Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3290: Technology Engineering & Art
Posted on · Episode: 3290 In which Technology and Engineering reveal themselves as Liberal Arts. Today, technology, engineering, and art.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3290: Technology Engineering and Art
Posted on · Episode: 3290 In which Technology and Engineering reveal themselves as Liberal Arts. Today, technology, engineering, and art.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2746: Stereotomy
Posted on · Episode: 2746 Stereotomy, the mason’s art of cutting stone in three dimensions. Today, I’ll bet you never heard of a trumpet squinch.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2633: After the Chicago Fire
Posted on · Episode 2633: After the Chicago Fire: A city shrugs off a cataclysm. Today, Chicago, after the Fire.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2605: Reinventing Foundations
Posted on · Episode: 2605 To hold our new skyscrapers, we reinvent foundations. Today, we reinvent foundations.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2587: Secret City
Posted on · Episode: 2587 The existential pleasure of knowing your city’s secrets. Today, city’s secrets.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2725: The Atocha Bombing Memorial
Posted on · Episode: 2725 The Atocha Bombing Memorial: Remembering the dead — creating hope. Today, mourning and monuments.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2531: Reading Vienna
Posted on · Episode: 2531 Reading Vienna – A history through architecture. Today, we read Vienna.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2344: Transco/Williams Tower
Posted on · Episode: 2344 Transco/Williams Tower, your perfect neighborhood skyscraper. Today, a lone skyscraper.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1940: The American Woman’s Home
Posted on · Episode: 1940 In which Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister build a model house to pay for a mansion. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a cabin, a mansion, and a model home.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2313: Atlantropa
Posted on · Episode: 2313 Herman Sörgel’s Atlantropa project: Lebensraum from a lowered Mediterranean. Today, we rewrite geography.
Houston Matters
Checking in on Harvey recovery, five years later (Aug. 23, 2022)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Five years after Hurricane Harvey we discuss what's been done to recover from the storm, how architecture and design could play a role in preventing flooding, and whether home buyouts after flood events truly work.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2289: The Tower Building
Posted on · Episode: 2289 The rise and demolition of New York’s first skyscraper. Today, the skyscraper arrives.
Houston Matters
Harris County takes issue with latest election audit (Aug. 4, 2022)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The county's plans to sue the state over the latest audit of its elections, potential laws designed to stop abortion-related travel, the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons, and the stories behind Houston's skyline.
Houston Matters
Preparing for more triple-digit heat, and how tax incentives keep costing taxpayers (June 23, 2022)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Local municipalities are taking action to prepare for more intense heat in the coming days. Then we learn why expiring corporate tax incentives will cost Texas taxpayers billions of dollars. Plus: Using architecture to prevent flooding, and Tiffany Derry of The Great American Recipe.