Contested Good City Stories from the North Chennai Littoral

Counter-mapping, Counter-histories and Insurgencies of Subjugated Knowledges in the Fisher Struggle for Ennore Creek
Nityanand Jayaraman, Lindsay Bremner, Karen Coelho, Pooja Kumar and Saravanan Kasinathan 2025. Counter-mapping, Counter-histories and Insurgencies of Subjugated Knowledges in the Fisher Struggle for Ennore Creek. Antipode. 57 (1), pp. 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.13103

Anthropocene Desire Lines: A Coal Story
Bremner, L. and Cook, J. 2024. Anthropocene Desire Lines: A Coal Story. Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman. 5 (1), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.16997/ahip.1630

Reimagining the Good City from Ennore Creek
Bremner, L. 2024. Reimagining the Good City from Ennore Creek. University of Westminster. https://doi.org/10.34737/wq13v

The People’s Plan for Eco-restoration of Ennore Wetlands
Nityanand Jayaraman, Lindsay Bremner, Karen Coelho, Pooja Kumar, Kasinathan, S., Asif Qureshi, Raju ,K., Bhavani Raman, Aditya Ramesh and Gajendran, V. 2024. The People’s Plan for Eco-restoration of Ennore Wetlands. Chennai Coastal Resource Centre, Chennai.

Monsoon as Method
Bremner, L., Cullen, B., Cane, J. and Geros, C. 2023. Monsoon as Method. Cultural Geographies. 31 (2), pp. 249 - 270. https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740231197814

Jade Urbanism
Bremner, L. and Cullen, B. 2022. Jade Urbanism. in: Axel, N., Hirsch, N., Barber, D. and Vidokle, A. (ed.) Accumulation: The Art, Architecture and Media of Climate Change Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press.

Monsoon as Method: Assembling Monsoonal Multiplicities
Bremner, L., Cullen, B., Geros, C., Cook, J., Powis, A. and Seetharama Bhat, H. Bremner, L. (ed.) 2022. Monsoon as Method: Assembling Monsoonal Multiplicities. Barcelona Actar.

Monsoon Assemblings
Bremner, L. 2022. Monsoon Assemblings. in: Cincik, B. and Torres-Campos, T. (ed.) Postcards from the Anthropocene: Unsettling the Geopolitics of Representation Barcelona DPR Barcelona. pp. 198-211

Monsoonal Solidarity: A Global Approach to Climate Justice
Bremner, L. 2022. Monsoonal Solidarity: A Global Approach to Climate Justice. Architectural Design. 92 (1), pp. 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2779

Between the Barometer and the Dragonfly
White, N., Bremner, L., Cook, J. and Cullen, B. 2021. Between the Barometer and the Dragonfly. Venice Biennale of Architecture

Introduction: Thinking with the Monsoon
Bremner, L. 2021. Introduction: Thinking with the Monsoon. GeoHumanities. 7 (1), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2021.1922091

Monsoonal Multiplicities
Bremner, L. 2021. Monsoonal Multiplicities. 04 Mar 2021

Monsoon Assemblages
Bremner, L., Cullen, B., Geros, C., Cook, J. and Benson, T. 2021. Monsoon Assemblages. University of Westminster. https://doi.org/10.34737/wz870

Monsoonal Multiplicities
Bremner, L., Cullen, B., Cook, J., Geros, C., Seetharama Bhat, H., Powis, A., Cane, J. and Hayes, A. 2021. Monsoonal Multiplicities. Monsoon Assemblages. https://doi.org/10.34737/v9x0w

Jade Urbanism
Bremner, L. and Cullen, B. 2021. Jade Urbanism. e-flux architecture.

Editorial - "Weathering, Weathermaking"
Bremner, L. 2021. Editorial - "Weathering, Weathermaking". e-flux architecture.

Sedimentary Ways
Bremner, L. 2020. Sedimentary Ways. GeoHumanities. 7 (1), pp. 24-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2020.1799718

Planning the 2015 Chennai Floods
Bremner, L. 2020. Planning the 2015 Chennai Floods. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 3 (3), pp. 732-760. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848619880130

Sedimentary logics and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Bremner, L. 2020. Sedimentary logics and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Political Geography. 77 102109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2019.102109

Design Studio 18 Myanmar Broadsheet, 2019
Bremner, L. 2019. Design Studio 18 Myanmar Broadsheet, 2019. Monsoon Assemblages. https://doi.org/10.34737/v9x0q

‘Emergent and Erratic: Monsoonal Transmogrification of Land, Air and Sea,’
Bremner, L. 2018. ‘Emergent and Erratic: Monsoonal Transmogrification of Land, Air and Sea,’ . Milan, italy 01 Mar - 01 Sep 2019

