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#119/Living in Philip Johns...

11.11.2019

In the lovely town of New Canaan CT, from the 1940s through the 1990s, no one was more influential than architect Philip Johnson. His internationally-famous Glass House celebrated its 70th anniversary recently with a huge outdoor party and aerial performance ...

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11.11.2019 #119/Living in Philip Johnson with Cristina Ross and Inger Stringfellow In the lovely town of New Canaan CT, from the 1940s through the 1990s, no one was more influential than architect Philip Johnson. His internationally-famous Glass House celebrated its 70th anniversary recently with a huge outdoor party and aerial performance ...
11.04.2019 #118/The Last Frank Lloyd Wright Client: Roland Reisley Frank Lloyd Wright, now 60 years after his death, remains the most well-known architect in America, perhaps the world. Notorious for his ego, which was matched only by his genius and talent, Wright would be delighted to be so this ...
10.21.2019 #117/Serial Modernist: Lord Peter Palumbo Lord Peter Palumbo is a developer, art collector, car collector, wine collector, architecture collector and Conservative life peer based in the UK. He was educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford, a star athlete who played polo with Prince Charles. ...
10.07.2019 #116/John Lautner A-Z: Tycho Saariste + Jan-Richard Kikkert Architect John Lautner of Los Angeles was incredibly ahead of his time. Over 50 years, Lautner blurred the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces, between nature and architecture. He carried out 144 of his designs, 103 of which are still ...
09.23.2019 #115/The Ferris Bueller House: Meghann Salamasick One of the best 80s films is, the envelope please, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Here's the plot: near the end of the school year, high school senior Ferris Bueller (played by Matthew Broderick) fakes being sick to stay home. His ...
09.09.2019 #114/Architecture Photographer Ezra Stoller: Pierluigi Serraino + Erica Stoller Returning podcast guest Pierluigi Serraino is an architect and author whose book Modernism Rediscovered contributed to the huge re-emergence of interest in the architecture we all know and love. He has written books on Eero Saarinen, NorCalMod: Icons of Northern ...
08.26.2019 #113/Modernism is Bad, Really Bad: Professor James Stevens Curl A graduate in Architecture from Oxford, Professor James Stevens Curl is known for scholarship, penetrating criticisms, lucidity of style, and holding his nose at the stench of Modernism, of which he is definitely not a fan. He’s probably rather be ...
08.19.2019 #112/Design Podcasters Stephen Chung + Donna Sink Over the last few year, we’ve been checking out design and architecture podcasts from around America. We've had Frances Anderton of DnA, Debbie Millman of Design Matters, Josh Cooperman of Convo by Design, and David and Marina of Midnight Charrette. ...
08.12.2019 #111/Modernism's Three Amigos: Architects Tom Kundig + Frank Harmon + Marlon Blackwell New on USModernist Radio - Three Amigos: Tom Kundig, Frank Harmon, and Marlon Blackwell. Not only are they the best of friends but they are award-winning rockstars of Modernist residential architecture. Tom Kundig is principal with Olson Kundig Architects and ...
08.05.2019 #110/Modernism Week Wrapup: Paul Rudolph at 100 with Christopher Wilson + Dick Burkett Today we wrap up coverage of Modernism Week 2019 by honoring architect Paul Rudolph. 2018 was the 100th anniversary of architect Paul Rudolph's birth and his work lives on to even high acclaim than when he was alive. Rudolph got ...
07.29.2019 #109/Not a Modernist: Justin Shubow of the National Civic Art Society Today we welcome back Justin Shubow, President of the National Civic Art Society, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the classical tradition in public art and architecture. President Trump appointed him in 2018 to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a ...
07.22.2019 #108/Modernism Week Documentaries: Dion Neutra + Devon Chivvis Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
07.15.2019 #107/New York's Josh Ramus In an interview recorded at REX in Brooklyn, New York, George Smart sat down with architect Josh Ramus. The Huffington Post named him one of the five greatest architects under 50. Wallpaper Magazine described him as one of the world's ...
07.08.2019 #106/Modernism Week Celebrity: Alan Hess + Michael Stern + Lindsay Blake Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
07.01.2019 #105/Minoru Yamazaki, Forgotten Architect of the Twin Towers: Author Dale Gyure Despite enormous success, architect Minoru Yamasaki’s reputation declined in the 1970's with the negative public reception of the World Trade Center in New York and the spectacular failure of St. Louis’s Pruitt-Igoe public housing project. Author Dale Gyure is associate ...
