Susanna Prizeman
Architectural writer and co-author of Adventurous Vents who provides historical and descriptive accounts of ventilation shafts, including detailed site narratives such as Scott's Grotto.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 60min
Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)
Lucy Lavers, researcher of built environments; Susanna Prizeman, architectural writer; Judy Ovens, architecture educator. They tour Britain’s inventive ventilation shafts. Hear about disguised vents as follies and facades. Learn how vents shaped industrial health and landmark design. Discover spotting tips, public visits, underwater and tunnel systems, and future low-energy and reuse ideas.
Mar 6, 2026 • 60min
Lucy Lavers et al.," Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain" (Penguin, 2025)
Lucy Lavers, an architectural researcher who led the book's selection, and Susanna Prizeman, a writer on historic ventilation, take listeners on a tour of Britain's most inventive vents. They highlight decorative 18th-century examples, disguised sculptures and facades, iconic public-health structures, underwater and road-tunnel systems, and low-energy, heat-reuse innovations for future ventilation.