Design Studio 18 Bangladesh Broadsheet, 2018
Bremner, L. 2018. Design Studio 18 Bangladesh Broadsheet, 2018. Monsoon Assemblages. https://doi.org/10.34737/v9x09

Technologies of Uncertainty in the Search for Flight MH370
Bremner, L. 2018. Technologies of Uncertainty in the Search for Flight MH370. in: Sorensen, D. (ed.) Territories and Trajectories: Cultures in Circulation Chapel Hill, NC Duke University Press. pp. 223-256

Design Studio 18 Broadsheet 2017
Bremner, L. 2017. Design Studio 18 Broadsheet 2017. Monsoon Assemblages. https://doi.org/10.34737/v9x07

Dissident Water
Bremner, L. 2017. Dissident Water. in: Imminent Commons: Urban Questions for the Near Future Barcelona Actar. pp. 98-111

On Monsoon Assemblages
Bremner, L. 2017. On Monsoon Assemblages. Migrant. (3), pp. 90-99.

Observations on the concept of the aquapelago occasioned by researching the Maldives
Bremner, L. 2017. Observations on the concept of the aquapelago occasioned by researching the Maldives. Shima. 11 (1), pp. 18-29. https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.11.1.05

Monsoon Assemblages
Bremner, L., Cullen, B., Cook, J., Geros, C., Seetharama Bhat, H., Powis, A., Visnjic, F. and Saleh, Z. 2016. Monsoon Assemblages. Monsoon Assemblages. https://doi.org/10.34737/v9x0x

Thinking Architecture with an Indian Ocean Aquapelago
Bremner, L. 2016. Thinking Architecture with an Indian Ocean Aquapelago. in: Al-Obaydai, H., Anderson, C., Aravena, F., Cortright, M., Critchley, M., Jennings, H. and Przywara, A. (ed.) Disputed Architectures London The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. pp. 28-31

Architecture, Energy, Matter
Bremner, L. and Bottazzi, R. 2016. Architecture, Energy, Matter. London Department of Architecture, University of Westminster.

Filter | Funnel
Bremner, L. 2016. Filter | Funnel. in: Malaquais, D. and Khouri, N. (ed.) D’Afrique en Asie, d’Asie en Afrique Rencontres au coeur d’un monde globalisé Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex Presses Universitaires de Rouen et du Havre. pp. 17-42

Thinking Architecture with an Indian Ocean Aquapelago
Bremner, L. 2016. Thinking Architecture with an Indian Ocean Aquapelago . GeoHumanities. 2 (2), pp. 284-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2016.1234353

Muddy Logics
Bremner, L. 2015. Muddy Logics. in: Sheppard, L. and Przybylski, M. (ed.) Bracket 3: At Extremes Barcelona Actar. pp. 199-206

Technologies of uncertainty in the search for MH370
Bremner, L. 2015. Technologies of uncertainty in the search for MH370. in: Davis, H. and Turpin, E. (ed.) Art in the Anthropocene: encounters among aesthetics, politics, environments and epistemologies London Open Humanities Press. pp. 199-212

Fluid Ontologies in the Search for MH370
Bremner, L. 2015. Fluid Ontologies in the Search for MH370. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. 11 (1), pp. 8-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2014.985899

Ponte as geological agent
Bremner, L. 2014. Ponte as geological agent. in: Vladislavic, I., Subotzky, M. and Waterhouse, P. (ed.) Ponte City Gottingen Steidl Verlag.

Muddy logics
Bremner, L. 2014. Muddy logics. in: Mathur, A. and Da Cunha, D. (ed.) Design in the terrain of water San Francisco ORO Editions. pp. 12-21

Folded ocean: the spatial transformation of the Indian Ocean world
Bremner, L. 2014. Folded ocean: the spatial transformation of the Indian Ocean world. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. 10 (1), pp. 18-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2013.847555

Book review: A cracking read. Review of J. Stoner: Toward a minor architecture
Bremner, L. and Till, J. 2013. Book review: A cracking read. Review of J. Stoner: Toward a minor architecture. Architectural Review. 232 (1385), pp. 90-91.