06.24.2019 #104/Modernism Week Photography: Emily Bills + Pierluigi Serraino, plus Andrew Pielage Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
06.17.2019 #103/Children Of Genius: Charlee Deaton + Musical Guests the Luca Colonna Trio If you’ve been listening closely, you know our special series called Children of Genius, featuring Susan Saarinen, daughter of Eero Saarinen, Raymond Neutra, son of Richard Neutra, Emily Ain, daughter of Gregory Ain, and Randy Koenig, son of Pierre Koenig. ...
06.10.2019 #102/Modernism Week Design: Joel Turkel + Anthony Poon + Jacques Caussin Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
06.03.2019 #101/Debbie Millman, Host of Design Matters Debbie Millman is the founder and host of the pioneering, award-winning, long-running, and successful podcast, Design Matters. Going into her 14th year, Millman has interviewed over 400 designers, artists, and others in the creative culture such as Milton Glaser, Malcolm ...
05.27.2019 #100/Modernism Week Books: Authors Melissa Riche and Adele Cygelman Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
05.20.2019 #99/Chef and The Farmer: Vivian Howard + Ben Knight + Co-host Rebekah Laney Kinston is about as typical Eastern North Carolina as you can get. They have lots of barbeque, a minor league baseball team that’s pretty good, they support what’s left of the tobacco industry, and they keep up the CSS Neuse, ...
05.13.2019 #98/Modernism Week Music! With AJ Lambert + The Gand Band Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
05.06.2019 #97/Midnight Charrette: Marina Bourderonnet + David Lee Over the last few months, we’ve been checking out fellow design and architecture podcasts from around America. We've had Frances Anderton of DnA and Josh Cooperman of Convo by Design – and today we’re excited to welcome the hosts of ...
04.29.2019 #96/Modernism Week 2019: Christine Madrid French + Amy Jarvis + Ken Topper Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
04.22.2019 #95/Phillip Johnson, The Man in the Glass House: Author Mark Lamster Architect Philip Johnson’s father invested 100 years ago in ALCOA, the huge aluminum company, which Johnson a millionaire in his '20s. Before he became an architect, however, Johnson organized a landmark exhibition on International Style at the Museum of Modern ...
04.15.2019 #94/Modernism Week 2019: Annalisa Capurro + Peter Moruzzi + Chris Mobley Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
04.08.2019 #93/Modernist House Museums: The VDL House and The Glass House Today host George Smart and special guest cohost Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell dives into two Modernist house museums by internationally famous architects: Richard Neutra’s VDL house in LA and Philip Johnson’s Glass house in New Canaan CT. Richard Neutra ...
04.01.2019 #92/Modernism Week 2019: Remembering Craig Ellwood with Erin Ellwood, Jim Tyler, Barton Jahncke, Maria Demopoulos Palm Springs has a huge architecture event called Modernism Week every February. It’s a fascinating array of architecture, lectures, parties, tours, exhibits, and the occasional plastic surgery gone awry. Host George Smart was there earlier this year talking with nearly ...
03.25.2019 #91/AIA New York Cocktails + Conversation / The Martini Whisperer New York City architects Abby Suckle and William Singer are the authors of Cocktails and Conversations: Dialogues in Architectural Design. AIA New York’s Center for Architecture has a great Friday night format: invite people to to hear a famous architect ...
03.18.2019 #90/Modernism Week 2019: Architect Moshe Safdie Today we kick off Modernism Week coverage with internationally known architect Moshe (mo-shay) Safdie. He’s been famous for over 50 years for many brilliant buildings; first as architect for Habitat 67 in Montreal, in the 2000’s as architect for the ...
03.11.2019 #89/Los Angeles: Architect Barbara Bestor USModernist has documented thousands of mid-century modernist houses, especially in Los Angeles. One name that kept popping up when those mid-century moderns needed renovation is Los Angeles architect Barbara Bestor. She’s referred to as the unofficial Mayor of Silver Lake, ...
02.25.2019 #88/My Grandfather, Mies: Dirk Lohan Most people refer to architect Mies van der Rohe as Mies, which puts him into that rare club of people known by their first names, like Cher or Sting or Wynonna. Born in Germany, Mies was into totally architect Adolf ...
02.11.2019 #87/FLW's David Wright House in Phoenix: Victor Sidy + Alison King Architect Victor Sidy was Dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin with campuses in Scottsdale, Arizona and Spring Green, Wisconsin. He was a vocal advocate for saving Frank Lloyd Wright houses and buildings and for walkable ...
01.28.2019 #86/Phoenix Modern: Will Bruder USModernist took 25 fans of the podcast to tour Phoenix, Arizona last November. Phoenix is the home of the Chimichanga, which Tucson disputes, but more importantly for us, the city is home to some really great Modernist architecture. We saw ...
01.21.2019 #85/Cape Cod Modern: Peter McMahon Ah, Cape Cod, the arm-shaped stretch of Massachusetts where Boston goes in the summer. The sun. The ocean. The traffic. The clam chowder. The summer theatre productions. And best of all, except for perhaps the clam chowder, the modern architecture ...
