Just in time for Halloween comes a spooky story of speculation and specters in the world of real estate. Joshua Comaroff, a professor at National University of Singapore, is the author of Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore. He tells Unfrozen that, despite being one of the most assertively modern nations in the world, mysticism and geomancy are very much part of the design and construction process in the island nation-state. Woe be to the development (and its occupants) that does not undertake elaborate rituals and pay the requisite respect (and sometimes burnt “hell money” offerings) to ghosts that may be resident on the site. We hope you enjoy this tale of spirits and the material world… -- Intro/Outro: “Beancounter,” by the Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Hell money, in sextillion-dollar denominations Feng shui People’s Action Party Ghost Month (Ghost Festival) Bomoh (Malay spirit doctor) Winchester Mystery House ION Orchard Gateway, by I.M. Pei AI Ghosts John Calvin’s hatred of speculation The Clayford Sisters Thanatechnology

Depending on how you look at it, it is either a great or rough time out there for speculative fiction, as reality continues to bite at the heels of even the most dystopian visions. Jason Tester is a futurist with a knack for telling prescient stories about our imminent urban realities, in a startlingly graphic way. The visually compelling Insurrection: an American Future predicted troop deployments in San Francisco in early January 2025; by June, a real-life version of that story began unfolding in Los Angeles, then Washington, Chicago, and Portland. Tester gazes into the abyss with Unfrozen, in another episode a bit too close for comfort. -- Intro/Outro:“System Error,” by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Institute for the Future What Is The Insurrection Act? Here’s What Happens If Trump Invokes Law Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Frogs of Portland Ilana Lipsett Meta Ray-Bans Frend.AI ImmigrationOS San Francisco Proposition E - Police drone authorization The beleaguered Whole Foods on Market ICE Ramming in Chicago Grand juries say no to sandwich crimes DDS Waymo Jam Barbara Walter at UC San Diego: How Civil Wars Start Abyss gazing UrbanistAI One Big Beautiful Bill One Big Beautiful Aftermath

Rem Koolhaas is nothing if not enigmatic, which makes him and his first major built work, the Villa dal’Alva, Paris (1990), an ideal first subject of the “Gumshoe” series of architectural mysteries. Cutting through the conventions of academic jargon and trade press, The House of Dr. Koolhaas reopens the “cold case” of Koolhaas and examines evidence in a pulp-detective novel format. Unfrozen turns the lamp back on writer/editor team Francoise Fromonot and Thomas Weaver. -- Intro/Outro: “Beancounter,” by the Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Gumshoe Architectural Mystery Series Thomas Weaver (AA Files) Villa d’Alva, OMA S, M, L, XL Luis Bunuel City of Glass by Paul Auster Ways of Seeing by John Berger Aramis, or the Love of Technology by Bruno Latour The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe Mannerism Madelon Vreisendorp with Teri Wehn-Damisch: The Film of Delirious New York Countryside, The Future Dali’s paranoiac-critical method Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye Next up: Oscar Neimayer’s Communist Party Headquarters, Paris, by Littell Shaw Then: The Parthenon Then: Case Study House by Craig Ellwood Poelzig’s I.G. Farben Building, Frankfurt Raymond Chandler James Ellroy  

Dismayed by the destruction and death in Gaza? Fear not, the wizards at Boston Consulting Group have a plan – a 38-slide deck that will Make Gaza GREAT Again. It’s a molten nugget of consultant-speak, SimCity planning moves, weirdly proportioned AI slop renderings, and tokenized real estate transactions that place a thin veil of “solutioneering” over what looks an awful lot like ethnic cleansing. Don’t worry – it will all be covered by private investment and all kinds of familiar corporations in the tech, design, construction and security businesses are invited, whether they know it or not. Our hot take on this hottest of messes. Discussed: Washington Post articleWall Street Journal articleFinancial Times articleGREAT Trust deckPre-GREAT Trust Hebrew version of the deckGaza Riviera TikTok videoScarlett Johansson on SNL: ComplicitBoston Consulting GroupGaza Humanitarian FoundationTony Blair InstituteEbenezer HowardBaron von HaussmannSimCityPaul Romer’s Charter CitiesShout back to Episode 92, The Hidden GlobeAECOMStudio Boeri ArchitettiIMEC = India-Middle East CorridorUN rapporteur communique on Gaza report: Economy of Occupation to an Economy of Genocide

