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#307/Don't Worry Darling, It's The Kaufmann House: Adele Cygelman + Cathy Whitlock + Chris Baugh + Musical Guest Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul + Mary Jul 03, 2023

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One of the most famous homes in Palm Springs is the Kaufmann House, designed by Richard Neutra. It was recently the star of Don't Worry Darling, filmed right before it sold, and there's a rich history there. Even Barry Manilow owned it at one point! Adele Cygelman is the author of Palm Springs Modern and Arthur Elrod: Desert Modern Design. Her recent research focused on Edgar Kaufmann's first wife, Liliane, and his second, a woman who, um, assumed hostessing duties after Liliane retreated back to Pittsburgh. Cathy Whitlock is a film journalist and author of Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction. Chris Baugh is a film location manager who secured the Kaufmann house for the movie. Later on, from our studios, a legend in folk music, someone who was actually there at the Lincoln Memorial for Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech, musician Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary.

#306/Professor Barry Bergdoll + Musical Guest Joanne Brackeen Jun 26, 2023

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Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world. Joining us today is one of foremost architectural historians in the world, professor, and former Museum of Modern Art architecture curator Barry Bergdoll, plus a special guest! Later, music with legendary jazz pianist Joanne Brackeen.

#305/Today's Modernism In Palm Springs: Sean Gaston + Brett Woods + Joe Dangaran + Anthony Poon Jun 19, 2023

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We all love midcentury Modernism, but what about new Modernist houses? How much do you follow the past versus innovating for the future? After all, we are not the same culture and technology and building materials we were in the 1950's. And what about renovations? Today's show features homeowner Sean Gaston, who's working on a restoration project close to our hearts, a hyperbolic paraboloid house; author and architect Anthony Poon; and some of the hottest residential architects in LA, Brett Woods and Joe Dangaran.

#304/Robert Rubin + Musical Guest Libby York Jun 12, 2023

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Joining us is Robert Rubin, no not the guy who was secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, although people do get them confused. This Robert Rubin built one of the world's only Modernist golf clubhouses and will be transforming that golf course into a Modernist enclave. He also saved and restored a Pierre Chareau house in Paris, the famous Maison de Verre. Later, great jazz with musical guest Libby York.

#303/Modernism Week Places Part 2: Elvis Honeymoon House + Rancho Mirage + United Arab Emirates + Isokon Jun 05, 2023

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More fun Modernist places most people don't know - explored from conversations at Modernism Week 2023 between George Smart, Tom Guild, and: Simcha Schtull on the Elvis Honeymoon House, Melissa Riche and Dan Allen on Rancho Mirage, Dana Al-Marashi and TK Harvey on the United Arab Emirages; and the famous Isokon building in the UK with Magnus England and Leila DayBelge.

#302/Architecture Critics Alexandra Lange + Paul Goldberger May 29, 2023

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We're thrilled to talk with two of America's foremost architecture critics, recorded in New York City.

Alexandra Lange is an award-winning architectural critic for Curbed.com and the author of several books on architecture and America's built environment. A graduate of NYU's Institute of Fine Arts and a former Loeb Fellow in the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, her most recent book is Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall.

Paul Goldberger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and educator who made his mark as an architecture critic for the New York Times. A New Jersey native, Paul studied art history at Yale University and then settled in NYC, where he now serves as the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School. He is the author of a number of books on architecture, and an advisor on matters of architecture and design to institutions all over the country. His latest book is DUMBO: The Making of a New York Neighborhood.

#301/Modernist Places Part 1: Southridge + Marfa + Rocky Mountains + Musical Guest Laura Windley May 22, 2023

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Today's show, recorded at Modernism Week 2023, is places. With some great guests, we will explore Southridge in Palm Springs with architect Susan Secoy Jensen; Marfa, Texas with Dean Upe Peter Flueckiger; and the Rocky Mountains with author John Gendall. After that, music with returning podcast guest Laura Windley and her Mint Julep Jazz Band.

#300/The BIG One: Bjarke Ingels + Musical Guest Halie Loren May 15, 2023

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USModernist Radio started in 2015, one dark and stormy afternoon, and we celebrate episode 300 with a special guest architect. Devoted listeners know exactly who we're talking about, because in past shows, every time we say his name you hear a sound. Today we welcome one of the most successful architects in the world, Bjarke Ingels of BIG. Later, we swoon over jazz vocalist Halie Loren.

#299/The Hamptons: David Sokol + Tim Godbold + Musical Guest Robin McKelle May 08, 2023

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Starting in the late 50's, the Hamptons was largely farmland, and people built small, intricate Modernist houses to get away from city life. Today, with a new wave of huge houses and immense wealth controlling real estate, preservationists are focusing on both creating new modest Modernist houses and saving midcentury Modernist houses from the bulldozer. David Sokol is the former managing editor of ID magazine and the author of Hamptons Modern: Contemporary Living on the East End. When Tim Godbold he learned that Norman Jaffe's Lloyds House in East Hampton had been torn down, he felt sure that an architectural conservancy in the Hamptons would be on the case, but as happens in many communities, none existed, so in 2020, he started Hamptons 20th Century Modern devoted saving the Hamptons' Modernist heritage. Later on, like magic, it's musical guest Robin McKelle.

#298/John Winberry + Hairpin Homes' Michelle Rembolt + Angel Kwiatkowski May 01, 2023

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Architect John Patrick Winberry is the founding principal of the Queens-based UP Studio, recently longlisted for Dezeen's architecture studio of the year award, and one of the firm's latest projects is featured on CBS's America: By Design. Later on, we meet a dynamic duo of moms and longtime friends who started flipping Modernist houses and repairing others for clients wanting to sell. Hairpin Homes partners Michelle Rembolt and Angel Kwiatkowski buy deliciously dated midcentury houses in all conditions, from houses that have too many cats to houses that have never been cleaned out.

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