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Burning Down The House - Episode 35 - Collaboration

First Aired - 09/01/2010 07:00PM

This week on Burning Down the House Curtis laments the slow decline and potential disappearance of works by masters like Frank Lloyd Wright (his Ennis house of Blade Runner fame is in danger) and the various post-war "case study" houses of the 40's. He also stresses the importance of collaboration in everything from architecture to music, and instructs architects to be ignorant of the "trade" processes of building at their peril. This episode was sponsored by Tekserve: your one-stop Mac specialists.

Photo: Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22

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Burning Down The House Intro - A Conversation with You (13:26)

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Curtis B. Wayne, Heritage Radio Network, Tekserve, Jacob Adleman, Associate Press, wonderful and fascinating works of modern architecture now languish on the market, Schindler, Frank Lloyd Wright, selling at a loss if at all, Richard Noitra, Pierre Koenig, Case Study House Number 21, The Plaza Hotel, The Mayflower Hotel, The Schaffer Residence, John Lautner, Schindler's How House, Textile Block style, La Miniatura, taking the house apart block by block and shipping it to Japan, The Old London Bridge move to Arizona, value and how we go about creating our built environment, collaboration is all the rage now, works of solitary masters, The California Case Study Houses, industrial components, Charles Eames, André Le Nôtre, The Entenza House, The Arts and Crafts revival, Richard Morris in England, revolutionaries or reactionaries, The Rossellini Brothers, The Red House, The Bow House, Gropius, Clay, Albers, students and teachers working together, working almost tribally towards a common aesthetic goal, informed by many different disciplines, The Greene Brothers of Pasadena,

We Can Work It Out (17:45)

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traditionally in design we have many different competing interests, traditionally the architect is the agent of the owner, government organizations defend the interests of the public, the playbook of what problem the built environment is solving, the move from caves, a collaborative spirit has been developing, designers from across the gamut, Bayreuth, Wagner, The Ring Cycles, The Renaissance Man, truly everything does count in the modern world, energy abusers of the 20th century, Curtis's lessons learned studying theater, ballerinas in geometric costumes, Oskar Schlemmer, Bob Israel, consider the specificity of the performer, costume design based on the dancer's body type, Charles Eames, the way to be a good architect is the way to be a good host, The Eames House, expand your area of inquiry to the behaviors of those who will use your building, people as animals, an integrated effort, The Client Collaborative Design Process, involving many voices, the wowza system, the wizbang process, a forum in which there is no defined project leader, corporate settings are fast paced, modifying designs in real time, design is an art of compromise, it's not about how it looks it's how it was created, collaboratively growing a building strengthens the finished product, overall quality of the experience and the creation was a power of magnitude greater, deciding on materials at the beginning, involving the builder from the very beginning, Curtis's father, bankrupted by a coin operated Coke machine, The Bauhaus,

True Collaboration (13:49)

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Jazz, that's true collaboration, Dan Breindel, Nat Weiner, the world of collaboration, the built environment, Horace Silver, an emerging trend, Norwegian-American Design Firm, Oslo and New York City, dedicated the teamwork, input from all parties from client to builder, The AIA, codifying a system of contractual relationships, Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, everyone involved is a shareholder, all playing together, considering all aspects, site is very important, projects MUST be site specific, Jean Nouvelle's west 53rd st. tower, tall towers can go anywhere, the AIA's focus is on contracts and profitability, voidence patterns of the past 30 years, architects cannot legally remove themselves from the construction side, learn through exposure to builders and time spent on construction sites, FAR, floor area ratio, Curtis won't name names, passing on a love of building to your junior staff, Snøhetta,

Everyone Has An Instrument (8:08)

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collaboration, without licensing you can't be called an architect, Curtis B. Wayne: Architect, architects should learn how the trades do what the trades do, The Verb School, Katy Purviance Basic, Matthew Arnold, Fred Dyker, Snøhetta, there is no Mr. Snøhetta, learn more about building and spend less time with your CAD screens in your hothouse of design, the process of constructing a building, Curtis is in a jazz mood tonight, jazz is a good way to understand the collaborative process, everyone has an instrument, everyone has a voice, Richard Morris, be like the composer and the maestro, Dave Brubeck, Avery Fischer Hall, Patrick Martins' father, in this increasing demanding world, considering everything, how people use the things we create, superb jazz, Snøhetta is one of the tallest mountains in Norway,

