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#349/Aluminaire: Frances Campani + Michael Schwarting + Architecture Photographer Robin Hill
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Way back in 1987, New York Institute of Technology architects Michael Schwarting and Frances Campani saved the 1931 Aluminaire House from destruction,...
#348/Architecture Documentaries: Louise Lemoine + Denise Zmekhol + Simon Mark Brown
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the show are three documentary filmmakers bravely capturing architects and architecture on film. Making these movies is an incredible labor ...
#347/Maritime Modernism: Peter Knego + Brian Biggott + Musical Guest Chris Brubeck
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the great postwar transatlantic liners to the sleek Scandinavian cruise ships of the 1970s, to Captain Stuebing and the Love Boat, ships and priv...
#346/He Saw Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950: Architect Truman Newberry + Musical Guest Julianna Raye
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May of 1950, a young man attended a packed lecture by Frank Lloyd Wright in the then-new Reynolds Coliseum at NC State in Raleigh NC. It was the ...
#345/Modernism Week 2024: Alan Hess on Irving Gill + Erin Ellwood on Craig Ellwood + Musical Guest Lucy Woodward
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded poolside at the Hotel Skylark during Modernism Week in Palm Springs, prolific architect and architectural historian Alan Hess talks about Cal...
#344/Children Of Genius: Mira Nakashima + Peggy Risom Bull
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In another of our wildly popular Children of Genius shows, we're honored to talk with furniture designer Mira Nakashima, who carries on the tradition ...
#343/Almost Live from New Canaan: The Myron Goldfinger Panel + Musical Guest Lucy Wijnands
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An exhibition last fall on the late architect Myron Goldfinger opened and USModernist was there moderating the panel's remembrances. Circle Square Tri...
#342/Architects Michelle Kaufmann + Roger Ferris + Podcasters Ron Melk + Kevin Kennedy
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Creating affordable, transportable, innovative prefab houses has been the holy grail of architecture for 100 years, and if you were reading DWELL in t...
#341/Architects Dan Duckham + Randy Henning + Musical Guest Ann Hampton Callaway
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ohio native Dan Duckham moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1956 after graduating in architecture from Miami University of Ohio. Three years later in 1962 he ...
#340/NY Architecture and Design Film Festival: Jason Cohn + Fred Noyes + Hans Christian Post + Musical Guest Jim Ketch
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at New York's Architecture and Design Film Festival, George talks with Jason Cohn and returning podcast guest Fred Noyes talking Modernism In...
#339/Photographer Michael Biondo + FORT-LA's Russell Brown + Musical Guests Lenore Raphael + Howard Alden
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a new edition out of the popular book Midcentury Houses Today, and we'll have on co-author and architectural photographer Michael Biondo. Ne...
#338/Authors Todd Cronan + Andrew Heid + Musical Guest Claudia Acuna
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two authors of new books: Todd Cronan, with the book Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California; and, don't throw any stones, it's Andrew ...
#337/Poolside Gossip: Shawn Waldron + Nelda Linsk + Musical Guest China Forbes of Pink Martini
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you seen that photo of the two gorgeous glamourous blondes, sitting in loungers, sipping drinks by the pool of a Richard Neutra house in Palm spr...
#336/Sal Flores + Damien Lipp + Stephanie Mauro + Goli Karimi + Musical Guest Nicole Zuratis
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We gear up 2024 with conversations with Damien Lipp and Stephanie Mauro on tiny houses in Iceland; Long Beach Architecture Week's Sal Flores; a Modern...
#335/Getting Ready for Palm Springs: Frank Lopez + Rosemary Krieger + Christopher Georgesco + Karen Nepacena + Musical Guests Lizzy and the Triggermen.
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In October, USModernist was at the Palm Springs Modernism Show and visited with hundreds of wonderful fans from around the country. We are going to be...
#334/The Legacy of Asian-American Architects: Mina Chow + Takashi Yanai
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Returning podcast guest Takashi Yanai is a partner at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects where he is director of both the Los Angeles and San Fra...
#333/Children of Genius: Francesca Breuer Wallace + Heiki Aalto-Alanen
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2024! We open up the new year with another great episode in our continuing series Children of Genius. Francesca Breuer Wallace gives her fir...
#332/Holiday Show: Author Toby Witte + Musical Guest Michael Sinatra + Musical Guests Peter Lamb and the Wolves
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What better subject to talk about during the holidays than Modernist bliss? Joining us is Charlotte North Carolina architect and author Toby Witt...
