RM-3: Raw Materials 3 Ways Dwell
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- Society & Culture
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RM-3 (Raw Materials 3 Ways) is Dwell's podcast exploring the fascinating stories behind common building materials—and how they shape our lives in unexpected ways.
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Episode Six: Light
In this episode of RM-3 (Raw Materials 3 Ways), host Dan Maginn investigates how light accentuates architecture, sculpts our experiences, and ultimately shapes our behavior.
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Episode Five: Clams
From ancient marine sediment compacted and pressurized over the ages to form limestone, to oyster middens—heaps of discarded shells—used to create a paste for mortar, to the stone ground to make cement-board siding, clams, oysters, and other mollusks are on the menu in many of our buildings.
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Episode Four: Logs Revisited
We chat with the founder and CEO of Spinnova, a Finnish company turning wood pulp into cellulose fibers that can then be used in textiles, insulation, filling—even hygienic wipes.
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Episode Three: Dirt
In this episode of RM-3, we reveal how humble dirt is transformed into cult-status ceramics; shimmering, black bricks; and rammed-earth dwellings.
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Episode Two: Logs
Host Dan Maginn interviews three leading architects who serve up logs three ways: as pliant plywood, as shakes and shingles, and with a shou sugi ban treatment.
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Episode One: Zinc
Architect Dan Maginn leads an investigation of zinc, from how it's mined and processed, to its role in one Arkansas architect's reimagining of everyday buildings, to its brilliant brass form when alloyed with copper.
Customer Reviews
I completely lost myself on the recumbent bike listening to this podcast.
I completely lost myself on the recumbent bike listening to this podcast. What a fun and endlessly interesting topic. I’ve just found the corresponding photos and they make me want to replay the audio. Thank you!
Driving with one hand on the volume
I really enjoy this podcast! My only request: could the volume please be normalized in future episodes? The difference between the hosts voice and the interviewees is dramatic, I find myself cranking the volume up (host) and down throughout each episode.
Thank you, and keep them coming!
Well produced podcast
Educational and entertaining! Love learning more about things I didn’t think much about before this podcast, like dirt.