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First Aired - 08/13/2009 08:00PM
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This week on Burning Down The House, host Curtis B. Wayne is joined by an expert panel of aspiring "master architects". They discuss the relationships and responsibilities between designers, contractors, builders, and clients.
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Introduction: Becoming a Master with Bill & Chris Sharples and Roderick L Knox (21:39)
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Shop architects, Bill Sharples, Chris Sharples, Corey Sharples, Roderick L Knox, production, construction, critiquing tradition, Columbia University, www.shoparc.com, executing design, post structuralism, Bernard Tschumi, materials, manufacturers warranty, legalities, fabricators, developing designs from the ground up, deep immersion in history of design, visionary passion, good liberal arts education, holistic approach, theology, philosophy, comparative religion, art history, internships, eight years of education required to be a licensed architecture, architecture is a lifelong learning experience, renaissance education, school debt, structural engineer, recession, starving artists attitude, Wall St., graphic design, historian, fine arts, managing egos, abroad experience, drawing on different skill sets, printmaking, Dickinson College, some tools prevent creative aspirations, drawing as a tool, computers, 3D drawing, modeling, carpenters, Greenport, Long Island, budgeting, public bid, carousel house, creating a visualization device to convey the intricacies of design, painting, calking, crude technology, graphic projection, mechanical drawing, drafting, Cooper Union, vocational education, ingredients inspire creation, knowing the possibilities of materials,A Continuing Discussion on Form & Performance (19:54)
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building models, Philip Johnson, if making buildings is so much fun, who would want to go on vacation, walking around with a mason square, liability issues, insurance, transparency, aesthetics, Howard Hughes, razzle dazzle, form follows performance, political issues, cultural, zoning issues, art deco model, financially viable plans, Michael Graves, zinc, shadow drawings, John Ruskin, cathedral, organic form, variations, Hong Kong, balconies, playing with the standard sheet size, roofing contractors, putting a puzzle together, Houston St & Mulberry St, Puck Building, computer assisted design, porterhouse, buildings live in their environment, Rudolf Steiner, craftsmanship, architects have an obligation to the public, leeway to take liberties, Pre-Raphaelite, separating architects from builders, contextuality,Getting Things Done: The Relationship Between Designers, Contractors & Clients (21:17)
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practicing architecture is almost painful, simplicity can be confusing, leaving leeway for adjustments, you can't expect competent construction from drawings anymore, communication, money is made on complexity, working more than necessary on a project, AIA guidelines, seeing a job all the way through has become a dream, offering clients integrity, construction administration, The American Institute of Architects, the built environment, speaking on the clients terms, clients don't want to hear the truth, one of 10 projects you design get built, cost concern, self serving approach doesn't work, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Costanza, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, Indecent Proposal, Charles Bronson, Richard Gere, Howard Rourke, asking a client; what doesn't work for you?, single family houses, how it's built doesn't matter, except when it's the only thing that matters, apropos, looking at other industries and how they operate, Air Space Industry, measurement tolerance, Kelly Johnson, no nonsense architecture, British Museum, Yale, wood paneling, six story yellow brick warehouse, Bugatti,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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This week's guest on Greenhorn Radio is Arion Thiboumery.
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Greenhorn Radio: Arion Thiboumery (30:00)
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Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Heritage Radio Network, Greenhorn Radio, Hearst Ranch, small scale slaughterhouses, Arion Thiboumery, Iowa State, moral act, land grant institution, farmers, agriculture, young farmers, Iowa is an industrial agriculture state, its the most extensively farmed land in the United States, pesticides, Lawrence Meats, USDA, making a decent living, big scale meat packing, 19,000 hogs a day, 60 hogs a day means medium-small, meat distribution, all cattle in the US eat grass at some point in their life, then they go to a feed yard where they eat a lot of grain, the top four firms control 80% of all the packing, small scale producers, direct marketing, direct sales, restaurant clients, livestock, Beef And Pork Whole Animal Buying Guide, buy meat in halfs wholes or quarter,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/22/2010 04:30PM
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On the inaugural episode of Flash talks Cash, Flash and Andrew begin what promises to be the most searing half hour in financial internet radio available. This week Flash talks about the transition from employee to a entrepreneur, and how the recession has forced some to make the change willingly or otherwise. She discusses the difference between a freelancer and an entrepreneur in addition to answering some financial queries from listeners. Plus she unveils her new "Creative Accountant" segment. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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Flash Talks Cash Introduction: Has the Recession Made You An Entrepreneur? (17:03)
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Flash Talks Cash, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, JoAnn Flash Fleming, what do you do when you're self employed, take time off, complain a lot, try to get on unemployment, face reality and start to find clients!, there's a difference between being a freelancer and an entrepreneur, it's simplest to operate as a sole proprietor, it costs money to form a corporation, you have to figure out how to market yourself, find clients, what do you do about medical insurance, if you want to launch a business and be a success you should get medical insurance, don't be afraid to buy medical insurance, don't go get a regular job just for insurance, do you hire employees or freelancers?, employees should make you more profitable, rent an office or operate out of the house, you can get a home office deduction, you have to spend money to make money, collecting sales tax, don't mess with sales tax!, Andrew Newman,Email Questions & "The Creative Accountant" (11:52)
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Mr. Z wants to get his wife an IRA, she doesn't work, you can put $5,000 away for her, there are income limite, married copules that makes over $176000 a year are not allowed to use IRA's, you would save $2000 in taxes with a $5000 IRA, you better do something for yourself when you retire!, Mrs. A: we would like to give a gift to our new grandchild. what should we give her to use later in life towards college or a new house, use a 529 plan, in NYS you can deduct up to $10000 for a 529 plan, what's the benefit of a life insurance policy, insurance companies are not good for investments, The Creative Accountant, storymatic cards, character: hairy person who is a pet photographer, situation: message chalked in the sidewalk, next week, character: visionary small time politician, situation: box of matches, next week will have a guest and will be about mortgages, buy a house now!, rates are very low and prices are depressed, theme song is by Ray Scro,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
