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Saturday, August 29, 2026 69. Trespass 1: Intimate Stranger

Intimate Stranger is a photographic series produced in Miami by Zachary Balber between 2013 and 2020. Zachary has created 150 photos in which he has t...

Monday, August 24, 2026 129. Chain Drain

The AECO (architecture / engineering / construction / operation) supply chain is among the most inefficient compared to other global industries, and i...

Friday, August 21, 2026 128. Space/Lab

In this extremely classy (and somewhat lengthier) episode of Unfrozen, Greg delivers his report from San Diego, where he got a private tour of the Lou...

Monday, August 17, 2026 127. The Other Housing Crisis

For all the talk about America's seeming inability to build its way out of the housing affordability crisis, we have largely ignored the potential of ...

Friday, August 14, 2026 126. Transportation and the Shape of Cities

“Every time we design a street, we are making a decision about how we want to use our commonly owned space. That is inherently political.” That’s what...

Sunday, August 9, 2026 125. Roscoe

Andrew James Gregor is an architect and novelist living in the Bay Area of California. Roscoe, his second novel, is the story of a day in the life of ...

Monday, July 6, 2026 124. Lost in Translation

Dan and Greg recount journeys to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, and yes, Pittsburgh, all unique urban palimpsests offering rich landscapes of inquiry. T...

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 123. Buttafuoco's Quandary: Pregaming the 2027 Biennale

The 20th Venice Architecture Biennale won’t begin until May 2027, but given the recent announcement of its curation team, Amateur Architecture of Chin...

Monday, May 4, 2026 122. All-American City

Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, has struggled to keep up with its mid-size competitors in the country’s midsection, due to a frustrating combinat...

Monday, April 27, 2026 121. Dwelling on Earth

“Your house is not just where you live – it’s how you live.” In this episode of Unfrozen, Stefan Al, author of “Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future...

Saturday, April 11, 2026 120. Lunch on a Beam

One of the most iconic photographs in history, shot in 1932 during the construction of New York’s Rockefeller Center, “Lunch on a Beam” remains shroud...

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 119. Mussolini's Ballroom, or, The Leopards Ate My Face

In this very special episode, the legendary architecture critic Paul Goldberger discusses the architectural ambitions of Donald Trump, comparing them ...

About Unfrozen

Unfrozen is a podcast about architecture and urbanism. 

Daniel Safarik is a recovering journalist and an attempted architect. He is the Director of Research and Thought Leadership at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. In previous lives he's been a financial technology reporter, rock vocalist and marketing director for architecture firms.

Greg Lindsay is a journalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next.

Producer: Melissa Junttila

Sound Engineer: Rob Horvath

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