01.07.2019 #84/Architecture + Design Film Festival 2: Gehry Piano Frey with Guilfoyle Clemence Hess Every fall, the New York Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) premieres the best new documentaries of the year. Host George Smart was on the scene talking with the people behind the new movies. Ultan Guilfoyle’s award-winning films have been ...
12.31.2018 #83/Modernist Realtor Preservationists: Martie Lieberman + Chris Menrad We love realtors, and we also know many who would rather tear mid-century Modernist houses down than find new caring owners. That's ok, because there are realtors like today's guests who are passionate advocates for Modernist houses and go the ...
12.24.2018 #82/Watergate, the Building: Joseph Rodota Watergate has come to mean scandal, usually but not always, political. The gate part is used as a suffix for other scandals in everything from sports to entertainment to media. Along with co-host Erin Sterling Lewis, winner of the 2018 ...
12.17.2018 #81/Louis Kahn's FDR Four Freedoms Memorial: Paul Broches Louis Kahn was one of the most brilliant and enigmatic architects of the 20th century. He died in 1974. There’s an stirring and brilliant documentary about his life, filmed by his son, called My Architect. Kahn taught at Yale and ...
12.10.2018 #80/NY Architecture + Design Film Festival 1: Curbed's Kelsey Keith + Mmuseumm + Canada's Greg Durrell Every fall, the New York Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) premieres the best new documentaries of the year. Kelsey Keith, the Editor-in-Chief of Curbed, was on the ADFF discussion panel for Enough White Teacups, a film by Michelle Bauer ...
12.03.2018 #79/Lautner: Helena Arahuete + Robin Poirier California architect John Lautner, who died in 1994, was a genius of architecture who inspired generations of fans. His houses are among the most famous ever built - because you've seen them in so may movies: Chemosphere House (Body Double), ...
11.26.2018 #78/Hip-Hop Architecture: Sekou Cooke Sekou Cooke is a Jamaican-born architect with degrees from Cornell and Harvard who is a assistant professor of Architecture at Syracuse. He is a leading columnist and lecturer advocating for more minorities in architecture. If you think we live in ...
11.12.2018 #77/Michigan Modern: Michael Dow + Susan Bandes + Brian Conway with Musical Guests The Mac McLaughlin Group Michigan, that fine state shaped like your hand, is a hotbed of amazing Modernism. Today George Smart and co-host Bob Langford chat with three knowledgeable guests about Michigan Modern. Michael Dow is President of the Alden and Vada Dow Family ...
10.29.2018 #76/Frances Anderton of DnA Not only did Tom resupply the Cheetos and those delicious Delta airlines cookies today but we have the privilege of talking with podcast host Frances Anderton. If you live in LA, you’re heard her since 2002 every Tuesday on KCRW ...
10.15.2018 #75/Josh Cooperman, Host of Convo by Design We're checking out other design podcasts around the country and this week it's the host of the design podcast Convo By Design, Josh Cooperman. Josh is a speaker, writer, publisher, host, brand manager and product designer with over 25 years ...
10.01.2018 #74/Modernism East and West: Heather Papinchak + Laura Massino Laura Massino is LA's premier architecture tour guide and the prolific author of a series called Architecture Tours LA Guidebooks, which includes the volumes Frank Gehry Architecture, Pasadena, Downtown, Hancock Park, Hollywood, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, and our favorite ...
09.17.2018 #73/Sarasota Modernism: Lorrie Muldowney + Harold Bubil With training in historic Preservation, Architecture, and Urban Planning, Lorrie Muldowney is President of Creative Preservation and has lived in Sarasota County for the past 47 years. She formerly served as the Sarasota County historical resources specialist and manager of ...
09.03.2018 #72/Archispeak: Tom Dyckhoff Tom Dyckhoff is one of Britain’s best-known commentators on architecture and urbanism, with many radio, television, and documentaries to his credit. He is the presenter of The Great Interior Design Challenge and the Radio 4 series The Design Dimension. He ...
08.20.2018 #71/X-Files: Pierluigi Serraino w/Guest Co-Host Kate Wagner Today USModernist Radio welcomes guest co-host Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell along with author of the book The Creative Architect, Pierluigi Serraino, the Fox Mulder of architecture, with information on a secret 1950’s psychological study involving IM Pei, Richard Neutra, ...
08.06.2018 #70/Saving Spaces: Chris Grimley + Natascha Drabbe w/Guest Co-Host Kate Wagner Today USModernist Radio welcomes guest co-host Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell along with two people working to keep Modernism alive and well - brutalist documentarian Chris Grimley and the founder of iconichouses.org, Natascha Drabbe. Chris Grimley is a partner at ...

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