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First Aired - 01/23/2011 04:30PM
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Burning Down the House debuts at it's new time slot - now airing live every Sunday at 4:30PM EST. Tune in this week as Curtis is joined by special guest Steve Fuchs and friends of the show Roderick L Knox & Caroline Bailey. Together they embark on a conversation that revisits the old form/function debate, with a twist - Steven Fuchs's idea of "Formtion". The gang goes on to explore the idea of monuments as architecture, imagery in Church design and the significance of the tallest buildings. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch - the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef. For more information visit www.hearstranch.com
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Burning Down the House Introduction: New Time, Same Place (8:52)
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Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, Roderick L. Knox, Steve Fuchs, J.D. from Boston University, financing for department stores and supermarkets, Steve now works as a screenwriter and desert guide, he has written a manifesto - a trinity theory, architectural theory is worthy of satire, form + function = formtion,Steve Fuchs Explains "Formtion" (19:22)
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Steve harvested tangerines today, it's 20 degrees in New York, does form follow function?, Sir Banister Flight Fletcher, Vincent Scully, William Barrett, Joseph Campbell, decadence of culture, decay, decrepitude, development of architectural expressions, minimalism, is it our new mannerism?, architecture is the art of decoration, embellishing utility, embellishing logic, to make things beautiful takes a specific talent, design vs decoration, stretching the truth, monumental myopia, stevefuchs.blogspot.com, nature or nurture, form and function are synonymous, can sculpture be architecture?, monuments as sculpture or architecture?, architecture functions, sculptures are free to leave out human accommodation all together, form follows philosophy, architects solve problems, Cooper Union Building, some art is monumental, installation art, sculpture can be architectonic,A Progressive, Decadent Culture (14:53)
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the pyramids are architecture, much more than they needed to be, all the architecture that we revere is really dedicated to the dead or the metaphysical realm, every church is a monument to a dead carpenter!, architecture informs us, when society was church driven the tallest building in town was a church, in the 19th century that became governmental buildings, in the 20th century they became businesses, things morph over time in terms of their meaning, architecture is well intentioned, as a culture progresses it becomes increasingly decadent to the point where only form and decoration matter, The Holocaust Museum, Renaissance traditions where architects paint sculpt and build,Truth is Beauty (Except When You're Lying) (8:49)
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www.rodknox.com, cdanalytics.org, The Pantheon, truth is beauty, except when you're lying all the time, pretending to be something you're not, an icon is something that is often duplicated, acknowledge what the material is and listen to it, inspiration for medieval architecture, pay attention when you go into a gothic cathedral, Christianity is a pagan religion!,Closing Thoughts & "Real Food" (7:39)
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in California you ignore the architecture and enjoy the nature, single family homes are very interesting works of architecture in California, Steve Fuchs has a new food related venture, childhood obesity has doubled, Captain Crunch is better than nothing, Steve invested in a new food startup company, Real Food, cashew frozen desset, will taste as good as ice cream, we will always eat what's in front of our face,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
