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81-518: Clowes ( / k l uː z / ) Memorial Hall, which opened in 1963, was co-designed by noted Indianapolis architect Evans Woollen III , of Woollen, Molzan and Partners , and John M. Johansen , a well-known architect who established his practice in New Canaan, Connecticut . The performing hall is notable for its exposed concrete slabs, which are typical of the Brutalist architecture style. Woollen served as

162-605: A fixer (unseen in the footage), whom Bourdain dubbed Mr. Wolf after Harvey Keitel 's character in Pulp Fiction . Bourdain and his crew were finally evacuated with other American citizens, on the morning of July 20, by the United States Marine Corps. The Beirut No Reservations episode, which aired on August 21, 2006, was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2007. In July 2011, the Travel Channel announced adding

243-659: A B.A. and an M.Arch. degree. Woollen apprenticed at Johnson's firm in New Canaan, Connecticut , which was a center for modern architectural design at that time. Johnson was the noted modernist architect of the Glass House in New Canaan. Woollen also worked on his own for two years before establishing his practice in Indianapolis in 1955. In 1955, Woollen married Nancy Sewell, a psychotherapist, educator, and arts community leader. The Woollens settled in Indianapolis and moved into

324-552: A boy and grew up speaking French. Bourdain spent most of his childhood in Leonia, New Jersey . He felt jealous of the lack of parental supervision of his classmates and the freedom they had in their homes. In his youth, Bourdain was a member of the Boy Scouts of America . Bourdain's love of food was kindled in his youth while on a family vacation in France when he tried his first oyster from

405-449: A cameo on an episode of The Simpsons titled " The Food Wife ", in which Marge, Lisa, and Bart start a food blog called The Three Mouthkateers . He appeared in a 2013 episode of the animated series Archer (S04E07), voicing chef Lance Casteau, a parody of himself. In 2015, he voiced a fictionalized version of himself on an episode of Sanjay and Craig titled "Snake Parts Unknown". From 2015 to 2017, Bourdain hosted Raw Craft ,

486-815: A career. Bourdain attended the Culinary Institute of America , graduating in 1978. From there he went on to run various restaurant kitchens in New York City, including the Supper Club, One Fifth Avenue and Sullivan's. In 1998, Bourdain became an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles . Based in Manhattan , at the time the brand had additional restaurants in Miami , Washington, D.C. , and Tokyo . Bourdain remained an executive chef there for many years and even when no longer formally employed at Les Halles, he maintained

567-744: A celebrity chef and began to qualify his insults; in the 2007 New Orleans episode of No Reservations , he reconciled with Emeril Lagasse , whom he had previously disparaged in Kitchen Confidential . He later wrote more favorably of Lagasse in the preface of the 2013 edition. He was outspoken in his praise for chefs he admired, particularly Ferran Adrià , Juan Mari Arzak , Fergus Henderson , José Andrés , Thomas Keller , Martin Picard , Éric Ripert , and Marco Pierre White , as well as his former protégé and colleagues at Brasserie Les Halles. He spoke very highly of Julia Child 's influence on him. Bourdain

648-628: A fisherman's boat. He graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School —an independent coeducational college-preparatory day school in Englewood, New Jersey —in 1973, then enrolled at Vassar College but dropped out after two years. He worked at seafood restaurants in Provincetown, Massachusetts , including the Lobster Pot , while attending Vassar, which inspired his decision to pursue cooking as

729-441: A general affection for people who cook food and like food. The ability to kick people in the head is just as compelling to us—as long as that's coupled with an ability to vividly describe the experience. We are just as intent on crossing genres as we are enthusiastic about our first three authors. It only gets weirder from here." Shortly after Bourdain's death, HarperCollins announced that the publishing line would be shut down after

810-464: A hypothetical historical investigation, Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical , about Mary Mallon , an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 53 people with typhoid fever between 1907 and 1938. In 2007, Bourdain published No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach , covering the experiences of filming and photographs of the first three seasons of the show and his crew at work while filming

891-594: A lifetime love of the arts. With the help of his wife and Butler University, the Clowes Fund was created to help build the performing arts facility. The building was initially intended to be used by both Butler University and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra . This joint venture continued until 1984 when the orchestra purchased, renovated, and moved to the historic Hilbert Circle Theatre on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis . In addition to being