A former president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Carl Elefante has led the field in finding common ground between two things seemingly in conflict: sustainable design and historic preservation. He is a Principal Emeritus with Quinn Evans and a charter member of the Climate Heritage Network. In addition to his work on the intersection of historic preservation and sustainability, he has spent decades focusing on building-sector decarbonization, community vitality, and urbanism. His new book is Going for Zero: Decarbonizing the Built Environment on the Path to Our Urban Future. Intro/Outro: “24 Hour Limes,” by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: The Greenest Building is the One That is Already Built Work and the City, by Frank Duffy MASS Design Group Kéré Architecture Lo-TEK Design by Radical Indigenism, by Julia Watson Empire State Building retrofit vs One World Trade Center: Both LEED Gold Passive House PassiveLogic WUFI Modeling Susan Roth Mini-splits  

Hillary Brown, Professor Emerita of Architecture at the City College of New York, joins Unfrozen to discuss her book Revitalize | Resettle, which explores how climate migration and rural revitalization can solve interlinked crises. Brown emphasizes that large U.S. cities alone cannot absorb climate-displaced populations due to infrastructural limits and rising costs. Instead, she proposes strategic resettlement in small towns and “micropolitan areas”—places often overlooked but rich in cultural value and potential. -- Intro/Outro: “24-Hour Limes” by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Hero towns leading the charge to accept climate migrants and flourish: Clinton, IA: Brownfield redevelopment and corridor revitalization Gorham and Milan, NH: Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program Madison, IN: Main Street Program Morris, NY: Livingston County Development Group Norfolk, NE: North Fork Whitewater Park Ord, NE: Vibrant Future Fund Rock Port, MO: Wind Capital Group – First town in U.S. to be 100% wind-powered West Windsor, VT: Ascutney revitalization Jesse Keenan – Climate-Proof Duluth New York State Small-Town Revitalization T-Mobile hometown grants Parag Khanna, ecstatic nomad

Chicago’s Wrigley Building, constructed in 1921, is the “whited sepulcher” of Michigan Avenue, gleaming in terra cotta like the rows of teeth ostensibly cleansed by Wrigley’s Chewing Gum, the company that built the Beaux-Arts edifice. But its extravagant looks are only part of the story. Unfrozen hosts Robert Sharoff and William Zbaren, who wrote and photographed the new book from Rizzoli, The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon, to hear the rest. -- Intro / Outro: “24 Hour Limes,” by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White Charles Beersman Julia Morgan Arts Club of Chicago Joe Mansueto Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, Helmut Jahn, 2011 John Vinci Phillip Wrigley William Hale “Big Bill” Thompson Girilda Tower, Seville Chateau Chambord, Loire Valley, France New York Municipal Building, Stanford White, 1914 The Carter Family Tribune Tower, Howells and Hood, 1925 London Guarantee Building, Alfred Alschuler, 1923 333 North Michigan Avenue, Holabird & Roche, 1928 Belden-Stratford Hotel, Meyer Fridstein, 1923 Waldor-Astoria Chicago, Lucien Lagrange, 2009 Chicago Fire Stadium Stanley Tigerman Studio Blue, Cheryl Towler Weese

