The podcast audio show about the history of building and design. You will hear about architects, engineers, artists, builders and the designs, structures, buildings, and cities that they create. The show combines history and travel topics with a lively comparison to the industry today.

It's the show that is all about the built and imagined environment.

Aspire is the podcast audio show about the history of building and design. You will hear about architects, engineers, artists, builders and the designs, structures, buildings, and cities that they create. The show combines history and travel topics with a lively comparison to the industry today.

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Aspire Episode 71: Nov. 28, 2008

A Show about Second Life and the Szilverwolf Studio that is Now in the Virtual World.

ASPIRE EPISODE 71 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
The Matthew Show "Bring Me Safely Down"

http://www.thematthewshow.com/

http://www.secondlife.com/

Szilverwolf Studios in Second life.

An Example of Church Architecture in Second life.

Aspire Episode 70 : Oct. 08, 2008

Another Show About Pets! In this show listen to many funny stories about the latest antics in our home!

ASPIRE EPISODE 70 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Abanda Shake "Cat" & Hasselquist "Two Cats"

http://.www.herekittykittyadoptions.org

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters

Tim the Cat in What Happens to Socks?

Aspire Episode 69 : Sept. 29, 2008

Building Projects of the 1930’s and the Great Depression: Taliesin, Skyscrapers, Hersey Park, and more.

ASPIRE EPISODE 69 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Lorena Mire "Kid in a Candy Store"

The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, James Stevens Curl (2006, Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

http://.www.taliesin.edu/

http://www.greatbuildings.com/

Aspire Episode 68 : Aug. 17, 2008

Tough times for famous architects during economic turn downs: On this show the Panic of 1893 and Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan in Chicago.

ASPIRE EPISODE 68 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Ingrian Polka/Kuppari Eeva "Off to California"

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, James Stevens Curl (2006, Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 67 : July 20, 2008

Taking business risks during economic turn downs: On this show the Panic of 1873 and Henry Clay Frick in the Coal and Coke Industry.

ASPIRE EPISODE 67 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Wayfaring Stranger "Off to California"

Henry Clay Frick, Martha Frick Symington Sanger (Abbeville Press 1998)

HENRY CLAY FRICK, George Harvey (The Frick Collection 1936)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 66 : July 02, 2008

Interior Decorating and Design - a history with some interesting personalities like Elsie de Wolfe.

ASPIRE EPISODE 66 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Cocktail Optimism "Victoria Rummler"

The House in Good Taste, Elsie de Wolfe (2004 Rizzoli NY)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.canadianinteriordesign.com/

Aspire Episode 65 : June 14, 2008

Concrete - Part Three of the Material Series. The history of the material and some engineering and architectural works.

ASPIRE EPISODE 65 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Ember Swift "Reinforced Concrete"

American Civil Engineering History the Pioneering Years, ed. Dennis, Kapsch, Conte, Mattheiss, Pennington (ASCE 2003)

Funamentals of Building 3rd Ed., Edward Ailen (1999 John Wiley & Sones NY) Chapter 11

Engineering in History, Kirby, Withington, Darling, Kilgour (1990 Dover Press NY)

Vitruvius ten books on architecture, tran. Rowland Howe (1999 Cambridge UK)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 64 : May 17, 2008

Part One of a Visit to the Zoo. A walk at the zoo to look at native Florida wildlife.

ASPIRE EPISODE 64 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
The Manatee Man "The Manatee Dance"

http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/

Aspire Episode 63 : May 11, 2008

Glass & Glazing in Architecture and Engineering. From the development of glass to the modern glass curtainwall building system.

ASPIRE EPISODE 63 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Michelle Hotaling "Crystal Clear"

Funamentals of Building 3rd Ed., Edward Ailen (1999 John Wiley & Sones NY) Chapter 11

http://www.glassonline.com

http://www.data.greatbuildings.com

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 62 : April 24, 2008

Iron & Steel in architecture and engineering. The real designer of the Eiffel Tower and more.

ASPIRE EPISODE 62 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Simon Lawrence "Ooh La Paris"

A History of Civil Engineering, Hans Straub (1964 MIT Press)

Engineering in History, Kirby, Withington, Darling (1956 McGraw Hill, NY)

Funamentals of Building 3rd Ed., Edward Ailen (1999 John Wiley & Sones NY) Chapter 11

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/print/index.html

http://www.data.greatbuildings.com

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Eiffel Tower Paris France

Aspire Episode 61 : April 4, 2008

The prolific African American architect of Paul R. Williams from Los Angeles Ca. Architect to the Stars.

ASPIRE EPISODE 61 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Miss Desmond "Amazing Grace"

Time.com Archives "Something Clients Want" Jan 26, 1948 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,779667,00.html

African American Architects A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945, Dreck Spurlock Wilson Ed. (2004 Routledge Taylor & Francis Inc New York NY)

http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/song.php

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 60 : March 16, 2008

The wild Florida of old and an update on cats and dogs living together.