#331/Pioneering Leaders Phyllis Lambert + Susan Maxman
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In architecture up until the 1990's, it was raining men, and the few women architects had to work twice as hard to get the same recognition and the sa...
#330/Tom Kundig's Client Lou Maxon Rides the Rails + Peter McMahon of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Be careful about giving a coffee table book to your architecture-lovin' spouse for Christmas, because one day, you might have a new Modernist house by...
#329/Martin Voelkle of BIG
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As our 23 loyal listeners know, we're solid fans of Bjarke Ingels and his wildly successful design practice Bjarke Ingels Group spanning London, Copen...
#328/Mid-Century Architect Barbara Neski + Musical Guest Staci Griesbach
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The architects of midcentury houses in the 1950's and 1960's are all retired now, some for many years. It's a true privilege as fans from a later ge...
#327/Christy MacLear
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every now and then, we run into A-students who have become so accomplished in the multiple worlds of art, architecture, preservation, business, and co...
#326/Children of Genius: John Barnes + Ainslie Gores Gilligan
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our ongoing series Children of Genius, we'll talk to John Barnes, son of New York Modernist architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, and Ainsley Gores Gil...
Special Event! Modapalooza in Palm Springs February 2024
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
George sneaks into the studio to make a special announcement.
#325/Albert Frey, Inventive Modernist: Adam Lerner + Brad Dunning
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Few large art museums in the world are dedicated to architecture as well as art, and joining us is Adam Lerner, the CEO of one of those, the Palm Spri...
#324/The Getty's Chandler McCoy + AI with Michael Gilbride
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the 1980's, architect Richard Meier got a commission for a series of buildings in Los Angeles. The Getty Foundation, sourced from the presti...
#323/Organic Architecture: Michael Johnson + Bart Prince + Musical Guests Peter Lamb and the Wolves
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Modernist architecture we love is exciting, edgy, sometime inexplicable, often brilliant. Modernism has been around a long time, yet there's als...
#322/Stewart Hicks of YouTube's Architecture with Stewart
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Returning podcast guest Stewart Hicks is best-known for his wildly popular YouTube video series Architecture with Stewart, and in his spare time, he's...
#321/Andras Szanto: The Future of Museums
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What modernist architect doesn't want a museum commission? Along with airports and hotels, or huge corporate campuses for tech bros, museums are the...
#320/Melodie Yashar of ICON + Jan Schmidt-Garre on BV Doshi + NY ADFF with Kyle Bergman
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melodie Yashar is VP for building design and performance at ICON, a firm devoted to developing 3D construction. Their neighborhood of attractive, affo...
#319/Palm Springs Glamour: Will Friedwald + Courtney Newman + Susan Claassen
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Palm Springs has seen its share of glamour, from the Hollywood celebrities who made the place their playground last century to the musicians and enter...
#318/Modernist Renovations: Nick Martin + Matt Loader + Iain King + Musical Guest Jen Ash
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Renovations on Modernist buildings can be particularly tricky. Nick Martin's firm recently remodeled Charles Gwathmey's Tolan House in the Hamptons. ...
#317/More Than Architecture: Object Modernism
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Modernism isn't just architecture; it also highlights the artists and artisans whose textiles, ceramics, furniture, and other objects bring modern spa...
#316/Lustrons: Virginia Faust + Mark Siebel + Musical Guest Monika Ryan
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1946, Carl Strandland asked for $15 million worth of emergency loans to build small houses for GIs returning from WWII. Strandland was not an archi...
#315/Photography and Color: Ethan Wayne + Laurie Kratochvil + Amy Shepherd + Sara McClean + Musical Guest Ariel Pocock
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As more and more midcentury buildings get destroyed, we have to rely on midcentury photography collections as a window into the past and as inspiratio...
#314/Et Tu, Brutalism? Concrete Love with Owen Hopkins + Musical Guests Poinsettia
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Architectural historian Owen Hopkins has written or edited 16 books on architecture and his stories have appeared in Architectural Design, Dezeen, t...
#313/Vishaan Chakrabarti + Missy Wood + Sharon Prince + A Few Minutes with Jody Brown
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vishaan Chakrabarti is the Founder and Creative Director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism where he leads the firm's growing global portfolio ...
#312/The WG Show: WG Clark + Wendy Goodman
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What would happen if you threw the letters of the alphabet in a hat, drew out two at random, then asked people with those initials on a podcast? Tod...
#311/Leo Marmol + Stuart Graff + Jennifer Gray + Musical Guest Elaine Lucia
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Architects Albert Frey and Lawrence Kocher designed the Aluminaire House in 1931 for New York's Allied Arts and Industries Exhibition. Tens of thousan...
