EPISODE · Apr 25, 2025 · 52 MIN
78. Irreplaceable
from Unfrozen · host Daniel Safarik and Greg Lindsay
Kevin Kelley, a self-described “attention architect,” is aco-founding partner of design firm Shook Kelley and author of Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together. In our digitized world of ghost commerce, he believes there is still a place for real places, and that it is incumbent on architects to stop looking down their nosesat retail, the essential lubricant of urban life, and start designing places that matter. -- Intro/Outro: “24 Hour Limes" by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: Bass Pro Shops at the Memphis Pyramid Against 15-Minute Delivery “The Bonfire Effect,” courtesy Loxahatchie, Florida Participation mystique, as per Jung, as per Lucien Levy-Bruhl “TheAnxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt “Harvard Guide to Shopping” by Rem Koolhaas et. al. Prior Unfrozen commentary on the replacement for the Orange County Government Center by Paul Rudolph Robert Venturi on Las Vegas Maslow's hierarchy of needs Yaromir Steiner and Easton Town Center, Columbus Victor Gruen Country Club Plaza, Kansas City The Grove, Los Angeles The Farmer’s Market, Los Angeles Larchmont, Los Angeles Hollywood and Highland (now Ovation), Los Angeles Harley-Davidson dealerships’ Parts Bar Mercado Gonzalez, Costa Mesa, CA
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<p>Kevin Kelley, a self-described “attention architect,” is aco-founding partner of design firm <a href="https://www.shookkelley.com/our-story" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shook Kelley</a> and author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739373/irreplaceable-by-kevin-ervin-kelley/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together</em></a>. In our digitized world of ghost commerce, he believes there is still a place for real places, and that it is incumbent on architects to stop looking down their nosesat retail, the essential lubricant of urban life, and start designing places that matter. </p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “24 Hour Limes" by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://big-cypress.com/bass-pro-shops/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bass Pro Shops</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Memphis Pyramid</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/what-instant-delivery-services-could-do-to-cities" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Against 15-Minute Delivery</a></p><p>“The Bonfire Effect,” courtesy Loxahatchie, Florida</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participation_mystique" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Participation mystique</a>, as per Jung, as per Lucien Levy-Bruhl</p><p>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Generation-Rewiring-Childhood-Epidemic/dp/0593655036/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P5E7G2BC3R62&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pLA6Rb-vSM6-wdPqDulw2K5ILrcN6OGLECqt7jVfs_b9v5bG7su5i2kcZexjOqy9lhbT9xzf4_jwh8vsJKrIoTbkpNxk6CqcLSHWeHJaCtRcFmPoJR1y-sSKx-8Jp-n1Ik4xhBdO0nQwjYyp7EKuUPwJHDbo-KS81PRfjfcbprEJSOirqfJDt4FKZU0qTk0rZE3MoRfhXlI3VllK1KHg-U92aUEry9gxi4CvFbCwrvY.XKB-7j0i7ZdjDbNqqM_dKDggYKuSsyKmwy84F9jP3Kg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jonathan+Haidt&qid=1713657616&sprefix=jonathan+haidt%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TheAnxious Generation</a>” by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jonathan Haidt</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Design-School-Shopping-Project/dp/3822860476/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3EJPVIKQMU3S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XTazTIhxZBL1kgkumGlFHP9XBF6oWFR9Q_f3eeKRd4LQNxzsTTh_qLO36i3tP7SyscegTMKEq0ueSUyzFslvXPegFQGcDPJc2ShMvy0RUW7VQ4jGw_hs2h7dLnIDVg-cpo7VWD6rMRAehdvn2wVkXkJqIfA6d8Y4mzSCmh-3tjiY-N_GIBepyGi0LytbiKW0laYvDbe5nYsePTNZC3VI4_rQMW4LNXu6xbcZS7v9HRM.whskSqgYFy6PB70Hr8rXMGP6QQhbpfssI8m72vfZG38&dib_tag=se&keywords=Harvard+Guide+to+Shopping&qid=1713657733&sprefix=harvard+guide+to+shopping%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Harvard Guide to Shopping</a>” by Rem Koolhaas et. al.</p><p>Prior <a href="https://arch-unfrozen-blog.tumblr.com/post/36271293355/too-late-modernism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Unfrozen commentary</a> on the replacement for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County_Government_Center" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Orange County Government Center</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudolph_(architect)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Paul
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