Monday, January 22, 202473. On Balance: Architecture and Vertigo
Mankind’s quest for verticality has an underexplored dimension:
the queasy feeling of vertigo many experience when close to the edge of a sheer drop. ...
Monday, January 15, 202472. Trying Not to Think About Time
On the dawn of our fourth season, your hosts recap their favorite ‘casts of 2023, live-comment on Unfrozen’s 2023 Spotify Wrapped stats, and get on an...
Thursday, December 28, 202371. Renewing the Dream
James Sanders edited Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and the Future of Los Angeles, out now from Rizzoli. With contributions from Nik Kara...
Friday, December 22, 202370. Trespass 2: Private Views
Andi Schmied is an artist and architect based in Budapest. On a fellowship with the Triangle Arts Association, she traveled to New York, impersonating...
Saturday, December 2, 202369. 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...
Saturday, November 11, 202368. Through the Portal: What We Can Learn from the Ferry Building
Through multiple earthquakes, misguided urban renewal schemes and changing economic conditions, the Ferry Building has stood at the foot of San Franci...
Sunday, November 5, 202367. Parks for Profit
Sociologist Kevin Loughran discusses his book Parks for Profit, which examines how contemporary urban parks—especially post‑industrial linear parks li...
Monday, October 23, 202366. A House Deconstructed
We would like to think that we “know” what goes into making a modern building. But the truth is that no one, not even architects, knows. The O(U)R, Of...
Sunday, October 8, 202365. AI, Meet Timber
At the intersection of A.I. and timber, expect new tessellations and kinetic results. Unfrozen interviews Mykola Murashko, a 23-year-old Cambridge gra...
Saturday, September 16, 202364. "V" is for "Value": Verse Design
Verse Design LA is headed by Paul Tang and Courtenay Bauer. The architecture firm has taken considerable risks, sometimes taking on the role of ambass...
Sunday, September 10, 202363. Larry Booth: Modern Beyond Style
Architect Larry Booth reflects on his five‑decade career, the founding of Booth Hansen, and the ideas behind his new monograph Modern Beyond Style and...
Saturday, August 26, 202362. Skyscrapers and Skullduggery
Thomas Leslie is a professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, and a noted skyscraper scholar. He has just published “Chica...
