Greg reports from Houston, where he and Richard Florida had some stage-sharing to do. Dan recounts a jaunt to the Canadian Riviera and Pacific Northwest, where mass timber is on the rise. Then on to demolitions, what’s on the bookshelf, future guests, future guesses….


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Intro:


“Livin’ on the Edge (of Houston),” by Reverend Horton Heat


Discussed:


Richard Florida's slightly altered new jam: Live Work Play Connect. Build multifamily, family-oriented apartments of appropriate size, while you’re at it.


NEOM


Mass Timber Conference: Jeanne Gang can hack it – literally


Explore ‘22 – Expedia Conference at Aria, Las Vegas


Band recs (or wrecks)


“Durbin Renewal” – The US Government’s landlord, GSA, wants to demolish two buildings from the 1910s because they present a “security risk” to the Dirksen Federal Building, which has been there since 1964. An Illinois senator just found $52 million to make it happen.


Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, finally bites the dust.


The stolen bicycle is in the basement of the Ford Foundation, with the built-in brass ashtrays in the auditorium…


This kerfuffle in Northwest Arkansas


Green Obsession – Stefano Boeri Architetti


Celebrating Public Architecture – Success of open architecture competitions in Flanders, Belgium


Supertall – Sfefan Al


Truth and Lies in Architecture – Richard Francis-Jones


Crypto-Schadenfreude and the Electric Bull


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Outro: “Song for America,” by Destroyer


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