Unfrozen

Intro/Outro: “Kaze Wo Atsumete,” by Happy End
Discussed:
PittsburghMark Houser
Unfrozen 81: Houser + Hytha = Highrises
Cathedral of Learning
The Pittsburgh Agreement
Richard Florida’s “Eds and Meds” theories
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s former interurban trolley lines
The Inclines

TokyoThanks, Points Guy!
Shinjuku Park Tower / Park Hyatt (Kenzo Tange, 1994)
Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola, 2003
Midtown Tower (SOM, 2007)
Roppongi Hills (KPF, 2003)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Kenzo Tange, 1991)
Imperial Hotel – Frank Lloyd Wright, 1922-1967; Mitsui Fudosan, 1970-present; next edition coming soon-ish
Hotel Okura (Yoshiro Tanaguchi, 1962-2019; Taisei Corp. 2019-present)

Hong KongM+ (Herzog & De Meuron, 2XXX)
Eric Chen
Shirley Surya
Archigram Archives
Nakagin Capsule Tower
Eric Ho, via Greg’s “Hacking the City: A New Model for Urban Renewal,” The New Republic, 10 December 2015

Sao PauloDan’s Vertical Urbanism article on his trip
Cracolandia
Japan <> Brazil polestar
Fasano Hotel Sao Paulo (Isay Weinfeld)
Hotel Unique (Ruy Ohtake)
SESC Pompeia (Lina Bo Bardi, 1986)

KPF Tech Week
Upcoming Greg Lindsay / Brian Boyer White Paper for University of Michigan on “Chain Drain”
Autodesk: time wasted communicating about construction
Navigant survey on RFIs
McKinsey survey on construction costs
Argues for the need for a standard of governance and/or quality
Can/should we Wal-martize our A/E/C supply chain?
Pokemon Go’s 10th anniversary: 6 July 2026
EU Digital Product Passports
Local Law 97
270 Park Avenue
NYRA 50th Edition: Goldberger vs Krotov
Jamie Dimon’s back to office call – is any data being collected?
Brian Potter, Construction Physics: “Welcome to Another Day in Katerra-dise” 9 June 2021
Anori (born from Google X, The Moonshot Factory) and BIM 2.0
The Lacaton & Vassal Model: Just Don’t Build It
Google repurposing lumber from the Moffett Field blimp hangars for its building in The Dalles, Oregon
Florida + BCG: Rise of the Urban Knowledge Campus
Mass Design: Alan Ricks
Ha/f Climate Design: Kelly Alvarez Doran
Bobby Fijan, American Housing Corp.
WeWork
Phil Kirschner : The Workline
Canoa
Sidewalk Toronto
The Baumol Cost Disease Effect
Niantic Spatial
Keyhole (In-Q-Tel)
Greg’s next appearance:
FWD50 7 July 2026

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Intro/Outro: “Got to Do It,” by Andrew W.K.
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Discussed:
Amateur Architecture Studio: Wang Shu and Liu Wenyu
A surreal and uncanny live translation of the press announcement. Sample sentences, per AI:
“Then tell your ego can contribute to tie your to the total, one lie or toggle lie or drone gorgeous, so it will usually kind of boil in here.”
“So it a general fish on the Gita woman sound lion eating the Minion, and Villa means young Jewish show that comes in the currency.”
“Yes, we shall defund the pushes away, and the way this would come dark.”
Is this the China-max Biennale?
Marco Polo reference (visited Hangzhou in 1275)
Shades of Lacaton & Vassal, curators of the 2018 Biennale
Shades of, and throwing shade at, Mindfulness City from the 2025 edition
Complexity of taking on the US Pavilion responsibility in this timeline
The 2025 edition, PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity
Our somewhat lame attempt at Fantasy Biennale:
Post-warfare architecture / rebuilding schemes from Ukraine or Gaza?
One source of ideas: Constructing Hope: Ukraine | Chicago Architecture Center
Expected returnees:
Francis Kere
Lacaton & Vassal
Probably not Ma Yansong
Probably not Ai Weiwei
Question mark over Russia and Israel pavilions, which were unoccupied and closed for renovations, respectively, in 2025
The 2026 Art Biennale debacle
Death of curator Koyo Kuoh
No Golden Lions for nations accused of war crimes
Potential Greg- and Michèle Champagne-led activation: EU-CAN Alliance:
Greg: Classic OMA-AMO content, shitposting, that kind of thing.
Michele: An alliance around new Bauhaus principles concerning housing.
Exclusive first right of refusal obtained for Mind Enterprises performance
Will the menagerie of pavilions make space for protest and dialogue around the more controversial entrants?
Sorkin’s take on the Rafi Segal-designed Israeli National Library and its cancellation
Austrian pavilion bridge to the adjoining neighborhood
Venezia FC
Closing of current arena on the Venetian lagoon, Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Opening of a new stadium in Mestre
Enter the Canadians:
Major investment from Drake
New management from Toronto FC
Giuseppe Saputo (Quebecois) owns Bologna FC
Flashback to episode 119, Paul Goldberger’s interview and comments on the politics of sports and their arenas
Como FC

