Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

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Reclaiming Colonial Architecture (Routledge, 2024) explores the built inheritance of colonialism and considers how architects, heritage practitioners, students, communities, and activists might narrate, care for, transform, or challenge them today. Awarded the SAHGB’s Colvin Medal in 2025, the book draws on a variety of authors to combine historical context with thematically organised case studies across urban and architectural scales.

This interview was conducted by Matthew Wells, Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Manchester. His research explores nineteenth-century European architecture, focusing on artistic techniques, technology, and political economy. Wells is the author of Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London (2023).

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Matt Wells

Matthew Wells is Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester. His research explores architecture and visual culture in the long nineteenth century, focusing on the intersections of artistic technique, technology, and political economy. Wells is the author of Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London (Zurich, gta Verlag, 2023). He is currently writing a book titled 'Imperial Logistics', a history of Victorian architecture read through the global circulation of capital, people, animals, and commodities.
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