#310/Modernist Renovator Jeff Fink + Brick and Wonder's Drew Lang
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're considering buying a midcentury Modern house, you're surely going to need some repairs, maybe as much as a full renovation. Mostly likely ...
#309/Landscape Architecture: Roderick Wyllie + James Lord + Musical Guest Al Strong
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You know when you go to an impressive Modernist building, part of what's impressive is more than just the structure. The landscape all around the bu...
#308/Designer/Builder Alicia Hylton Daniel + Of Houses: Daniel Munteanu
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us here in the studio is designer and builder Alicia Hylton-Daniel, owner of the Durham North Carolina firm Hylton Daniel. Later on, from Ro...
#307/Don't Worry Darling, It's The Kaufmann House: Adele Cygelman + Cathy Whitlock + Chris Baugh + Musical Guest Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul + Mary
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most famous homes in Palm Springs is the Kaufmann House, designed by Richard Neutra. It was recently the star of Don't Worry Darling, fi...
#306/Professor Barry Bergdoll + Musical Guest Joanne Brackeen
26 Jun 2023
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...
#305/Today's Modernism In Palm Springs: Sean Gaston + Brett Woods + Joe Dangaran + Anthony Poon
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all love midcentury Modernism, but what about new Modernist houses? How much do you follow the past versus innovating for the future? After all, we...
#304/Robert Rubin + Musical Guest Libby York
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us is Robert Rubin, no not the guy who was secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, although people do get them confused. This Robert R...
#303/Modernism Week Places Part 2: Elvis Honeymoon House + Rancho Mirage + United Arab Emirates + Isokon
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More fun Modernist places most people don't know - explored from conversations at Modernism Week 2023 between George Smart, Tom Guild, and: Simch...
#302/Architecture Critics Alexandra Lange + Paul Goldberger
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're thrilled to talk with two of America's foremost architecture critics, recorded in New York City. Alexandra Lange is an award-winning architectur...
#301/Modernist Places Part 1: Southridge + Marfa + Rocky Mountains + Musical Guest Laura Windley
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show, recorded at Modernism Week 2023, is places. With some great guests, we will explore Southridge in Palm Springs with architect Susan Se...
#300/The BIG One: Bjarke Ingels + Musical Guest Halie Loren
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
USModernist Radio started in 2015, one dark and stormy afternoon, and we celebrate episode 300 with a special guest architect. Devoted listeners know ...
#299/The Hamptons: David Sokol + Tim Godbold + Musical Guest Robin McKelle
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Starting in the late 50's, the Hamptons was largely farmland, and people built small, intricate Modernist houses to get away from city life. Today, ...
#298/John Winberry + Hairpin Homes' Michelle Rembolt + Angel Kwiatkowski
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Architect John Patrick Winberry is the founding principal of the Queens-based UP Studio, recently longlisted for Dezeen's architecture studio of the y...
#297/From Modernism Week 2023: Midcentury Architects + Designers
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a full roster of guests from Modernism Week 2023 in Palm Springs. Speaking on famous midcentury architects and designers, you'll hear from J...
#296/From NYC: Cathleen McGuigan + Bilyana Dimitrova + Adam Beaulieu + Martin Pedersen
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our world is New York City, where you'll hear conversations between George and former editor-in-chief of Architectural Record Cathleen McGuigan...
#295/Modernism Week 2023: Critic Blair Kamin + Musical Guest Cheryl Bentyne
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nowhere in the world celebrates Modernism better than Modernism Week in Palm Springs, California. Every February, they have a weeklong architecture an...
#294/Modernist Office: Ryan Anderson of MillerKnoll + Musical Guest Tony Desare
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You just can't underestimate the satisfaction of a great office chair. We spend most of our waking lives at work, often sitting, so comfort is impor...
#293/New Architecture Movies: Adrian Dorschner + Thomas Beyer + Jan Louter
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Architecture and Design Film Festival, or ADFF, brings the stars, producers, and creators to premiere their latest documentaries. ADFF Executive D...
#292/Architectural Photographer GE Kidder Smith: Michelangelo Sabatino and Hoppy Smith + Detroit Architect Michael Poris + Musical Guest Diana Panton
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
G. E. Kidder Smith was a trained architect, an architectural historian, and an architectural A prolific scholar, teacher, and author, he is the subjec...
Moon Over Modernism - April 22-23, 2023
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One Weekend - Two John Lautner Houses! The Kelly Lynch and Mitch Glazer Cocktail Party at the Harvey House, Saturday, April 22, 5-8pm. Explore one of...