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972-578: A modern addition (1983–89) to Christ Church Cathedral , a city landmark on Monument Circle. Notable library projects included the Cushwa-Leighton Library (1981–82) at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana , and Indiana University 's Musical Arts Center (1972) in Bloomington . The two-story, rectangular-shaped Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary's College was one of the five winners of

1053-474: A new, six-story curved glass-and-steel structure that connected to the Cret building through an expansive atrium. The project was the firm's largest commission up to that time and the final one before Woollen retired from the firm. Construction problems caused work to be temporarily halted in 2004, followed by the library and the firm filing lawsuits and counter-lawsuits. Woollen and his firm were eventually released from

1134-577: A new, somewhat similar television series, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations , on the Travel Channel . As a further result of the immense popularity of Kitchen Confidential , the Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential aired in 2005, in which the character Jack Bourdain is based loosely on Anthony Bourdain's biography and persona. In July 2006, he and his crew were in Beirut filming an episode of No Reservations when

1215-595: A raw seal eyeball as part of a traditional Inuit seal hunt, and an entire cobra—beating heart, blood, bile, and meat—in Vietnam". Bourdain was quoted as saying that a Chicken McNugget was the most disgusting thing he ever ate, but he was fond of Popeyes chicken. He also declared that the unwashed warthog rectum he ate in Namibia was "the worst meal of [his] life", along with the fermented shark he ate in Iceland. Bourdain

1296-532: A relationship with the restaurant, which described him in January 2014 as their "chef at large". Les Halles closed in 2017 after filing for bankruptcy. In the mid-1980s, Bourdain began submitting unsolicited work for publication to Between C & D , a literary magazine of the Lower East Side . The magazine eventually published a piece that Bourdain had written about a chef who was trying to purchase heroin in

1377-462: A second one-hour, 10-episode Bourdain show to be titled The Layover , which premiered November 21, 2011. Each episode featured an exploration of a city that can be undertaken within an air travel layover of 24 to 48 hours. The series ran for 20 episodes, through February 2013. Bourdain executive produced a similar show hosted by celebrities called The Getaway , which lasted two seasons on Esquire Network . In May 2012, Bourdain announced that he

1458-615: A series of short videos released on YouTube. The series followed Bourdain as he visited various artisans who produce various craft items by hand, including iron skillets, suits, saxophones, and kitchen knives. The series was produced by William Grant & Sons to promote their Balvenie distillery 's products. In September 2011, Ecco Press announced that Bourdain would have his own publishing line, Anthony Bourdain Books, which included acquiring between three and five titles per year that "reflect his remarkably eclectic tastes". The first books that

1539-481: A specialty of Woollen and his firm. The Modernist-style Marian University library (1966) in Indianapolis, Indiana, had a square form with an exposed structural frame and open staircase with stacks arranged around reading areas. Two of Woollen's early notable church designs include Saint Thomas Aquinas Church (1968) in Indianapolis and Saint Andrew's Abbey Church (1985–86) in Cleveland , Ohio . Saint Thomas Aquinas Church

1620-555: A two-block area. The buildings included a recreational center, a senior citizens center, a Montessori school and daycare center, and a meeting and event space. Funding for the $ 2.5 million project came from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development . In 2001, Woollen and his firm was commissioned to restore the Indianapolis Public Library 's historic Central Library , which was designed by Paul Cret and built in 1917. The planned $ 100 million project also included

1701-615: A wide range of projects, including commercial buildings, churches, governmental buildings, and various college and university buildings, among other projects. Notable works from the 1970s and 1980s in Indianapolis included an atrium entrance (1989) to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the White River Gardens Conservatory (1999) at the Indianapolis Zoo . Outside of Indianapolis, major projects in Indiana included

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1782-643: Is also known for his churches, including Saint Meinrad Archabbey's monastery and library (Spencer County, Indiana), Saint Andrew's Abbey Church (Cleveland, Ohio), and others, as well as numerous libraries. In addition to commercial projects, Woollen designed some of Indianapolis's notable mid-century modern homes. Although some of his modern building designs were criticized, such as the Minton-Capehart Federal Building and Barton Tower, most of his designs were praised, especially Clowes Memorial Hall, which he co-designed with John M. Johansen. Clowes Hall

