Matthew Blunderfield

Diagram of the process of Crystallisation (love) by the French writer Stendhal


I am a photographer and the host of Scaffold, a podcast exploring contemporary architecture through conversation. I teach architecture at the Royal College of Art and produce cultural projects with The Architecture Foundation.

My photography has appeared in The Architects’ Journal, Superposition Magazine, and The Architectural Review. It was recently featured in the book London Arboretum, examining the role of trees in urban design, and in At Home in London, a book series reflecting on the place of the home in the city.

Scaffold is an ongoing interview project mapping the shifting contours of architectural culture today. I began the podcast independently in 2018; it became The Architecture Foundation’s flagship series in 2021 and is now one of the most widely recognised platforms of its kind.

At the RCA, I teach an M.Arch design studio with Cathy Hawley, speculating on new models of collective living. My teaching is broadly concerned with frameworks of pleasure and comfort in the context of social and environmental crisis. I have previously taught at the University of Cambridge and Kingston School of Art.

Born and raised in Vancouver, I studied English Literature at the University of British Columbia and Architecture at the University of Toronto, completing my RIBA Part III qualification at the Bartlett, UCL. I have practiced with Waugh Thistleton Architects, David Kohn Architects, and Henley Halebrown, and now live in Camden, London.


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