USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love
Episodes
#448/Joe Massaro's Wright Stuff + Corbett Jones + Glenn Kurtz's New York + Musical Guest Jenna Esposito
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Massaro brought an unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright design to life and weathered 20 years of criticism from Wright purists; Corbett Jones share his new ...
#447/USModernist Radio Retro: Where No Furniture Has Gone Before + Special Musical Guest Jennifer Warnes
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We've dug into the podcast vault for the story of Star Trek's furniture. Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek launched a franchise in 1966 and is still goin...
#446/Carin Carlson + Tim Mitchell + Author Anthony Alofsin + Nevada's Paige Figanbaum + Musical Guests Naomi and her Handsome Devils
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Architects Carin Carlson and Tim Mitchell from Hennebery Eddy Architects restore mid-century and Mission 66–era architecture. Anthony Alofsin, one o...
#445/Two Gentlemen Admiring Architecture: Australia's Tim Ross + UK's Kevin McCloud + Musical Guest Leigh Pilzer
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross are hosts of Tim and Kev's Big Design Adventure, a globe-trotting podcast centered on people, places, architecture, and d...
#444/Lawrence Kocher with Ines Martin Robles and Luis Pancorbo + Steven Hurtt on Colin Rowe + Jo Franzen on Ulrich + Musical Guest Kim Kashiw
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The venerable magazine Architectural Record is one of the most influential design publications in the world, clocking in 135 years of extraordinary co...
#443/Author Blake Gopnik + Holland Murphy + Saarinen's Arch with Pam Sanfilippo + Musical Guests Jeff Bush + The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
First up, for our concrete fans, art critic and author Blake Gopnik looks inside modernism through his book, Brutalist Interiors. Holland Murphy sol...
#442/Holland Taylor + Touring Palm Springs with Shann Carr and JD Cargill + Adele Cygelman on Arthur Elrod + Musical Guest Lenore Raphael
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Starting with Los Angeles, we'll talk with Rudolph Schindler homeowner, and star of Two and a Half Men, Holland Taylor. Then we move to Palm Springs...
#441/USModernist Radio Retro - The Lake House: Nathan Crowley + Fritz Hengge + Musical Guest Heather Rigdon
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We've dug into the podcast vault to one of our favorite shows: the story of the awesome Modernist house in the 2006 movie, The Lake House, starring ...
#440/New Architecture + Design Films: Allie Rood + Beck Carpenter + Danny Berish and Ryan Mah + Musical Guest Brandi Disterheft
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today we'll talk with producers of architecture and design documentaries featured in Kyle Bergman's Architecture and Design Film Festival which opened...
#439/Saving a Lundy with Carol and Dan Price + Sarasota's Erin DiFazio + Celanese House with Joel Disend and Inger Stringfellow + Special Musical Guest Pat Boone
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carol and Dan Price stepped in to save architect Victor Lundy's Bellaire, Texas, home just weeks before demolition. Erin DiFazio champions Sarasota'...
#438/Children of Genius: Llisa Demetrios + Sarah and Cameron Nims + Gabriela Liebert + Musical Guest Susan Tobocman
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In our continuing series, Children of Genius, we'll talk with the children of extraordinary architects. First, Llisa Demetrios, Curator of the Eames I...
#437/USModernist Radio Retro: Harwell Hamilton Harris with Lisa Germany + Frank Harmon
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've dug into the USModernist Radio vault to bring back a special interview on early 20th century Modernist Harwell Hamilton Harris, with author Lisa...
#436/Libraries with Margaret Sullivan and Jim Richard + Architects Glenda Flaim and Federico Engel + Musical Guest Matt Belsante
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show, George writes a song in 30 seconds. Architects Margaret Sullivan and Jim Richärd turn libraries into vibrant hubs. Glenda Flaim ...
#435/Archispeak's Evan Troxel + Developer Ken Reiter + Architect Jason Langkammerer + Musical Guest Julianna Raye
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome podcast host Evan Troxel of Archispeak; developer Ken Reiter, who answers the question, what do you do with a old Modernist school? ...