1863-462: Is one of Woollen's most iconic projects. Woollen and his firm were also involved in projects outside of Indianapolis, including, among others, the New Harmony Inn (Posey County, Indiana) and Indiana University's Musical Arts Center (Monroe County, Indiana) that are still in use. Woollen's firm also managed the renovation and preservation of several of Indianapolis's historic structures, most notably

1944-526: The AIA / ALA Library Building Award for 1983. The IU project, another example of Woollen's interpretation of the Brutalist style, includes work and storage spaces arranged around a cylindrical, 1,500-seat opera house. Despite his many successful projects, Woollen's outspoken nature cost his firm at least one major commission. Woollen expressed his preference for building the new Indianapolis Museum of Art facility amid

2025-739: The Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana ; and the Grainger Engineering Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Evans Woollen III was born in Indianapolis , Indiana , on August 10, 1927, to Lydia (Jameson) and Evans Woollen Jr. The Woollen family's ties to Indianapolis date from the 1840s. "Evans" was the maiden name of Woollen III's great-grandmother. Woolley III's father and grandfather, Evans Woollen Jr. and Evans Woollen Sr., were prominent Indianapolis bankers and arts patrons. Woollen

2106-781: The Food Network in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, he began hosting the Travel Channel 's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005–2012) and The Layover (2011–2013). In 2013, he began a three-season run as a judge on The Taste and consequently switched his travelogue programming to CNN to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown . Although best known for his culinary writings and television presentations, along with several books on food and cooking and travel adventures, Bourdain also wrote both fiction and historical nonfiction. On June 8, 2018, Bourdain died while on location in France, filming for Parts Unknown , of suicide by hanging . Anthony Michael Bourdain

2187-702: The Indiana Theatre (1982), the main shed of Union Station (1986), and the Majestic Building (1984–91) in downtown Indianapolis. In addition to preservation work in Indianapolis, Woollen was involved in the redevelopment of the Over-the-Rhine historic neighborhood in Cincinnati , Ohio . Woollen designed the Over-the-Rhine Pilot Center (1972–84), which included four mixed-use buildings within

2268-638: The Indiana Theatre , the Majestic Building , and Indianapolis Union Station , among others. Major projects outside of Indianapolis included the Over-the-Rhine Pilot Center in Cincinnati , Ohio ; Indiana University 's Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, Indiana ; and the Moody Music Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama . Woollen was especially known for his churches and college libraries, such as Saint Andrew's Abbey Church in Cleveland , Ohio ;

2349-899: The International style . One of Woollen's first commissions in Indianapolis was an International-style home for the Perlov family. The symmetrical, one-story, U-shaped residence (ca. 1960–63) was featured in House and Garden magazine. When the International style did not prove to be especially popular among Indianapolis homeowners, Woollen turned to other styles, as well as commission work for commercial projects. Another early residential commission illustrates his modern interpretation of an earlier architectural form. The Leibman residence (ca. 1962–64), featured in House Beautiful and House and Garden magazines,

2430-482: The Israel–Lebanon conflict broke out unexpectedly after the crew had filmed only a few hours of footage. His producers compiled behind-the-scenes footage of him and his production staff, including not only their initial attempts to film the episode, but also their firsthand encounters with Hezbollah supporters, their days of waiting for news with other expatriates in a Beirut hotel, and their eventual escape aided by

2511-697: The John Herron Art Institute ; Clowes Memorial Hall (1963), co-designed with John M. Johansen and located on the campus of Butler University ; the John J. Barton Tower (1967), a high-rise apartment building; Saint Thomas Aquinas Church (1968); and the Minton-Capehart Federal Building (1976). These structures are notable for their exposed concrete slabs, which are typical of the Brutalism style. Fesler Hall, Woollen's first civic commission,

