Architecture Writers Anonymous

Architecture Writers Anonymous

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Architecture Writers Anonymous episodes

  • The Year of Meh

    Mark, Alexandra and Carolina discuss what they loved and what made them drink the haterade in design and architecture in 2024 — with a nod to the highly official, very prestigious 15th Annual Architecture and Design Awards.


    Discussed in this episode:

    • "Materialized Space," the Paul Rudolph show at the Met
    • "Crafting Modernity" at MoMA
    • "Weaving Abstraction" at the Met
    • "Woven Histories" at LACMA and the NGA
    • The death of the $1 billion people mover
    • Promenade Samuel-De Champlain by Daoust Lestage
    • "Stardust" — a doc about Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown
    • "We Start With the Things We Find" — a doc about LOT-EK
    • LOHA's Isla Intersections project
    • Courtyards in architectural design
    • The Dallas Museum of Art and Nieto Sobejano
    • Lasker Pool in Central Park
    • Ma Yansong's Lucas Museum


      • Episode art: Josef Albers, "Goldrose," c. 1926, as seen in "Woven Histories" at LACMA.

      Music: Purple Planet

      34 min
    • Why the Brutalist is a Terrible Movie

      Architecture and culture writers Mark Lamster, Alexandra Lange and Carolina A. Miranda get together to put a spike into Brady Corbet's architectural magnum opus, "The Brutalist." Spoiler alert: this is one big spoiler.

      52 min

    About Architecture Writers Anonymous

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    A highly irregular show about design and architecture by Carolina A. Miranda, Mark Lamster and Alexandra Lange