May 2024
Skyscrapers, Part One: A Guy and a Birdcage
Skyscrapers are beautiful -- and utterly ridiculous. In the first part of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max learn how modern skyscrapers were largely inspired by one guy who, no kidding, saw a heavy book resting on a birdcage and thought "yes, that. But bigger!"See omnystu ... Show More
36m 51s
May 2024
Skyscrapers, Part Two: An Arms Race to the Sky
Once society became convinced that you could build skyscrapers without them immediately collapsing, cities across the United States -- and, soon the world -- scrambled to build their own structures. In part two of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the continuing rac ... Show More
36m 40s
Oct 2023
Have These SUPERCAR Skyscrapers Gone Too Far? - #65
<p>This week we're covering The B1M's latest video: "Have These Supercar Skyscrapers Gone Too Far?". In Miami, Dubai, and NYC there are skyscrapers designed by luxury car brands such as Porsche, Bentley, and Aston Martin - yes, that's right... welcome to the age of the supercar s ... Show More
1h 4m
When cities adopt exclusionary zoning, their housing stock becomes scarcer and less affordable over time. Matt Mleczko shares research suggesting that the impacts extend beyond exclusionary jurisdictions’ borders, hurting poor communities that have no say over their neighbors’ land use policies. Read about the Lewis Center's work at lewis.ucla.edu. Follow ou ... Show More
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW61530738 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW61530738 BCX8"><span class= "TextRun SCXW61530738 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW61530738 BCX8">Mette Mechlenborg, senior researcher at Aalborg Uni ... Show More
<p>This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2n8a1_tfCI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why No One Wants This London Skyscraper</a>". We're keeping it local, and looking further into the battle to build Western Euro ... Show More