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2592-484: The Minton-Capehart Federal Building , John J. Barton Tower, Hilbert Conservatory at White River Gardens , and major additions to the Indianapolis Central Library and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis . Woollen also designed several of the city's notable mid-century modern homes. In addition, Woollen and his firm planned and managed the renovation of several of the city's historic structures, including

2673-681: The Yale School of Architecture , was active in the field from the mid-1950s to the early 2000s. He established his own architecture firm in Indianapolis in 1955 that became known as Woollen, Molzan and Partners ; it dissolved in 2011. As a pacesetter among architects in the Midwest , Woollen, dubbed the dean of Indiana architects, was noted for his use of bold materials and provocative, modern designs. Some of Woollen's most iconic projects were built in Indianapolis: Clowes Memorial Hall ,

2754-429: The 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m), $ 3.5 million building was a controversial one. Still, Allen Whitehill Clowes, son of George Henry Alexander Clowes , for whom the building is named, supported Woollen's proposal. Johanson had been Woollen's professor at Yale and was a former classmate of Allen Clowes at Harvard University . Clowes, a former director of biochemical research for Eli Lilly and Company , maintained

2835-561: The Broadway play Hadestown (2024), and comedian Jim Gaffigan (2024). Evans Woollen III Evans Woollen III (August 10, 1927 – May 17, 2016) was an American architect who is credited for introducing the Modern and the Brutalist architecture styles to his hometown of Indianapolis , Indiana . Woollen, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and a graduate of

2916-666: The Culinary Underbelly , a 2000 New York Times bestseller , was an expansion of his 1999 New Yorker article "Don't Eat Before Reading This". In 2010, he published Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook , a memoir and follow-up to the book Kitchen Confidential . He wrote two more bestselling nonfiction books: A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (2001), an account of his food and travel exploits around

2997-746: The Indiana Theatre (home of the Indiana Repertory Theatre ), Union Station, the Majestic Building, and several historic apartment buildings. Woollen also designed Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Pilot Center. These major works, among others, serve as a testament to his "adventurous sense of architectural form" and "respect for its visual and community context." Anthony Bourdain Anthony Michael Bourdain ( / b ɔːr ˈ d eɪ n / bor- DAYN ; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018)

3078-566: The Lower East Side. In 1985, Bourdain signed up for a writing workshop with Gordon Lish . In 1990, Bourdain received a small book advance from Random House , after meeting a Random House editor. His first book, a culinary mystery called Bone in the Throat , was published in 1995. He paid for his own book tour, but he did not find success. His second mystery book, Gone Bamboo, also performed poorly in sales. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in

3159-480: The New Harmony Inn (1975) at New Harmony and Saint Meinrad Archabbey 's monastery and library (1984) in Spencer County . Woollen and his firm designed numerous performing arts structures, libraries, and academic buildings, which became the firm's specialties. Notable examples include several Indianapolis churches: Saint Phillip's Church (1986), Holy Cross Lutheran Church (1990), Saint Monica's Church (1993), and

3240-476: The New York City episode of Bourdain's No Reservations airing the same day. On October 20, 2008, Bourdain hosted a special, At the Table with Anthony Bourdain , on the Travel Channel. Bourdain appeared in an episode of TLC 's reality show Miami Ink , aired on August 28, 2006, in which artist Chris Garver tattooed a skull on his right shoulder. Bourdain, who noted it was his fourth tattoo, said that one reason for

3321-457: The Season 3 episodes, filling in as a guest blogger while Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio was busy opening a new restaurant. He next appeared as a guest judge for the opening episode of Season 4 , in which pairs of chefs competed head-to-head in the preparation of various classic dishes, and again in the Season 4 Restaurant Wars episode, temporarily taking the place of head judge Tom Colicchio , who

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3402-718: The United States. Besides Saint Andrew's Abbey Church in Cleveland, these include the Moody Music Center (1983–90) on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa and the Grainger Engineering Library (1987–95) at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign . Woollen was well known for his Modern and Brutalism designs, but he also loved older historical styles and was interested in preserving notable buildings. Woollen and his firm completed several historic preservation projects, including churches, apartment and commercial buildings, and theatres. Notable examples include restoration of