#434/Author Volker Welker + Cranbrook's Andrew Blauvelt + Musical Guests Kathy and Gregg Gelb
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our first guest Volker Welter uncovers how architect Leopold Fischer fled Europe to shape Modernism in the US. We have Cranbrook Museum's Chief Cura...
#433/USModernist Radio Retro: Daniel Libeskind + Moshe Safdie
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've dug into the podcast vault to bring back two interviews with internationally respected architects Moshe Safdie and Danlel Libeskind.
#432/Tulsa's Shane Hood + Iowa's Peter Maunu + Architect Emily Almloff + Musical Guests Danger Hall
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Hood safeguards Tulsa's architectural gems. Peter Maunu lovingly restored Frank Lloyd Wright's Lamberson House in Iowa. Emily Almloff, the you...
#431/A Fistful of Modernism: Prolific Authors Alan Hess + Dominic Bradbury + Sam Lubell + AAHA Harper and Aaron Leshtz + Musical Guest Steve Rosenbloom Big Band
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up, three prolific architecture authors: Alan Hess, Dominic Bradbury, and Sam Lubell. Then we meet Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz of AAHA Studi...
#430/Local Project's Aidan Anderson + Rattan Man Harvey Schwartz + UK's Hugh Martin
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aidan Anderson is a former carpenter in Sydney Australia who turned a local furniture business into the Local Project, a worldwide media company for a...
#429/USModernist Radio Retro: The Ferris Buehler House
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've dug into the podcast vault to bring back a show from the first year of USModernist Radio. One of the best 80s films is Ferris Bueller's Day Of...
#428/The Complete Tom Kundig: Tom Kundig + Jim Dow + Musical Guests Veronneau
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kundig of Seattle's Olson Kundig is a superstar in residential architecture, and he's got a new book, Complete Houses. But you can't have a worl...
#427/YouTube's Stewart Hicks + Pinball with Brian Horowitz + Willis Wonderland with Hillary Carlip
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back on the show is one of our favorite guests, YouTube architecture star Professor Stewart Hicks; Brian Horowitz revives the joy and nostalgia of pin...
#426/E. Fay Jones with Jonathan Formanek + Andy Whitmore + Bad Design with Maggie Weber
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
E. Fay Jones is a name most architects know but the public does not. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright, Jones blurred the line between indoors and out...
#425/Michigan's Peter Forguson + UK's Michael Diamant + Musical Guest Brent Jensen
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've got author and architect Peter Forguson celebrating Michigan's extraordinary collection of bold, Modernist houses with the new book Contemporary...
#424/Kata Walters + Allison C. Meier + Kyle Bergman + Musical Guest Klas Lindquist
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kata Walters went from the catwalk to the construction site, changing from an international career in modeling to building Modernist houses. Allison...
#423/Children of Genius: Toby Rapson + Ron Kappe + Musical Guest Holly Cole
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with one of our most popular segments, Children of Genius. Them apples don't fall too far from the tree, and today we'll hear from two that...
#422/New Palm Springs with Jill Lewis and John Hreno + SOCOMCM's Edward Peck + Musical Guest Jaimee Paul
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You all know we love midcentury modern houses in Palm Springs, but what about new ones? These will be the houses we will tour and sip martinis at an...
#421/Architecture Authors Dominic Bradbury + Adam Stech + Musical Guest Elijah Rock
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who's the author of that architecture book on your coffee table? It's probably written by one of our guests, Dominic Bradbury and Adam Stech. Late...
#420/Macy Snyder-Amatucci with John Snyder + Ian Volner + Bill Cotter + Music from Lenore Raphael
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, it's Bartlesville, Oklahoma, home to Frank Lloyd Wright's skyscraper, the 19-story Price Tower, talking with new owners Macy Snyder-Amatucci an...
#419/I'll Take Architecture for $1000: Jade Snelling + Catherine Croft + Sarah and Debbie Dykstra + Musical Guests Thomas Lauderdale and Pink Martini
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you like architecture? Do you like Jeopardy? Recent Jeopardy contestant Jade Snelling is an archivist at Virginia Tech working at the Internati...