<p>The Unfrozen crew hit the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale with all the furious energy our 100th episode deserved. A rollicking roundup of robots, pans, picks, porches and pavilions, with special guest interviews: <a href="https://michelechampagne.com/">Michele Champagne</a>, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/kate-wagner/">Kate Wagner</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisajahn/">Marisa Moran Jahn</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekim-ramku-50154314/">Bekim Ramku</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafi-segal-22b860b/">Rafi Segal</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannegang/">Jeanne Gang</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-cavagnero/">Mark Cavagnero</a>. And finally, while Rome picked a pontiff, we had our own mini-conclave in Venice and humbly offered up our picks for the 20th Biennale curator. Join us for this extra special centenary episode.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Bounder of Adventure,” by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>-      Olly Wainwright: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/09/robots-aperol-spritz-venice-architecture-biennale-2025-review-3d">Can robots make the perfect Aperol spritz? – Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 review | Architecture | The Guardian</a></p><p>-         Rowan Moore: <a href="https://observer.co.uk/culture/architecture/article/venice-architecture-biennale-review-2025">Venice Architecture Biennale review: ‘a hot mess of pretension’ | The Observer</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://nyra.nyc/">The New York Architecture Review</a> crew: Nicolas, Chloe and Sammy</p><p>-         International Exhibition in the Arsenale</p><p>o  Robots, hemp, bio-concrete, 8-point font with AI-assisted summaries</p><p>o  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkatecrawford/">Kate Crawford</a> and Vladan Joier’s megascale text: <a href="https://calculatingempires.net/">Calculating Empires</a></p><p>o   Bjarke Ingels Group’s entry: <a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/collective/ancient-future-bridging-bhutan%E2%80%99s-tradition-and-innovation">Ancient Future</a>, with Bhutanese carvers paced by an ABB robot</p><p>o  Christopher Hawthorne’s Speaker’s Corner</p><p>o  Shades of Rem Koolhaas’ 2014 Fundamentals edition</p><p>-         Kate Wagner’s review:</p><p>o  Dated techno-optimism</p><p>o  Cannibalism of architecture by art and exhibition design</p><p>-         National Pavilions:</p><p>o  Austria: “<a href="https://labiennale2025.at/en/">Agency for Better Living</a>”</p><p>o  Canada: “<a href="https://picoplanktonics.com/">Picoplanktonics</a>” by The Living Room Collective</p><p>o  Denmark: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/denmark">Build of Site</a>”</p><p>o  Estonia: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/estonia">Let Me Warm You</a>”</p><p>o  Romania: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/romania">Human Scale</a>”</p><p>o  Saudi Arabia: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/saudi-arabia">The Um Slaim School: An Architecture of Connection</a>”</p><p>o  Slovenia: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/slovenia-republic">Master Builders</a>”</p><p>o  South Korea:

<p>The Unfrozen squad descends on Venice to experience inperson the full blunt force of the Biennale. Special guests include: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cratti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Carlo Ratti</a>, the curator of the 19th Architecture Biennale, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-sukhoroslova/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Anastasia Sukhoroslova</a>, CEO of All Things Urban, and <a href="https://michelechampagne.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Michele Champagne</a>, graphic artist and contributor to Volume magazine.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Bounder of Adventure” by The Cooper Vane </p><p></p>