3483-599: The age of eighty-eight. Woollen's innovative designs made him a pacesetter among architects in the Midwest . Steve Mannheimer, a former reporter for the Indianapolis Star , described Woollen as "the most distinguished designer among his generation of Indiana-based architects." Woollen, who is credited for introducing the Modernist and the Brutalist architecture styles to Indianapolis, became known for his use of bold materials and creative solutions to design issues. Woollen

3564-423: The age of twenty-seven, Woollen returned to his hometown of Indianapolis to establish his architecture firm, which remained in business for more than fifty-five years. Woollen initially specialized in modern residential designs, but his work soon expanded to include commercial and urban-design projects before he retired in the early 2000s. Woollen's early commissions were primarily mid-century modern residences in

3645-798: The architectural community has praised its bold design. The success of this major project, which a reporter for The New York Times Magazine called "cool, dignified, and quietly dramatic," led to Woollen securing other significant commissions in Indianapolis. Another of Woollen's major projects in the 1960s was Barton Tower, the first high-rise apartment building in Indianapolis that provided low-cost housing for senior citizens. Described by some as "ungainly" and "awkward," it received international coverage in architecture journals for its "inventive take on public housing." The estimated $ 3.5 million project contained 248 apartment units on twenty floors. The tower's fifteenth floor offered an open public space for use of its residents. Libraries and churches also became

3726-511: The award-winning PBS series The Mind of a Chef ; it aired on the last months of each year. The series moved from PBS to Facebook Watch in 2017. From 2013 to 2015 he was an executive producer and appeared as a judge and mentor in ABC 's cooking-competition show The Taste . He earned an Emmy nomination for each season. Bourdain appeared five times as guest judge on Bravo 's Top Chef reality cooking competition program. His first appearance

3807-485: The colorful mural, as well as the building's stark design, but architects have considered it one of the city's few "cutting-edge designs from the 1970s." In 1968, Woollen formed a partnership with Lynn Molzan, a Tacoma, Washington , native who joined the firm in 1965. The firm was incorporated as Woollen Associates in 1968. It was renamed Woollen, Molzan and Partners in 1982 and dissolved in 2011, several years after Woollen retired. Woollen, Molzan, and their team designed

3888-520: The concept as, "I travel around the world, eat a lot of shit, and basically do whatever the fuck I want." Nigella Lawson noted that Bourdain had an "incredibly beautiful style when he talks that ranges from erudite to brilliantly slangy". The acclaim surrounding Bourdain's memoir Kitchen Confidential led to an offer by the Food Network for him to host his own food and world-travel show, A Cook's Tour , which premiered in January 2002. It ran for 35 episodes, through 2003. In July 2005, he premiered

3969-663: The culinary world, while his public persona was characterized by Gothamist as "culinary bad boy". Due to his liberal use of profanity and sexual references in his television show No Reservations , the network added viewer-discretion advisories to each episode. Bourdain was known for consuming exotic local specialty dishes, having eaten black-colored blood sausages called mustamakkara (lit. "black sausage") in Finland and also " sheep testicles in Morocco, ant eggs in Puebla, Mexico ,

4050-495: The east side of the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza , the block-long, six-story structure is raised 24 feet (7.3 m) above grade on large columns. The concrete building is known for its distinctive, horizontal façade that tilts outward as the square footage of each upper floor increases. Graphic artist Milton Glaser designed a graphic rainbow mural that wraps the exterior's base. Many local residents disliked

4131-598: The foothills of the Rocky Mountains . Woollen also resumed a lifelong interest in painting, preferring to paint landscapes in a geometric, abstract style. He also spent some of his later years in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Woollen continued working on architectural projects into his mid-eighties. Among his final projects were a trio of Modernist homes in Hamilton County, Indiana . Woollen died on May 17, 2016, at