#418/Dustin Bramell + Cary O'Dell + Sarah and Debbie Dykstra + Music from Lenore Raphael
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every serious Modernist fan knows about the Case Study Houses, the legendary program started by John Entenza of Arts and Architecture Magazine in the ...
#417/Author Pairs: Corey and Margaret Bienert + Jonathan Schroeder and Janet Borgerson + Adriene Biondo and Chris Nichols
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our last set of poolside interviews from Modernism Week 2025 features three fun and exciting author pairs: Corey and Margeret Bienert on midcentury mo...
#416/Sam Lubell + Sarah Broughton + John Rowland + Musical Guest Taurey Butler
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture...
#415/Charles Phoenix + Barton Jahncke + Tiki with Peter Moruzzi and Sven Kirsten
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, it's a full schedule of poolside guests. We've got pop culture histor...
#414/Architects Tod Williams + Paul Masi + Jon Gentry + Musical Guest Carrie Marshall
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the blue plate special today we've got a full platter of deliciously talented architects, with Tod Williams, Paul Masi, and Jon Gentry. Later on fo...
#413/Daughters Of Design Saarinen Bertoia Eames + Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin + Special Musical Guest Ari Shapiro
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week 2025, this week we're hanging with the Daughters of Design: Susan Saarinen,...
#412/Sian Winship + Bobak Ha'eri + Spencer Luckey + Music by Lenore Raphael
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us today is architectural historian Sian Winship; Minnesota's MVP for midcentury modern, Bobak Ha'Eri; Spencer Luckey on his playgrounds, and ...
#411/All About Mies with Iveta Cerna + Dirk Lohan + Max Strang on Gene Leedy
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week, we're all about two architects: Chicago's Mies van der Rohe with guests Iveta ...
#410/Capital Brutalism with Angela Person and Aileen Fuchs + Bad Prefab + Special Musical Guest Madeleine Peyroux
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is the close of a wildly popular exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC called Capital Brutalism, the history of DC's b...
#409/Chris Rawlins on Horace Gifford + Donald Luxton on Arthur Erickson + David Fixler
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, today's guests are authors Chris Rawlins on Fire Island's Horace Gifford, Donald Luxton on V...
#408/Authors Nora Wendl + Todd Gannon + Kevin Murphy + Mary Ann Hunting + Musical Guest Gabrielle Stravelli
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear about architect Mies van der Rohe and his famous Farnsworth House in Plano Illinois, little is said of the client. Today you'll learn ...
#407/Men About Town: Christopher Kennedy + Kip Serafin + Kurt Cyr
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs, today's guests are the three distinguished men about town. Need a midcentury sofa in...
#406/Ben Rousseau + Ian Koblick + John Jennifer Marx
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From watches to undersea lodges to 21st century architecture, we'll step outside the box a bit today to talk exquisite timepieces with Ben Rousseau,...
#405/Colin Flavin + Tim Techler + Halsey Smith + Keith York + Alexandra Bregman
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at Modernism Week 2025, we'll talk with Colin Flavin, Halsey Smith, and Tim Techler on the architecture of Walter Gropius in Massachuset...
#404/Celeste Robbins + Grant Kirkpatrick + Duan Tran + Lisa Gralnek
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show number 404, architects Celeste Robbins, Grant Kirkpatrick, and Duan Tran, and podcast host Lisa Gralnek. Plus the wit and wisdom of ...
#403/Steve Treinen + James Cioffi + Helen Thompson + Musical Guest Champian Fulton
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, we will meet Steve Treinen, with a new book on the Indian...
#402/National Notables: National Trust's Carol Quillen + AIA's Evelyn Lee + Tucson's Demion Clinco + HGTV's Elizabeth Finkelstein
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we'll visit with the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Carol Quillen; the 2025 President of the AIA, Evelyn Lee; the founder ...
#401/DOCOMOMO's Liz Waytkus + Photographer Andrew Pielage + Architect Paul McClean + Musical Guest Laura Anglade
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, we'll talk to Liz Waytkus, Executive Director of DOCOMOMO...
#400/Ten Years of USModernist Radio! Highlights Show
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since launching the podcast ten years ago in 2015, hosts George Smart and Tom Guild have had fascinating conversations with over 700 guests, including...
