Cool Spaces! is a TV series and website that showcases what's new and exciting in the world of architecture and design. National premiere on public television: April 2014.
Now that the Markthal- a new marketplace and residential building has opened, we thought it might be interesting to go back and take a look at the preliminary design through a video created by the firm.Just 2 ½ minutes long, it captures the energy of the place in a way...
This is the original 3 minute sizzle reel that was submitted to PBS that explains the basic show concept. After making this video, we cut our first full segment for further consideration and review. We wanted to focus on three buildings per hour long episode. PBS worried...
When he visited Saratoga, NY, to speak at the AIA New York State convention in early October, Cool Spaces! host Stephen Chung made an impromptu stop by Simon Ungers’ T-House, a critically acclaimed example of late-20th-century modern domestic architecture.
A further look at Stephen’s interview with Bruce Ratner, the developer for Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. In this clip, Ratner rhapsodizes about the arena’s form (by SHoP Architects) and weathered-steel (aka Cor-Ten) skin and discusses how creating such a building...
A message from show creator and host Stephen Chung: As Cool Spaces! makes its way across the country, I frequently get questions about future seasons. To be sure, I want to continue making episodes. There is definitely no shortage of great buildings out there to profile, and...
What does a Cool Spaces! production look like? On the screen you see Stephen alone, or with one or two other people, but behind the camera stands a collection of dedicated, patient crew members. “It’s hard to get used to all the people involved in any shot,”...