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Unfrozen

Daniel Safarik and Greg Lindsay

A podcast on architecture and urbanism.

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00:43:30

Through the Portal: What We Can Learn from the Ferry...

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2023/11/11

Through multiple earthquakes, misguided urban renewal schemes and changing economic conditions, the Ferry Building has stood at the foot of San Francisco’s Market Street since 1898. In his book, “Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities,” John King, the urban design critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, tells Unfrozen what we can learn from the indefatigable icon, and what that might mean for the future of downtowns in this uncertain era. -- Intro/Outro: “Ride

00:51:59

Parks for Profit

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2023/11/05

To some, the postindustrial linear park, exemplified by the High Line in New York City, is one of the prime examples of the resurgence of the city that has taken place in the last few decades. But for Unfrozen guest Kevin Loughran, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University, the postindustrial park is also a vector of gentrification and privatization of cities: a kind of “death show of zombie plants and railroad corpses.” Parks for Profit: Selling Nature in the City (Columbia University

00:51:47

A House Deconstructed

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2023/10/23

“We were like ants trying to describe a mountain.” We would like to think that we “know” what goes into making a modern building. But the truth is that no one, not even architects, knows. The O(U)R, Office of (UN)certainty Research, spent three years studying a single, relatively modest modern house located in Seattle by Allied8. The result is “A House Deconstructed,” featuring graphics by Angie Door. Mark Jarzombek is a professor of history and theory of architecture at MIT. Vikramaditya Prakash is

00:38:05

A.I., Meet Timber

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2023/10/08

At the intersection of A.I. and timber, expect new tessellations and kinetic results. Unfrozen interviews Mykola Murashko, a 23-year-old Cambridge graduate who, with Carlo Ratti, founded Maestro, a software-powered construction company whose initial projects feature precision-cut timber panels, optimized by artificial intelligence. Intro: The Cutter, by Echo and the Bunnymen -- Discussed: Blank: Speculations on CLT: Jennifer Bonner & Hanif Kara MIT Senseable City Lab Katerra ETH Zurich

01:00:26

"V" is for "Value": Verse Design

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2023/09/16

Verse Design LA is headed by Paul Tang and Courtenay Bauer. The architecture firm has taken considerable risks, sometimes playing the role of ambassador and accountant while pursuing value for clients – including telling prospective clients they shouldn’t pursue the project. From high-speed rail stations in China to sprawling eco-resorts in Northern California, Verse Design has been around the Ring of Fire a few times, literally and figuratively. They share their wisdom with

00:33:24

Larry Booth: Modern Beyond Style

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2023/09/10

Our guest is Larry Booth, founder of Booth Hansen Architects and a member of the original "Chicago Seven" group of architects who broke away from the Miesian acolytes dominating the discourse in Chicago at the end of the 1970s. He has a new monograph by Jay Pridmore called "Modern Beyond Style." We chat about postmodernism, pluralism, and the sensibilities that have made his work timeless, even as he has transitioned from the "young Turk" to "the

00:44:40

Skyscrapers and Skullduggery

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2023/08/26

Thomas Leslie is a professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, and a noted skyscraper scholar. He has just published “Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City, the second book in a magisterial series on how the famous Chicago skyline came to be. This period saw the birth of icons like the Sears (Willis) Tower and John Hancock Center, the story of which is inextricable from the skullduggery in the backrooms of Chicago

00:53:29

Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World

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2023/08/21

Drawing on his decades of experience working in and writing about shrinking cities, renowned urban policy expert and Center for Community Progress senior fellow Alan Mallach delivers a powerful wake-up call in his new book Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: The era of booming global population and economic growth is over, and cities everywhere will shrink as a result. -- Intro/Outro: "Smaller and Smaller," by Faith No More Discussed: - Bruce Sterling - Germany and Japan's

00:49:56

New Territories

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2023/07/17

Justin Hui is an architect, artist and photographer who researches topics of land development, borders, globalization and memory. His recent projects are New Territories, which explores the changing landscape of Hong Kong’s northern frontier, and Urban Africa, Made in China, which tracks the phenomenon of Chinese companies constructing infrastructure and buildings across Africa, modeled after China’s urban development. — Intro/Outro: “Territories” by Rush Discussed: Hong Kong’s New

00:37:32

Concrete, the Cheech, and Principles of Preservation

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2023/07/09

John Lesak is a Principal at Page & Turnbull in Los Angeles, where he specializes in in the preservation, rehabilitation, repair, and reuse of historic structures. His work includes the adaption of historic modern office buildings, 1970s concrete structures, and a 1960s library into The Cheech, a museum for Chicano art in Riverside, California that opened last year to house the collection of actor Cheech Marin. Unfrozen and Lesak chat concrete, the broad meaning of historic preservation, and of

00:49:45

Biennale Breakdown 3: Not for Sale, or: Lost in the...

