This week on the podcast, Donna, Ken and I discuss the uncertain future of downtown Atlanta's brutalist Public Library (the last building Marcel Breuer designed), how Shigeru Ban's relief efforts in Ecuador relate to his celebrity, and the emergence of a heavy-hitting lobbyist group for driverless cars in the US.
Listen to episode 63 of Archinect Sessions, "Brute Force":
Shownotes:
News pieces discussed in this show:
The campaign to save Marcel Breuer's Grosse Central Pointe Library, started on Archinect
Venice Biennale director Alejandro Aravena: "Our challenge must be to go beyond architecture."
2 Comments
Is Alejandro Aravena also a brutalist?
Trying to find a thematic link between Atlanta Breuer and Driverless cars. Maybe it's an idea that traditional physical joys are no longer valued in a hyper capitalist world. If you go on Apple Music Top Charts, it's all the same electro beat copied over and over... Ironically Radiohead's new album is neoclassical.
Block this user
Are you sure you want to block this user and hide all related comments throughout the site?
Archinect
This is your first comment on Archinect. Your comment will be visible once approved.