<p>Our guest on this episode is <a href="https://www.architecture.yale.edu/faculty/1496-christopher-hawthorne">Christopher Hawthorne</a>, the Senior Critic at Yale University’s School of Architecture. His previous roles include architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times, and Chief Design Officer of the City of Los Angeles. His current mission is to assemble the Speaker’s Corner at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Unfrozen hears his unique perspective as both critic and exhibitor.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Elevator,” by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>2025 Venice Architecture Biennale: “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en">Inteligens: Natural, Artificial, Collective</a>” – Carlo Ratti</p><p>Speakers’ Corner / Re-staging Criticism series, part of the <a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/biennale-architettura-2025-gens-public-programme">GENS Public Program</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://today.uic.edu/the-school-of-architecture-at-uic-appoints-creative-powerhouse-as-director/">Florencia Rodriguez</a>, Director, School of Architecture, University of Illinois Chicago</p><p>-         Mark Lee, Sharon Johnston of <a href="https://www.johnstonmarklee.com/">Johnston Marklee</a></p><p>-         Inspiration: “<a href="https://www.perlego.com/book/4191352/vincent-scully-architecture-urbanism-and-a-life-in-search-of-community-pdf">Vincent Scully: Architecture, Urbanism, and a Life in Search of Community</a>,” by A. Krista Sykes</p><p>-         9 May: “Exhibition as Critical Vessel”</p><p>o   <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencia-rodriguez-717557a7/">Florencia Rodriguez</a>, Moderator</p><p>o  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Lokko">Lesley Lokko</a>, 2023 Biennale curator</p><p>o  <a href="https://www.archpaper.com/tag/aric-chen/">Aric Chen</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://mascontext.com/contributors/francisco-d%C3%ADaz">Pancho Diaz</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/people/sarah-herda/">Sarah Herda</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://mos.nyc/about/">Michael Meredith</a> (MOS) &gt; <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/michael-meredith7/">Building with Writing</a></p><p>-         10 May: Conversation on L.A. Fires</p><p>o   <a href="https://www.mmaltzan.com/">Michael Maltzan</a></p><p>o   <a href="https://labprofab.org/about/">Alejandro Haiek Coll</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencia-rodriguez-717557a7/">Florencia Rodriguez</a></p><p>11 May:</p><p>o  <a href="https://mcmansionhell.com/about">Kate Wagner</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-medina-0a023828/">Samuel Medina</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://www.samjacob.com/">Sam Jacob</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/people/shumi-bose">Shumi Bose</a></p><p><a href="https://www.jencksfoundation.org/explore/text/1980-in-parallax-when-post-modernisms-met-in-venice">1980 Venice Architecture Biennale – The Presence of the Past</a> - Paolo Portoghesi</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.domusweb.it/en/from-the-archive/2012/08/25/-em-la-strada-novissima-em--the-1980-venice-biennale.html">Strada Novissima</a>, feat. Rem Koolh

<p>A quick one before we’re away. Dan and Greg sum up theirsprings and get ready for spritzes and socializing with smart people in at the 2025 Venice Biennale.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Bounder of Adventure,” by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>Going Underground -&gt; The Space Below w/ <a href="https://www.ctbuh.org/people-profile/james-parakh">James Parakh</a></p><p>·        Toronto <a href="https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/visitor-toronto/path-torontos-downtown-pedestrian-walkway/">PATH</a></p><p>·        Montreal<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_City,_Montreal"> RESO</a></p><p>·        Chicago <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdot/provdrs/ped/svcs/pedway.html">Pedway</a></p><p>·        Minneapolis <a href="https://www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/">Skyway</a></p><p>·        Houston <a href="https://downtownhouston.org/experience/downtown-tunnels">Tunnels</a></p><p>·        Oklahoma City <a href="https://downtownokc.com/underground/">Underground</a></p><p>·        Hong Kong <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Elevated_Walkway">Central Elevated Walkway</a></p><p><a href="https://www.zohranfornyc.com/">Zohran Mamdami</a> –Make the Subway Great Again</p><p><a href="https://www.smartcityexpousa.com/">Smart City Expo</a>, New York City</p><p><a href="https://bflivexchange.com/">Business Facilities Live eXchange</a>, New Orleans</p><p><a href="https://curbivore.co/">Curbivore</a>, Los Angeles</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahbliss/">Jonah Bliss</a></p><p><a href="https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-professional-and-continuing-studies/academics/real-estate-institute/faculty/">Joshua Harris</a>, Fordham University</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/marchettis-constant/">Marchetti’s constant</a></p><p><a href="https://www.flyzipline.com/">Zipline</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bakertilly.com/events">Austin Baker Tilly Conference</a></p><p><a href="https://cosmcs.com/">CosMc’s</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics">National Association of Realtors survey</a></p><p><a href="https://waymo.com/">Waymo</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop">RoboCop</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewalk_Toronto">Sidewalk Toronto</a></p><p><a href="https://redstatesecession.org/33-counties-have-now-voted-to-split-illinois/">Downstate IL secession movement</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash</a> – Neal Stephenson, feat. Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Romer">Paul Romer</a></p><p><a href="https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/intro/">Charter Cities</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Voluntary-City-Choice-Community-Society/dp/1598130323">The Voluntary City</a> - David T. Beto, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Run-World-Charting-Renaissance/dp/1400068274">How t

