presented at: Claim, Occupy, Create: Politics and Aesthetics of Urban Citizenship, Edinburgh, UK, 17 June 2016.
2015
- Kaminer, T. 2015. The crisis of the plan and the post-Fordist city. In: Lichenko, M. and Martyanova, V. eds. Postfordism: Concepts, Institutions , Practices. [Постфордизм: концепции, институты, практики]. Moscow: Rosspen, pp. 137-156.
2014
- Kaminer, T. 2014. The contradictions of participatory architecture and empire. Architectural Research Quarterly 18(1), pp. 31-37. (10.1017/S135913551400027X)
2013
- Kaminer, T. 2013. In search of architectural efficacy: Debate and experimentation after May ‘68. In: Wagner, A. and Jeinic, A. eds. Is There an (Anti-)Neoliberal Architecture?. architektur + analyse Vol. 3. Berlin: Jovis, pp. 46-61.
- Kaminer, T. and Krivy, M. eds. 2013. Footprint Issue 13: Autumn 2013: The participatory turn in urbanism. Delft: Footprint Journal. (10.7480/footprint.7.2)
2012
- Heynen, H., Genard, J. L. and Kaminer, T. eds. 2012. Critical tools. Nethca. Brussels: La Lettre Volée.
2011
- Kaminer, T., Sohn, H. and Robles-Duran, M. eds. 2011. Urban asymmetries: Studies and projects on neoliberal urbanization. DSD Series. Rotterdam: 010 Uitgeverij.
- Kaminer, T. 2011. Architecture, crisis and resuscitation: The reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture. London and New York: Routledge.
2008
- , . Berg, J. et al. eds. 2008. Houses in transformation: Interventions in European gentrification. Rotterdam: NAi.
Articles
- Kaminer, T. 2023. Non-design: Architecture, liberalism and the market [Book Review]. Planning Perspectives 38(2), pp. 457-460. (10.1080/02665433.2023.2179262)
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Postscript: towards a critical historiography of gentrification. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 26(2-3), pp. 542-552. (10.1080/13604813.2022.2058821)
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Trapped in the present: planning, architecture and postmodern time. Antinomies 22(3), pp. 119-135. (10.17506/26867206_2022_22_3_119)
- Kaminer, T., Bernstein, M. and Sebastian Fitzner, . 2020. Reviews Fall 2020. Architectural Histories 8(1), article number: 21. (10.5334/ah.559)
- Kahana, F. and Kaminer, T. 2020. Privatizing collectivity: the transformation of the social and spatial forms of the kibbutz. The International Journal of Design in Society 14(2), pp. 39-54. (10.18848/2325-1328/CGP/v14i02/39-54)
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Governance and climate crisis: Architecture, the local and the global. Log@ Overcoming Carbon Form 1547-4690(47), article number: 11.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Von Ledoux bis Mies: The modern plinth as isolating element. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 23(1), pp. 21-32. (10.1017/S1359135519000083)
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Democracy and informal policy-making: Planning appeals in Scotland. Town Planning Review 90(1), pp. 81-98. (10.3828/tpr.2019.6)
- Kaminer, T. 2014. The contradictions of participatory architecture and empire. Architectural Research Quarterly 18(1), pp. 31-37. (10.1017/S135913551400027X)
Book sections
- Kaminer, T. 2024. Autonomy, criticality and the Avant-Garde. In: Lu, D. ed. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 162-172.
- Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. 2023. Suburbia transfigured. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 6-23.
- Kaminer, T. 2023. The transformation of London's outer city. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 174-189.
- Kaminer, T. 2023. "Creative" regeneration and the dissipation of Amsterdam's suburbs. In: Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis, pp. 64-80.
- Kaminer, T. 2022. Collectivity and privacy in housing: path dependencies and limited choices. In: Bobic, N. and Haghighi, F. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Volume I., Vol. 1. New York; London: Routledge, pp. 301-315.
- Adams, R. E. et al. 2021. Hyper-gentrification and the urbanisation of suburbia. In: Lewis, P., Holm, L. and Santos, S. C. eds. Architecture and Collective Life. London, UK: Taylor and Francis, pp. 8., (10.4324/9781003118985-9)
- Kaminer, T. 2021. The Emaciation of Planning: Dirigisme, May ’68, and Anti-Statism. In: Tapia, C. and Mannisi, A. eds. ReciprociUdad: Design Diplomacy in Seville. Malaga, Spain: Recolectores Urbanos Editorial, pp. 49-63.
- Kaminer, T. 2018. Radical democracy and spatial practices. In: Farhan, K. ed. The Routledge Companion to Architecture and Social Engagement. New York, London: Routledge, pp. 37-45.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. Capital A. In: Cayer, A. et al. eds. Asymmetric Labors: The Economy of Architecture in Theory and Practice. The Architecture Lobby, pp. 17-22.
- Kaminer, T. 2015. The crisis of the plan and the post-Fordist city. In: Lichenko, M. and Martyanova, V. eds. Postfordism: Concepts, Institutions , Practices. [Постфордизм: концепции, институты, практики]. Moscow: Rosspen, pp. 137-156.