#291/Serial Modernists: Susan Orlean + John Gillespie
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles is the epicenter of Modernist houses. There are so many in the TMZ that it would take years to see even half of them. Because of sheer n...
#290/Dylan Turk of Crystal Bridges + NABR's Kate Scott + Vess Ruhtenberg
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're going all over the place today, from Bentonville Arkansas to New York City to Indianapolis Indiana with guests Dylan Turk of the Crystal Bridges...
#289/The Life and Death of Norman Jaffe: Miles Jaffe
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As New Yorkers grew more prosperous in the 1960's, they wanted to escape to the Hamptons of Long Island, a place at the time of mostly farmland – an...
#288/Common Ground: Building Community in LA with Frances Anderton
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Returning guest Frances Anderton has been telling stories and distilling ideas about design, architecture, and the cityscape of Los Angeles in print a...
#287/Valentine's Day: Our Love and Modernism Show
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's our Valentine's Day show, and what could be better than being in love? Oh man, your brain is on a euphoric, crazy, often stupid, out of your mi...
#286/Topeka Modern: Saving the Docking Building with Michael Grogan + Paul Post
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Topeka Kansas is the home of the famous Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education that ruled against segregation, it's where Annette Bening and ...
#285/Hangin' with Mr. Jerald Cooper of HoodCentury
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Architecture is a tough field, one of the most demanding in terms of academic work. Once you graduate, a Masters Degree in something else is usually...
#284/SCI-ARC: Shelly Kappe + Finn Kappe + Musical Guest Claire Martin
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles architect Ray Kappe went on his own in 1954, completing dozens of Modernist houses and teaching. After serving as Founding Chairman of the...
#283/She Had To Have It: Mia Reed Buys a Frank Lloyd Wright in Iowa
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If your Mom or Dad is an architect, architecture gets into your DNA whether you like it or not, and one day, it's gonna come out. For one amazing re...
#282/Architect Stephen Ehrlich + Musical Guest Laura Fygi
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us today is Los Angeles architect Steven Ehrlich of Ehrlich Yahai Rhee Chaney. Just like we preserve Wright and Neutra and Schindler and Lau...
#281/Chicago's Lee Bey + Grillin' with Greg Sages of the Glass House
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off things for 2023 is Lee Bey, Chicago architecture critic, photographer for the new book Who Is the City For? with Blair Kamin, and the au...
#280/Modernism + Diplomacy: Angel Dizon + Mina Chow + Musical Guest Oleta Adams
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the 1950's, the US Government has hired Modernist architects like Edward Durell Stone, John Johansen, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Richard Neu...
#279/Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: Erin Sterling Lewis + Utopias with Sarah Moser + Special Musical Guest Brenda Lee
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our holiday show on USModernist Radio! Co-hosting with George and Tom is Raleigh architect Erin Sterling Lewis, with McGill University professo...
#278/MASS Design's Katie Swenson + Kira Gould + Musical Guest Michael Sinatra
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The American Institute of Architects, or AIA, is the leading professional association in the US, and USModernist Radio was there for their national co...
#277/2022 AIA Conference Chicago #2: Jen Masengarb + Marty Hylton + Shannon Battisson
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The American Institute of Architects or AIA, is the leading professional association in the US, and USModernist Radio was there for their national con...
#276/AIA 2022 National Conference: Robert Ivy + Special Musical Guest Diane Schuur
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The American Institute of Architects or AIA, is the leading professional association in the US, and USModernist Radio was there for their national con...
#275/Down The Shore At Wildwood NJ: Daniel Vieyra + Stephanie Hoagland + Ian Smith
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wildwood used to be the Palm Springs of the Jersey Shore. No, not where Snooki and The Situation spent their misspent youth, that's Seaside Heights, w...
#274/Modernist Builders: Jake Goldberg + Kevin Murphy + Musical Guest James Torme
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can have the best architect design your new Modernist house, but if your builder doesn't know how to handle Modernist construction, materials, and...
#273/Shoring Up Paul Williams: Architect Scott Kelsey + Musical Guest John Armato
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes even the best design needs a little help, particularly when Mother Nature is having a bad day. Her earthquakes, for example, do not care whe...
#272/Appraising Modernist Houses: James Ebert + Musical Guest Elijah Rock
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since Modernism started, most banks have been, let's say this delicately, a huge PITA. Getting reasonable appraisals for mortgages, insurance cla...
