For this week's podcast, Paul and Amelia spoke with architect Barbara Bestor, of Bestor Architecture, about growing her firm and Los Angeles' design influence, prompted by one of her recently acquired projects, a renovation of Lautner's Silvertop house. Next up, something's rotten in the state of New Jersey: Donna and Ken join in to discuss the local-beefs surrounding the new Michael Graves School of Architecture, whose prioritization of hand-drawing is inciting criticism from the neighboring New Jersey Institute of Technology.
We also consider Julia Ingalls' Material Witness series, and how cinematography and set design can drive narrative (and architectural) themes. To conclude, we briefly touch on the recently revealed renderings of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts in Chicago, designed by MAD Architects.
Listen to episode five of the Archinect Sessions podcast, "Barbara Bestor, The Michael Graves School & Material Witness":
Correction: At around 50:30 into this episode, Barbara Bestor mentions Tatiana Berlin. She meant to refer to Tatiana Bilbao.
Shownotes:
Anders' from Visiondivision’s talk at Ball State [forthcoming!]
Michael Arbib's research on the neurology of hand-grasping and its role in human evolution
The Love Toilet (SNL).
One World Trade Center opens its doors; Condé Nast the first to move in
10x10 London auction renders 100 drawn perspectives around The Shard
The State of Debt and the Price of Architecture
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Goodness, those Chinese public toilets are tres chic compared to the ones I used in the Moscow airport in 1990! Little foot-grippey pads - for traction! - and everything!
The Barbara Bestor interview is really good. Great career path and really articulate about her career goals.
one of my first traumas as a youth was when i was at the old Comiskey Park at a White Sox game. I had to go pee bad but when I went into the men's room and saw a long trough with a row of grown men whizzing away into it, I freaked out and ran out of there and held it the rest of the game and maybe all the way back to Indiana.
Just listened to this. Enjoyed learning about Bestor. Wasn't aware of her work before, but from looking at the website she has done some wonderfully-rich houses. A good balance of architectural style with informal coziness.
There is nothing I admire about squat toilets. Too easy for a clumsy stumble to become a catastrophic mess. Also horrible if you ever find yourself travelling while dealing with food poisoning...
How did the students feel about designing toilets? I feel like 3rd year is a bit late for an exercise like that. At that point I'd want material I could put in a portfolio; it's hard for a young graduate to be proud showing a toilet design to prospective employers.
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