<p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarabronin/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sara Bronin</a> is an architect, attorney, policymaker, and professor at Cornell University. Born and raised in Houston, the only large US city without zoning, previously served as the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission of Hartford, Connecticut. Her book is called <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/key-to-the-city" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World</a>, and she joins Unfrozen to demystify the why and wherefore of what you can, cannot, and “must” build in cities all over the US.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Elevator,” by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>-         How large-lot mandates contribute to the epidemic of loneliness</p><p>-         YIMBY prevails in Arlington and Alexandria, VA</p><p>-         Re-zoning in Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, OR, and Hartford</p><p>-         Supreme Court ruling on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_v._Kraemer" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shelley vs Kraemer</a>, 1948, outlawing racially restrictive covenants</p><p>-         Houston’s affordability comes at the cost of flood zones and unpleasant adjacencies</p><p>-         <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfton%2C_Houston" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Gulfton</a> neighborhood</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/427175854066712/principe-azul-discotheque/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">El Principe Azul nightclub</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://ssti.us/publications/effects-of-parking-provision-on-automobile-use-in-cities-inferring-causality-mccahill-garrick-atkinson-palombo-and-polinski-2015/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality</a></p><p>-         Albany Avenue rezoning and <a href="https://www.vhb.com/state-and-local-governments/albany-avenue-corridor-improvements/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">corridor improvements</a>, Hartford</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-best-9865a7143/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Denise Best</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form-based_code" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Form-based code</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://www.commanders.com/news/mayor-bowser-and-washington-commanders-announce-historic-deal-to-bring-the-team-home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Washington Commanders’ new DC stadium</a></p><p>-         Code overhauls in Hartford, Charlottesville VA, and Boston</p><p>-         Bronin <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4570959" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">trashes</a> Boston’s zoning code</p><p>-         Pittsburgh <a href="https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-the-high-cost-of-a-pittsburgh-master-plan/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">spends $5.8 million on zoning consultant</a></p><p><br></p>

<p>Kevin Kelley, a self-described “attention architect,” is aco-founding partner of design firm <a href="https://www.shookkelley.com/our-story" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shook Kelley</a> and author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739373/irreplaceable-by-kevin-ervin-kelley/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together</em></a>. In our digitized world of ghost commerce, he believes there is still a place for real places, and that it is incumbent on architects to stop looking down their nosesat retail, the essential lubricant of urban life, and start designing places that matter. </p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “24 Hour Limes&quot; by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://big-cypress.com/bass-pro-shops/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bass Pro Shops</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Memphis Pyramid</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/what-instant-delivery-services-could-do-to-cities" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Against 15-Minute Delivery</a></p><p>“The Bonfire Effect,” courtesy Loxahatchie, Florida</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participation_mystique" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Participation mystique</a>, as per Jung, as per Lucien Levy-Bruhl</p><p>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Generation-Rewiring-Childhood-Epidemic/dp/0593655036/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P5E7G2BC3R62&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pLA6Rb-vSM6-wdPqDulw2K5ILrcN6OGLECqt7jVfs_b9v5bG7su5i2kcZexjOqy9lhbT9xzf4_jwh8vsJKrIoTbkpNxk6CqcLSHWeHJaCtRcFmPoJR1y-sSKx-8Jp-n1Ik4xhBdO0nQwjYyp7EKuUPwJHDbo-KS81PRfjfcbprEJSOirqfJDt4FKZU0qTk0rZE3MoRfhXlI3VllK1KHg-U92aUEry9gxi4CvFbCwrvY.XKB-7j0i7ZdjDbNqqM_dKDggYKuSsyKmwy84F9jP3Kg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jonathan+Haidt&qid=1713657616&sprefix=jonathan+haidt%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TheAnxious Generation</a>” by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jonathan Haidt</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Design-School-Shopping-Project/dp/3822860476/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3EJPVIKQMU3S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XTazTIhxZBL1kgkumGlFHP9XBF6oWFR9Q_f3eeKRd4LQNxzsTTh_qLO36i3tP7SyscegTMKEq0ueSUyzFslvXPegFQGcDPJc2ShMvy0RUW7VQ4jGw_hs2h7dLnIDVg-cpo7VWD6rMRAehdvn2wVkXkJqIfA6d8Y4mzSCmh-3tjiY-N_GIBepyGi0LytbiKW0laYvDbe5nYsePTNZC3VI4_rQMW4LNXu6xbcZS7v9HRM.whskSqgYFy6PB70Hr8rXMGP6QQhbpfssI8m72vfZG38&dib_tag=se&keywords=Harvard+Guide+to+Shopping&qid=1713657733&sprefix=harvard+guide+to+shopping%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Harvard Guide to Shopping</a>” by Rem Koolhaas et. al.</p><p>Prior <a href="https://arch-unfrozen-blog.tumblr.com/post/36271293355/too-late-modernism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Unfrozen commentary</a> on the replacement for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County_Government_Center" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Orange County Government Center</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudolph_(architect)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Paul

