How does one define "good" architectural criticism? This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne and frequent guest Duo Dickinson are talking with Alexandra Lange, Professor of Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts and NYU. Why is criticism so often either 'dumbed-down' or 'elitist'? Tune in...

How does one define a 'home'? Today on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is talking about 'home' from an architectural and design standpoint. Joining Curtis in the studio is Charlotte Barnard, a designer and the Creative Director at Nemo Tile. Also, frequent guest and residential architect Duo Dickinson...

This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by frequent guest Duo Dickinson of the Congress of Residential Architecture. Recently, Curtis moderated CORA's "The Great Debate"; tune into this episode for a recapitulation of the event's happenings. Learn about the inherent social contract that the architect...

Welcome to another installment of Burning Down the House, your weekly source for architecture and design discussion. On this week's episode, Curtis B. Wayne talks about his recent review of Viollet-le-Duc's critical book, Discourses on Architecture, and how le-Duc outlines efficiency, form, and function. Curtis ponders the idea of a...

This week's episode of Burning Down the House is a response to last week's interview with Elizabeth Heider of the U.S. Green Building Council. On this episode, Curtis B. Wayne discusses the dichotomy between faith and science in the field of architecture- specifically green building. Curtis highlights the empirical nature...

On this week's episode of Burning Down the House, host Curtis B. Wayne is joined by Elizabeth Heider, one of the chair members of the U.S. Green Building Council. Elizabeth is a "recovering architect" involved with the USGBC's LEED certification program. Hear about the LEED certification, and how it serves...

This week's episode of Burning Down the House tackles the enormous price or architectural school. Host Curtis B. Wayne is joined by Katy Purviance, a dropout from Harvard's graduate school of architecture, who is building an alternative distance-learning model for architecture education called the unSchool of Architecture. Matt Arnold, an...

On this episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is talking suburbia, oil, and energy with two call-in guests. James Howard Kunstler is a public speaker, critic, and author of Too Much Magic, a book about limited oil and a reversion to smaller-scale, agriculture-based living. Duo Dickinson, a...

This week on Burning Down the House host Curtis B. Wayne is joined by returning guest and author Duo Dickinson and Jacob Alspector of Alspector Architecture. The trio carry on a lively conversation on the state of architecture education today from the prospects of current graduates to the necessity of...

This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by friend of the show, architect and author, Duo Dickinson. Duo speaks about his latest book, "Staying Put: Remodel Your House to Get the Home You Want". Tune in and find out why remodeling your home with a...