Kevin Kelley, a self-described “attention architect,” is a
co-founding partner of design firm Shook Kelley and author of Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together. 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 noses
at retail, the essential lubricant of urban life, and start designing places that matter.
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Intro/Outro: “Friction,” by Television
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Discussed:
Bass Pro Shops at the Memphis Pyramid
“The Bonfire Effect,” courtesy Loxahatchie, Florida
Participation mystique, as per Jung, as per Lucien Levy-Bruhl
“TheAnxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt
“Harvard Guide to Shopping” by Rem Koolhaas et. al.
Prior Unfrozen commentary on the replacement for the Orange County Government Center by Paul Rudolph
Yaromir Steiner and Easton Town Center, Columbus
Country Club Plaza, Kansas City
The Grove, Los Angeles
The Farmer’s Market, Los Angeles
Larchmont, Los Angeles
Hollywood and Highland (now Ovation), Los Angeles
Harley-Davidson dealerships’ Parts Bar
Mercado Gonzalez, Costa Mesa, CA
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