Brooklyn Eats - Episode 14 - Egg Creams

First Aired - 09/01/2010 06:00PM

This week on Brooklyn Eats spirit expert Robert Simonson relays his past few months spent researching articles on The NY Egg Cream for Edible Brooklyn & Manhattan. Learn the various conflicting stories regarding the birth of the egg cream (long-lost familial secret? European misunderstanding?) and hear the science and art behind the egg cream's most important component: seltzer (NOT club soda). Plus, how did Fox's U-Bet become the undisputed king of Egg Cream syrups? This episode was sponsored by Tekserve: your one-stop Mac superstore.

Photo: Yonah Shimmel Egg Creams via Edible Manhattan

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The Return of The Egg Cream (19:22)

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Rachael Wharton, Brooklyn Eats, Tekserve, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan, Heritage Radio Network, Robert Simonson, spirits and cocktails, the history and culture of the egg cream, egg creams popping up in Carroll Gardens, Henry Public, The Brooklyn Pharmacy, retro soda fountain, there were no egg creams in Wisconsin, Vaselka, places everyone goes for an egg cream, the genesis of the egg cream, writing about cocktails, no one knows where the martini came from, stories shrouded in mystery, the egg cream is iconic and eternal, most accounts say Louie Auster invented the egg cream, 2nd Avenue, did the egg cream start in Manhattan or Brooklyn, the first half of the 20th century, people stole the egg cream, Auster made the egg creams in secret, Auster's original egg cream recipe is lost, The Yiddish Broadway, Boris Thomaschefsky, Yiddish sex symbol, chocolat et creme in Paris, David Fox, Fox's U-Bet Syrup, there is no egg and no cream in egg creams, New York and seltzer, egg creams are so totally new york, Pete Friedman, no seltzer in the Midwest, the egg cream feels like a Brooklyn drink, the nostalgia and mythology of Brooklyn, two cents plain, two cents worth of seltzer, Ray Alverez, put some syrup in it, The Lower East Side, the egg cream walking tour, Ray's Candy Store, the perils of the Styrofoam cup, drinking from a tall glass, Fort Defiance, the high priest of the egg cream in Brooklyn, Yonah Schimmel, put in the milk first, stir while you put the seltzer in for the head, head should be a good inch, The Bronx, the Bronx egg cream, a muddy brownish head, iconoclastic foods, the Bronx used to be so influential food-wise, cocktail rivalries, Edible Bronx, tamale lady in the South Bronx, Pete Friedman's egg cream cart debuts this weekend, The Brooklyn Flea Market, Ronnie Starman is a third generation seltzer man, siphon bottles, old fashioned seltzer works, specialized seltzer systems, the best seltzer in the city, the princess and the pea, building up mystique, Gem Spa,

Ron Starman: Seltzer Man Extrordinaire (10:41)

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Ron Starman, third generation seltzer man, installing seltzer systems, seltzer addict, Ron Starman likes to play golf and is very hard to get on the phone, Fort Defiance's satate of the art seltzer system, with seltzer this good it is your obligation to make egg creams, super cooled water is best for carbonating, The New Monitor, fizzy and refreshing, Brooklyn Naval Yards, U-Bet, taste-testing chocolate syrups, tastes processed, David Fox, Kelly Fox, there were many syrup purveyors back in the day, business shenanigans, the Fox syrup monopoly, egg cream conspiracy theory, Ray Alverez, diamond blue raspberry, Brooklyn Pharmacy uses Brooklyn-made natural syrups, there were mobile egg cream carts all over the city, your very first egg cream, Tom's old-school egg cream, make the best egg cream you can, egg cream mustache, drinking from a bowl, New York Times, writing about booze,

Why We Cook - Episode 56 - The Fabulous Niblets

First Aired - 08/31/2010 06:30PM

This week on Why We Cook Erica celebrates the last moments of summer with that sweet yellow star of the summer harvets: corn. Learn about the surprisingly racy names for the myriad types of corn and why the husk is a handy package to be removed at your peril. Tune in for a sneak peek at Erica's upcoming NPR appearance, plus a terrifying description of one of the worst, most starch-laden meals Chef Erica has ever been served by a student. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.