2024-11-05T05:36:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149942775/banal-sex-mansion-talking-about-sex-and-architecture-with-aaron-betsky-on-archinect-sessions-62 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-04-28T13:56:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/sv/svpu9kfxkvd8n190.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This week we&rsquo;re joined by special guest co-host <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/8399/aaron-betsky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Betsky</a>, author of <em>Queer Space: Architecture and Same-Sex Desire&nbsp;</em>and <em>Building Sex: Men, Women, Architecture &amp; the Construction of Sexuality</em>.&nbsp;As a strong presence in the architectural discourse of gender and sexuality since the 1990s, Betsky discusses with us a few of our recent Features published under April's special editorial theme, <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/736637/april-sex" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sex</a>, including:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149940809/the-enduring-influence-of-playboy-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The enduring influence of "Playboy Architecture"</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149941821/screen-print-41-family-planning-from-harvard-design-magazine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screen/Print #41: "Family Planning" from Harvard Design Magazine</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149940944/the-gimp-room-the-padded-cell-the-medical-office-inside-the-world-of-kink-com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The gimp room, the padded cell, the medical office: inside the world of Kink.com</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/148988000/transparent-motives-the-ins-and-outs-of-sex-specific-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transparent Motives: the ins and outs of sex-specific architecture</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149941212/the-difference-between-porn-and-erotica-is-the-lighting-one-to-one-19-with-jake-jaxson-ceo-and-creative-director-at-cockyboys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The difference between porn and erotica is the lighting." &ndash; One-to-One #19 with Jake Jaxson, CEO and Creative Director at CockyBoys</a></li></ul><p>Betsky was last on the podcast in his current professional capacity as the&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/119213308/aaron-betsky-to-lead-taliesin-west" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dean</a> at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at <a href="http://archinect.com/taliesin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taliesin</a>,&nbsp;to talk about the school's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/116035941/wright-architecture-school-sets-fund-raising-goal-for-independence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">then-uncertain future</a>. You can li...</p>