Towards a minor global architecture at Lamu, Kenya
Bremner, L. 2013. Towards a minor global architecture at Lamu, Kenya. Social Dynamics. 39 (3), pp. 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2013.842340

Featured graphic: Taxi hand signals in Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2013. Featured graphic: Taxi hand signals in Johannesburg. Environment and Planning A. 45 (6), pp. 1260-1261. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45679

Dissident water
Bremner, L. 2013. Dissident water. in: Weizman, I. (ed.) Architecture and the paradox of dissidence London Routledge. pp. 180-193

Book review: Refugee cities: under the sheltering sky. Review of Herz, M. From Camp to City: refugee camps of the Western Sahara
Bremner, L. 2013. Book review: Refugee cities: under the sheltering sky. Review of Herz, M. From Camp to City: refugee camps of the Western Sahara. Architectural Review. 233 (1395), pp. 113-114.

The political life of rising acid mine water
Bremner, L. 2013. The political life of rising acid mine water. Urban Forum. 24 (4), pp. 463-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-013-9198-9

On the move
Bremner, L. 2012. On the move. in: Mostafavi, M. (ed.) In the life of cities: parallel narratives of the urban Basel Lars Müller Publishers. pp. 207-221

Mobile Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2012. Mobile Johannesburg. in: Mostafavi, M. (ed.) In the life of cities: parallel narratives of the urban Cambridge, MA Harvard University: Graduate School of Design.

Book review: Forensic architecture. Review of Weizman, E. The least of all possible evils. Humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza
Bremner, L. 2012. Book review: Forensic architecture. Review of Weizman, E. The least of all possible evils. Humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza. Architectural Review. 232 (1389), pp. 96-97.

6 ways of being a stranger
Bremner, L. 2012. 6 ways of being a stranger. in: Born, M., Furjan, H. and Jencks, L. (ed.) DIRT Cambridge MIT Press. pp. 40-47

The Sans Souci project
Bremner, L. and 26’10 south Architects 2010. The Sans Souci project. in: Tolic, I. (ed.) Contemporary architecture | South Africa Milan 24 ORE Cultura srl. pp. 90-93

Writing the city into being: essays on Johannesburg, 1998–2008
Bremner, L. 2010. Writing the city into being: essays on Johannesburg, 1998–2008. Johannesburg Fourthwall Books.

Book review: Taming the disorderly city: the spatial landscape of Johannesburg after apartheid
Bremner, L. 2010. Book review: Taming the disorderly city: the spatial landscape of Johannesburg after apartheid. The Professional Geographer. 62 (1), pp. 143-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330120903446471

The Sans Souci project
Bremner, L. and 26’10 south Architects 2008. The Sans Souci project. in: Deckler, T., Graupner, A. and Rassmus, H. (ed.) Contemporary South African architecture in a landscape of transition Cape Town Double Story. pp. 50-53

Reframing township space
Bremner, L. 2008. Reframing township space. in: Nuttall, S. and Mbembe, A. (ed.) Johannesburg: the elusive metropolis Durham Duke University Press. pp. 337-347

Recovering from apartheid
Bremner, L. 2008. Recovering from apartheid. in: Burdett, R. and Sudjic, D. (ed.) The endless city London Phaidon. pp. 202-213

Johannesburg: emerging/diverging metropolis
Bremner, L. and Subiros, P. 2007. Johannesburg: emerging/diverging metropolis. in: Bremner, L. and Subiros, P. (ed.) Johannesburg: emerging/diverging metropolis Mendrisio Mendrisio Academy Press. pp. 12-17

Memory, nation building and the post-apartheid city: the apartheid museum in Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2007. Memory, nation building and the post-apartheid city: the apartheid museum in Johannesburg. in: Murray, N., Shepherd, N. and Hall, M. (ed.) Desire lines: space, memory and identity in the post-apartheid city London Routledge. pp. 85-103

Making life public in contemporary Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2007. Making life public in contemporary Johannesburg. in: Bremner, L. and Subiros, P. (ed.) Johannesburg: emerging/diverging metropolis Mendrisio Mendrisio Academy Press. pp. 18-25

Book review: Beningfield, J. The Frightened Land. Land, landscape and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century
Bremner, L. 2007. Book review: Beningfield, J. The Frightened Land. Land, landscape and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century. The Journal of Architecture. 12 (5), pp. 559-561. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602360701722590

Johannesburg city portrait
Bremner, L. 2006. Johannesburg city portrait. in: Burdett, R. (ed.) Cities, architecture and society: exhibition catalogue of the 10th international Venice architecture biennale Rizzoli. pp. 168-177

Remaking Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2005. Remaking Johannesburg. in: Read, S., Rosemann, J. and van Eldijk, J. (ed.) Future city London Spon. pp. 32-47

Border/skin
Bremner, L. 2005. Border/skin. in: Sorkin, M. (ed.) Against the wall: Israel's barrier to peace New York The New Press. pp. 122-137

Thabo Mbeki: the geography of exile
Bremner, L. 2004. Thabo Mbeki: the geography of exile. Domus. 874, pp. 126-131.

