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First Aired - 11/11/2012 04:30PM
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This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by registered architect and landscape architect, Susannah Drake of dlandstudio. Curtis and Susannah are discussing eco-friendly urban landscaping, and what landscape architecture can mean for New York City's protection from future storms like Hurricane Sandy. Hear about sanitation issues that come with storm surges, and how innovations like sponge parks can deal with rising tides and currents. Where and how are architects building to compensate for the increasing number of tropical storms in the New York metro area? Later, Curtis and Susannah talk about the intersection of landscape design and architecture, and where one ends and the next begins. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.
"I think that a lot of our cities were set up on waterways to facilitate exchange. Going back to (dlandstudio's) MoMA project, we analyzed the coastline and the ways it has expanded to facilitate exchange... Now we don't have the same systems of exchange where we're translating goods at the water's edge- in part due to containerized shipping." [17:55]
-- Susannah Drake on Burning Down the House
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Landscapes that Protect the City (41:04)
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retail banks, finance, communication, single-family homes, CORA, green roofs, greening buildings, life support, aesthetic sensibility, greenest street, facade, Beatrix Farrand, Chicago, contra dancing, ivy, horticulturalist, mortar, James Consolloy, church facade, preservationists, pigeons, Peter Eisenman, basement, cellar, real estate agents, maps, flood zone, research, grants, resilience, Flushing, Queens, storm water management, parkland, greenspace, Robert Moses,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/09/2012 04:30PM
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How does one define a 'home'? Today on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is talking about 'home' from an architectural and design standpoint. Joining Curtis in the studio is Charlotte Barnard, a designer and the Creative Director at Nemo Tile. Also, frequent guest and residential architect Duo Dickinson calls in to the studio to talk about trends in home design. Learn about the decline of the American porch, how resale value affects personalization, and how elements of biophilia has made its way into residences. What are the psychological effects of large rooms? Curtis, Charlotte, and Duo talk about the problems with the American living room, and why it proves to be inflexible and a poor space for socializing. How do recessions and natural disasters shed light on formalities and pretense with regards to the home? Find out on this week's Burning Down the House! This episode has been brought to you by The Heritage Meat Shop.
"While the house is the structure, but home is what is uniquely yours." [5:30] -- Charlotte Barnard on Burning Down the House
"You could make the case that the demise of the American porch is due to the rise of television, or the home computer, or smart phones." [13:00] -- Duo Dickinson on Burning Down the House
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Home: American vs. Abroad (37:00)
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Charlotte Barnard, Duo Dickinson, home, decorative, Henry Gifford, Breezy Point, fire, Hurricane Sandy, Martin Ingram, Vogue, design, Martha Stewart Living, shelter, class, house, building types, culture, Dolores Hayden, Irish, American, French doors, facade, window, porches, regulations, International Building Code, shelter magazines, personalize, white kitchen, resale value, walls, biophilia, office space, health, lunch breaks, domestic life, renovations, television, flooding, Wilton House Museum, the great space, double height space, travel, spa culture, architecture, ranch houses, room size,Eliminating Pretense (26:54)
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living room, caution, formality, master bathroom, bourgeois, Marxist, parlor, drawing room, intimate, seating arrangements, River House, New York City, conversation, reform, natural disaster, pretense, average house size, habitation, Anthony Bourdain, Vietnam, granite counter top, ovens, his and hers, personal rooms, fantasy, rent, The New York Times, Apartment Therapy, blog, multipurpose space, the fat wall, furniture, cooking, bath tub, shower, baby tub, Dallas,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
