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Design and Architecture

Architecture of Air, and Aluminum

On today’s DnA, Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that inspires it, and David Weinberg revisits Wallace Neff’s bubble house dream.

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By Frances Anderton • Jul 9, 2013 • 26m Listen

On today’s DnA, architecture of air, and of aluminum. David Weinberg tells the story of the bubble houses that Wallace Neff dreamed would solve a housing crisis. Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that has inspired it with Eric J. Lawrence.

Banner image: New Keelung Harbor Service Project, won by NMDA in September, 2012; Aerial view from the northeast, in rendering by NMDA

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    David Weinberg

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