Built-world on-line

This past weekend I listened to KCRW's Design and Architecture  as podcasts. Pretty good show. Hostess Frances Anderton's is insightful and able to transcend the "wow" view of buildings -- her show on LA's Grand Avenue actually demonstrated some critical backbone, overcoming what I suspect is massive LA group-think about Disney Hall Grand Avenue and "cultural districts" -- Goering what have liked that last one as the very idea of "cultural districts" fits in so well with authoritarian decision-making -- and she is able to see buildings in social and physical context. In fact, it's too bad all Anderton's shows aren't available as podcasts.

Btw, I find that it's easiest to use Apple's ITunes site to set things up for automatic download on a subscription basis.

Comments

[Tomkins]

Frances Anderton may be able to transcend the "wow" view of buildings, but she's a poor interviewerFrances Anderton may be able to transcend the "wow" view of buildings, but she's a poor interviewer with scant ability or interest to venture beyond her limited perspective. For an example, listen to her May 17 interview with E3's Neal Young. This segment provides a case study in how Anderton's meager conceptual abilities and lack of journalistic savvy intersect: Young provided a simplistic and engaging explanation of collaborative and participatory creativity that was so obviously beyond the grasp Anderton's framework that she changed the subject. Just because KCRW's Design and Architecture is one of the few radio shows dedicated to architecture and design doesn't excuse it from striving for improvement. Excellence is a vacuum is deceptive -- Anderton shines only in relation to her non-existent competition. with little ability to think beyond her limited perspective. Download the podcast of her interview

[David Sucher]

Are you sure that the May 17 show is available as a podcast?
I don't see it, though of coursethat is hardly conclusive.

[John]

May 17 show is right here. The Glancey interview is worth a listen, too.

[redd]

Thank you for turning me onto truly insightfull point of views. Not only the website, architecture discussion, but podcast. Of course I have been hearing alot aobut it the last 30 days. So, I went kcrw and set myself up with ipodder and now am combing the web for additional feeds.