81. Houser + Hytha = Highrises
from Unfrozen Hosted by Daniel Safarik and Greg Lindsay
Chris Hytha and Mark Houser are collaborators on Highrises: Art Deco, a multimedia series chronicling the great skyscraper edifices of the roaring ‘20s. Photographed by drones and meticulously measured and researched, the series – a book, prints, website, mobile phone wallpaper and exhibition -- reveals fascinating details and stories of these distinctly American icons. Catch the in-person book talk on July 18 and the exhibition from May 31 to August 26 at the Chicago Architecture Center. -- -- Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform," by The Cooper Vane -- Discussed: MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them The DJI Air 2S Drone Highrises Art Deco: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression Henry W. Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1910 Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Bertram Goodhue, 1932 Public Market > Modern Spirits Liquor Store, Tulsa, Gaylord Noftsger, 1930 Monadnock Building, Chicago, Burnham & Root, Holabird & Roche, 1891-1893 Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, Claud Beelman, 1930 Mather Tower > Club Quarters Hotel, Chicago, Herbert Riddle, 1928 Union & Peoples National Bank > Jackson County Tower, Jackson, MI, Albert Kahn, 1929 Frick Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1902 The Woolworth Building, New York, Cass Gilbert, 1913 Price Tower, Bartlesville, OK, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956 Sterick Building, Memphis, Wyatt C Hendrick & Co, 1930 Industrial Trust Building, Providence, George Frederick Hall, Walker & Gillette, 1927 Guardian Building, Detroit, Donaldson & Meier; Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, 1929 Fisher Building, Detroit, Albert Kahn Associates; Graven & Mayger, 1928 Carbide & Carbon Building, Chicago, Burnham Brothers, 1929 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Hooper & Janusch; Magney & Tusler, 1929 Rand Tower, Minneapolis, Holabird & Root, 1929 Kansas City Power & Light Building, Kansas City, Hoit, Price & Barnes, 1931
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<p><a href="https://www.hythacg.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chris Hytha</a> and <a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mark Houser</a> are collaborators on <a href="https://www.hythacg.com/shop/p/highrisesbook" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Highrises: Art Deco</a>, a multimedia series chronicling the great skyscraper edifices of the roaring ‘20s. Photographed by drones and meticulously measured and researched, the series – a book, prints, website, mobile phone wallpaper and exhibition -- reveals fascinating details and stories of these distinctly American icons. Catch the in-person book talk on July 18 and the <a href="https://www.architecture.org/exhibits/exhibit/highrises/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">exhibition</a> from May 31 to August 26 at the Chicago Architecture Center.</p><p>--</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform," by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed: </p><p><a href="https://heyzine.com/flip-book/8501724895.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them</a></p><p>The <a href="https://www.dji.com/support/product/air-2s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DJI Air 2S Drone</a></p><p><a href="https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f867a7dd46.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Highrises Art Deco</a>: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression</p><p><a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/henry-w-oliver-building/21214" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Henry W. Oliver Building</a>, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1910</p><p><a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/nebraska-state-capitol/9741" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nebraska State Capitol</a>, Lincoln, Bertram Goodhue, 1932</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/public-market-gaylord-noftsger/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Public Market</a> > Modern Spirits Liquor Store, Tulsa, Gaylord Noftsger, 1930</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock_Building" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Monadnock Building</a>, Chicago, Burnham & Root, Holabird & Roche, 1891-1893</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/eastern-columbia-building-claud-beelman/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eastern Columbia Building</a>, Los Angeles, Claud Beelman, 1930</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/mather-tower-herbert-riddle/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mather Tower</a> > <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/mather-tower/3421" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Club Quarters Hotel</a>, Chicago, Herbert Riddle, 1928</p><p><a href="https://highrises.hythacg.com/building/union-peoples-national-bank-albert-kahn/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Union & Peoples National Bank</a> > <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/jackson-county-tower-building/22304" target="_blank" rel="ug
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