Podcast appearances and mentions of mark lamster

Mark Lamster is an award-winning architecture critic and author. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss Dallas architecture and his role as architecture critic at the Dallas Morning News, his writing on Philip Johnson, and the state of contemporary architectural criticism.

As Season 6 draws to a close, and they guys prepare to celebrate a podcasting milestone, Mark Lamster joins the show.Mark Lamster is the architecture critic for The Dallas Morning News and Loeb Fellow of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His 2018 biography, The Man in the Glass House, about the late architect Philip Johnson, whose memorial to President Kennedy is located in downtown Dallas, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.He is the author of several books and has been a contributing editor to Architectural Review, Design Observer, and ID and writes often for Architect, Architectural Record, and Metropolis, among other design titles. His work has appeared frequently in national publications and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Lamster is a native of New York City and holds degrees from Johns Hopkins (BA), and Tufts (MA).World Series talk ensues, as Shawn and Ryan don't know what we now know. (no spoilers).@marklamsterwww.marklamster.com/

Mark is the architecture critic for the Dallas Morning News and a two-time EarBurner guest. We invited him on to talk about a new plan for Dealey Plaza that he has concocted with some of his smart friends. Mark says the space has become tawdry, and we need to prioritize people over their cars. We also talk about whether Dallas is still a "can do" city, why the Mavericks should rethink their branding design, and our favorite movies ever filmed in Dallas. To prepare yourself for this episode, please first watch this trailer for the 1988 action comedy sexploitation thriller It Takes Two. You won't regret it. 

Candor is a precious commodity in the cultural world. So often it's just easier to keep your true feelings to yourself so as not to foreclose opportunity or risk ostracism. Candor is not in short supply for Mark Lamster, the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News, among other perches in the academy. In this episode he calls out some of the legitimate societal pressures facing architects and architecture today, projects and firms that warrant his accolades, the waning authority of the Pritzker Prize—the so-called Nobel Prize of architecture—the Nazi past of architect Philip Johnson and his quest for redemption, and several other facets of the field.

Candor is a precious commodity in the cultural world. So often it's just easier to keep your true feelings to yourself so as not to foreclose opportunity or risk ostracism. Candor is not in short supply for Mark Lamster, the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News, among other perches in the academy. In this episode he calls out some of the legitimate societal pressures facing architects and architecture today, projects and firms that warrant his accolades, the waning authority of the Pritzker Prize—the so-called Nobel Prize of architecture—the Nazi past of architect Philip Johnson and his quest for redemption, and several other facets of the field.

The Dallas Morning News’ architecture critic has some strong words for the designers employed by the Mavericks. He also doesn't much care for the Klyde Warren Park expansion plans. And, if you can believe it, he has never seen the ’80s classic movie Highlander. This one is definitely 4.56 stars.

Architect Philip Johnson’s father invested 100 years ago in ALCOA, the huge aluminum company, which Johnson a millionaire in his '20s. Before he became an architect, however, Johnson organized a landmark exhibition on International Style at the Museum of Modern Art in 1932 which introduced important Modernist architects as Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe. He went on to get formal education in design but by then his reputation as a kingmaker of architects was firmly established.  He is regarded as one of the first architects to achieve celebrity status, as much for his design evangelism and connections than for his buildings. He died in 2005 at the age of 98. Today host George Smart with co-host Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell welcome Mark Lamster, an award-winning architectural critic of the Dallas Morning News and a professor of architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. For nearly a decade, Lamster studied Johnson’s correspondence, archives, and even his FBI file for a new biography titled The Man in the Glass House.  He has been a contributing editor to Architectural Review, Design Observer, ID, Architect, Architectural Record, Metropolis, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal.  

In an era in which everything it politicized, from the TV shows and the movies we watch to the places we shop, it’s not surprising that architecture and design would also be reflective of the politics of the day. This phenomenon is nothing new. For proof of this, we need to look no further than Philip Johnson. Considered one of the greatest of modern architects, he would spend a good part of his life caught in the vortex between his politics and his art. His art, on the one hand, reflecting who he really was (because art seldom lies,) but also using the scope and causes of that work, to try and escape from who he was and what he believed. That dilemma lies at the heart of an insightful new biography of Johnson by Mark Lamster, the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News, a professor in the architecture school at the University of Texas at Arlington, a 2017 Loeb Fellow of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the author of The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century. My conversation with Mark Lamster:

