As Mentioned, an appendix
Guest · Middlebrow

Kate Wagner

5 works across 1 episode; mostly buildings.

Architecture

  1. 8:32

    AT&T Building (550 Madison Avenue) Philip Johnson and John Burgee, 1984

    The Chippendale pediment as postmodernism's calling card, with a gentle correction: Johnson, not Michael Graves. Middlebrow, Autodidact Gang Rise Up

  2. 14:09

    Bank of America Corporate Center César Pelli, 1992

    Charlotte's spiky crown, hated for decades, vindicated now that nineties corporate architecture is being rediscovered. Middlebrow, Autodidact Gang Rise Up

  3. 14:23

    Empire State Building Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931

    Its vertical window rhythm cited as the ancestor of Pelli's Charlotte tower. Middlebrow, Autodidact Gang Rise Up

Music

  1. 45:10

    Der Ring des Nibelungen Richard Wagner, 1876

    Her favourite thing in the world: seventeen hours of Norse legend, leitmotif and brutality. Middlebrow, Autodidact Gang Rise Up

Books

  1. 1:04:52

    Structural Issues Kate Wagner, 2028

    Her book in progress, on how an ugly world makes ugly buildings, if we get to 2028. Middlebrow, Autodidact Gang Rise Up