ASPIRE EPISODE 60 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Marc Gunn "What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty"

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Aspire Episode 59 : March 09 2008

An informal walk in Florida looking at Florida Residential Architecture in a Tampa Neighborhood..

ASPIRE EPISODE 59 Notes and Bibliography Information:

A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia and Lee McAlester (2002 Alfred A Knopf New York NY)

Identifying American Architecture, John J Blumenson (1981 W.W. Norton & Co. New York NY)

Classic Cracker Floridas Wood Frame Vernacular Architecture, Ronald W. Haase (1992 Pineapple Press Sarasota Fl)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Some Buildings and Sites in a Seminole Heights Tampa Florida Neighborhood

Aspire Episode 58 : Feb 24 2008

Otto Wagner and Odon Lechner. More on the Secessionists of architecture in Vienna and Budapest.

ASPIRE EPISODE 58 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
The Catz in the Hatz™ "Fur Elise...A Marriage of Jazz, Classical and Rock"

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, James Stevens Curl (2006, Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition)

Vienna, A Guide to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Manfred Wehdorn (2004 Springer Wein New York)

The Architecture of Historic Hungary, Ed. Dora Wiebenson & Jozef Sisa (1998 MIT Press)

Shaping the Great City, Modern Architecture in Central Europe 1890-1937, Ed. Eve Blau & Monika Platzer (1999 Prestel Verlay, Munich)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Apartment by Otto Wagner and detail of the geometric design in Vienna and detail of Klotild Palace by Kalman Giergi & Floris Korb, Budapest.

Aspire Episode 57 : Feb 10 2008

A Short Talk about Japanese Gardens, the Zen Garden and Buddha

ASPIRE EPISODE 57 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Technetium™ "Tibetian Tango"

http://www.learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens

A Japanese Touch for your Garden, Seike, Hudo, Engel (1980, Kodansha Amerca hc.)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

On another topic, for more on Budapest Hungary

here is the website for the podcast that we mentioned in this show...

www.budacast.hu

Aspire Episode 56 : Jan 27 2008

Jacopo Sansovino & Piazza San Marco, Another Wild Old Artist of Renaissance Venice

ASPIRE EPISODE 56 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Kenny Martin "St Marks"

Venice Lion City The Religion of Empire, Garry Wills (2001 Simon & Schuster New York)

A Traveler’s History of Venice, Peter Mentzel (2006 Interlink Books Northampton Massachusetts)

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

The Architectural History of Venice, Deborah Howard (2005 Yale University Press)

A Guide to the Principal Buildings of Venice, Antonio Salvadori (1995 Canal & Stamperia Editrice)

The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, James Stevens Curl (2006, Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Piazza San Marco, Venice Italy

Aspire Episode 55 : Jan 20 2008

Tiziano Vecelli or Titian of Venice, One of the Wild Old Artists and Fine Business man of RenaissanceVenice

ASPIRE EPISODE 55 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Andy Davis "Earth and Venus"

Venice Lion City The Religion of Empire, Garry Wills (2001 Simon & Schuster New York)

A Traveler’s History of Venice, Peter Mentzel (2006 Interlink Books Northampton Massachusetts)

The Architectural History of Venice, Deborah Howard (2005 Yale University Press)

A Guide to the Principal Buildings of Venice, Antonio Salvadori (1995 Canal & Stamperia Editrice)

Living Biographies of Great Painters, Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas (1946 Blue Ribbon Books)

Giorgio Vasari The Lives of the Artists, translated by Julia Conway Bondanella and Pete Bondanella (1991 Oxford Univ. Press)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 54 : Jan 13 2008

The Train Stations of AJ Cassatt, the works of Daniel Burnham, the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and more.

ASPIRE EPISODE 54 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
Andy Davis "Chicago City of Shoulders"

AIA New York Guide, Norval White & Elliot Willensky(2000 Three Rivers Press; 4th edition)

The Encylopedia of North Amerian Architecture, Janice Anderson (2006 Regency House Publishing Limited UK)

A History of Architecture 20th Ed., Sir Banister Fletcher (1996)

American Architecture, David Handlin (1985 Thames & Hudson New York, NY)

Skyscrapers, Judith Dupre (1996 Black Dog & Leventhal New York NY)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

Aspire Episode 53 : Jan 06 2008

Two Famous Pittsburgh Born Cassatt Children who grew up to become designers: Mary Cassatt and Alexander Cassatt

ASPIRE EPISODE 53 Notes and Bibliography Information:

http://music.podshow.com
The Plastic Pals "Hanging in the Louvre"

Mary Cassatt A Life, Nancy Mowell Mathews (1998 Yale University Press)

A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers, ASCE (ASCE Historical Publications Vol II)

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/

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