Reframing township space: the Kliptown project
Bremner, L. 2004. Reframing township space: the Kliptown project. Public Culture: society for transnational cultural studies. 16 (3), pp. 521-531. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-16-3-521

Bounded spaces: democratic anxieties in post-apartheid Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 2004. Bounded spaces: democratic anxieties in post-apartheid Johannesburg. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture. 10 (4), pp. 455-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350463042000258908

The post-apartheid struggle for an integrated Johannesburg
Tomlinson, R., Beauregard, R.A., Bremner, L. and Mancgu, X. 2003. The post-apartheid struggle for an integrated Johannesburg. in: Tomlinson, R., Beauregard, R.A., Bremner, L. and Mancgu, X. (ed.) Emerging Johannesburg: perspectives on the post-apartheid city London Routledge. pp. 3-20

Remaking Johannesburg (German translation)
Bremner, L. 2003. Remaking Johannesburg (German translation). in: Becker, J. and Lanz, S. (ed.) Learning from* Berlin New Society for Visual Art (NGBK). pp. 227-238

Book review: Neil Leach, The hieroglyphics of space: reading and experiencing the modern metropolis
Bremner, L. 2003. Book review: Neil Leach, The hieroglyphics of space: reading and experiencing the modern metropolis. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 27 (2), pp. 471-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.00461

The shape of memory: the Apartheid Museum at Gold Reef city
Bremner, L. 2002. The shape of memory: the Apartheid Museum at Gold Reef city. Architecture South Africa. Nov/Dec, pp. 34-43.

Reinventing the Johannesburg inner city
Bremner, L. 2002. Reinventing the Johannesburg inner city. in: Bridge, G. and Watson, S. (ed.) The Blackwell city reader Oxford Blackwell. pp. 208-218

Closure, simulation and making do
Bremner, L. 2002. Closure, simulation and making do. in: Enwezor, O. (ed.) Under siege: four African cities. Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos Kassel Documenta. pp. 153-172

Engaging difference
Bremner, L. and Low, I. 2001. Engaging difference. SA Architect. Nov/Dec, pp. 43-48.

Book review: Marschall, S. and Kearney, B. (2000). Opportunities for relevance: architecture in the new South Africa
Bremner, L. 2001. Book review: Marschall, S. and Kearney, B. (2000). Opportunities for relevance: architecture in the new South Africa. Transformation: critical perspectives on Southern Africa. 46, pp. 97-99.

Reinventing the Johannesburg inner city
Bremner, L. 2000. Reinventing the Johannesburg inner city. Cities. 17 (3), pp. 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-2751(00)00013-5

Post-apartheid urban geography: a case study of Greater Johannesburg's rapid land development programme
Bremner, L. 2000. Post-apartheid urban geography: a case study of Greater Johannesburg's rapid land development programme. Development Southern Africa. 17 (1), pp. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/03768350050003433

Book review: Saitowitz’s words echoed. Review of Stanley Saitowitz Architecture at Rice 33
Bremner, L. 2000. Book review: Saitowitz’s words echoed. Review of Stanley Saitowitz Architecture at Rice 33. SA Architect. Nov/Dec, p. 59.

Participatory planning: models of urban governance. Porto Alegre and Greater Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 1998. Participatory planning: models of urban governance. Porto Alegre and Greater Johannesburg. Urban Forum. 9 (1), pp. 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03033132

Crime and the emerging landscape of post-apartheid Johannesburg
Bremner, L. 1998. Crime and the emerging landscape of post-apartheid Johannesburg. in: Judin, H. and Vladislavic, I. (ed.) Blank: architecture, apartheid and after Rotterdam NAI Publishers. pp. 48-63

The Gauteng Rapid Land Development Programme.
Bremner, L. 1997. The Gauteng Rapid Land Development Programme. DFID Workshop. Cape Town

Johannesburg facing democracy
Bremner, L. 1997. Johannesburg facing democracy. Spazio e Societa. 77, pp. 64-71.

Development and resistance: the lessons for planners of Phola Park
Bremner, L. 1994. Development and resistance: the lessons for planners of Phola Park. Urban Forum. 5 (1), pp. 23-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03036590

Space and the nation: three texts on Aldo Rossi
Bremner, L. 1994. Space and the nation: three texts on Aldo Rossi. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 12 (3), pp. 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1068/d120287

Book review: Harvey, D. (1989). The condition of postmodernity
Bremner, L. 1990. Book review: Harvey, D. (1989). The condition of postmodernity. Urban Forum. 2, pp. 122-124.