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4212-1884: The former home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Clowes Memorial Hall has been home to a number of notable music performances and productions. In 2011, Indianapolis-born Adam Lambert recorded his Glam Nation Tour at the venue for the Glam Nation Live CD/DVD set. Among those who have appeared at Clowes are Bob Hope (1963), Barbra Streisand (1963), Liberace (1964), Louis Armstrong (1964), Duke Ellington (1966), Tony Bennett (1966), Count Basie (1966), Florence Henderson (1966), Ella Fitzgerald (1967), Judy Garland (1967), Johnny Carson (1967), Benny Goodman (1968), Ray Charles (1968), Diana Ross & The Supremes (1968), Beach Boys (1968), Harry Chapin (1979), Gordon Lightfoot (1983), comedian George Carlin (1984), Sandi Patty (1985), R.E.M. (1985), INXS (1985), Whitney Houston (1985), The Psychedelic Furs (1987), Miles Davis (1987), Maya Angelou (1988), Alan Parsons Live (Project) (1995), Vertical Horizon (2000), Everclear (2002), Counting Crows (2003), Michelle Branch (2003), comedian Chris Rock (2004), Ben Folds (2005), My Morning Jacket (2006), Creed's Scott Stapp (2006), John Hiatt (2007), band OK Go (2007), Common (rapper (2008), John Mellencamp (2010), Elton John (2010), chef Anthony Bourdain (2010), coach Bob Knight (2011), author John Green (2011), The Fray (2011), Garrison Keillor (2012), Jimmy Fallon (2012), author David Sedaris (2012), Colbie Caillat (2013), Jay Leno (2014), Kesha (2016), comedian Gabriel Iglesias (2017), Mannheim Steamroller (Dec 2017), Alison Krauss (2018), travel host Rick Steves (2019), astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson (2021), Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (Pink Floyd's drummer) (2022), Impractical Jokers' Joe Gatto (2022), William Shatner (2023), archaeologist host Josh Gates (2023),

4293-462: The former residence of Indianapolis architect Kurt Vonnegut Sr. on North Illinois Street in 1962. The home was also the boyhood home of Vonnegut's son, the noted author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Woollens were the parents of two sons, Malcolm and Ian. Nancy Sewell Woolen died in 1992. Following Woollen's retirement from his architectural practice in Indianapolis around 2001, he moved to Boulder, Colorado , where he designed his own home. In 1955, at

4374-399: The historic buildings in downtown Indianapolis, but the decision was made to build the new art museum at its present-day site northwest of the downtown area. Because he opposed its location, Woollen was not commissioned to design any of the art museum's buildings. While many of his firm's projects were located in Indiana, Woollen and his team also worked on others that were built elsewhere in

4455-500: The imprint published, released in 2013, include L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food by Roy Choi , Tien Nguyen, and Natasha Phan, Prophets of Smoked Meat by Daniel Vaughn, Pain Don't Hurt by Mark Miller , and Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews by Marilyn Hagerty . In describing the line, he said, "This will be a line of books for people with strong voices who are good at something—who speak with authority. Discern nothing from this initial list—other than

4536-399: The junior partner in the project but was the "driving force behind its design and detail." Since it opened, the architectural community has praised its bold design. In 2021, a six-person panel of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Indianapolis members identified the venue among the ten most "architecturally significant" buildings completed in the city since World War II . The design for

4617-408: The late 1990s Bourdain wrote an essay about the ugly secrets of a Manhattan restaurant, but he was having difficulty getting it published. According to the New York Times , his mother Gladys—then an editor and writer at the paper—handed her son's essay to friend and fellow editor Esther B. Fein, the wife of David Remnick , editor of the magazine The New Yorker . Remnick ran Bourdain's essay in

4698-447: The magazine, kickstarting Bourdain's career and legitimizing the point-blank tone that would become his trademark. The success of the article was followed just a year later by the publication of a New York Times best-selling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000). Bourdain became a media darling almost overnight. His first food and world-travel television show A Cook's Tour ran for 35 episodes on

4779-576: The project, but the work was completed in 2007 using the Woollen Molzan firm's design at a cost of $ 150 million. The architectural firm's lawsuit with the library was settled in 2006. (Woollen's firm paid the library $ 580,000, but it denied accusations that the building had design flaws.) In 2009 the library's "structural consultants were exonerated in court, and it is generally accepted that the innocence extended to Woollen, Molzan too." Following Woollen's retirement from Woollen Molzan around 2001, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he designed his own home in

