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#159/Streaming Architecture: Dustin Clare + Camille Keenan Aug 31, 2020

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From Robin Boyd to Harry Seidler to Glenn Murcutt, there's a lot to love in Australian architecture, and today we talk with Dustin Clare and Camille Keenan, the producers behind a new streaming service and within it a new streaming series on Australian design. Their new architecture series, Inspired Architecture, premiered recently on their new streaming architecture and design network, shelter.stream.

#158/The Great John Lautner: Helena Arahuete + Tracy Beckmann + Ryan Trowbridge + Trina Turk Aug 24, 2020

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John Lautner designed some of the most innovative, beautiful, and concrete-intensive residences in the world. Host George Smart talks with Lautner's right-hand architect, Helena Arahuete, who continues his legacy over 25 years after his death, restoring Lautner houses and creating new ones for a new generation of appreciative owners. George also visits with Tracy Beckmann and Ryan Trowbridge, owners of the Lautner Hotel in Desert Hot Springs, California, a little town only 20 minutes from Palm Springs. It's a hotel Lautner designed with only four rooms, each one a masterpiece. And wrapping up, George talks with a great friend of USModernist, Trina Turk, CEO of the world-famous clothing line and new-ish owner of a vintage Lautner house in Los Angeles.

#157/Interior Modernism 2: Sarah Archer + Laura Ackerman-Shaw Aug 17, 2020

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Nowhere in the world celebrates Modernism better than Modernism Week in Palm Springs, California. Every February, they have a huge architecture and design festival and for the last five years, USModernist has been there interviewing nearly all Modernism Week's keynote speakers plus special guests at the USModernist compound, aka poolside at the hip Hotel Skylark. In our second Modernism Week show on interiors, George Smart meets with two experts on what makes the Modernist vibe so wonderfully livable: Sarah Archer is a contributing editor at American Craft magazine and the author of The Midcentury Kitchen: America's Favorite Room, from Workspace to Dreamscape. She spoke at Modernism week on The Kitchen of Tomorrow: Space Age Design in the High Tech Modern Home. Later on, George talks wth Laura Ackerman-Shaw who established Ackerman Modern and worked with her father, Jerome Ackerman, and Design Within Reach to re-release a collection of iconic Jenev ceramic vessels first produced in 1953, with new pieces produced based on the original plaster molds.

#156/The Lake House: Nathan Crowley + Fritz Hengge, plus Musical Guest Heather Rigdon Aug 10, 2020

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You all remember the 1994 movie Speed, the huge hit with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock? Ten years later, with the public clamoring for more Keanu and Sandra, they shot another movie but got completely upstaged by a co-star built of glass and steel. The Lake House was a romantic fantasy film about a magic time-traveling mailbox for a particularly beautiful Modernist house. Joining us today are the architect and structural engineer for that house, Nathan Crowley and Fritz Hengge, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the birth and death of one of cinema's most amazing homes. Ready to be swept off your feet? Get ready for celebrated jazz singer and Modernist homeowner, the poetic, soulful, unicorn-producing Heather Rigdon, singing from her album Young and Naive.

#155/The Australia Show: Rachel Jackson + Annie Price + Jamie Paterson + Annalisa Capurro Aug 03, 2020

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Most Americans have not been to Australia, although a surprising number of Australians have traveled to America. From Sydney to Melbourne to their stunning capital of Canberra, Australian Modernism is just as popular there as in the US. Today hosts George Smart and Tom Guild talk with four Aussies among the 50 or so that came to Palm Springs last February during Modernism Week: Rachel Jackson, Annie Price, Jamie Paterson, and wrapping up, a great friend of USModernist, Ms. Modernism Annalisa Capurro.

#154/Modernism Week Movies 2: Valentina Geneva + Jeannine Oppewall + Paula Benson Jul 27, 2020

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Today in our second Modernism Week show on architecture movies, George Smart talks with three film industry professionals with connections to architecture. Valentina Geneva is working on a new documentary about LA architect Rudolph Schindler, and later he sits down with art director Jeannine Oppewall, the genius behind staging the sets of such films as L.A. Confidential (filmed in Richard Neutra's Lovell House). Wrapping up, a chat with Paula Benson, expert on the close connection between film and furniture.

#153/Miami Modern: Kobi Karp Jul 20, 2020

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Today, we dial into Miami, Florida, home of sun, fun, and some of the most over-the-top new Modernism on Earth. In the foodchain of Miami culture, a chain which features ceviche, plantains, rum, ropa vieja, and Max Strang, one of the most well-known architects is Kobi Karp, who is not surprisingly CEO of Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design with many happy clients. His wife must be super happy too, because Karp recently got rapper flo-Ryda to appear for her birthday. Later, a few minutes with Frank Harmon, reading from his book Native Places.

#152/Quiet Mastery: Architect Jim Jennings Jul 13, 2020

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Architect Jim Jennings joins us from San Francisco. His Visiting Artists House, recipient of the AIA 2006 Institute Honor Award for Architecture, was named one of the five most influential and inspiring houses of the past decade. He was awarded the 2019 Maybeck Award by AIA California, and he teaches at Berkeley. Later on, a few minutes with Frank Harmon, reading from his book Native Places.

#151/Modernism Week: Women in Architecture with Libby Otto + Jane Hall Jul 06, 2020

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Almost all the famous names in the pantheon of mid-century modern architecture are, well, male, a function of the widely held but false belief there weren't many women interested in architecture, plus the sad but true fact that these women were marginalized by the profession, their colleagues, and the media. Host George Smart meets with MW speakers Libby Otto and Jane Hall, two authors discussing amazing women in architecture we don't know about – and why we should.

#150/Modernist Artists Danny Heller + John Pirman Jun 29, 2020

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Today we welcome two internationally-known artists whose work focuses on mid-century identity: houses, cars, stores, and the relaxed sunny lifestyle to which we all would like to become accustomed. Danny Heller from Desert Hot Springs CA and John Pirman from Sarasota FL create bright and uplifting paintings and prints that make you smile. Their colorful, engaging portrayals of mid-century architecture and lifestyle bring joy to the world through showings in galleries and in thousands of homes.

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