<p><a href="https://www.citiesintheskybook.com/meet-author-jason-barr" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Barr</a> is a professor of economics at Rutgers University Newark and one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of skyscrapers. His new book, out May 14, 2024, is <a href="https://www.citiesintheskybook.com/the-book" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers</a>. In it, Barr takes a global view of why the quest to build up is as fierce as ever, and why skyscrapers remain so controversial. Join the Unfrozen interview with Barr, in which some record-breaking myths get busted.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Altitude Blues,” by Ladytron</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>Mythbusting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home Insurance Building</a></p><p><a href="https://2019.ctbuh.org/program/symposium/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Skyscrapers | Skyscraper Firsts Forum</a></p><p>LeRoy Buffington’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_Buffington" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skyscraper patent</a></p><p>Mythbusting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Skyscraper Index</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Line</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeddah_Tower" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeddah Tower</a></p><p>Joel Garreau’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_city" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edge City</a></p><p>Emaar’s real estate play at Burj Khalifa: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Dubai" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Downtown Dubai</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legends Tower</a>, Oklahoma City</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Empire State Building</a></p><p>China’s “build it” economy</p><p>“<a href="https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zero Gravity Living</a>”</p><p>Nashville and Oracle</p><p>Detroit and Dan Gilbert</p><p>Newark renaissance</p><p>Center City District (Philadelphia) study: <a href="https://centercityphila.org/pressroom/pr-downtowns-rebound-the-data-driven-path-to-recovery" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DowntownsRebound</a></p><p><a href="https://environment.yale.edu/directory/faculty/karen-seto" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karen Seto</a>(Yale)'s studies on tall building height canopies</p>