4860-495: The remaining works under contract were published. Bourdain appeared as himself in the 2015 film The Big Short , in which he used seafood stew as an analogy for a collateralized debt obligation . He also produced and starred in Wasted! The Story of Food Waste . Drew Magary , in a column for GQ published on the day of Bourdain's death, reflected that Bourdain was heir in spirit to Hunter S. Thompson . Smithsonian magazine declared Bourdain "the original rock star" of

4941-408: The series. His articles and essays appeared in many publications, including in The New Yorker , The New York Times , The Times of the Los Angeles Times , The Observer , Gourmet , Maxim , and Esquire . Scotland on Sunday , The Face , Food Arts , Limb by Limb , BlackBook , The Independent , Best Life , the Financial Times , and Town & Country . His blog for

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5022-591: The site's sole investor and editor-at-large. Over the next few years, Bourdain contributed to the site and edited the Dispatched By Bourdain series. Bourdain and Roads & Kingdoms also partnered on the digital series Explore Parts Unknown , which launched in 2017 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series in 2018. Bourdain hosted many food and travel series, including his first show, A Cook's Tour (2002 to 2003). He worked for The Travel Channel from 2005 to 2013. He also worked for CNN from 2013 to 2018. Bourdain described

5103-408: The skull was that he wished to balance the ouroboros tattoo he had inked on his opposite shoulder in Malaysia, while filming Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations . Bourdain was a consultant and writer for the television series Treme . In 2010, he appeared on Nick Jr. Channel 's Yo Gabba Gabba! as Dr. Tony, part of which was included in the movie Roadrunner . In 2011, he voiced himself in

5184-458: The son of George H. A. Clowes for whom the building is named, supported Woollen's proposal. The thirty-one-year-old Woollen teamed with John M. Johansen, a modernist architect with a national reputation who had been Woollen's professor at Yale and a former classmate of Allen Clowes at Harvard University . Woollen served as the junior partner in the project, but he was the "driving force behind its design and detail." Since Clowes Hall opened in 1963,

5265-404: The structure's setting and its history. Some of his most distinctive modern buildings still stand in Indianapolis, including Clowes Memorial Hall, Barton Tower, the Minton-Capehart Federal Building, the west entrance addition to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the White River Gardens Conservatory, and a modern addition to the Indianapolis Central Library, all of which are still in use. Woollen

5346-444: The third season of Top Chef was nominated for a Webby Award for Best Blog (in the Cultural/Personal category) in 2008. In 2012, Bourdain co-wrote the graphic novel Get Jiro! with Joel Rose , with art by Langdon Foss. It will receive an adult animated series adaptation produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Adult Swim . In 2015, Bourdain joined the travel, food, and politics publication Roads & Kingdoms , as

5427-544: The time of Bourdain's birth, Pierre was a salesman at a New York City camera store, as well as a floor manager at a record store. He later became an executive for Columbia Records , and Gladys was a staff editor at The New York Times . Bourdain's paternal grandparents were French (his great-grandfather Aurélien Bourdain was born in Brazil to French parents); his paternal grandfather Pierre Michel Bourdain (1905–1932) emigrated from Arcachon to New York following World War I . Bourdain's father spent summers in France as

5508-407: The world, written in conjunction with his first television series of the same title . In 2006, Bourdain published The Nasty Bits , a collection of 37 exotic, provocative, and humorous anecdotes and essays, many of them centered around food, and organized into sections named for each of the five traditional flavors, followed by a 30-page fiction piece ("A Chef's Christmas"). Bourdain published

5589-438: Was a cluster house of two circular structures with conical roofs that evoked the style of an old European peasant farmhouse in southern Italy. Between 1962 and 1976, Woollen was commissioned to design some of his best-known works, many of which serve as examples of Modernism and Brutalism architectural styles. Woollen's best known commercial projects were built in Indianapolis. These include Fesler Hall (1962), an addition to

5670-710: Was a descendant of Samuel Merrill , a former Indiana state treasurer , and Conrad Baker , a former Indiana governor . Woollen attended Indianapolis Public Schools and took art classes at the John Herron Art Institute before transferring to The Hotchkiss School , an exclusive preparatory school in Lakeville, Connecticut , during his junior year of high school. Woollen, who later remarked that he had wanted to be an architect since his youth, studied under modern architects Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn at Yale University . In addition, Woollen trained under architects Paul Schweikher and John M. Johansen . Woollen graduated from Yale School of Architecture in 1952, earning