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Intro/Outro: “Ya Got Trouble,” by Robert Preston (Original Cast Recording of “The Music Man”)
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Discussed:
“All-American City: Bluster, Boom and Bust in Wichita,” by Chase M. Billingham
“The Midwest Revival: A Well-Kept Secret,” Alan Arenhold, in Governing, April 21, 2026
Unfrozen 118, “Migrant Midwest”
Unfrozen 108, “NORTH”
The Chisholm Trail
Cessna
Beechcraft
Stearman Aircraft
The Coleman Company
White Castle
Pizza Hut
Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita’s non-annexation agreement with the Aerospace Industrial District, renewed 2021
Overview | Aerospace | Industry... | Greater Wichita Partnership
Rise of the Creative Class, by Richard Florida
The Cheesecake Factory arrives in Wichita – stop the presses
Jack De Boer
Gilbert and Mosley chemical bloom,1986
“The Minnesota Guys” – David G. Lundberg and Michael Elzufon
- Arrest for fraud
“Harvard-educated” James Chung: 2015 Focus Forward
Marshall Murdock and the Wichita Eagle
“The City as a Growth Machine: Towards a Political Economy of Place,” (1976) by Harvey Molotch
“Urban Fortunes,” (1987), Harvey Molotch and John Logan
Markus Moos, University of Waterloo: “Youthification”
Tulsa Remote Program
Choose Topeka Program
Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari and Eric Kleinenberg
Century II (1970), by John M. Hickman
Wichita Public Library (1967), by Schaefer, Schirmer & Eflin
Naftzger Park (2019 edition, Garver)
Naftzger Park (1979 edition)

Intro/Outro: “Here on Earth,” by Love and Rockets
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“Dwelling on Earth,” by Stefan Al
“Supertall,” by Stefan Al
Unfrozen 29, “‘Al’ in on Supertalls”
Etymology of “oikonomia” = “economy” in ancient Greek
The Nebelivka Hypothesis
“The Poetics of Space,” by Gaston Bachelard
Pierre Bordeau’s theory of “habitus”
The Roman insulae
“The Island at the Center of the World,” by Russell Shorto
Angkor Wat
Lidar scanning
Mesopotamia’s use of plaster leading to deforestation
The Frankfurt Kitchen
Communal living at TU Delft
Bosco Verticale, Milan
Mjostarnet, Brummundal, Norway
ICON Technology
3D printing on the Moon

Intro: “Stop the Rock,” by Apollo 440
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Discussed:
“Lunch on a Beam: The Making of an American Photograph,” by Christine Roussel
“The Art of Rockefeller Center,” by Christine Roussel
Rockefeller Center history
Tishman Speyer acquired in 2000
Nelson Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
The Ludlow Massacre
John R. Todd
Raymond Hood
Wallace Harrison
Andrew Reinhard
Delirious New York (Rem Koolhaas) and “Manhattanism”
Empire State (Empty State) Building
Ivy Lee
Merle Crowell
Charles Clyde Ebbetts
Thomas Kelley
William Leftwich
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), est. 1971