#399/The Palm Springs School: Alan Hess + Janice Lyle + Sidney Williams / Russell Brown + Tom Lazarus / Musical Guest Colleen Duffy of Devil Doll
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs, three stars of the Modernist movement, Alan Hess + Janice Lyle + Sidney Williams, di...
#398/Color: Architect Wid Chapman + Color Expert Sara McLean + Musical Guest Laura Pursell
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Modernist architecture makes special use of light and color, and with us today, architect Wid Chapman, color expert Sara McLean, and musical guest and...
#397/Richard Neutra: Raymond Neutra + Catherine Meyler + Noam Saragosti + Scott Goldstein + Special Musical Guests Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses.
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today from Palm Springs during Modernism Week we explore architect Richard Neutra with guests Raymond Neutra of the Neutra Institute and Catherine Mey...
#396/Architecture Research Office + Kevin Alter + Musical Guest Carrie Marshall
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You'll hear from the principal architects of Architecture Research Office (ARO), Adam Yarinsky, Stephen Cassell, and Kim Yao. We'll explore a 12,000 s...
#395/Architecture Books 3: Dan Chavkin + Jeffrey Head + Jo Lauria + Penny Craswell + Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With so many good architecture books coming out, we can barely keep up. Today we'll explore Architectural Pottery with Dan Chavkin, Jeffrey Head, an...
#394/Preservation Chicago's Ward Miller + Justin Davidson + Musical Guest Eddie Mugavero of Bada Bing Bada Boom
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We visit with Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago; design critic and New York Magazine writer Justin Davidson; and musical guest Eddie Mugavero of the...
#393/Architecture Books 2: DJ Waldie + Dominic Bradbury + Pierluigi Serraino
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on last week, three more authors with exciting books on architecture and design. DJ Waldie is the bard of Lakewood California with a ne...
#392/Architecture Books 1: Aaron Betsky + Sam Lubell and Darren Bradley + Carl D'Silva
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With so many good architecture books coming out, we can barely keep up scheduling interviews, but we are gonna try. Joining the show are authors Aar...
#391/Architecture Movies: Valentina Ganeva + Ken Ogborn + Special Musical Guest Melora Hardin
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's architecture movie day, and with us is Valentina Ganeva, the producer/director of the latest doc on Rudolph Schindler, Schindler Space Architect....
#390/Children Of Genius: Jim Venturi + Peter Nowicki + Sue Ann Kahn
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's another exciting edition of our Children of Genius show, with guests Jim Venturi, son of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi; Peter Nowicki, so...
#389/Subways with John McAslan + The Toast of Illinois, Champaign + Breakfast with Musical Guest Monika Ryan
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's new mega-transportation centers are sweeping complexes for airports and subways to move millions of people. They are huge canvasses for arch...
#388/Kevin Keim on Charles Moore + Evan Dyer Rebuilds an Ellwood + Lou Grotta Preserves a Meier
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Moore, the architect of California's famous Sea Ranch, was one of the chief proponents of postmodernism. His work brought a return to more orn...
#387/Rudolph at the Met: Abraham Thomas + June Goldfinger + Kelvin Dickinson + Musical Guest Chelsee Hicks with Wholly Cats Swing Club
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Rudolph's buildings, built and unbuilt, continue to inspire clients, annoy critics, and gain fame, even though he died in the mid-90's. These d...
#386/BIG's Dominyka Voelkle + Justin Wood on Carter Sparks + Musical Guest Diana Panton
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bjarke Ingels Group completed the Spiral, a tower in Hudson Yards with tree-lined terraces going around the building, all the way up. Today we'l...
#385/Christina Lindal + Aris Georges + Lauren Rottet + Musical Guests Phat Cat Swinger
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, we've been reading about Lindal Cedar Homes in design magazines. Now, under the leadership of third-generation President Christina Lind...
#384/Christmas Show: Architect Adam Sebastian + Quinn Garvey + Musical Guest Angela Bingham
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's our annual Christmas show, and In the studio we have a partner in one of North Carolina's hottest firms, architect Adam Sebastian. We talk with Q...
