Architecture Writers Anonymous

Mark, Alexandra and Carolina discuss what they loved and what made them drink the haterade in design and architecture in 2024 — with a nod to the highly official, very prestigious 15th Annual Architecture and Design Awards.

Discussed in this episode:

"Materialized Space," the Paul Rudolph show at the Met

"Crafting Modernity" at MoMA

"Weaving Abstraction" at the Met

"Woven Histories" at LACMA and the NGA

The death of the $1 billion people mover

Promenade Samuel-De Champlain by Daoust Lestage

"Stardust" — a doc about Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown

"We Start With the Things We Find" — a doc about LOT-EK

LOHA's Isla Intersections project

Courtyards in architectural design

The Dallas Museum of Art and Nieto Sobejano

Lasker Pool in Central Park

Ma Yansong's Lucas Museum

Episode art: Josef Albers, "Goldrose," c. 1926, as seen in "Woven Histories" at LACMA.

Music: Purple Planet

Architecture and culture writers Mark Lamster, Alexandra Lange and Carolina A. Miranda get together to put a spike into Brady Corbet's architectural magnum opus, "The Brutalist." Spoiler alert: this is one big spoiler.