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Fascinating stories and discussions about the world of architecture. Join architecture writer Steve Park as he dives into architectural history with the hope of creating a newfound appreciation for the buildings that make up our world.
Frank Gehry has always been an outsider both personally and professionally. With the opportunity to build Disney Hall, though, it would seem that he would finally be welcomed into the mainstream. However, his final design for the project is seen as too radical and costly. He will have to fight for his design as the project trudges through bureaucracy of Los Angeles.
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Written & Narrated by Steve Park
Produced by Sean Uminski at Amberwood Studios
Following Lillian Disney's $50 million gift to construct a new concert hall in Los Angeles, a competition is set up to find its architect. The process will pit world renowned architects against outsider, Frank Gehry. But through a vision to create a "living room for the city," Gehry will rise above the rest, defying the odds and getting the commission of a lifetime.
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There are architects and then there are starchitects–the rock stars of the architecture world. They are architects whose ambitious vision and unyeilding determination drove them to rise above the rest to become that of legend. They're innovative, inspiring, brash and sometimes notorious. While their designs and personalities are some times controversial, you can't deny their impact in redefining architecture. From All Things Architecture, join Steve Park for a podcast series that explores the personal struggles and the triumphant of the world's most incredible architects.
The special four-part series begins October 23, 2023 exploring the incredible story of Frank Gehry’s struggle to get the Walt Disney Concert Hall built.
From its start, Disneyland Paris was designed to be the most elegant and sophisticated theme park in the world. To help in this mission, the Walt Disney Company commissioned several prominent architects to design hotels for the resort. The results of which created a collection of architectural gems that transported visitors into different places in time. So join us for a tour around Disneyland Paris and the various unique hotels.
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In the heart of Portland, Oregon stands a building people love to hate. In its nearly forty year history, the Portland Building is probably the most divisive building in recent memory.
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As Walt Disney, the man who changed the entertainment industry, got older he worried about the world his grandchildren would grow up in. His answer was a daring and ambitious community of tomorrow he called EPCOT. Borrowing ideas from architect Victor Gruen and Disneyland, Walt Disney and his team created a design for a city that aimed to improve the quality of life for every resident. The only problem, Walt Disney was dying, and it was a race against time to get EPCOT off the ground.
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In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright made an announcement--a announcement to design a building that was to be his crowning achievement. An outlandish building that, if built, would make him the most daring architect in the world. A building that would truly reach for the sky. However, it wasn't meant to be.
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During a dinner party on a Friday evening in 1980 a conversation would take place that would forever change Frank Gehry's career. It was the moment Frank Gehry became the Frank Gehry we know today.
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There's no city quite like Las Vegas. It's a place full of possibilities and endless energy. Part of what creates this fantasy world is fascinating architecture. Vegas' architecture is bold, imaginative and sometimes bizarre. Take a tour through Las Vegas and explore the city's most fascinating buildings on this episode of All Things Architecture.
Editor's note: We apologize for the audio at the beginning of the episode. It sounds better right after the intro.
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They were once seen as the perfect partnership, but a bitter rivalry would emerge that would forever change New York City's skyline.