#383/Celebrity with Allison Martino + Bill Boggs / Columbus with Matt Shaw
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrities aren't typically huge fans of Modernist architecture. Most prefer a 1930's mansion or an Italianate villa. But there are a few, like Jenni...
#382/Bottoms Up: David & Jason Annecy + SHAG + Amy the Barware Lady!
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The town of Lancaster OH is famous as the birthplace of David Graf, best known as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy series. Lancaster is...
Be Part of Show 400 - USModernist Radio's 10th Year!
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We can't believe it, but USModernist Radio will be ten years old soon. We'll have a special show number 400 featuring past guests and - you! Are y...
#381/Modernism from Australia/UK/China: Glen Murcutt + Rowan Moore + Nancy Steinhardt
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Australia, we talk with with architect and 2002 Pritkzer Prize winner Glenn Murcutt. From the UK, we've got architecture critic Rowan Moore, and ...
#380/Coastal Modernism: Ed Niles + Ralph Choeff + Musical Guest Chris Bennett
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rocking the California architecture scene for over 60 years, we'll talk with Malibu architect Ed Niles. Then it's over 3000 miles and down 500 to Fl...
#379/Moving Matsumoto: Melinda and Andy Knowles + Author James Biber + Musical Guest Allegra Levy
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In late 2023, new owners of a classic George Matsumoto Modernist house in Raleigh NC took out a demolition permit. Usually, that's the end of the road...
#378/Texas and California Modernism: Katherine O'Rourke + Ben Koush + Michael Webb
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We'll talk today about Texas and California, two of our most populous states that could not be more different, with Kathryn O'Rourke and Ben Koush, au...
#377/Christopher Wilson + Ken MacIntyre + Musical Guest Emilie-Claire Barlow
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Talking architecture can be a little dense, wordy, and imponderable, especially for people who aren't architects but just love talking about, visiting...
#376/Landscape Architecture: Chris LaGuardia + Michael Van Valkenburgh + Musical Guest Timothy Nishimoto of Pink Martini
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Landscape architects are the ninjas of the design world, silently orchestrating beauty around buildings while you're too busy staring at your phone. T...
#375/Housing The Nation: Alexander Gorlin + Victoria Newhouse + Musical Guest Nicole Lvoff
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In nearly every major city, housing the homeless is a major problem. Since the defunding of residential mental health programs in Reagan era, the dr...
#374/Boots On the Ground: Julianne Patterson + Benjamin Briggs + Ben Thomas + Musical Guest Helena Redman
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where does the real work get done in Modernist preservation? State and local preservation groups show up at long, boring, and ridiculously bureaucrati...
#373/Chad Oppenheim + Alan Pullman + David Peterson + Special Musical Guest Halie Loren
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today you'll hear from Miami architect and author Chad Oppenheim; from Long Beach architect Alan Pullman; from New Canaan author David Peterson, and l...
#372/Children Of Genius: Nathaniel Kahn + Elaine Dart Hanan + Musical Guest Lori Lieberman
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interviewing the children of mid-century architects has been one the best parts of producing USModernist Radio. We've had the pleasure of talking to H...
#371/Conserving Black Modernism: Charles McAfee + Brent Leggs + Musical Guest Jaimee Paul
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being a Black architect in the white-male-dominated 20th century was tough. You were paid less, worked harder, and rarely got any credit. That is,...
#370/Architecture Films: Sabine Gisger + Beatrice Minger + Mario Novas + Kyle Bergman + Special Musical Guest Lucie Arnaz
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 Architecture and Design Film Festival, or ADFF, starts up next week in New York. This long-running series is led by returning podcast guest...
#369/Never Built Modernism: Sam Lubell + Greg Goldin + Musical Guest Paul Giallorenzo
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For every 3 or 4 Modernist buildings out there, there is likely one amazing unbuilt building with plans sitting in a drawer or a hard drive somewhere....
#368/San Diego + La Jolla Modernism: Joan Gand + Lauren Lockhart + Keith York + Musical Guests Lisa Veronica Wood and Sidecar Social Club
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about Modernist havens San Diego and La Jolla with midcentury author and historian Keith York; plus Joan Gand and Lauren Lockhart ...
