Brutalism has had a rough time over the past decade. Can it be redeemed before it’s too late?
Originally published in The Faster Times on October 8, 2...
Saturday, February 12, 2022The Spell of Hot Desk
Silicon Valley prides itself on "innovation" and "disruption," and its products are meant to drive "sharing" and "collaboration," but the architecture...
Saturday, February 5, 2022Games With New Frontiers, Alien Rococo, and Paper Money
Greg and Dan, back at it again, talking about Olympics architecture and urbanism, the Housing Crisis 2.0, and the greatest hits from the 60s, 70s and ...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022Can You Say Velaslavasay?
An interview with Sara Velas, founder, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles.
Intro / Outro: “Heartaches,” Al Bowlly, Sid Phillips & His Melodians
Di...
Sunday, January 23, 2022Notes from Underground
A tour of the abandoned Pacific Electric Subway Terminal in downtown Los Angeles. From Unfrozen 1.0, originally posted May 11, 2012.
Intro/Outro: "Do ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022What Fresh McMansion Hell is This?
Unfrozen interviews Kate Wagner, creator and curator of McMansion Hell.
Intro: "Suburbia," by Pet Shop Boys
Discussed:
- The special McMansion Hell th...
Saturday, January 15, 2022For Sale: Kindling $10.9 million (OBO)
The sordid tale of a totally avoidable fire in the Hollywood Hills: a McMansion used as a set for a reality TV show goes up in smoke.
From the Unfroze...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022Are You Experienced? Join Team Insurgent!
Interview with Daniel Meyers and Traci Sym of +&> (Plus and Greater Than), an exhibition design firm in Portland, Oregon.
Intro / Outro: "Are Y...
Monday, January 3, 2022Can the Dome Home Finally Find a Mass Audience?
A certain subset of architects and futurists have long obsessed with mass-marketing domes, foam houses, spheres, and combinations thereof. Could their...
