Archinect - News 2024-04-30T23:53:41-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/112980377/archinect-sessions-5-barbara-bestor-the-michael-graves-school-material-witness Archinect Sessions #5: Barbara Bestor, The Michael Graves School & Material Witness Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-11-06T14:13:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/261t4c78a0789uo3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For this week's podcast, <a href="http://archinect.com/paul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/ameliath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amelia</a>&nbsp;spoke with architect&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/27457018/bestor-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbara Bestor</a>, of&nbsp;Bestor Architecture, about growing her firm and Los Angeles' design influence, prompted by one of her recently acquired projects, a <a href="http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/breaking_beats_by_dre_president_luke_wood_won_the_battle_for_silver_lakes_spectacular_silvertop_hous.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">renovation of Lautner's Silvertop house</a>. Next up, something's rotten in the state of New Jersey:&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/1906872/donna-sink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donna</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/pedaldesignlab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken</a>&nbsp;join in to discuss&nbsp;the local-beefs surrounding the new <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/112336336/kean-university-announces-the-michael-graves-school-of-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Graves School of Architecture</a>, whose prioritization of hand-drawing is inciting criticism from the neighboring New Jersey Institute of Technology.</p><p>We also consider Julia Ingalls' <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/472439/material-witness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Material Witness</em></a>&nbsp;series, and how cinematography and set design can drive narrative (and architectural) themes. To conclude, we briefly touch on the recently revealed renderings <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/112881489/how-the-lucas-museum-design-will-change-chicago-s-lakefront-rendering-reveals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts in Chicago</a>, designed by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/1276712/mad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAD Architects</a>.</p><p>Listen to episode five of the&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/47379/archinect-sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Archinect Sessions</strong></a>&nbsp;podcast, "Barbara Bestor, The Michael Graves School &amp; Material Witness":</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/archinect-sessions/id928222819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to subscribe</a>, and click the "Subscribe...</li></ul>