#367/Charles Phoenix on World's Fairs + Iconic Houses Founder Natascha Drabbe + Martini Whisperer Philip Jones + Lautner Owner Andrew Vottero
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a sad day in the studio, because this is the last Modernism Week show of 2024. We've brought you 11 wonderful episodes from our annual pilgrima...
#366/By Design's Mike Chapman + IBM Archivist Jamie Martin + Musical Guest Paget Moren
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about an architecture TV series spanning the globe and a new design documentary. Joining us is ByDesign's Mike Chapman and IBM a...
#365/Fu Tung Cheng + Remembering Jimmy Van Heusen
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this our next to last show from Modernism Week 2024, George talks with San Francisco concrete designer and architect Fu Tung Cheng, and later Maris...
#364/Modernist Auctions with Luke Newbold + Federal Preservation with Sara Bronin + Musical Guest Roslyn Kind
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the internet came along, many industries changed forever, and one of them was the auction business. Remember how exciting eBay was when everyth...
#363/Architecture Documentaries: Jake Gorst + Kirk Brown + Musical Guest Laura Pursell
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there's one thing architecture fans love as much as tours and parties, it's architecture documentaries, and we've been covering dozens of those ove...
#362/California Modernism: Leo Marmol + Wally Cunningham + Monika Haefelfinger + Drew Pedrick
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh California, where the sun is warm. Where the winds from Santa Ana make you feel like you belong. California, wherever you may roam. Californi...
#361/New Palm Springs Modernism: Michael Kiner + Mark Daniels
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've had many shows on the great midcentury architects of Palm Springs, people like Chambers, Clark, Cody, Frey, Krisel, Sackley, Wexler, White, Will...
#360/New York Times Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman + Musical Guest Monika Ryan
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic for the New York Times. He writes on design, housing and homelessness, neighborhood development, cities, ...
#359/Kirsten Reoch of the Glass House / Marina Coates on TV Houses / Musical Guest Andrea Carter
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Reoch is the new executive director of Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. Then, take a ride down memory lane with Marina...
#358/Richard Meier's Douglas House: Mike McCarthy + Marcia Myers + Musical Guest Darius Brubeck
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Designed by Richard Meier, with project architect Tod Williams, the 1973 Douglas House is a towering white residence built on a steep, conifer-covered...
#357/Exploring Palm Springs: John Stark + Trevor O'Donnell + J. R. Roberts
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we'll talk to three people who live in Palm Springs: the folks who work to document, share, and safeguard Palm Springs' heritage – and gladly...
#356/Scott Specht + Ste Murray + Bad Architecture's Sara Tietje-Mietz and Erin Kennealy
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the Modernist kitchen today, we've got a full course meal, starting with architect and author Scott Specht, architecture photographer Ste Murray, a...
#355/Modernist Art: Danny Heller + SHAG + Musical Guest Stacey Kent
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk art, maybe one of the paintings you could buy from today's guests. The height of Modernist architecture was around 1962 but those butterfl...
#354/Where No Furniture Has Gone Before Part 2: Ray Tesi + Vic Mignogna + Musical Guest Amanda Carr
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1966 the first episode of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek launched a franchise still going strong nearly 60 years later. Star Trek adapted midcentur...
#353/Lisa Ballinger on Aspen + Catskills with Isaac Jeffreys + Musical Guest David Weiss and The Cookers
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, Aspen. The land of clean air, brisk skiing, pensive thinktanks, and enormous wealth. Nestled in the gorgeous mountains of Colorado, you might...
#352/New York Architects Peter Eisenman + Esther Sperber + Richard Olcott
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture...
#351/Bakersfield with David Coffey + Palm Desert with Luke Leuschner + Cape Cod with Peter McMahon
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Palm Springs and Los Angeles have thousands of Modernist houses, but there are many towns with their own midcentury architectural heritage. From Moder...
#350: Alastair Gordon + Barbara Gordon + Musical Guest Kate McGarry
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are lots of famous people named Gordon, people like chef Gordon Ramsay, actress Ruth Gordon, musician Gordon Lightfoot, and even Sting, whose re...