Building with Writing: Architectural Pragmatism and Novelty

Stan Allen and Michael Meredith talk about Things in the Making—Contemporary Architecture and the Pragmatist Imagination at MoMA in 2000, and role of pragmatism in Stan Allen's own practice.

Stan Allen is an architect, writer, educator, and former dean of Princeton University School of Architecture.

Michael Meredith teaches and runs a small practice with Hilary Sample.

Guest: Stan Allen

Host: Michael Meredith 

Editor: Michael Meredith, Bruce Hongming Liang

These conversations were recorded in parallel to the exhibition Building with Writing at Princeton University School of Architecture in Spring 2025, on the work of Stan Allen.