Unfrozen

Greg and Dan host Eva Hagberg, author of “Dark Nostalgia,” “How to be Loved,” and the upcoming “When Eero Met His Match”. Intro: “The Letter,” by The Box Tops Topics: · Eero and Aline: “They met and immediately started banging”… and launched the modern world of Architecture PR · “Publicists make their jobs look a lot harder than they are” · Don’t piss off OTTO and ESTO · “I blew my entire advance on seven Iwaan Baan photos” · A Union SHoP? o Tyler Goss cut the cord · Architecture Twitter vs

The complex (abridged) history of Eero Saarinen. From the Unfrozen 1.0 blog, an audio version of an article that originally ran on October 20, 2012 in The Faster Times, and on November 22, 2012 on Unfrozen. Music: "Jet," by Wings "Rescue," by Echo and the Bunnymen "Futurama," by Christopher Tyng "Mais que Nada," by Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 "Mork and Mindy," by Perry Botkin Jr. "Do the Whirlwind," by Architecture in Helsinki

It's a rambler, folks, but full of nuggets: Intro: "Tunnel of Love" by Dire Straits - Can BIG Transcend Bjarke? - Angry Foursomes, Unwieldy Threesomes in Rock and Architecture - Sole proprietors aspiring to be corporate - The Holland Tunnel aspiring to be the Lincoln Tunnel - A Section of Now at the CCA - Department of Care is a thing - Walton in Buffalo, Wu in Boston, call it a draw? - George Floyd died in a bike lane, or, infrastructure ain't shit without access - Clearing the block in Baltimore -

In which Greg and Dan discuss: CoMotion LA 2021, Conveyor-Belt Sushi, Sidewalk Labs' Mass Timber Factory, Carehaus at the CCA, Cold-Fusion Affordable Housing in the Great White North, the Benediction of St. Jane. Intro: "Going Mobile," by The Who Outro: "I Am a Tree," by Guided by Voices Links: Will Real Estate Ever Be Normal Again? - New York Times Magazine

Considering: the Munger Nightmare Dorm at UCSB, the Metaverse, Pokemon Go, how BIM, CAD and CATIA can play the god game too, Planetary Computation, Really Feeling the Room, Snow and Stars as Fungible Tokens, Climbing Up the Walls. Intro/Outro: "Climbing Up the Walls" by Radiohead Show notes/Links: Maybe the Munger Nightmare Dorm is the best we can do Zuckerberg’s endgame is monetizing everything The Intersection by Superflux Crypto Cities => CityDAO CAD’s Boring Future —And Why That’s

Greg, Dan and special guest Alexandra Siebenthal, host of the Design in the City Podcast by RESITE, convene in Turin, Italy, to discuss their "redpill" moments that got them hooked on architecture and urbanism, and what they're looking forward to seeing at Utopian Hours, the urban design festival held 8-10 October, 2021. Intro/Outro: "Euro-Trash Girl" by Cracker

Greg and Dan visit the Venice Biennale and share their thoughts on "How Will We Live Together?" Intro/Outro: "Isolation" by Joy Division Links:

Greg and Dan successfully make it to the 2020 > 2021 Venice Biennale, on their fourth attempt, only to find it is closed on Mondays. Fortunately, there are other things to talk about and see. Intro/Outro: "Reverence" by Jesus and Mary Chain Links: Scuola Grande di San Rocco 2014 Venice Biennale - Elements of Architecture Eva Hagberg Basilica San Marco MOSE University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment Rem Koolhaas Fondaco dei Tedeschi Palazzo Grassi San Giorgio Maggiore El Segundo