#271/Schindler's Kings Road House at 100: Mona Kuhn + Michela O'Connor-Abrams + Musical Guest Helen Gillet
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Schindler is a name most everyone knows, for different reasons – and for different Schindlers. There's Schindler the elevator and escalator compan...
USModernist in Los Angeles - November 12 + 13!
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join USModernist and USModernist Radio at the Sheats-Goldstein house for a cocktail party November 12, and the next day at the the Stahl House for a C...
#270/Modernism Week 2022 Wrapup: Aaron Betsky + Andrew Pielage + Alan Hess + Trina Turk
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this our last show from Modernism Week 2022, we close out with fascinating poolside conversations with speakers from the week! Aaron Betsky is a ho...
#269/Edward Killingsworth: Kelly Sutherlin McLeod + Musical Guest Laura Windley
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Killingsworth graduated from USC in 1940 and was the most prolific creator of Case Study Houses – a project sponsored by Arts and Architectur...
#268/Colin Flavin + Justin Beal + Special Musical Guest Toni Tennille + Our Last Minutes with Louisa Whitmore
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Flavin, founder of Flavin Architects, has been building modern houses in New England for more than 30 years. An avid sketch artist and an MIT gr...
#267/Architect David Thompson + Musical Guest Louise Cappi + A Few Minutes with Louisa Whitmore
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Going back as far as Neutra and Schindler, it has always been hard as an architect to specialize in houses - and even harder to specialize in Modernis...
#266/Architect Eddie Jones + Landscape Architect Signe Nielsen
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Architect Eddie Jones is founder of Jones Studio, based in Phoenix AZ. He began practice in 1979, starting out with a T-square, some pencils, and a ...
#265/Brand Saarinen: Author Eva Hagberg + Saarinen's Secretary, Ruth Clements Pudists
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eero Saarinen, who died in 1961, is now one of the most well-known and respected Modernist architects in history, famous for the St. Louis Arch, the T...
#264/Modernism Florida + Cuba + San Diego: Charles Phoenix + Monty Freeman + Keith York
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we travel to three sunny destinations featured at this year's Modernism Week lectures: Florida, Cuba, and San Diego. The New York Times calls Ch...
#263/Voice of Reason: Melissa DelVecchio of RAMSA + Musical Guest Paul Marinaro
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, our friends the Classicists gathered to discuss traditional and classical architecture. As the day unfolded, Modernism was predicta...
#262/Desert Modernism: Erik Rosenow + Kathryn McGuire + Christopher Domin + A Few Minutes with Louisa Whitmore
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like so many people, Erik Rosenow moved to Palm Springs for his love of midcentury architecture. He bought a 1959 Donald Wexler-designed house in El R...
#261/Architect Al Beadle in Phoenix: John Anderson + Alison King
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about Phoenix, Arizona, home of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti, Modernist architect Al Beadle, and t...
#260/About Modernism Week and Palm Springs: Gary Johns + Michelle Boudreau + Steven Keylon + Deiter Crawford
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Modernism Week in Palm Springs is a world-famous event but once you're there you can see how important it is to local people, economy, and preservatio...
#259/Scholars: Joseph Giovannini + Kenneth Frampton + Musical Guest Ilene Graff
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's not easy getting people to admit something is a problem, then getting agreement on a solution, then finding the political will and money to get a...
#258/Mid-Century Song and Dance: Ron Hicklin + Janet Borgerson + Jonathan Schroeder
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Hinklin is the most famous voice you've never heard of. A successful singer since his junior high school days, Ron led the group responsible for s...
#257/Michelangelo Sabatino + Helen Staley + Musical Guest Don Most
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michelangelo Sabatino is a professor in the IIT College of Architecture. He has trained as an architect, preservationist, and architecture-art-design ...
#256/Mid-Century Cars and Trailers: Susan Skarsgard + Tom Dolle + Jeff Stork + Eric Bricker
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The development of four-lane highways and interstates in the 1950's and 1960's created a huge surge in car travel. In a time before the minivan, fam...
#255/Design Critics: Inga Saffron + Louisa Whitmore
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Design critic Inga Saffron is the Philadelphia Inquirer's most feared columnist. Raised in Levittown NY she always wanted to be a newspaper reporter -...
#254/The Modernist Lifestyle in Art: Josh Agle/Shag + Carrie Graber + Musical Guest Gina Eckstine
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every strong passion has … a gift shop ... with art capturing the enthusiast's lifestyle. If you're into Star Wars or golf or architecture, the wo...
#253/Daniella Ohad on Design
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most well-known New York design educators, Daniella Ohad of Daniella on Design was former sergeant in the Israeli Military Intelligence Dir...