<p>In <a href="https://www.design.upenn.edu/post/excerpt-richard-weller-grand-tour" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">To the Ends of the Earth: A Grand Tour for the 21st Century</a>, <a href="https://www.design.upenn.edu/people/richard-weller" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Richard Weller</a>, Professor Emeritus and Co-Founder of the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism &amp; Ecology at the University of Pennsylvania, has condensed a sprawling subject into a compact field guide to 120 of the most significant 21st century objects, from bulldozers to Biosphere II. Call it dystopian, call it optimistic. Just don’t call it “anthroporn.” </p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform," by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hyperobjects" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World</a>, by Timothy Morton</p><p>Utopias (and Utopia’s Evil Twins)</p><p>                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Welwyn Garden City</a></p><p>                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chandigarh</a></p><p>                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Burning Man</a></p><p>                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">EPCOT</a></p><p>                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Pruitt-Igoe</a></p><p>                  WalmartSupercenter</p><p>Machines:</p><p>Bulldozers + polymetric nodules</p><p>Fish farms</p><p>Solar arrays</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_engine" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sand motor</a> + littoral drift</p><p>Tree-planting drones</p><p>Monsters:</p><p>                  Geo-engineering</p><p><a href="https://theworldpark.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The World Park Project</a> / UN Convention on Biological Diversity</p><p><a href="https://y2y.net/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Y2Y</a></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/banff-wildlife-crossings" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Banff Wildlife Crossings Project</a></p><p><a href="https://atlas-for-the-end-of-the-world.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Atlas for the End of the World</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.hythacg.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chris Hytha</a> and <a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mark Houser</a> are collaborators on <a href="https://www.hythacg.com/shop/p/highrisesbook" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Highrises: Art Deco</a>, a multimedia series chronicling the great skyscraper edifices of the roaring ‘20s. Photographed by drones and meticulously measured and researched, the series – a book, prints, website, mobile phone wallpaper and exhibition -- reveals fascinating details and stories of these distinctly American icons. Catch the in-person book talk on July 18 and the <a href="https://www.architecture.org/exhibits/exhibit/highrises/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">exhibition</a> from May 31 to August 26 at the Chicago Architecture Center.</p><p>--</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform,&quot; by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed: </p><p><a href="https://heyzine.com/flip-book/8501724895.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them</a></p><p>The <a href="https://www.dji.com/support/product/air-2s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DJI Air 2S Drone</a></p><p><a href="https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f867a7dd46.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Highrises Art Deco</a>: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression</p><p><a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/henry-w-oliver-building/21214" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Henry W. Oliver Building</a>, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1910</p><p><a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/nebraska-state-capitol/9741" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nebraska State Capitol</a>, Lincoln, Bertram Goodhue, 1932</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/public-market-gaylord-noftsger/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Public Market</a> &gt; Modern Spirits Liquor Store, Tulsa, Gaylord Noftsger, 1930</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock_Building" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Monadnock Building</a>, Chicago, Burnham &amp; Root, Holabird &amp; Roche, 1891-1893</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/eastern-columbia-building-claud-beelman/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eastern Columbia Building</a>, Los Angeles, Claud Beelman, 1930</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/mather-tower-herbert-riddle/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mather Tower</a> &gt; <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/mather-tower/3421" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Club Quarters Hotel</a>, Chicago, Herbert Riddle, 1928</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/union-peoples-national-bank-albert-kahn/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Union &amp; Peoples National Bank</a> &gt; <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/jackson-county-tower-building/22304" target="_blank" rel="ug

<p>“Either you’re growing your materials or not. You’re gettingthem from a forest or a mine.”</p><p><a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/2442-lindsey-wikstrom" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lindsey Wikstrom</a> is the Founding Principal of <a href="https://mattaforma.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mattaforma</a>and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at <a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ColumbiaGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation</a>. Her debut book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Forest-other-Timber-Futures/dp/1032023945" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures</a>, argues that to overcome obstacles to wide adoption of mass timber as a building material, we need to think differently about our relationship to trees, buildings, and each other.</p><p> </p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform,” by The Cooper Vane</p>

<p>In <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048415/the-city-in-the-city/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The City in the City</a>, <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/amy-thomas-35199/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Amy Thomas</a> offersthe first in-depth architectural and urban history of London&#39;s financial district, the City of London, from the period of rebuilding after World War II to the explosive climax of financial deregulation in the 1980s and its long aftermath. From the Big Tie to the Big Bang, it’s a heavy-hitting episode of Unfrozen.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform,&quot; by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>-             <a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44398" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Peter Wynne Rees</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/search?s=This+is+London" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">This is London: Rees Remembrances</a></p><p>o  <a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/episode-37-the-city-is-here-for-you-to-use-800" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The City is Here for You to Use</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul's_Cathedral" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">St Paul’s Cathedral</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Bank of England</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://www.briangriffin.co.uk/photography/projects/the-big-tie" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The BigTie, by Brian Griffin</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadgate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Broadgate</a></p><p>-             Top hatters</p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Domesday Book</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Corporation of London</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Wine_House" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jamaica Wine House</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Vulture" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The George and Vulture</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_building" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lloyds</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lloyds Building</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ji%C5%99i%C4%8Dn%C3%A1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eva Jiricna</a>: Kenzo &gt; Interiors at Lloyds</p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_Image" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Spitting Image</a> Richard Rogers episode</p><p>-          