5751-427: Was a freestanding wing addition at the John Herron Art Institute. The three-story structure connected via covered walkway to the original Paul Philippe Cret -designed building that was erected in 1928–29. Woollen's addition was noted for its use of reinforced concrete, exposed columns, and deeply coffered ceilings. The design for the $ 3.5 million Clowes Memorial Hall was a controversial one, but Allen Whitehill Clowes,

5832-472: Was an American celebrity chef , author , and travel documentarian . He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition . Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of many professional kitchens during his career, which included several years spent as an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan. In

5913-457: Was at a charity event. He appeared as a guest judge in episode 12 of Top Chef: D.C. (Season 7), where he judged the cheftestants' meals they made for NASA . He was also one of the main judges on Top Chef All-Stars ( Top Chef , Season 8 ). He made a guest appearance on the August 6, 2007, New York City episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern , and Zimmern himself appeared as a guest on

5994-484: Was born in Manhattan on June 25, 1956. His father, Pierre (1929–1987), was a classical music recording industry executive. His mother, Gladys (née Sacksman; 1934–2020), was a New York Times editor. Anthony's younger brother, Christopher, was born a few years after him. Anthony grew up living with both of his parents and described his childhood in one of his books: "I did not want for love or attention. My parents loved me. Neither of them drank to excess. Nobody beat me. God

6075-567: Was featured on the program in an episode filmed in Vietnam that aired in September 2016; the two talked over a beer and bun cha at a small restaurant in Hanoi . The show was filmed and is set in places as diverse as Libya, Tokyo, the Punjab region, Jamaica, Turkey, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Far West Texas and Armenia. Between 2012 and 2017, he served as narrator and executive producer for several episodes of

6156-550: Was in "Thanksgiving" recorded in November 2006 episode of Season 2 . His second appearance was in the first episode of Season 3 in June 2007 judging the "exotic surf and turf " competition that featured ingredients including abalone, alligator, black chicken , geoduck and eel. His third appearance was also in Season 3, as an expert on air travel, judging the competitors' airplane meals. He also wrote weekly blog commentaries for many of

6237-543: Was leaving the Travel Channel. In December, he explained on his blog that his departure was due to his frustration with the channel's new ownership using his voice and image to make it seem as if he were endorsing a car brand, and the channel's creating three "special episodes" consisting solely of clips from the seven official episodes of that season. He went on to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown for CNN . The program focused on other cuisines, cultures and politics and premiered on April 14, 2013. President Barack Obama

6318-420: Was never mentioned so I was annoyed by neither church nor any notion of sin or damnation." His father was Catholic of French descent and his mother was Jewish . Bourdain stated that, although he was considered Jewish by halacha 's definition, "I've never been in a synagogue . I don't believe in a higher power. But that doesn't make me any less Jewish, I don't think". His family was not religious either. At

6399-428: Was not afraid of being provocative. He once remarked, "If an architect isn't controversial, he can't be very effective." Woollen was also described as outspoken and sometimes stubborn, even when faced with harsh criticism from those who viewed his designs as too modern. In an active career that spanned from the mid-1950s to the early 2000s, Woollen is noted for his innovative and sophisticated designs that blended with

6480-477: Was noted for his put-downs of celebrity chefs , such as Paula Deen , Bobby Flay , Guy Fieri , Sandra Lee , and Rachael Ray , and appeared irritated by both the overt commercialism of the celebrity cooking industry and its lack of culinary authenticity. He voiced a "serious disdain for food demigods like Alan Richman , Alice Waters , and Alain Ducasse ". Bourdain recognized the irony of his transformation into

6561-426: Was the recipient of an Indiana Society of Architects award for its bold, geometric design. Saint Andrew's polygonal plan has a controversial asymmetrical exterior and striking modern sanctuary of exposed steel, concrete walls, and an upward-sloping ceiling. The Minton-Capehart Federal Building was a $ 20 million project that some have called a "pigeon coop" and "the ugliest building in Indianapolis." Built to fill in

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