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2023/06/26

The third and final installment of the Biennale Breakdown is at hand: We speed-ran the national pavilions so you don’t have to. Here’s the rundown on our 16 most notable national showings, complete with two interviews of the curators of Latvia and Canada pavilions, all in less than 50 minutes. Intro/Outro: “Natural’s Not in It,” by Gang of Four Discussed: Austria: Partecipazione / Beteiligung Switzerland: Neighbors South Korea: 2086: Together How? The Netherlands: Plumbing the System USA:

01:00:55

Untimely Meditations, Virtual Repatriations

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2023/06/18

Despite its looming omnipresence, the Venice Architecture Biennale had very little material on virtual/augmented reality and the metaverse. Unfrozen interviews two of the exceptions. First, Era Merkuri and Martin Gjoleka, principals of the Karlsruhe, Germany-based Heramarte, are the curators of the ⁠2023 Albanian Pavilion⁠, titled "Untimely Meditations: How We Learn to Live in Synthesized Realities." The project takes two real but highly adulterated 1950s public works projects in Tirana -

00:39:00

Old Wine, New Bottles: Urban Block Cities

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2023/06/03

Copenhagen has long been a paragon in urban planning circles. Karsten Palsson, CEO of Palsson Urbanism, says it's under threat from commercial development interests and weakened government, and now is the time to rearticulate and potentially export the principles that made it a paragon in the first place. Unfrozen sits with the author of "How to Design Humane Cities - Public Spaces and Urbanity," and the new "Urban Block Cities - 10 principles for Contemporary

00:47:19

Biennale Breakdown 1: The Boys are Back in Town

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2023/05/29

The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale was one with “no architecture,” some critics have alleged, but there was no shortage of consequential exhibition. Shaking off jetlag and whiplash from the contrasts on hand, Greg and Dan attempt to unpack their initial impressions of “The Laboratory of the Future.” Intro/Outro: “The Boys are Back in Town,” by Thin Lizzy -- Discussed: Olalekon Jeyifous – winner of the Silver Lion for “The African Conservation Effort” Killing Architects + Buzzfeed + local

00:57:53

Megablocks: Go Big and Go Home

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2023/05/07

Jeffrey Johnson is Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design. He previously taught for 10 years at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, where he was the founding director of Asia Megacities Lab. Unfrozen interviews Johnson about his work at the Asia Megacities Lab, including the “China Lab Guide to Megablock Urbanism,” exploring the most persistent typology of China’s urban expansion, domestically and

00:47:13

The Roots of Urban Renaissance

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2023/04/23

Unfrozen welcomes Brian Goldstein, the author of “The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem.” Goldstein is a historian of the American built environment and an associate professor of architectural history in the Department of Art and Art History at Swarthmore College. Previously, he was assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico and an A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Humanities and the

00:52:48

Mass Support

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2023/04/17

Cassim Shepard is distinguished lecturer in architecture and urban studies at City College, City University of New York. Trained as an urban planner, geographer, and documentary filmmaker, Cassim produces nonfiction media about cities and places, with a particular emphasis on housing and civic life. His film and video work about cities around the world has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Museum of the City of New York, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the United

00:50:28

The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites

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2023/04/10

"The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites" shows all major sites where space rockets have been launched since Sputnik in 1957. Brian Harvey and his co-author Gurbir Singh showcase the steps of space travel as they have never been presented before. We were lucky enough to catch them on Unfrozen. Have a listen and enjoy this unique exploration of the final frontier with us. Intro/Outro: "Rocketship XL-3" by Man or Astro-Man?

00:40:07

EV Equity

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2023/04/03

Adam Lubinsky, AICP, PhD, is a principal at WXY Studio. Adam leads a range of planning studies, strategic visions and master plans, and he has created new practice areas that address mobility, education and economic development using data analysis, design and new forms of community engagement. Lubinsky has just authored a detailed, 5,000-word report for the American Planning Association on equity and EV charging infrastructure, reaching their 40,000 members. Drawing on his work in this field in 11

00:45:28

Show Me the Bodies

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2023/03/18

At Grenfell Tower, London, on 14 June 2017 a small kitchen fire quickly enveloped the entire 24-story building, aided by combustible cladding material affixed to its exterior. This and many other factors contributed to the deaths of 72 people. Grenfell Tower became an international symbol of systemic failure within the building industry and the government to protect the lives of high-rise residents. More than five years on, the public inquiry is nearly complete, having taken more than 1,600 witness

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