VR typography, Glenn Gould hologram tour, Paul Rand ephemera auction, Robert Venturi, Mark Lamster’s Philip Johnson biography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colors

Episode 10 features Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Dean of the School of Architecture at Woodbury University and Director of WUHO (Woodbury University Hollywood) Gallery.  Ingalill was elevated to the College of Fellows in the AIA this year, a high distinction awarded to only 3 percent of AIA members.  She serves on the advisory board of the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design,* and previously was on the Board of the AIA|LA.  Prior to her tenure at Woodbury, Ingalill taught at Cornell, Yale, the Bartlett, and Sci-Arc, and also worked as an architect, specializing in the building envelope and experimental use of glass.  In this episode, Ingalill discusses the importance of diversity and the role of ethics in architecture and architecture education.  Through her work at Woodbury, Ingalill has created multiple pathways for future architects, leading to a field that is more accessible and inclusive.  She also talks openly about gender and the complexities of raising a daughter in this world, and shares strategies for being a thoughtful leader. To find out more about Ingalill, visit her profile online at https://woodbury.edu/faculty/ingalill-wahlroos-ritter/ In this episode, Ingalill and I talk about a few articles and books: 'The architecture degree will be the law degree of the 21st century': A conversation with Woodbury's Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter by Christopher Hawthorne in The Los Angeles Times The Future Belongs to Woodbury University by Mark Lamster in Architect Magazine Architecture -- A Woman's Profession edited by Tanja Kullack  *Correction: Previously, the post read that Ingalill was on the Board of Directors to the LA Forum, but she is on the Advisory Board.

Mark Lamster is the architectural critic of the Dallas Morning News, a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a professor in the architecture school at the University of Texas at Arlington. He's the author of several books, and is currently finishing a biography of architect Philip Johnson. In this episode, Mark and I talk about how he started writing about architecture, how making books is like making architecture, what it's like writing about architecture for a daily newspaper, and how technology is changing the role of the critic. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm

The Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster joins DMN sports writers to talk about the plans for the Texas Rangers to build a new stadium in Arlington.

We talk with Dallas native son Rhett Miller about the myth of being a rock star, his new album and his concert this Saturday. Then, how does placing art in a museum change its context? The 'Dallas Observer's Lauren Smith and 'Dallas Morning News' architecture critic Mark Lamster debate the Nasher Sculpture Center's 'Chalet Dallas.' Finally, a new documentary is giving a fresh look at the Black Panthers and the fervor of revolution. Plus: 'Real Housewives of Dallas' and our weekly recommendations.

Dallas composer Donald Fowler discusses the debut of his long-awaited Jack the Ripper-inspired musical, '#Creep.' 'Dallas Morning News' architecture critic Mark Lamster talks about museums, architecture and the #Nasher Prize. And 'FD' magazine's Christopher Wynn revisits his story about Dallas architect Russell Buchanan, who was wrongly suspected of raping and murdering an #SMU sorority girl in 1984 during #Texas-OU weekend. The story has been dramatized in a new investigative TV show called 'Suspicion.' What explains the ongoing fascination with this case and with murder entertainment in general? We’ll hash it out with help from 'Dallas Morning News' crime writer Tristan Hallman. Plus, our weekly touts.

Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner and Al Dia managing editor Alfredo Carbajal join us to talk about producing the paper’s first-ever completely bilingual interactive about the rise of new-wave Mexican cuisine in Dallas. Next, we have our first repeat guest: Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster is back to help us talk about televised sports as over-produced entertainment. Lamster will share his theory of the role Dallas played in creating the beast. Finally, we check in on Jurassic World. The fourth chapter of the dinosaur franchise looks to chomp and snort its way to box-office domination this weekend. But is it any good?

Nasher Sculpture Center director Jeremy Strick talks about the new exhibit by British artist Phyllida Barlow, ‘Tryst’, and the announcement of a $100,000 Nasher Prize for Sculpture. Next, thanks to historic flooding, the Trinity River is suddenly a hot cultural attraction. Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster and Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze join us to talk about what happens when the waters recede. Finally, Chris Vognar just got back from this year’s BookExpo America in New York and will have a complete breakdown of the annual industry love-fest.

Mark Lamster is the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture.

This week on WireTap, Jonathan leaves the safety of the studio for a fishing trip with Howard. Plus, world-record holder Mark Lamster breaks his own record in the field of complaining. That's WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Sunday afternoon at 1 (1:30 NT, 4 PT) on CBC Radio One.