- Kaminer, T. 2013. In search of architectural efficacy: Debate and experimentation after May ‘68. In: Wagner, A. and Jeinic, A. eds. Is There an (Anti-)Neoliberal Architecture?. architektur + analyse Vol. 3. Berlin: Jovis, pp. 46-61.
Books
- Kaminer, T., Ma, L. and Runting, H. eds. 2023. Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City. Jovis.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. The efficacy of architecture: Political contestation and agency. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315693750)
- Kaminer, T. and Krivy, M. eds. 2013. Footprint Issue 13: Autumn 2013: The participatory turn in urbanism. Delft: Footprint Journal. (10.7480/footprint.7.2)
- Heynen, H., Genard, J. L. and Kaminer, T. eds. 2012. Critical tools. Nethca. Brussels: La Lettre Volée.
- Kaminer, T., Sohn, H. and Robles-Duran, M. eds. 2011. Urban asymmetries: Studies and projects on neoliberal urbanization. DSD Series. Rotterdam: 010 Uitgeverij.
- Kaminer, T. 2011. Architecture, crisis and resuscitation: The reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture. London and New York: Routledge.
- , . Berg, J. et al. eds. 2008. Houses in transformation: Interventions in European gentrification. Rotterdam: NAi.
Conferences
- kaminer, T. 2020. 'Architecture and Crisis'. Presented at: Architecture, Arts and Society Lecture Series, 18 December 2020.
- Kaminer, T. 2020. 'If They Live Like Us, They Will Become Like Us'. Presented at: London Festival of Architecture Symposium, Virtual, 30 June 2020.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. The city as critical stage. Presented at: Spaces of Conflict, Kent, Ohio, USA, 25 October 2019.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. The normalisation of Thamesmead. Presented at: AHRA Conference, Architecture and Collective Life, Dundee, UK, 21-23 November 2019.
- Kaminer, T. 2019. Super-gentrification and global cities. Presented at: KTH Talk, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2019. pp. -.
- Kaminer, T. 2018. On critique. Presented at: Ibstock Lecture, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 27 September 2018.
- Kaminer, T. 2018. In defence of spatial planning. Presented at: Rebuilding Architecture, Yale, New Haven, CT, USA, 25-27 January 2018.
- Kaminer, T. 2017. Planning and non-planning. Presented at: Monthly Monday talk, Kulttuurisauna, Helsinki, November 2017.
- Kaminer, T. 2017. Von Ledoux. Presented at: [Un]Timely Aesthetics, Innsbruck, Austria, 1-2 June 2017.
- Kaminer, T. 2017. The use of commons in urban struggles. Presented at: Rethinking the Commons: Examining Dilemmas, Exploring Solutions, Edinburgh, UK, 27 April 2017.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. The utopia of the plan. Presented at: Utopian Urban Futures: Histories, Imaginations, Possibilities, Leeds, UK, 27-28 June 2016.
- Kaminer, T. 2016. Aesthetics, politics, city. Presented at: Claim, Occupy, Create: Politics and Aesthetics of Urban Citizenship, Edinburgh, UK, 17 June 2016.
Ymchwil
My main research studies the relation of architecture to society - the manner in which the discipline of architecture is determined by society, economics and politics, and the manner in which architecture has agency, shaping, to a degree, society. A second line of research focuses on urbanism and critical urban practices.
Addysgu
Currently module leader for Research Preparation (4th year) and Architectural Dissertation (5th year). I have taught and led UG, PGT and PGR modules in the past, at the University of Edinburgh and TU Delft.
Bywgraffiad
I joined the Welsh School of Architecture in summer 2018. I have previously held academic positions at the University of Edinburgh and TU Delft. I have published two monographs: The Efficacy of Architecture (2017, Routledge) and Architecture, Crisis and Resuscitation (2011, Routledge). I have also edited three anthologies: Urban Asymmetries (2011, 010), Critical Tools (La Lettre Volee, 2012) and Houses in Transformation (2008, NAi), and was a founding editor of the academic journal Footprint and its managing editor from 2007-12.
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
2018 - present: Cardiff University
2012 - 2018: University of Edinburgh
2004 - 2012: TU Delft
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Areas of interest:
Theoretical and historical research of architecture since 1945.
Cases that illuminate the relation of architecture to society.
Cases that identify a relation of spatial to social form.
Alternative and counter-hegemonic forms of architecture and urbanism.
Critical urbanism.
For PhD funding opportunities, please see https://gw4.ac.uk/
For postdoc fellowships (open until September 2020): Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA IF) application with Cardiff University as the host organisation. In order to apply to Cardiff University prospective fellows must complete and submit an Expression of Interest, identifying a prospective Cardiff University supervisor. Eligible applicant profile: The prospective fellow must have a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. Applicants must not have resided or worked in the UK for more than 12 months during the three years up to 09/09/2020 (or, if you are applying for a Global Fellowship, you must not have resided or worked in the third country for more than 12 months during the 3 years up to 09/09/2020). The applying fellow must have an excellent track record (relevant to career stage) of peer-reviewed internationally recognised publication(s). Additional information: Both European and Global Fellowships open. Any interested applicants please go to the EURAXESS advert for further information and for any queries please email msca@cardiff.ac.uk