Unfrozen

7. Architect, Designer, Lover, Spy: The Eero You Never Knew

The complex (abridged) history of Eero Saarinen.
From the Unfrozen 1.0 blog, an audio version of an article that originally ran on October 20, 2012 in The Faster Times, and on November 22, 2012 on Unfrozen.
Music:
"Jet," by Wings
"Rescue," by Echo and the Bunnymen
"Futurama," by Christopher Tyng
"Mais que Nada," by Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
"Mork and Mindy," by Perry Botkin Jr.
"Do the Whirlwind," by Architecture in Helsinki

6. Get Back to the Tunnel of Love: Marriage Dynamics in Design Firms, Why We Can’t Have Nice Things and a Lot of Other Things

It's a rambler, folks, but full of nuggets:
Intro: "Tunnel of Love" by Dire Straits
- Can BIG Transcend Bjarke?
- Angry Foursomes, Unwieldy Threesomes in Rock and Architecture
- Sole proprietors aspiring to be corporate
- The Holland Tunnel aspiring to be the Lincoln Tunnel
- A Section of Now at the CCA
- Department of Care is a thing
- Walton in Buffalo, Wu in Boston, call it a draw?
- George Floyd died in a bike lane, or, infrastructure ain't shit without access
- Clearing the block in Baltimore
- Child care = infrastructure
- Ballooning costs of built and social infrastructure - The Economist (subscription required)
- California Dreaming > I want my TGV
- Gateway Tunnel
- GoJek, the Gateway Drug of Mobility Apps
- IBC says no to green at NAHB's bequest?
- Get in the GPIT
- Ghost Kitchens in Dark Cities
- CoMotion report card
- Lindsay's Law
- Wolf & Crane
Outro: "Walking in LA" by Missing Persons

5. Going Mobile, Productizing Everything

In which Greg and Dan discuss: CoMotion LA 2021, Conveyor-Belt Sushi, Sidewalk Labs' Mass Timber Factory, Carehaus at the CCA, Cold-Fusion Affordable Housing in the Great White North, the Benediction of St. Jane.
Intro: "Going Mobile," by The Who
Outro: "I Am a Tree," by Guided by Voices
Links:
Will Real Estate Ever Be Normal Again? - New York Times Magazine

4. It’s Mark’s Mungerverse, We’re Just Living in It

Considering: the Munger Nightmare Dorm at UCSB, the Metaverse, Pokemon Go, how BIM, CAD and CATIA can play the god game too, Planetary Computation, Really Feeling the Room, Snow and Stars as Fungible Tokens, Climbing Up the Walls.
Intro/Outro: "Climbing Up the Walls" by Radiohead
Show notes/Links:
Maybe the Munger Nightmare Dorm is the best we can do
Zuckerberg’s endgame is monetizing everything
The Intersection by Superflux
Crypto Cities => CityDAO
CAD’s Boring Future — And Why That’s Exciting
The 2021 Gray Invitational City Bracket

3. Turin-a-bout is Fair Play, Tracing Roots, Chasing Utopias

Greg, Dan and special guest Alexandra Siebenthal, host of the Design in the City Podcast by RESITE, convene in Turin, Italy, to discuss their "redpill" moments that got them hooked on architecture and urbanism, and what they're looking forward to seeing at Utopian Hours, the urban design festival held 8-10 October, 2021.
Intro/Outro: "Euro-Trash Girl" by Cracker

1. Deth in Venice

Greg and Dan successfully make it to the 2020 > 2021 Venice Biennale, on their fourth attempt, only to find it is closed on Mondays. Fortunately, there are other things to talk about and see.
Intro/Outro: "Reverence" by Jesus and Mary Chain
Links:
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
2014 Venice Biennale - Elements of Architecture
Eva Hagberg
Basilica San Marco
MOSE
University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment
Rem Koolhaas
Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Palazzo Grassi
San Giorgio Maggiore
El Segundo refinery
School of Rock
St. Anger
Master of Puppets
Tintoretto
Roman Abramovich
Alan Faena
Len Blavatnik
The Billionaire’s Playlist, Connie Bruck, The New Yorker
ReSite interview with Hashim Sarkis
Open Collectives: Architecture for an Equitable Digital Economy in
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Prada Foundation, Milan
Exhibit Columbus
Bilbao Effect
Guggenheim Bilbao
Emmanuel Pratt
Amanda Williams
Theaster Gates
Obama Presidential Center
Sweet Water Foundation
Rafi Segal
Dyson Sphere
Irene Lopez de Vallejo
DiSCOs