Architecture and culture writers Mark Lamster, Alexandra Lange and Carolina A. Miranda get together to put a spike into Brady Corbet's architectural magnum opus, "The Brutalist." Spoiler alert: this is one big spoiler.

Mark, Alexandra and Carolina discuss what they loved and what made them drink the haterade in design and architecture in 2024 — with a nod to the highly official, very prestigious 15th Annual Architecture and Design Awards.

Discussed in this episode:

• "Materialized Space," the Paul Rudolph show at the Met
• "Crafting Modernity" at MoMA
• "Weaving Abstraction" at the Met
• "Woven Histories" at LACMA and the NGA
• The death of the $1 billion people mover
• Promenade Samuel-De Champlain by Daoust Lestage
• "Stardust" — a doc about Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown
• "We Start With the Things We Find" — a doc about LOT-EK
• LOHA's Isla Intersections project
• Courtyards in architectural design
• The Dallas Museum of Art and Nieto Sobejano
• Lasker Pool in Central Park
• Ma Yansong's Lucas Museum

Episode art: Josef Albers, "Goldrose," c. 1926, as seen in "Woven Histories" at LACMA.

Music: Purple Planet