<p>“Every line on the road is a political choice.”</p><p><a href="https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/b/r/m.c.g.tebrommelstroet/m.c.g.te-brommelstroet.html?cb" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Marco te Brömmelstroet</a>, a.k.a. “The Cycling Professor,” is the chair of Urban Mobility Futures at the University of Amsterdam. His book <a href="https://islandpress.org/books/movement#desc" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Movement</a><em>,</em> with Thalia Verkade, takes a stance against myths and received wisdoms that surround popular thinking about the rights and place of cyclists and pedestrians, urban design, and traffic engineering. Parallel to the critique, he presents new ways of thinking about how, and why we move through the world, and at what speed.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform,&quot; by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>-             <a href="https://urbancyclinginstitute.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Urban Cycling Institute</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woonerf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Woonerf</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicane" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chicane</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/intersection-upgrade-a-banana-and-a-chips-cone/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chip Cone</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/delft-outlook/articles/new-life-in-the-cauliflower-neighbourhood" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cauliflower neighborhood</a>, a.k.a. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemkoolwijk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bloemkoolwijk</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262516129/fighting-traffic/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fighting Traffic</a>, by Peter Norton</p><p>-             <a href="https://www.roaddanger.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">RoadDanger.org</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Stafford Beer</a></p><p>-             Rollback of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/nyregion/mta-congestion-pricing.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">congestion pricing</a> in New York City</p><p>-             The <a href="https://jornwemmenhove.tumblr.com/post/67363751572/in-1969-john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-received-a-white" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">bicycle</a> at the bed-in, Amsterdam 1969</p><p>-             The Royal Dutch Touring Club, <a href="https://www.anwb.nl/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">AWNB</a> vs the EWNB</p><p>-             <a href="https://www.openplans.org/blog/paris-streetfilms" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">School streets, Paris</a></p><p>-             <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provo_(movement)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Provo</a> – Dutch nonviole

<p>Today’s uncanny AI renderings are just the tip of theiceberg. Architects are banding together to clean up their digital houses, master data literacy, collectively bargain for their needs with software monopolies, and ultimately, prevent technology rendering them irrelevant. Enter the <a href="https://www.innovationdesignconsortium.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Innovation Design Consortium</a>, an elite corps of leaders and technologists of America’s 40 largest architecturefirms, who have banded together to battle the bots. Unfrozen interviews its Chair, <a href="https://www.hed.design/people/j-peter-devereaux" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Peter Devereaux</a>, Founding Principal of <a href="https://www.hed.design/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">HED</a>.Among many other things, he says, “We have to get out of the business of selling our time by the hour for the production of two-dimensional construction documents.”</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform,&quot; by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>The Road to IDC: Writing guidelines for the use ofgenerative AI via the AIA Large Firm Roundtable (LFRT)</p><p>See also: “<a href="https://urban.tech.cornell.edu/the-future-of-generative-ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Future of Generative AI</a> in Architecture, Design and Engineering,” Cornell Tech</p><p>Key players:</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.bdcnetwork.com/blog/carole-wedge-shepley-bulfinch-retires" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Carole Wedge</a>, <a href="https://shepleybulfinch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shepley Bulfinch</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-packard-b0901bb0/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bob Packard</a>, <a href="https://www.zgf.com/leadership/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ZGF</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://www.cannondesign.com/people/brad-lukanic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Brad Lukanic</a>, Cannon Design</p><p>Other leading lights in the AI 4 AEC community:</p><p><a href="https://www.architecture.yale.edu/faculty/339-phillip-bernstein" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Phillip Bernstein</a>, Yale</p><p><a href="https://www.thorntontomasetti.com/person/christopher-minerva" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chris Minerva, Thornton Tomasetti</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hok.com/people/leadership/view/greg-schleusner/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Greg Schluesner,</a><br>Executive Committee Secretary, IDC <br>Director of Design Technology, HOK</p><p><a href="https://dataleaders.net/data-leaders-appoints-volker-buscher-as-chief-data-officer/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Volker Buscher</a>, <br>Chief Data Officer, Data Leaders<br>Former Chief Data Officer, Arup</p><p><a href="https://www.fr.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fish &amp; Richardson</a> </p><p>-         IP Law, terms and conditions, “give to get”</p><p>Is this the “anti-Autodesk”?